Speed Graphic (EP)

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Speed Graphic | type = EP | artist = [[Ben Folds]] | cover = Ben Folds Speed Graphic.png | alt = | released = July 22, 2003 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 20:56 | label = [[Attacked by Plastic]] | producer = | prev_title = [[Ben Folds Live]] | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = [[Sunny 16 (EP)|Sunny 16]] | next_year = 2003 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r677297|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'' | rev2Score = 5.5/10 <ref>[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11741-sunny-16-epspeed-graphic-ep/ Pitchfork Media review]</ref> | rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}} <ref>{{cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n74 61] | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac| url-access = registration | quote = rolling stone ben folds album guide. }}</ref> }}

'''''Speed Graphic''''' is the first of a three-EP series released by [[Ben Folds]] in 2003. It included a cover of "In Between Days" (originally by [[The Cure]], from their 1985 album ''[[The Head on the Door]]''). It also included a piano and vocal arrangement of "Give Judy My Notice", which would later appear on ''[[Songs for Silverman]]'' in a rearranged full-band version. The final three tracks were written a long time before this release. Two of those songs, "Protection" (co-written by Ben's former wife, Anna Goodman) and "Dog" have floated around as bootlegged early demos for years, and the other one, "Wandering", was never available in any format previously, and was written by Ben Folds and his fellow [[Ben Folds Five]] bandmate, [[Darren Jessee]].

The ending of the track "Dog" contains an impromptu call that Ben receives from his then wife Frally Hynes on his [[cellular phone|cell phone]] while recording the vocal track.

==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = | title1 = [[In Between Days]] | lyrics1 = [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] | length1 = 2:53 | title2 = Give Judy My Notice | lyrics2 = [[Ben Folds]] | length2 = 3:59 | title3 = Protection | lyrics3 = {{hlist|Folds|[[Anna Goodman (musician)|Anna Goodman]]}} | length3 = 4:36 | title4 = Dog | lyrics4 = {{hlist|Folds|[[Evan Olson]]}} | length4 = 4:29 | title5 = Wandering | lyrics5 = {{hlist|Folds|[[Darren Jessee]]}} | length5 = 4:59 }}

"In Between Days" was used in the Apple iPad introduction video.

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