Whatever and Ever Amen

I was cleaning out my car, because I sold it on Ebay this weekend, and I found one of my most-loved casette tapes from high school: Ben Folds Five's "Whatever and Ever Amen."

Here's an excerpt from the liner notes:

"This recording was made with the utmost care and professionalism. Microphones were chosen and placed in the general vicinity of each instrument in order to capture the sonic characteristics of the music performed. Each instrument was tuned before and often during the recording sessions and arrangements were rehearsed or at least discussed.

The lyrics or text were created to detract from the repetition inherent in modern instrumental pop music. Iambic pentameter was not always an option, however when possible, the last syllable of a line was manipulated in order to rhyme with the last syllable of the preceding line. Where this technique has served to distort the meaning of the original text, the fuzz tone of the eletric base guitar or a virtuosic drum fill has been inserted to distract the listener temporarily from the actual song...."

Buy this album, it's pretty spectacular.