Ben Kweller is the self-titled third album by Ben Kweller

Ben Kweller

Ben Kweller is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.-Early life:Ben Kweller was born in San Francisco, CA in 1981. In 1982, his family relocated to Emory, Texas, where his father, Howard Kweller, became the town's first doctor. In 1986, the Kwellers moved to a much larger city,...

. It was released September 19, 2006 on ATO Records

ATO Records

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One Minute Pop Song

For the 9 weeks leading up to the release of the album Ben Kweller previously took footage of himself and made an internet mini-show called "One Minute Pop Song." Each episode would usually run for 2–6 minutes.

Topics of the videos were varied. Some of the topics were about a fan who sent in a cover version of a song, talking about laying down the tracks and playing all the instruments on the album, showing a tour of the studio, Ben Kweller rating himself on each instrument, telling a story about Neil Young, and talking about how he learned to play the drums from his father.

Recording process

On his Myspace

MySpace

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 website, Ben described the making of the album as "very exciting, emotional and challenging." He explained that since he played all the instruments on the album it "was a big change for me and it produced something really intimate and special. It's such a different way of working but if you can pull it off it makes a very cool and unique sound." He also described a song on the album, "A bonus for me, and you, is I think I might have written my best song while I was in the studio. It's called 'Thirteen'. It's very personal and almost hard for me to listen to."

Track listing

All songs and instruments by Ben Kweller.

1. "Run" – 3:07
2. "Nothing Happening" – 3:53
3. "Sundress" – 4:06
4. "I Gotta Move" – 3:10
5. "Thirteen" – 4:17
6. "Penny on the Train Track" – 4:28
7. "I Don't Know Why" – 3:06
8. "Magic" – 3:08
9. "Red Eye" – 4:20
10. "Until I Die" – 4:07
11. "This Is War" – 2:25

Chart positions

Chart (2006)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	117
US Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...	7
US Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...	1

Credits

• Charles Attal – Management
• Jakub Blackman – Publicity
• Matt Boynton – Digital Editing
• Adrian Bushby – Mixing
• Brian Dawson – Live Sound Engineer
• John Dunne – Engineer
• Roger Greenawalt Demo – Engineer
• Sam Kersherbaum – Photography
• Ben Kweller – Art Direction, Design, Photography, Layout Design, Instrumentation
• Ray Lego – Photography, Cover Photo
• Steve Mazur – Engineer
• Michael McDonald – A&R
• Sarah McGoldrick – Design, Layout Design
• Gil Norton – Producer, Mixing, Pre-Production
• Michael Palmieri – Photography
• Steve Ralbovsky – A&R
• Brian Thom – Engineer
• Elizabeth Weinberg – Photography
• Ken Weinstein – Publicity
• Richard Woodcraft – Engineer