The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner

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Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Narcolepsy recording engineer and producer: Caleb Southern mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) cello: Jane Scarpantoni (cellist) flugelhorn: John Mark Painter violin: Mark Feldman (American violinist), Lorenza Ponce and Antoine Silverman conductor: John Mark Painter strings arranger: John Mark Painter recording of: Narcolepsy lyricist and composer: Ben Folds	4	5:24
2	Don’t Change Your Plans recording engineer and producer: Caleb Southern mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) cello: Jane Scarpantoni (cellist) flugelhorn: John Mark Painter violin: Mark Feldman (American violinist), Lorenza Ponce and Antoine Silverman conductor: John Mark Painter strings arranger: John Mark Painter recording of: Don’t Change Your Plans lyricist and composer: Ben Folds publisher: Sony/ATV Songs LLC	3.5	5:11
3	Mess recording engineer and producer: Caleb Southern mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) cello: Jane Scarpantoni (cellist) violin: Mark Feldman (American violinist), Lorenza Ponce and Antoine Silverman conductor: John Mark Painter strings arranger: John Mark Painter recording of: Mess lyricist and composer: Ben Folds	3.35	4:03
4	Magic recording engineer and producer: Caleb Southern mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) cello: Jane Scarpantoni (cellist) violin: Antoine Silverman, Mark Feldman (American violinist) and Lorenza Ponce conductor: John Mark Painter strings arranger: John Mark Painter phonographic copyright (℗) by: Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (from 1999 to present) recording of: Magic lyricist and composer: Darren Jessee recording of: Magic writer: Darren Jessee	2.9	4:02
5	Hospital Song recording engineer and producer: Caleb Southern mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) recording of: Hospital Song lyricist and composer: Ben Folds	3.5	2:04
6	Army recording engineer and producer: Caleb Southern mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) alto saxophone and baritone saxophone: Ken Mosher flugelhorn and valve trombone: John Mark Painter tenor saxophone: Tom Maxwell (formerly of Squirrel Nut Zippers) and Paul Shapiro trumpet: Frank London recording of: Army (from 1998-11 until 1999-01) lyricist and composer: Ben Folds	3.95	3:23
7	Your Redneck Past recording engineer and producer: Caleb Southern mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) recording of: Your Redneck Past lyricist and composer: Ben Folds	3	3:43
8	Your Most Valuable Possession recording engineer and producer: Caleb Southern mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) recording of: Your Most Valuable Possession composer: Ben Folds, Darren Jessee, Robert Sledge and Caleb Southern	3	1:55
9	Regrets recording engineer and producer: Caleb Southern mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) cello: Jane Scarpantoni (cellist) violin: Mark Feldman (American violinist), Lorenza Ponce and Antoine Silverman conductor: John Mark Painter strings arranger: John Mark Painter recording of: Regrets lyricist and composer: Ben Folds	2	4:09
10	Jane recording engineer and producer: Caleb Southern mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) recording of: Jane lyricist and composer: Ben Folds	3	2:41
11	Lullabye recording engineer and producer: Caleb Southern mixer: Andy Wallace (engineer) alto saxophone and baritone saxophone: Ken Mosher cello: Jane Scarpantoni (cellist) tenor saxophone: Tom Maxwell (formerly of Squirrel Nut Zippers) violin: Mark Feldman (American violinist), Lorenza Ponce and Antoine Silverman conductor: John Mark Painter strings arranger: John Mark Painter recording of: Lullabye lyricist and composer: Ben Folds and Anna Goodman (collaborator with Ben Folds)	3.35	3:52

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purchase for download:	https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/the-unauthorized-biography-of-reinhold-messner-ben-folds-five/0074646980828 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Army Don't Change Your Plans
included in:	“Brick” The Songs of Ben Folds 1994–2012 by Ben Folds & Ben Folds Five

part of:	Steve Lichtenstein: Best of 99 (number: 1) (order: 1) Exclaim! 1999 Shocks & Surprises (number: Surprises (James Keast)) (order: 120)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/6262 [info]
reviews:	http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/645-the-unauthorized-biography-of-reinhold-messner/ [info] http://www.avclub.com/review/ben-folds-five-emthe-unauthorized-biography-of-rei-17971 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ben-folds-five/the-unauthorized-biography-of-reinhold-messner/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000238736 [info]
Wikidata:	Q3989773 [info]

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Barcode:: 0074646980828
Format:: Digital Media
Length:: 40:27

Additional details

Type:: Album
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

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550 Music

Release events

2017

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