''Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP'' is a remixed
compilation album by
Ben Folds
Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer, who is the first artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., since May 2017. Folds was ...
which was released on 24 October 2006, by
Epic Records in the
United States
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. The album's name is taken from Folds'
EPs ''
Super D
''Super D'' is an EP by Ben Folds, the last of 3 in a series released between ''Rockin' the Suburbs'' and ''Songs for Silverman''. It has three original songs and two covers: The Darkness' "Get Your Hands Off My Woman", and a live performance o ...
'', ''
Sunny 16
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'' and ''
Speed Graphic
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''. Music from those EPs make up the majority of the album, alongside other tracks released since Folds' last album: a cover of the
Dr. Dre
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track "
Bitches Ain't Shit
"Bitches Ain't Shit" is the final song of Dr. Dre's debut solo rap album, ''The Chronic'',Thomas Golianopoulous"Dr. Dre, 'The Chronic' at 20: Classic track-by-track review" ''Billboard.com'', Prometheus Global Media, LLC, 15 Dec 2012. which was r ...
", the song "Bruised" from ''
The Bens
The Bens were a rock supergroup consisting of the trio, Ben Folds, Ben Kweller and Ben Lee, which toured for "the Bens Rock Over Australia tour" in 2003.
History
Kweller described how the trio formed, "Well actually our fans noticed that we ...
'', and the reprise version of "Still" from the ''
Over the Hedge
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'' soundtrack.
Due to an outcry on many sites (including Folds' own
MySpace webpage) that Folds was releasing this "
LP" of previously released material as a marketing ploy, he released a statement concerning the new release. He clarified that, while they are the same songs from the EP collection, almost every track would utilize added overlays and instrumentation (strings, for instance) or different takes of the song. From an email to his
mailing list: "the new LP would be 'boasting remastering and tweaking that was completed at Ben's own studio in Nashville, TN'".
The second U.S. single "Bitches Ain't Shit" made it onto the Hot 100 as well as the
Hot Digital Tracks
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chart.
Track listing
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2006 compilation albums
Ben Folds albums
Epic Records compilation albums
Albums produced by Ben Folds