While many record companies and musicians ran cowering into their closet when faced with the digital music revolution, a few astute ones like Ben Folds quickly moved to embrace it, and the new opportunities it afforded to break away from the suddenly restrictive-feeling full album format.
In Folds' case this took the shape of three five-song EPs also made available through mail order via his own Attacked by Plastic imprint (and, later, partly compiled into the Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP CD), of which 2004's Super D was the final and arguably least fulfilling entry.
After opening with a spirited, grin-inducing cover of the Darkness' "Get Your Hands off My Woman," Folds manages only mildly interesting music and confusingly vague lyrics for "Kalamazoo" before launching into the bouncy "Adelaide," pushing up both the comedy and sonic complexity on the rhythmically busy, electronically-spiced "Rent a Cop," and finally closing with a live cover of Ray Charles' "Them That Got." Flawed or not, the EP was still readily embraced by Folds' rabid supporters.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get Your Hands Off My WomanDan Hawkins, Justin Hawkins, Frankie Poullain | Ben Folds | Play | 03:40 | 1 MB | 27 MB |
| 2 | KalamazooBen Folds | Ben Folds | Play | 04:26 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 3 | AdelaideBen Folds | Ben Folds | Play | 03:14 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 4 | Rent a CopBen Folds | Ben Folds | Play | 05:12 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 5 | Them That GotRay Charles, Ricci Harper | Ben Folds | Play | 02:02 | 4 MB | 11 MB |
| 15 mins | 35 MB | |||||
| 18 mins | 123 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Charles | Composer |
| 2 | Marc Chevalier | Engineer, Mixing |
| 3 | Joe Costa | Engineer, Mixing |
| 4 | Ben Folds | Composer, Mixing, Photography, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 5 | Ricci Harper | Composer |
| 6 | Dan Hawkins | Composer |
| 7 | Justin Hawkins | Composer |
| 8 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 9 | Frankie Poullain | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |