Whatever and Ever Amen

Tracklist

• 1
  One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
  3:52
  4.1 ★
• 2
  Fair
  5:55
  3.6 ★
• 3
  Brick
  4:31
  3.6 ★
• 4
  Song for the Dumped
  3:51
  3.5 ★
• 5
  Selfless, Cold and Composed
  6:10
  3.2 ★
• 6
  Kate
  3:13
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Smoke
  4:52
  3.2 ★
• 8
  Cigarette
  1:38
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Steven’s Last Night in Town
  3:27
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Battle of Who Could Care Less
  3:16
  3.6 ★
• 11
  Missing the War (live at Sony Music Studios, New York, NY – June 1997)
  4:19
• 12
  Evaporated
  4:28
  3.4 ★
• 13
  Video Killed the Radio Star
  3:40
  3.4 ★
• 14
  For All the Pretty People (single B‐Side – 1997)
  3:21
• 15
  Mitchell Lane (single B‐Side – 1997)
  3:40
• 16
  Theme From Dr. Pyser
  3:13
  2.5 ★
• 17
  Air
  3:20
  3.2 ★
• 18
  She Don’t Use Jelly (Lounge‐A‐Palooza version)
  4:11
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Song for the Dumped (Japanese version)
  5:03
  3.0 ★

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Release credits

• Alicia Svigals
  violin [9]
• Andy Wallace
  mix [1-3, 5-10, 12]
• Ben Folds
  electric piano [1-3, 5-10, 12], engineer [18], lead vocals [1-3, 5-10, 12], melodica [1-3, 5-10, 12], piano [1-3, 5-10, 12, 18], producer [1-3, 5-10, 12], recording [1-3, 5-10, 12], vocal [18]
• Ben Folds Five
  producer [18]
• Brendan O’Brien
  mix [17], producer [17]
• Caleb Southern
  Hammond organ [3], producer [1-3, 5-10, 12], recording [1-3, 5-10, 12]
• Darren Jessee
  background vocals [1-3, 5-10, 12], drums (drum set) [1-3, 5-10, 12, 18], percussion [1-3, 5-10, 12], vocal [18]
• David Angel
  strings [18]
• David Davidson
  strings [18]
• Fleming McWilliams
  background vocals [18]
• Frank London
  trumpet [9]
• John Catchings
  cello [12], strings [18]
• John Mark Painter
  background vocals [18], double bass [18], horn [18], mix [18], percussion [18], producer [18], strings [12, 18]
• John Palmer
  engineer [18]
• Kristin Wilkinson
  strings [18]
• Matt Darriau
  clarinet [9]
• Nick DiDia
  engineer [17]
• Norwood Cheek
  synthesizer [1]
• Robert Sledge
  background vocals [1-3, 5-10, 12], bass guitar [1-3, 5-10, 12, 18], double bass [1-3, 5-10, 12]
• Shawn McWilliams
  percussion [18]
• The Love Sponge Quartet
  strings [18]
• Todd Collins
  percussion [18]
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  5 February 1997
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  18 March 1997
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  CD (hidden segments; glass mastered at – Sony Disc Manufacturing, Springfield – CTDP-000024)
  18 March 1997
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  22 March 2005
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  8 April 2005
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