Whatever And Ever Amen

1997年発表の2ndアルバムが6曲のボーナス・トラック＋リマスタリングという豪華盤で再発売。彼らお得意の弾けたポップ・チューンからバラードまで、全曲が素晴らしい！あの史上最強の負け犬アンセム“金返せ”も収録。ポップス好きは絶対聴いておきたい名盤。

Rolling Stone (4/17/97, pp.78-80) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...Folds has written another batch of sweet songs and supports each with disciplined, downright patient arrangements....This is about as close to bliss as the radio gets." Spin (5/97, p.110) - 9 (out of 10) - "...WHATEVER AND EVER AMEN, signals a welcome return to rock as physical comedy. Like his sad-clown elders--Elton, Randy Newman--Folds knows that intense sincerity and oafish glitz are hardly incompatible. In fact, that's something we used to call entertainment..." Entertainment Weekly (3/28/97, p.68) - "...Guitarless, cool, and compositionally overqualified, BFF have everything you'd want out of a rock band right now except a wah-wah pedal." - Rating: A Q (1/98, p.112) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997." Q (10/00, p.141) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Music for those who'll spend the rest of their lives 'off games', the bone-dry humor and sunny melodies still compensate for a multitude of sins." Village Voice (2/24/98) - Ranked #27 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.