Matthew Friedberger

Matthew Friedberger
Photo: Ferran from Amposta · CC BY 2.0

About the artist

Matthew Friedberger, born 21st October 1972, is one half of the brother and sister band, The Fiery Furnaces where he plays the majority of the instruments and provides some vocals. Prior to starting The Fiery Furnaces, Matthew Friedberger played in various other bands, including Corndolly, Liquorette, The Mezzanines and The Grand Vizars. His first solo release is a double album entitled "Winter Women/Holy Ghost Language School" and was released on August 8, 2006.

Top songs

  1. Up the River
  2. Her Chinese Typewriter
  3. Don't You Remember?
  4. Shirley
  5. Theme From Never Going Home Again
  6. Seventh Loop Highway
  7. Quick as Cupid
  8. Do You Like Blondes?
  9. Under the Hood at the Paradise Garage
  10. Holy Ghost Language School
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  1. The Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co. Resignation Letter
  2. Motorman
  3. Hialeah
  4. The Cross and the Switchblade
  5. I Love You Cedric
  6. Wisconsin River Blues
  7. First Day of School
  8. Azusa St.
  9. Topeka and San Antonio
  10. The Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company Resignation Letter
  11. Servant in Distress
  12. Ship Scrap Beach Business
  13. A Mystical Preparative to Lewdness
  14. Ruth versus Richard
  15. Things Were Going So Well
  16. I Started Drinking Alcohol At The Age Of Eleven
  17. All in Vain or the Opposite
  18. Ruth vs. Rachel
  19. Meet Me in Miramas
  20. Betcha Don't
  21. Moral and Epilogue
  22. Big Bill Crib and His Ladies of the Desert
  23. Big Bill Crib & His Ladies of the Desert
  24. Keep Me in the Dark
  25. PS. 213 Mini School
  26. P.S. 213 Mini-School
  27. Ladies-in-Waiting – Waiting Forever I. The Neighbors
  28. Bet You Don't!!!
  29. Ladies-in-Waiting – Waiting Forever II. "Fleeing Plus Pursuing"
  30. Hey Chief
  31. Under The Hood At Paradise Garage
  32. The Sainte-Barbe Triangle
  33. I'm Going Away
  34. The Comforts of the Coffin
  35. What a Weird Weird Weird Weird
  36. Courteous and Orderly
  37. Ladies-in-Waiting – Waiting Forever III. "Tell me What it is You Want, Boys"
  38. Ladies-in-Waiting – Waiting Forever IV. "You're Getting Yourself Worked Up"
  39. Ladies-in-Waiting – Waiting Forever V. "Same Every Night"
  40. St. Giles Parish
  41. Ladies-in-Waiting – Waiting Forever VII. Drifting Down the Alleys
  42. Drive to Dallas
  43. Ladies-in-Waiting – Waiting Forever VI. "Wondering What, Exactly?"
  44. I'll Ride Right Up on My Mule
  45. Ladies-in-Waiting – Waiting Forever VIII. Frustration by the Boulevards
  46. I Had an Old-Fashioned
  47. Brand-New Mothers – Trying it Out I. Matricidal Sons of Bitches
  48. Oh the Hell of It
  49. North to...
  50. Take Me Round Again
  51. Ladies-in-Waiting – Waiting Forever X. "I'm Sure It's… For the Best"
  52. Ladies-in-Waiting – Waiting Forever XI. "But at the Door – Is it Him?"
  53. Staring at the Steeple
  54. Brand-New Mothers – Trying it Out IV. Making the Preparations
  55. Cut the Cake
  56. Brand-New Mothers – Trying it Out III."Can I Tell you Something?"
  57. Brand-New Mothers – Trying it Out V. Zeroing in Across the Crowded Bar
  58. Brand-New Mothers – Trying it Out VI. Completing the Activity
  59. Brand-New Mothers – Trying it Out VIII. The Problem Becomes the Solution
  60. Dying on the Sixth Side I. Early in the Morning and Late at Night
  61. Dying on the Sixth Side IV. Dying on the Sixth Side
  62. Bet You Don't!
  63. Brand-New Mothers – Trying it Out VII. The Next Morning
  64. Dying on the Sixth Side II. The View from the Top
  65. Napoléonette
  66. Dying on the Sixth Side VIII. The Corpse Vanishes
  67. Brand-New Mothers – Trying it Out IX. Brand-New Mothers
  68. Dying on the Sixth Side VII. Seeing Double, Thinking Twice
  69. The Hidden Location of My Purple Pen
  70. Quality Evictions Since 1986
  71. She's Relieved, Actually
  72. Brand-New Mothers – Trying it Out X. What? Again?
  73. Rebeccaism
  74. I'm So Happy I Could Scream, She Whispered
  75. Dying on the Sixth Side XI. The View out the Basement Window
  76. Expectant Fathers – In for a Surprise VII. As if in the Car with the Kids
  77. Dying on the Sixth Side XII. Working at the Cemetery – Again
  78. Ticket-a-Dance
  79. Expectant Fathers – In for a Surprise I. "What will You Say?"
  80. Expectant Fathers – In for a Surprise VIII. Paternal Prerogatives
  81. Expectant Fathers – In for a Surprise III. Disappointed Dads
  82. Expectant Fathers – In for a Surprise V. Well, Make your Calculations Quick
  83. But Seriously, Why Did You Do It?
  84. Dying on the Sixth Side IX. You're not Really Discouraged, Are You?
  85. Expectant Fathers – In for a Surprise II. "You Know what this Means, Don't You?"
  86. I Started Using Alcohol at the Age of Eleven
  87. Expectant Fathers – In for a Surprise X. Off You Go!
  88. The Diabolical Principle
  89. Expectant Fathers – In for a Surprise VI. Despite Yourself? Or to Spite Yourself?
  90. Expectant Fathers – In for a Surprise IX. What did You Do?

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