Sunny 16 (EP)

{{more citations needed|date=March 2011}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Sunny 16 | type = EP | artist = [[Ben Folds]] | cover = Benfolds_sunny16.jpg | alt = | released = September 30, 2003 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 20:54 | label = [[Attacked By Plastic]] | producer = | prev_title = [[Speed Graphic (EP)|Speed Graphic]] | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = [[Super D]] | next_year = 2004 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sunny-16-mw0000694066|title=Ben Folds - Sunny 16 Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com|access-date=2022-09-01|archive-date=2021-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028095930/https://www.allmusic.com/album/sunny-16-mw0000694066|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | rev2Score = (average)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1069267,00.html|title=Little things we like: Ben Folds - Sunny 16 EP | | guardian.co.uk Arts|website=www.theguardian.com|access-date=2022-09-01|archive-date=2022-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901213144/https://www.theguardian.com/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1069267,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev3 = [[Pitchfork Media]] | rev3Score = 5.2/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11741-sunny-16-epspeed-graphic-ep/|title=Pitchfork Media review|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=2010-01-21|archive-date=2009-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225165536/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11741-sunny-16-epspeed-graphic-ep/|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3|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> }}

'''''Sunny 16''''' is the second of a three-[[Extended play|EP]] series by [[Ben Folds]]. The EP includes one cover track, "Songs of Love" (written and performed originally by [[Neil Hannon]]'s [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]] on the [[1996 in music|1996]] album ''[[Casanova (The Divine Comedy album)|Casanova]]''). The song "Rock Star" was co-written by his wife at that time, [[Frally Hynes|Frally Hynes-Folds]].

==Hidden tracks== The last two tracks both contain [[hidden track]]s of sorts, although they are really just a snippet of one of the track layers of the song on which the tracks are hidden. In "Rock Star", it is the song's closing vocal overlays, and in "Songs of Love" is the [[string quartet|string quartet's]] part.

==Comments from Ben Folds== Regarding the contents of the EP, Folds said the following: "If I was starting over again and had to make a demo tape, I'd use this EP. It represents a big part of what I do very naturally. Part of me thinks I'm an idiot for 'wasting' this recording on a limited release EP, but I'm really into this method of recording and releasing quickly and making it all about music, so here it is."{{ref_label|Suddath2006|1|a}}

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | all_lyrics = [[Ben Folds]], except where noted | title1 = There's Always Someone Cooler Than You | lyrics1 = | length1 = 4:15 | title2 = Learn to Live with What You Are | lyrics2 = | length2 = 4:25 | title3 = All U Can Eat | lyrics3 = | length3 = 3:22 | title4 = Rock Star | lyrics4 = {{hlist|Folds|[[Frally Hynes]]}} | length4 = 4:23 | title5 = Songs of Love | lyrics5 = [[Neil Hannon]] | length5 = 4:30 }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==General references== *<Cite id="endnote_Suddath2006_a" style="font-style: normal;">'''[[#ref_Suddath2006_a|^]]''' Suddath, Clair, "Ben Folds Is Not Cooler Than You," pg 41, Nashville Scene, November 2, 2006.</cite>

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