Sleigher, by Ben Folds

Sleigher

by Ben Folds

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Ukes of Hazzard A great Christmas album! I’m not a big fan of the traditional Christmas albums so this is perfect with Ben’s original songs giving Christmas a new sound while still retaining the positive holiday vibes. Set to be the new family favourite.

Carsten Pieper The highly esteemed Ben Folds presenting a seasonal album in shiny HD. As I'm a big fan of his, I had to grab it early in the year although I'm loathing Xmas stuff appearing in shopping windows by late September, normally... Favorite track: Sleepwalking Through Christmas.

attbush12 Usually when i think of Ben i think of fun, witty songs. This album has splashes of that but not my fav. Still love Ben tho.

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1.	Little Drummer Bolero 03:24	buy track
2.	Sleepwalking Through Christmas 04:02	buy track
3.	Me and Maurice 03:52	buy track
4.	Christmas Time Rhyme 04:33	buy track
5.	Waiting for Snow 01:29	buy track
6.	We Could Have This (feat Lindsey Kraft) 03:50	buy track
7.	The Christmas Song 03:15	buy track
8.	The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle 03:10	buy track
9.	Xmas Aye Eye 03:49	buy track
10.	You Don’t Have to be a Santa Claus 02:40	buy track

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“Christmas is constant,” says Ben Folds. “Allowing you to take stock of what’s different, to understand who you are and all the ways you’ve grown and changed.” That notion lies at the heart of Folds’ brilliantly titled new holiday collection, Sleigher. Built on an eclectic mix of originals and reimagined classics, the album examines the passage of time through the lens of Christmas, reflecting on memory, loss, and longing as it explores the variety of ways the yuletide season marks the chapters of our lives. The songs are playful here, full of humor and cheer, but they’re also laced with an inescapable sense of melancholy, a looming darkness that always seems to hover around the periphery of those late December nights. Folds’ performances, meanwhile, flirt with the standards while stretching the boundaries of tradition, at times offering up flashes of Vince Guaraldi and Burt Bacharach while still remaining true to Folds’ singularly virtuosic brand of off-kilter indie pop. The result is not so much a Ben Folds Christmas record as it is a Ben Folds record set at Christmas, a meditation on the inexorable turning of the calendar and our ever changing selves as observed at the most wonderful—and challenging—time of the year.

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released October 25, 2024

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Produced by Ben Folds

Recorded by Joe Costa and BF at:
Middletree Studios and Ben’s House - Nashville, TN;
EastWest Studios - Los Angeles, CA;
Yamaha Entertainment Group Studio - Franklin, TN

Mixed by Joe Costa
except “Sleepwalking Through Christmas” mixed by BF
Mastered by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound - Nashville, TN

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All songs written by B. Folds
except
“We Could Have This” by B. Folds / L. Kraft
“The Christmas Song” by R. Wells / M. Torme
“The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle” by B. Bacharach / L. Kusik
“You Don’t Have to be a Santa Claus” by S. Ellis

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Strings for “Me and Maurice” and “We Could Have This” recorded at EastWest Studios
Jherek Bischoff - String Arrangements, Conducting, Double Bass
Daphne Chen - 1st Violin
Kate Outterbride - 2nd Violin
Marta Sofia Honer - Viola
Derek Stein - Cello
Chaz Sexton - String Quartet Session Recording Engineer
Carter Shepstone - String Quartet Assistant Recording Engineer
Mayumi Heider - String Quartet Session Assistant

Joe Pisapia - Banjo on #2, Guitars #4, 7, 8, 10
Ross Garren - All those Harmonicas, Vibraphones, B3, and the Piano on #7, 10
Lex Price - Double Bass on #10
Jamie Dick - Drums on #10
Kerry Marsh - Choir Arrangements on #4, 8, 10
Kerry Marsh & Julia Dollison - All Choir Vocals on #4, 8, 10
Amanda Stephan - Laughing on #8

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Anything not covered above was probably done by Ben
Album cover art & design - Sam Smith & Yusuke Matsumoto
Management - Mike Kopp
Booking - Jonathan Levine, Seth Malasky, Noah Plotinki
Publicity - New West and Big Hassle Media
Legal - Ken Anderson, Rimon Law
Record Label - New West Records, Kim Buie A&R

Ben endorses Yamaha pianos

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Feb 18

Fortitude Music Hall

Brisbane, QLD
Feb 20

State Theatre

Sydney, NSW
Feb 21

Anita's Theatre

Thirroul, NSW
Feb 22

Canberra Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre

Canberra, ACT
Feb 24

Thebarton Theatre

Torrensville, SA
Feb 26

Palais Theatre

Saint Kilda, VIC
Mar 1

Riverside Theatre, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre

Perth, WA
Apr 29

Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center

Orlando, FL
May 7

District Music Hall

Norwalk, CT
May 8

Tilles Center

Brookville, NY
May 9

Paramount Hudson Valley Theater

Peekskill, NY
May 12

Abravanel Hall

Salt Lake City, UT
Jun 6

Point of the Bluff Vineyards

Hammondsport, NY
Jun 13

Prudential Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Newark, NJ
Jun 14

State Theatre

New Brunswick, NJ
Nov 14

The Helix

Dublin, Ireland
Nov 15

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Glasgow, UK
Nov 16

Sage 1, Glasshouse International Centre for Music

Gateshead, UK
Nov 17

Bristol Beacon

Bristol, UK
Nov 20

Royal Festival Hall

London, UK
Nov 26

Brighton Dome

Brighton, UK
Nov 30

Großer Sendesaal des RBB, Haus des Rundfunks

Berlin, Germany
Dec 1

Laeiszhalle (Großer Saal)

Hamburg, Germany
Dec 6

Göta Lejon

Stockholm, Sweden

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