Lonely Avenue is a collaboration album by American singer-songwriter Ben Folds and English novelist Nick Hornby, and was released in the United States of America on September 28, 2010 by Nonesuch Records.
The album contains 11 new songs featuring music by Folds with lyrics by Hornby. "From Above", the first single, was released on August 6 and is available on the iTunes Store.
Track listing
Personnel
Ben Folds – vocals, piano, bass, drums, Roland Juno, Moog, Hammond, clav, acoustic guitars, wind chimes, ARP string ensemble, percussion, handclaps Joe Costa – handclaps Kate Miller-Heidke – vocals Keir Nuttall – primal screams Jared Reynolds – bass, backing vocals Jack Jezioro, Joel Reist - bass Sam Smith – drums, backing vocals Chad Chapin – acoustic guitar, primal percussion, percussion, glockenspiel, backing vocals Andrew Higley – Wurlitzer, Fender Rhodes, Roland Jupiter, Roland Juno, Moog, French horn, backing vocals Paul Buckmaster – string arrangement, conductor David Davidson, David Angell, Carolyn Bailey, Christian Teal, Conni Ellisor, Connie Heard, Elisabeth Small, Karen Winkelmann, Kristina Siemer, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Stefan Petrescu, Wei Tsun Chang – violin Kristin Wilkinson – viola, contractor Chris Farrell, Kathryn Plummer, Monisa Angell - viola John Catchings, Anthony LaMarchina, Kirsten Greer, Sarighani Reist – cello Beth Beeson, Jennifer Kummer - French horn Jeff Bailey, Steve Patrick - trumpet Prentiss Hobbs, Roy Agee - trombone David Loucky - bass trombone