Naked Baby Photos is a compilation album comprising outtake

Outtake

An outtake is a portion of a work that is removed in the editing process and not included in the work's final, publicly released version. In the digital era, significant outtakes have been appended to CD and DVD reissues of many albums and films as bonus tracks or features, in film often, but not...

 material from recordings of Ben Folds Five

Ben Folds Five

Ben Folds Five is an alternative rock trio formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The group comprises Ben Folds , Robert Sledge , and Darren Jessee . The group achieved mainstream success in the alternative, indie and pop music scenes...

's first two studio albums and live performances. Most of the tracks are previously unreleased rarities.

Caroline Records' webpage for Naked Baby Photos features explanations of each track's origins from Ben Folds.

Track listing

Eddie Walker

"This was the first song to click in rehearsal. The chorus arrangement arrived at with background vocals and distorted bass during our first rehearsals gave us a glimpse of what we would sound like when we grew up."

Jackson Cannery

"Our first recording ever. Done live with Caleb after everyone got off work. We never made a demo, this was a 7" that Caroline bought from us at a show."

Emaline

"Cut off the first album basically because the label wasn't comfortable with marketing an album with 15 songs like we wanted. This version had a guitar and would have blown the "guitarless" thing. We always thought it was the single..."

Alice Childress

"Recorded live at KCRW

KCRW

KCRW is a public radio station broadcasting from the campus of Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, carrying a mix of National Public Radio news, talk radio and freeform music format. The general manager of KCRW is Jennifer Ferro...

. Our first live on radio performance. Scary thing for a band one year old."

Dick Holster

"Impromptu live 2 track while checking out sound in the studio. A picture of how goofing around can make sense."

For Those of Y'all Who Wear Fannie Packs

"Like Dick Holster, just us screwing around while waiting to do a show. Engineers tend to go out for coffee while we're on these kicks and luckily they often leave the tape machines on."

Personnel

Ben Folds Five

• Ben Folds
  Ben Folds
  Benjamin Scott "Ben" Folds is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and television personality. From 1995-2000, Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. Since the group disbanded, Folds has performed as a solo artist and has toured all over the world...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  
• Robert Sledge
  Robert Sledge
  Robert Sledge is an American musician, best known for his work with Ben Folds Five.-Biography:Robert Sledge began playing bass guitar at the age of eleven. His brother was playing guitar at his house so he also learned how to play the guitar at the same time...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , background vocals
• Darren Jessee
  Darren Jessee
  Darren Jessee is an American musician and songwriter. He is perhaps best known as the drummer for the alternative rock group Ben Folds Five...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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  , background vocals

Production
Mastered by Howie Weinberg

Howie Weinberg

Howie Weinberg is a music mastering engineer who has worked with numerous bands.- Career :He has worked at Masterdisk, New York City, since 1977...

Scott MacLeod - Live Sound Engineer
Leo Overtoom - Live Sound Engineer
Alan Wolmack - Management
Peter Felstead - Management
Wendi Horowitz - Sleeve design
Robert Sledge - Sleeve design
John Falls - Outer booklet photos
Anna Goodman

Anna Goodman

Anna Goodman is an American songwriter who was married to Ben Folds from 1987 to 1992. She co-wrote several Ben Folds Five songs including Kate , Alice Childress , The Last Polka , Alice Childress , Smoke , and Lullabye .Anna was also a...

- Cowrote Alice Childress