The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Album by Ben Folds Five
Released	April 27, 1999
Recorded	November 1998 to January 1999
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	40:29
Label	550
Producer(s)	Caleb Southern
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The Music Box link Rolling Stone link
Ben Folds Five chronology
Naked Baby Photos (1998)	The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (1999)	Ben Folds Rockin' the Suburbs (2001)

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The title of the album is said to refer to a name that Darren Jessee used on fake IDs as a teenager. The band was unaware of the existence of a real Reinhold Messner, a famous mountain climber, until work on the album had already progressed. Darren Jessee was Drummer for Ben Folds Five, a rock group. ... Identity document forgery is the process by which identity documents issued by governing bodies are copied and/or modified by persons not authorized to create such documents or engage in such modifications, for the purpose of deceiving those who would view the documents about the identity or status of the... A separate article is about the punk band called The Adolescents. ... Reinhold Messner in 2004 Reinhold Messner (September 17, 1944, Villnöss-Funes, South Tyrol, Italy) is often cited [1]as the greatest mountain climber of all time, noted for making the first (and likely only) solo ascent of Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen and for being the first climber to...

Track listing

The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner

1. "Narcolepsy"
2. "Don't Change Your Plans"
3. "Mess"
4. "Magic"
5. "Hospital Song"
6. "Army"
7. "Your Redneck Past"
8. "Your Most Valuable Possession"
9. "Regrets"
10. "Jane"
11. "Lullabye"

Australian copies contain the bonus track, "(Theme From) Dr. Pyser". Japanese copies contain the bonus track, "Birds".

Personnel

Ben Folds Five

• Ben Folds - vocals, piano
• Robert Sledge - bass, background vocals
• Darren Jessee - drums, background vocals

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• Antoine Silverman - violin
• Mark Feldman - violin
• Lorenza Ponce - violin
• Jane Scarpantoni - cello
• Ken Mosher - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Tom Maxwell - tenor saxophone
• Paul Shapiro - tenor saxophone
• Frank London - trumpet
• John Mark Painter - flugelhorn, valve trombone

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Production

• Producer: Caleb Southern
• Mixing: Andy Wallace

Charts

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