ラインホルト・メスナーの肖像 = The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner
Ben Folds Five
- Artist
- Ben Folds Five
- Label
- Epic
- Catalog number
- EICP 1092
- Released
- 2009
- Country
- Japan
- Format
- Album · Reissue
- Barcode
- 4547366043242
What’s on it
ラインホルト・メスナーの肖像 = The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner has 12 tracks, about 42:45 of music. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.
1ナルコレプシー = Narcolepsy
- Violin
- John Mark Painter
2ドント・チェンジ・ユア・プランズ = Don't Change Your Plans
- Flugelhorn
- John Mark Painter
- 3メス = Mess
4マジック = Magic
- Written-By
- Darren Jessee
- 5ホスピタル・ソング = Hospital Song
6アーミー = Army
- Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
- Ken Mosher
- Flugelhorn, Valve Trombone
- John Mark Painter
- Tenor Saxophone
- Paul Shapiro, Tom Maxwell
- Trumpet
- Frank London
- 7ユア・レッドネック・パスト = Your Redneck Past
8ユア・モスト・ヴァリュアブル・ポゼッション = Your Most Valuable Possession
- Written-By
- Caleb Southern, Darren Jessee, Dean Folds, Robert Sledge
- 9リグレッツ = Regrets
- 10ジェーン = Jane
11ララバイ = Lullabye
- Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
- Ken Mosher
- Tenor Saxophone
- Tom Maxwell
- Written-By
- Anna Goodman
12バーズ = Birds
- Cello
- Jane Scarpantoni
- Conductor [Strings], Arranged By [String]
- John Mark Painter
- Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By
- Caleb Southern
- Violin
- Antoine Silverman, Lorenza Ponce, Mark Feldman
- Written-By
- Robert Sledge
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Where it came from
The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner was released in 1999 as the third and final studio album from the alternative rock trio Ben Folds Five. Conceived during a period of professional exhaustion and interpersonal strain, the album marked a deliberate departure from the piano-driven pop energy of their earlier work. Lead singer and songwriter Ben Folds sought to explore more ambitious, cinematic arrangements, utilizing the album's thematic framework—centered on the legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner—as a metaphor for isolation and the pursuit of impossible goals.
The record was produced by Caleb Southern and features extensive orchestral arrangements that distinguish it from the band's garage-rock roots. While it initially received a polarized response from critics who were surprised by the shift in tone, it has since been re-evaluated by fans and music historians as the band's magnum opus. The inclusion of the iconic mountain climber's name in the title was intended as an abstract artistic statement rather than a literal biographical account, reflecting Folds' interest in themes of solitude and the internal struggles of public figures.
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