Faith No More: Classic or Dud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUcRItGaMnE

Ha, will always associate FNM with The Word for whatever reason. Very nostalgic clip for me.

Aye they were always on it. All their clips are on youtube from it

Decibel reviewer didn't like it much but then again he also said KFAD and AOTY were almost unlistenable. which, ok, I am not a huge fan of AOTY but it has "Collision", "Stripsearch", "Last Cup of Sorrow", and "Ashes to Ashes"! and KFAD is great!

looking forward to this and seeing them.

SF show tonight was fun! They did a Boz Scaggs "Lowdown" break in the middle of Midlife Crisis (substituting the MLC lyrics) that was on point & awesome

did they have the guy with the gimp suit come on last night? he was there on sunday, v weird!

yep!

Superhero is actually the least interesting track on this.

motherfucker works great live, fits so well into their catalog

(reminds me of cuckoo for caca)

That's my fave FNM song and I'm so pumped it's been in the live sets

FNM POV, btw

1. "Cuckoo For Caca"
2. "A Small Victory"
3. "Ashes to Ashes"
4. "Falling to Pieces"
5. "Midlife Crisis"

going to the wiltern show tonight!

Frightwig opened our SF show, they were fucking stellar, so awesome. I didnt know them at all but Mr Veg remembered seeing them in the early 80's at SF punk shows opening for Toy Dolls etc

my FNM POV

Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Be Aggressive
Everything's Ruined
Real Thing
Cuckoo for Caca

I really like Just a Man too but it's more top 10 than top 5

Ashes to Ashes is a monster though, hard to keep it off my five

my POV, for today

Anne's Song
Jizzlobber
Everything's Ruined
Malpractice
Falling To Pieces

for me it's...

Land of Sunshine
Surprise! You're Dead!
Stripsearch
Kindergarten
Evidence

but it would change every day probably at this point

you guys gotta be hella young

midlife crisis
woodpecker from mars
we care a lot
smaller and smaller
kindergarten

I was just shy of 9 when the Real Thing came out if that gives a hint.

i did 'a small victory' at my senior year high school talent show; i was the guy in the background screaming HUT...HUT... HUT... HUT HUT HUT and IT SHOULDNTATA BOTHA ME NO
at the end of the song we screamed into the microphone and had a full on freakout then paused and flipped out again every time the emcee tried to come back on
oh we were so clever

There's no way I could reduce it to only five for this band.

forks you are so young

aw thanks

not hella young just evolved (runs)

me i mean, not forks

yeah, i'm still charmander over here

ok see i AM old, i had to google what that even was

cuckoo for caca
malpractice
small victory
jizzlobber
just a man

I mean I have regrets about these choices and obviously I'm fond of two albums in particular but I think this is a nice EP of what makes the band great

midlife crisis
underwater love
annie's song
smaller and smaller
be aggressive

pov subject to change, can include anything from Angel Dust

All from the KFAD/AOTY era, but...

Digging the Grave
Ugly In The Morning
Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Stripsearch
I Started A Joke

DL, you should listen to Angel Dust all the way through today.

I realize that Angeldust gets the bulk of the critical acclaim for the band and that people also mention the following two releases as well but fuck man, I still adore The Real Thing and still find myself playing it a lot more than any other FNM release. Yeah, it was their biggest album (in America ay ant rate), the one that broke the band, but I don't consider that a deterrent.

I admit a personal bias towards this one. I worked at Tower Records in the village in NYC from late 1989 for a couple years, my first "music biz" job after I left home to go (back) to NYC. I worked in the tape department in the basement. I adored this album from when I first picked it up after seeing the "From Out of Nowhere" video on MTV's "Headbanger's Ball" while still in Virginia before moving. I played it literally every day I worked and I know I was personally responsible for selling 100+ copies of the damn thing just through repetition and talking it up to customers and this was leading up to it really took off much later in 1990.

But even if I take a step back and try to look at it objectively, I enjoy the accessibility of the album. To me the none-too-subtle removal of the hooks from Angeldust was kind of a reverse sell out, a rebellious reaction to their unexpected but glorious success. Which they were entitled to do and which created another great album for markedly different reasons, but one that I simply don't play as much.

There are loads of hooks on Angel Dust! So many! I genuinely think it's a much better more and interesting record than The Real Thing, which I find a bit grating (largely because of the nasal vocal thing Patton does on it, the songwriting is solid).

AD was admittedly my first FNM album, there may be a pattern here.

the real thing was my first but angel dust is clearly the masterpiece. album of the year was my 2nd fave. played it last night and it still holds up

My Faith No More albums ranking goes something like this:

1. Introduce Yourself
2. The Real Thing
3. King for a Day, Fool For a Lifetime
4. Angel Dust

Never heard Album of the Year.

1. Angel Dust
2. AotY
3. KFaD
4. The Real Thing

Sol Invictus might sneak the number two slot with a few more listens. I've never given the pre-Patton stuff much of a chance, perhaps unfairly.

Angel Dust
The Real Thing
Introduce Yourself
King For A Day
We Care A Lot
Album Of The Year

but they're all great. Not sure yet where Sol Invictus would place.

