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Ben Folds is due to release his third solo album, Way To Normal on 30th September 2008.

Although some of the album was written during the final stages of his divorce last year, Folds says that this album is not about that. Even though the album was originally going to be titled ‘Blood On The Keyboard’…

The songs are not topical. I was not interested in making a record about the D-word. I got all that stuff out of my system on the last record, which was deliberately stoic.

This new album is really about me being free, which is why it feels cathartic and expressive. It’s about me coming back to being myself. I came out of the courthouse, kissed the ground, and walked straight into the studio. I felt like a bottle of champagne that had been shaken for 18 months and popped open in the studio. That’s why this record has so much energy.

The album was recorded at Folds’ studio in Nashville and produced by Dennis Herring. The musicians accompanying Folds on this latest platter are bassist Jared Williams and drummer Sam Smith.

Regina Spektor guests on the first single release from Way To Normal, You Don’t Know Me.

Way To Normal Track Listing

1. Hiroshima (B B B Benny Hits His Head)
2. Dr. Yang
3. The Frown
4. You Don’t Know Me (featuring Regina Spektor)
5. Before Cologne
6. Cologne
7. Errant Dog
8. Free Coffee
9. Bitch Went Nuts
10. Brainwascht
11. Effington
12. Kylie from Connecticut