Way to Normal
| Way to Normal | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 17, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Ben Folds' Recording Studio, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Dennis Herring | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
Cover for the fake leak version of the album | ||||
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (62/100) |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | 56% |
| Allmusic | |
| The Austin Chronicle | |
| The A.V. Club | C+ |
| Drowned in Sound | (8/10) |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| musicOMH | |
| Paste | 8.9/10 |
| The Phoenix | |
| Pitchfork Media | 2.7/10 |
| PopMatters | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | (6/10) |
| Uncut | |
Way to Normal is the third studio album by Ben Folds. It was released in Japan on September 17, 2008, in Australia on September 27, in UK and Europe on September 29, and in the US on September 30. The album is Folds' highest-charting solo album in the US, reaching #11 on the Billboard 200 in its first week of release.
A music video for "You Don't Know Me" was directed by Eric Wareheim, featuring Wareheim himself and his comedy partner Tim Heidecker.
In 2009, Folds re-released the album in less compressed audio quality as Stems and Seeds, adding various bonus tracks and providing "stems" for fans to create their own remixes.