''The Bathroom Wall'' is the debut studio album by American comedian Jimmy Fallon, released on August 27, 2002. The first five tracks of the album consists of studio songs, with the remainder of the album consisting of stand-up comedy material. The album is most notable for the song "Idiot Boyfriend" and its music video, in which actress and singer/songwriter

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appears in the music video in the uncredited role of Fallon's girlfriend.

Track listing

Personnel

* Jimmy Fallon -

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, harmonica,

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, background vocals * Gerard Bradford -

, background vocals *

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- bass, keyboards, background vocals *

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- drums, keyboards, background vocals * Peter Iselin -

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on "Drinking In The Woods" * Nadia Dajani - background vocals on "(I Can't Play) Basketball"

Production

* Producer: The Soundhustlers * Engineers: Ben Arons, Dan Milazzo, and Kevin Scott * Assistant engineers: Aaron Kaplan, Doug Sanderson, Antony Zeller * Mixing: Mark Ronson, Justin Stanley, Marie C, and Gabe Chiesa * Mastering: Brian Gardner * Set Design: Michael DeNaire * Design: Kyledidthis * Photography: Mick Rock

Reception

Reviews

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described it as Fallon's " mix tape of high school fights, bad athletic performances, and collegiate experimentation combined with a dose of rock & roll mayhem"; two of the songs ("Idiot Boyfriend" and "Road Rage") were AMG "Track Picks", as were two of the stand-up comedy routines ("Troll Doll Jingles" and "Hammertime"). The ''

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'' liked the "fifteen minutes' worth of songs" and called "Idiot Boyfriend" the "second-best

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ever, after Beck's '

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'"; the rest of the album was said to be "padded out with lame stand-up on college life (the fridges are small!), celebrity impressions and

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s."

Awards

''The Bathroom Wall'' was nominated for a Grammy in 2003 as the Best Spoken Comedy Album.Jimmy Fallon
from the

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website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bathroom Wall, The Jimmy Fallon albums 2002 debut albums 2002 live albums DreamWorks Records live albums 2000s comedy albums