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{{Infobox album
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| Last album = ''[[Live (Ben Folds Five album)|Live]]''<br />(2013)▼
| label = [[New West Records]]
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| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = [[What Matters Most (Ben Folds Album) |What Matters Most]]
| next_year = 2023
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'''''So There''''' is an album by [[Ben Folds]] and the [[YMusic|yMusic Ensemble]], released on September 11, 2015. The album includes eight [[chamber pop]] songs and one [[piano concerto]] performed with the [[Nashville Symphony]].<ref name=NPR>{{cite web|last1=Boilen|first1=Bob|title=Song Premiere: Ben Folds And yMusic, 'Capable Of Anything'|url=http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/06/05/411984091/song-premiere-ben-folds-and-ymusic-capable-of-anything|publisher=NPR|accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref>▼
{{Album ratings
| MC = 66/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web|title=Critic Reviews for So There|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/so-there/ben-folds/critic-reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[AbsolutePunk]]''
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=chorus.fm |url=https://chorus.fm/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=chorus.fm |language=en-US}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[AllMusic]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|last=Donelson|first=Marcy |title=So There – Ben Folds|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002858472|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[American Songwriter]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Horowitz |first=Hal |date=2015-09-14 |title=Ben Folds: So There |url=https://americansongwriter.com/154531/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]''
| rev4score = 58/100<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kivel |first=Adam |date=2015-09-10 |title=Album Review: Ben Folds and yMusic - So There |url=https://consequence.net/2015/09/album-review-ben-folds-and-ymusic-so-there/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Consequence |language=en-US}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Album Review: Ben Folds - So There |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18990/reviews/4149353 |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=DrownedInSound |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927233028/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/18990/reviews/4149353 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Exclaim!]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ben Folds So There {{!}} Exclaim! |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/ben_folds-so_there |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=exclaim.ca |language=en-ca}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Magnet (magazine)|Magnet]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref>''Magnet'' No. 124, p. 57</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref>''Mojo'' October 2015, p. 93</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blum |first=Jordan |date=October 5, 2015 |title=Ben Folds: So There |url=https://www.popmatters.com/ben-folds-so-there-2495486090.html |website=PopMatters}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q Magazine]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|6|10}}<ref>''Q'' October 2015, p. 108</ref>
| rev11 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev11score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=So There - Record Collector Magazine |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/so-there |access-date=2022-09-22 |language=en}}</ref>
| rev12 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev12score = {{Rating|7|10}}<ref>''Uncut'' October 2015, p. 75</ref>
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▲'''''So There''''' is
==Reception==
On [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, So There received an average score of 66, which indicated "Generally Favorable Reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title=So There Metacritic Page |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/so-there/ben-folds |website=Metacritic.com |access-date=2023-02-19}}</ref> In a review that gave the album an 80/100, AllMusic's Marcy Donelson stated "The album will very likely be embraced by solo Folds aficionados, though it may not appeal to those who strongly favor the brasher Five."<ref>{{cite web |first=Marcy|last=Donelson|title=So There Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/so-there-mw0002858472 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2023-02-19}}</ref>
In a more negative review, Adam Kivel from ''[[Consequence (website)|Consequence]]'' wrote, "In that sense, the orchestra draws out the purest essence of Folds. When he’s cute, he’s so remarkably cute and knows it. When he’s clever, the same holds true. When he’s singing sincerely and digging into deep emotion, the instrumentation doubles down. That makes dramatic songs like "Capable of Anything" and "I’m Not the Man" the most affective, while others are either momentarily fun or obnoxious, depending on your predisposition." Later in the same review saying "Folds' gifts for narrative and composing are clear, but fusing the two more fluidly could be something magical."<ref>{{cite web |first=Adam|last=Kivel|title=Album Review: Ben Folds and yMusic - So There |url=https://consequence.net/2015/09/album-review-ben-folds-and-ymusic-so-there/ |website=[[Consequence (website)|Consequence]] |date=September 10, 2015 |access-date=February 19, 2023}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Ben Folds except where noted<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/so-there/id1018447558 |title=So There by Ben Folds on iTunes |website=Itunes.apple.com |date=2015-09-11 |accessdate=2016-03-10}}</ref>
|title1 = Capable of Anything
|length1 = 3:49
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|title6 = Yes Man
|length6 = 3:59
|writer6 = Ben Folds / [[Rob Moose]]
|title7 = F10-D-A
|length7 = 1:58
|title8 = I'm Not the Man
|length8 = 4:41
|writer8 = Ben Folds / [[Alicia Witt]]
|title9 = Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Movement 1
|length9 = 10:28
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Tracks 1-8:
*Ben Folds – piano, vocals, percussion
*[[Rob Moose]] – violin, harmonies
*Nadia Sirota – viola
*Gabriel Cabezas – cello
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*Alex Sopp – flute, alto flute, piccolo, harmonies, cover art
*Hideaki Aomori – clarinet, bass clarinet
*[[Gracie Folds]] – harmony on "So There"
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