Ben Folds Five

Review of album "Ben Folds Five" in Pulse! Magazine, September 1995

  • Pulse is published by Tower Records.

    The guitar-free, inaccurately-named Ben Folds Five -- a piano/bass/drums trio -- deliver insanely catchy, proudly untrendy pop songs on their self-titled debut (Caroline, ***).

    By Scott Schinder

    Note: Pulse uses the following rating system --

  • [no stars] Skeet
  • * Don't bother
  • ** Aggressively mediocre
  • *** Above average
  • **** Highly recommended
  • ***** Buy two

    For comparison, the same reviewer awarded the following ratings:

  • * Urge Overkill "Exit the Dragon", Blind Melon "Soup"
  • ** Exene Cervenka "Surface To Air Serpents"
  • *** Viva Saturn "Brightside", X "Kissingsohard"
  • **** Luna "Penthouse", Pere Ubu "Ray Gun Suitcase"
  • No ***** ratings in this review.