Ben Folds discography

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Ben Folds discography
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Folds performing in Knoxville, Tennessee in 2006
Studio albums8
EPs3
Live albums2
Compilation albums10
Singles23
Video albums2

The discography of Ben Folds, an American singer-songwriter, consists of eight studio albums (including three collaborative albums), two live albums, ten compilation albums, two video albums, eight extended plays, and eighteen singles. See also Ben Folds Five discography.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
JPN
[3]
UK
[4]
Rockin' the Suburbs
  • Released: September 11, 2001
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP
42182873
Songs for Silverman
  • Released: April 26, 2005
  • Label: Epic, Sony
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
1392065
Way to Normal
  • Released: September 30, 2008
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
11253070
What Matters Most
  • Released: June 2, 2023
  • Label: New West
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
[A]
Sleigher
  • Released: October 25, 2024
  • Label: New West
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download

Collaborative albums

List of collaborative albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
JPN
[3]
UK
[4]
Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella! [6]
(with various artists)
  • Released: April 28, 2009
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Lonely Avenue
(with Nick Hornby)
  • Released: September 24, 2010
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Formats: CD, digital download
9589
So There
(with yMusic)
  • Released: September 11, 2015
  • Label: New West
  • Formats: CD, digital download
63
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
UK
[4]
Ben Folds Live
  • Released: October 8, 2002
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD
60109
Live at Tower Records [7]
  • Released: June 7, 2005
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Motor City (Live at Detroit, MI 10/9/08) [8]
  • Released: October 9, 2008
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: Digital download
Live in Dallas (10/23/08) [9]
  • Released: October 23, 2008
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: Digital download
The Sound of Last Night... This Morning [10]
  • Released: March 31, 2009
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: Digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
US
[1]
JPN
[3]
UK
[4]
Songs for Goldfish [11]
  • Released: May 3, 2005
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
146
iTunes Originals – Ben Folds [12]
  • Released: August 30, 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: Digital download
Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP
  • Released: October 24, 2006
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
114174
Stems and Seeds [13]
  • Released: February 10, 2009
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Ben Folds File: Complete Best of Ben Folds Five and Ben Folds
  • Released: February 25, 2009
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: CD, digital download
38
The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective
  • Released: October 11, 2011
  • Label: Legacy
  • Formats: CD, digital download
179100
Fifty-Five Vault [14]
  • Released: October 11, 2011
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Vault, Vol. 1 (1992–1997) [15]
  • Released: December 23, 2011
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: Digital download
Vault, Vol. 2 (1998–2003) [16]
  • Released: December 23, 2011
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: Digital download
Vault, Vol. 3 (2004–2011) [17]
  • Released: December 23, 2011
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: Digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums

List of video albums
TitleAlbum details
Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth [18]
(with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
  • Released: December 6, 2005
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: DVD
Ben Folds Live at MySpace [19]
  • Released: February 20, 2007
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: DVD

Extended plays

List of extended plays
TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
JPN
[3]
Speed Graphic [20]
  • Released: July 22, 2003
  • Label: Attacked by Plastic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
84
Sunny 16 [21]
  • Released: September 30, 2003
  • Label: Attacked by Plastic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
52
Super D [22]
  • Released: August 24, 2004
  • Label: Attacked by Plastic
  • Formats: CD, digital download
53
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[23]
US
AAA

[24]
US
Adult

[25]
US
Alt.

[26]
AUS
[27]
JPN
[28]
UK
[29]
"Rockin' the Suburbs"2001285853Rockin' the Suburbs
"Still Fighting It"200270
"Tiny Dancer" [30] Ben Folds Live
"Eddie Walker" [31]
"Bizarre Christmas Incident" [32] Ben Folds Live (Japanese Version Only)
"Adelaide" [33] 2005Super D
"Bitches Ain't Shit"71Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP
"Landed"774055Songs for Silverman
"Jesusland" [34]
"Bastard" [35]
"Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hit His Head)"200841Way to Normal
"You Don't Know Me"
(featuring Regina Spektor)
2884
"From Above" [36]
(with Nick Hornby)
2010Lonely Avenue
"Phone in a Pool" [37]
(with yMusic)
201528So There
"Mister Peepers" [38] 2018Non-album singles
"2020" [39] 2020
"It's the Small Things, Charlie Brown"
(for Snoopy Presents: It's The Small Things, Charlie Brown )
2022
"Winslow Gardens"2023What Matters Most
"Exhausting Lover"20
"Back to Anonymous"
"The Christmas Song"2024Sleigher
"We Could Have This"
(featuring Lindsey Kraft)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
TitleYearOther artist(s)Album
"Lonely Christmas Eve" [40] 2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas soundtrack
"Golden Slumbers" [41] 2002 I Am Sam soundtrack
"Rockin' the Suburbs" (Live on The Panel version) [42] The Latest Collection: Music Live from the Panel
"Doctor My Eyes" [43] The Banger Sisters soundtrack
"Red Is Blue" [44] 2005 Hoodwinked! soundtrack
"Family of Me" [45] 2006 Over the Hedge soundtrack
"Heist" [45]
"Lost in the Supermarket" [45]
"Still" [45]
"Rockin' the Suburbs (Over the Hedge Version)" [45] William Shatner
"Still (Reprise)" [45]
"Such Great Heights" [46] 2007 Like a Version: Volume Three
"Astronaut: A Short History of Nearly Nothing" [47] 2008 Amanda Palmer, Zoë Keating Who Killed Amanda Palmer
"Blake Says" [47]
"Strength Through Music" [47] Amanda Palmer, Strindberg
"Guitar Hero" [47] Amanda Palmer, East Bay Ray
"Oasis" [47] Amanda Palmer, Jared Reynolds
"Runs in the Family" [47] Amanda Palmer
"Sleazy" [48] 2011 Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief
"Ass Crack Bandit" [49] 2014 Basic Intergluteal Numismatics, an episode of Community
"Kevin" [50] 2016 Gracie Folds Pink Elephant
"Dear Theodosia" [51] Regina Spektor The Hamilton Mixtape
So Fragile, So Blue [52] 2024 William Shatner, National Symphony Orchestra, and Steven Reineke So Fragile, So Blue

See also

Notes

  1. What Matters Most did not enter the US Billboard 200, but did peak at number 13 on the Top Album Sales chart. [5]

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