[low placing for AOTY just because I've played it the least so far; slept on it in 1998, only really revisited it post-reunion]

[Mark Bowen and As The Worm Turns off We Care A Lot two of my have FNM tracks, but prefer later Patton live versions over Chuck versions]

AOTY is better than king for a day

Heads up -- two deluxe reissues soon, and bonus tracks, you got 'em:

THE REAL THING
Track Listing

Disc One: Original Album
1. "From Out Of Nowhere"
2. "Epic"
3. "Falling To Pieces"
4. "Surprise You're Dead"
5. "Zombie Eaters"
6. "The Real Thing"
7. "Underwater Love"
8. "The Morning After"
9. "Woodpecker From Mars"
10. "War Pigs"
11. "Edge Of The World"

Disc Two: Bonus Disc
1. Sweet Emotion (Taken from Kerrang! Flexible Fiend)
2. Epic (Radio Remix Edit) (Taken from the 'Epic' Promotional CD single)
3. Falling To Pieces (Matt Wallace Remix) (Taken from the 'Falling To Pieces' 12" single)
4. Cowboy Song (B-side) (Taken from the b-side of 'From Out Of Nowhere' single)
5. The Grade (B-side) (Taken from the b-side of 'From Out Of Nowhere' 12" single)
6. From Out Of Nowhere (Extended Remix) (Taken from the 'From Out Of Nowhere' 12" single)
7. War Pigs (Live Berlin 11.9.1989) (Iommi/Ward/Butler/Osbourne) Westminster Music Ltd.
(Taken from the b-side of 'Epic' 12" single)
8. Surprise You're Dead (Live Sheffield) (Taken from the b-side of 'Epic' 12" single)
9. Chinese Arithmetic (Live Sheffield) (Taken from the b-side of 'Epic' 12" single)
10. Underwater Love (Live at Brixton Academy, London 28 April 1990) (Taken from the b-side of 'Falling To Pieces' 12" single)
11. As The Worms Turns (Live at Brixton Academy, London 28 April 1990) (Taken from the video for "You Fat B**tards")

ANGEL DUST
Track Listing

Disc One: Original Album
1. "Land Of Sunshine"
2. "Caffeine"
3. "Midlife Crisis"
4. "R.V."
5. "Smaller And Smaller"
6. "Everything's Ruined"
7. "Malpractice"
8. "Kindergarten"
9. "Be Aggressive"
10. "A Small Victory"
11. "Crack Hitler"
12. "Jizzlobber"
13. "Midnight Cowboy"
14. "Easy"

Disc Two: Bonus Disc
1. Easy (Cooler Version) (Lionel Ritchie) (Taken from the 'I'm Easy' CD single)
2. Das Schutzenfest (German version) (Taken from the 'I'm Easy' CD single)
3. As The Worm Turns (Mike Patton vocal / Japan bonus track) (Taken from the Japanese edition of "Angel Dust")
4. Let's Lynch The Landlord (B-Side) (Jello Biafra) (Taken from the 'A Small Victory' single)
5. Midlife Crisis (The Scream Mix) Remixed by Matt Wallace (Taken from the bonus 12" included with "Angel Dust" LP)
6. A Small Victory (R-Evolution 23 (Full Moon) Mix) (Taken from the 'A Small Victory' 12" single)
7. Easy (Live Munich 9th November 1992) ((Lionel Ritchie) (Taken from the 'I'm Easy' CD single)
8. Be Aggressive (Live Munich 9th November 1992) (Taken from the b-side of 'I'm Easy' CD single)
9. Kindergarten (Live Munich 9th November 1992) (Taken from the b-side of 'I'm Easy' CD single)
10. A Small Victory (Live Munich 9th November 1992) (Taken from the b-side of 'I'm Easy' CD single)]
11. Mark Bowen (Live Munich 9th November 1992) (Taken from the b-side of 'I'm Easy' CD single)
12. We Care A Lot (Live Munich 9th November 1992) (Taken from the b-side of 'I'm Easy' CD single)
13. Midlife Crisis (Live Dekalb, Ill. 20th September 1992) (Taken from the b-side of 'Everything's Ruined' CD single)
14. Land Of Sunshine (Live Dekalb, Ill. 20th September 1992) (Taken from the b-side of 'Everything's Ruined' CD single)
15. Edge of The World (Live St. Louis 18th September 1992) (Taken from the b-side of 'Everything's Ruined' CD single)
16. R.V. (Live Dekalb, Ill. 20th September 1992) (Taken from the b-side of 'Everything's Ruined' CD single)
17. The World Is Yours (Outtake from Angel Dust sessions) (Taken from the album "Who Cares A Lot? The Greatest Hits)

Let's Lynch The Landlord (B-Side) (Jello Biafra) (Taken from the 'A Small Victory' single)

did they re-record this for their own release, like Disposable Heroes did?

nycnative, i fucking loved that tower records. we probably crossed paths a few times.

I love Angel Dust - especially now that I'm older, musically I find the arrangements really layered & cool

Like RV is so weird vocally but musically it's kinda beautiful, and Everything's Ruined - I love the soaring guitar in the background through the chorus & but the also the haunting piano in the verses

there's lots of really creative stuff going on!!

not that there isnt on all their albums but this one stands out artistically, like they really flex their collective muscles here imo

Yeah it's the album you get the sense from the most that they're combining ideas and techniques from different genres to create new hybrids rather than just doing a lounge song for a laugh or whatever.

please help me by telling me what song FNM are vamping on with this version of Midlife Crisis pls

is it boz scaggs' lowdown??

[would probs help if i c&p'd the youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5AvfDL9wmc

patton is such a weirdo

i love how much he loves AM gold songs, & how well they interpret them it's so fun

I haven't heard this yet, but definitely looking forward to it. King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime is my second favourite FNM album after Angel Dust, and I always felt it was an incredibly underrated album on the whole.