Lonely Avenue (Ben Folds and Nick Hornby album)

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Lonely Avenue
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 2010
Genre Alternative rock
Length43:37
Label Nonesuch
Producer Ben Folds
Ben Folds chronology
Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!
(2009)
Lonely Avenue
(2010)
The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 63/100 [1]
Review scores
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The A.V. Club B [3]
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The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin 7/10 [10]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Lonely Avenue is a collaboration album by American singer-songwriter Ben Folds and English novelist Nick Hornby, and was released in the United States of America on September 28, 2010 by Nonesuch Records.

Contents

The album contains eleven songs featuring music by Folds with lyrics by Hornby. "From Above", the first single, was released on August 6. Some of the songs are named after Levi Johnston, Doc Pomus, and Saskia Hamilton.

Release

The album was promoted by the single "From Above" released in 2010. The song features guest vocals from Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke.

Music video

The music video for the single is animated, with the characters from the song being drawn in a book and the characters move around on the page, acting out the story of the song. The video was directed by Julius Pretite of The Simpsons. [11]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Nick Hornby; all music is composed by Ben Folds.

Lonely Avenue
No.TitleLength
1."A Working Day"1:51
2."Picture Window"3:42
3."Levi Johnston's Blues"5:16
4."Doc Pomus"4:14
5."Your Dogs"3:23
6."Practical Amanda"3:52
7."Claire's Ninth"3:50
8."Password"5:21
9."From Above"4:04
10."Saskia Hamilton"3:06
11."Belinda"6:13
Amazon bonus track
No.TitleLength
1."Christian Life"3:34
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Picture Window" (Pop version)4:04
2."Things You Think" (featuring Pomplamoose)3:14
3."Lonely Avenue Trailer" (music video)7:15

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Lonely Avenue". Metacritic . Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  2. Monger, James Christopher. "Lonely Avenue – Ben Folds & Nick Hornby". AllMusic . Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  3. Williams, Christian (September 28, 2010). "Ben Folds & Nick Hornby: Lonely Avenue". The A.V. Club . Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  4. Kot, Greg (September 27, 2010). "Album review: Ben Folds and Nick Hornby, 'Lonely Avenue'". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  5. Gill, Andy (September 24, 2010). "Album: Ben Folds/ Nick Hornby, Lonely Avenue, Nonesuch". The Independent . London. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  6. Murphy, John (September 27, 2010). "Ben Folds & Nick Hornby – Lonely Avenue". musicOMH . Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  7. Conaton, Chris (October 8, 2010). "Ben Folds and Nick Hornby: Lonely Avenue". PopMatters . Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  8. Dolan, Jon (September 27, 2010). "Lonely Avenue". Rolling Stone . Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  9. Lanthier, Joseph Jon (September 22, 2010). "Ben Folds and Nick Hornby: Lonely Avenue". Slant Magazine . Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  10. Goodman, William (September 25, 2010). "Ben Folds & Nick Hornby, 'Lonely Avenue' (Nonesuch)". Spin . Retrieved October 19, 2010.
  11. Eisen, Benjy (September 29, 2010). "Ben Folds, 'From Above' -- Video Premiere" . Retrieved December 21, 2012.