| Rockin' the Suburbs | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ben Folds |
| Cover: | BenFoldsRockingtheSuburbs.jpg |
| Released: | September 11, 2001 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Length: | 48:42 |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Ben Folds, Ben Grosse |
| Next Title: | Ben Folds Live |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
Rockin' the Suburbs is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Ben Folds released on September 11, 2001. His first solo album after leaving his band Ben Folds Five, Rockin' the Suburbs was recorded in Adelaide, Australia, where Folds was living at the time.
"Rockin' the Suburbs" is Folds' only single to make Billboards Modern Rock Tracks chart, peaking there at number 28. The album peaked at number 42 on the Billboard 200 chart, and at number 11 on the Top Internet Albums chart. A remake of the title track featuring William Shatner appeared in the soundtrack for the 2006 film Over the Hedge, which stars Shatner as an opossum named Ozzie.
According to Folds, "Not the Same" is based on a true story of a person he knew who, under the influence of LSD, climbed a tree at a party hosted by Darren Jessee (not Robert Sledge, as the song states), stayed in the tree overnight, and when he came down the next morning was a born-again Christian. Folds used Sledge's name instead of Jessee's in the lyrics because he thought "it sounded better".[1]
Folds performed "Gone" with Street Corner Symphony on the finale of Season 2 of The Sing-Off and performed "Not the Same" with the Dartmouth Aires on the finale of Season 3.
Credits adapted from album’s liner notes.[2]
| Year | Chart | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Billboard 200 | 42 | |
| 2001 | Top Internet Albums | 11 |