Faith No More - Album of the Year
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Free Music Review: Low key
Hit: 5 Stars
Faith No More...a phrase that has become a by-word for irreverent excellence. But this only came about because of the brilliance of the albums that came before this. So is Album Of The Year a worthy addition to the phenomenal canon of Faith No More? The answer is an emphatic 'yes'. Starting off with the sickly twisted 'Collision', which, judging by the lyrics, appears to have been written as a tribute to the film 'Crash', AOTY never disappoints. The band appear to have mellowed out somewhat since KFAD (there are no equivalents of 'Cuckoo for Caca' here), but that is no bad thing at all, as it allows them to explore new areas. 'Stripsearch' and 'Last cup of Sorrow' are fine examples of the new FNM. But fret not, mosh freaks, the psycho vibe is brought to us in the form of 'Naked in front of the computer', a tale of a battle between a computer and its owner. And 'Got that feeling' nicely captures the mosh mood as well. The tone of the record is definitely more low-key than on previous albums, and this vibe is best captured on the twin peaks of genius known as 'Ashes to Ashes', and my personal favourite 'Paths of glory'. Words can't really describe how good these songs are. No one seems to agree with me on 'Paths', so it must be that I have found a song that I can call mine. And for this, I worship Faith No More. Note must be made of the video for 'last cup..', which is an inspired four minute remake of Hitchcocks classic 'vertigo', featuring Jennifer Jason Leigh. The keyboards are more prevalent than ever on any FNM album, and on 'Paths' and 'ashes' they totally build the atmosphere, as well as on 'last cup' and 'stripsearch'. One of the most touching moments of the whole album is found in the song 'Helpless', which I assume is a song relating to depression. Mike:'I even tried to get arrested today/But everyone looked the other way'. I could sit here and harp on for hours about how great the rest of the songs are, but I won't. That would be telling. So go and get it.Free Music Review: An inspiring finale
Hit: 5 Stars
My attention was first brought to Faith No More on the release of this album and much due to a friends persistence that I listen to it. It was the album which begun my whole fascination with the world of alternative music.Standing the test of time ?Stripsearch', ?Last Cup of Sorrow', ?Mouth to Mouth', ?Ashes to Ashes' and ?She Loves Me Not' are the tracks I keep coming back to. The album is typically diverse, ?Collision' opening as a heavy speed-based affair followed by ?Stripsearch' which immediately contradicts the mood (FNM fashion) and mellows out, some great keyboard work too. ?Ashes to Ashes' is an inspiring piece of work , an uplifting and very powerful chorus which send shivers down my spine. It took time for ?Pristina' to grab my attention but the one and only track which still fails to jump out at me is ?Home Sick Home', but I'm still trying to convince myself it's because I haven't given it a chance. I guess I just can't accept the fact there might be a Faith No More song I don't like...
The fresh funk that was the core of Faith No More still shines through(ie: ?Mouth to Mouth') but tucked in between darker moodier ?Angel Dust' styled tracks. Taking the best of Faith No More, the dark side (Angel Dust) and the light side (Real Thing), ?Album of the Year' is the perfect summary of a creative and unique band whose music knew no limits.
Free Music Review: A sad goodbye to one of the greatest bands of all time
Hit: 5 Stars
Yes, this album is a little bit sadder. In fact, it is true that it sounds like if they didn't want to release this record but I'll tell you, it's an AMAZING one! You may disagree with me but few bands have a brilliant career like FNM. Name one band which hasn't at least one bad album. Faith No More is the exception to the rule. All of their work is outstanding and above average. But of course you already knew that. There are some people who are saying that Album of The Year is worse than Angel Dust. In my oppinion, I don't think it's true. Both offer different conceptions of music and they complement each other with some diversity. While Angel Dust is more straight-forward with some new-metal (sorry for the insight) roots and depressive lyrics, Album of The Year offers so much more complexity and defines better the FNM style like no other CD before this one.My favorite songs are "Collision" (Powerful!), Naked In Front of The Computer" (Agressive and crazy at times!), "Helpless" (an acoustic quiet song that turns into beautiful grunge-like song), "Mouth To Mouth" (start weird and gets heavy!), "She loves Me Not" (this song is funny and extremely well played!). In my oppinion, the least good of the songs is Pristina, which is a big filler with a chorus. Nevermind. If you're a FNM fan or a new listener you may wanna buy this CD with no fear.
Free Music Review: The title is not just an ironic joke.
Hit: 5 Stars
From ANGEL DUST, to KING FOR A DAY, FOOL FOR A LIFETIME, and finally to ALBUM OF THE YEAR, Faith No More usually has put out my favorite albums of each respective year. (1989's THE REAL THING finished a close second to the Beastie Boy's PAUL'S BOUTIQUE.) The best band with the worst luck went out in style with this one, as Mike Patton worked out his vocal cords to full effect, and the whole band came along for the ride after two unevenly balanced (but still f'n brilliant) albums. Although lacking the raw power of ANGEL DUST, which remains the peak of FNM's talents, ALBUM OF THE YEAR manages to barely surpass KING FOR A DAY with a flourish. "Ashes to Ashes," "Stripsearch," and "Last Cup of Sorrow" are among the group's best work (which makes them some of the best songs of the 90's, naturally,) and even with the mighty Mr. Bungle and Fantomas still around for all of us who need a Mike Patton fix, Faith No More will be sorely missed by all who cherish original, uncompromising, INTELLIGENT rock music. Whether they ever play together again or not, Mike, Roddy, Billy, and company were able to put out four consecutive gems before they called it quits. That's more than one can say for dozens of bands that sell a hell of a lot more albums. (But that's an MTV issue, which means it has nothing to do with actual music.)Free Music Review: The band that ended too soon....
Hit: 5 Stars
Just as the band had numerous problems replacing Jim Martin on the axe, new member Jon Hudson came in to fill the void wonderfuly.
Put forth the result AOTY, comes across like a great album of a band reborn and set to take charge. They went on tour, I missed it, heard great reviews from the internet of the shows, they went to Lisbon, and then... it (FNM) ended. It was their last album.
Hence AOTY is the last remenants of Faith No More that we have left. From the crushing opening of Collision, to the eeeeerie atmospheric-ness of Stripsearch, each song builds on and on to the next one either tripping out into classic FNM weirdness (Mouth To Mouth, Naked In Front of the Computer) to ultimate camp (Home Sick Home, She Loves me Not).. to ending in one of the most beautiful closers of any album I have ever heard "Pristina", not so much a song as it is one of the longest most haunting outro's ones ears will experience. listening to it gives you the sensation that the album never ends.
The album does end, but you can get this masterpiece and listen to it again, I just wish the band could get back together myself, but there will always be their albums.