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
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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]
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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]
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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 elven songs featuring music by Folds with lyrics by Hornby. "From Above", the first single, was released on August 6.

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

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