Fear of Pop: Volume 1

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Volume 1 is the name of the first album by the experimental band

At some stores, a limited edition 12" vinyl single for "In Love" was bundled for free with Volume 1. It featured a remix of the song by Thievery Corporation, as well as a couple of cuts off of the album.

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The album cover displays the silhouettes of a running man and two lasso-throwing cowboys in pursuit on horseback. The back of the album case shows the silhouette of a boy in a cowboy outfit sitting on a park bench with what appears to be an erect penis in his hands. The inner cover depicts a woman being violently attacked on a television seen in a city apartment. All the images are from David Bethell's "Just Your Average Second on This Planet" 1997-1998.

Track listing

All songs written by Ben Folds unless otherwise noted.

1. "Fear of Pop" (Folds, Caleb Southern) – 3:26
2. "Kops" – 6:07
   • featuring Jay Goin, Scott Edwards and Ben Goldman as "The Kops."
3. "Slow Jam '98" – 4:50
4. "Blink" – 1:23
5. "In Love" – 4:46
   • featuring
     David Davidson on violin
     .
6. "Interlude" – 0:21
7. "Avery M. Powers Memorial Beltway" – 5:58
8. "I Paid My Money" – 3:16
9. "Rubber Sled" – 4:55
   • featuring Mike Flynn as "The Customer"
10. "Root to This" – 5:09
    • featuring Frally as "The Shouting Woman"
11. "Still in Love" – 1:26
    • featuring William Shatner

Personnel

• talkbox
• David Davidson - violin
• Mike Flynn - organ
• vocals
• John Mark Painter - acoustic guitar, guitar, trombone, trumpet, cello, theremin, djembe, chamberlin, vocoder
• vocals
• vocals

Production

• Producers: Ben Folds, John Mark Painter, Caleb Southern
• Engineers: Ben Folds, Caleb Southern
• Mixing: John Mark Painter, Caleb Southern
• Mastering: Howie Weinberg
• Art direction: Josh Cheuse
• Packaging Art: David Bethell^[2]

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