Lonely Avenue (Ben Folds and Nick Hornby album)
| Lonely Avenue | ||||
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| Studio album by Ben Folds and Nick Hornby | ||||
| Released | September 28, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 43:37 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch | |||
| Producer | Ben Folds | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 63/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The A.V. Club | B |
| Chicago Tribune | |
| The Independent | |
| musicOMH | |
| PopMatters | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Spin | 7/10 |
| Uncut | |
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.
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.