Rocking the Suburbs is an alternative rock album by singer-songwriter Ben Folds, released on September 11, 2001 (see 2001 in music). His first solo album after leaving his band (Ben Folds Five), Rocking the Suburbs is also Folds' most popular LP to date, and includes the well-known title track.

"Rocking the Suburbs" peaked at #28 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album peaked at #42 on the Billboard 200 chart, and at #11 on the Top Internet Albums chart.

Track listing

  1. Annie Waits (Folds) - 4:17
  2. Zak and Sara (Folds) - 3:11
  3. Still Fighting It (Folds) - 4:25
  4. Gone (Folds) - 3:22
  5. Fred Jones, Pt. 2 (Folds) - 3:45
  6. The Ascent of Stan (Folds) - 4:14
  7. Losing Lisa (Folds) - 4:10
  8. Carrying Cathy (Folds) - 3:49
  9. Not the Same (Folds) - 4:17
  10. Rockin' the Suburbs (Folds) - 4:58
  11. Fired (Folds) - 3:49
  12. The Luckiest (Folds) - 4:25

Personnel

  • Larry Corbett - Cello
  • Ben Grosse - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • Ted Jensen - Mastering
  • John Mark Painter - Arranger, Conductor
  • John Vitale - Programming
  • John McCrea - Vocals
  • Ben Folds - Piano, Producer, Package Design
  • Richard Fortus - Guitar
  • Ulysses Noriega - Assistant
  • Chuck Bailey - Assistant
  • Aaron Lepley - Assistant
  • Cameron Webb - Engineer
  • Rick Behrens - Assistant
  • DJ Swamp - Beats
  • Blumpy - Engineer
  • Justin Pynes - Assistant