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Rockin' the Suburbs

by Ben Folds

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Overall Rating: 2.8945 Rockin' the Suburbs is ranked overall as 2.8945 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.9116 Rockin' the Suburbs has an avg. critic score of 2.9116 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

But for all of its snickers, ''Suburbs'' is serious business -- a pop fantasia that seals Folds' rep as the Cole Porter of underclass underdogs. ...more

All Music Guide

As good a record as any he's made, possibly his best. ...more

Rolling Stone

Can tunes about midlife crises and mortality coexist with aspirations to rock suburbia "just like Quiet Riot did"? OnRockin' the Suburbs, his solo debut, Ben Folds continues to wear the crown of pop's most introspective wiseass. ...more

PopMatters

Folds seems to want to please everyone on the disc, making the listening experience a bit haphazard, if not a little predictable. ...more

Rolling Stone

Sometimes the humor verges on camp (the title track), or the poignance drowns in Barry Manilow-isms ("Still Fighting It"). But mostly, Folds' songcraft is a winning mixture of the plush and the prickly... ...more

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The Daily Vault Album Reviews

It will come as no surprise to longtime readers of the Daily Vault -- not to mention my wonderful, long-suffering spouse -- that I can be a moron sometimes. Case in point: I didn't pick up Ben Folds' 2001 discRockin' The Suburbsuntil earlier this year....read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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Slant Magazine

We all knew that Journey's Steve Perry-less reunion was never going to spark the big comeback of piano-driven pop/rock. It was going to take something fresher and more sincere to inherit the throne that Billy Joel left after he put out his last...read the complete review at Slant Magazine

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Blender

When he's not being sour, Folds' flair for melody and simple, economical arrangements can create wonderful...read the complete review at Blender

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The A.V. Club

Ben Folds has long reconciled his affinity for cleverly arch pop-culture analysis (his breakthrough single "Underground," et al) with his more down-to-earth role as a sweetly earnest piano man. He's written hit songs using both approaches, but...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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