| align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Friction, Baby |
| lign="center" colspan="3"|Album cover |
| lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Album by Better Than Ezra |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|August 13, 1996 |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|March 25 to April 27, 1996 |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Alternative |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|47 min 25 sec |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|Elektra Records |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | colspan="2" valign="top"|Don Gehman |
| gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Allmusic.com | valign="top"|3 stars out of 5 | valign="top"|link |
| gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Better Than Ezra Chronology |
align="top"|Deluxe
(1995) | valign="top"|Friction, Baby
(1996) | valign="top"|How Does Your Garden Grow?
(1998) |