Faith No More - Angel Dust
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Artist: Faith No MoreBrand: FAITH NO MORE
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1992-06-16
Music Label: Slash/Reprise
Soundtracks:
- Land of Sunshine
- Caffeine
- Midlife Crisis
- RV
- Smaller and Smaller
- Everything's Ruined
- Malpractice
- Kindergarten
- Be Aggressive
- A Small Victory
- Crack Hitler
- Jizzlobber
- Midnight Cowboy
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Free Music Review: Top 5 Best Rock Album Of All Time
Hit: 5 Stars
Angel Dust, from Faith No More, is unquestionably in the top 5 best rock albums ever created. Ironically, it was also written and recorded when the band was at its most unstable. Guitarist Jim Martin was on the verge of quitting, and producer Matt Wallace has commented most of the instruments were tracked in the studio at different times as opposed to the entire band recording together. Regardless, from start to finish, each song is a meticulously crafted masterpiece, no two sounding similar unlike the band's previous effort, "The Real Thing." I got this album a year or two after it came out, when I was in Jr. High School. I remember thinking on first listen that "Land of Sunshine" was possibly the best rock song I'd ever heard. The rest of the album, save for "Midlife Crisis" took a few listens to grow on me but it wasn't long before "Angel Dust" shot to the top of my "best rock albums" list. Early favorites were the two aforementioned tracks in addition to the strange yet driving "Crack Hitler," "A Small Victory," the appropriately energetic "Caffeine," and the beautiful disaster "Malpractice." 15 years later, it hasn't slipped from the #1 spot despite my musical horizons expanding tenfold.
Faith No More's biggest strength in my eyes is their ability to reinvent themselves on every single album. That said, they never released such a perfect collection of songs as they did with "Angel Dust." AD is a dark album, with many of the lyrics addressing vocalist Mike Patton's strained relationship with his father, as well songs written during periods of drug experimentation. In that regard, I suppose the album was aptly titled. Faith No More's other "dark" album was their 1985 debut "We Care a Lot," and musically foreshadowed some of the themes that would be fully realized on "Angel Dust."
One of the highlights of "Angel Dust" is the perfect vocal performance by Patton. He uses his voice like an instrument, and has a unique talent unmatched by any other vocalist in the realm of rock. While the album failed to match the sales of its predecessor "The Real Thing," it did net the band their only #1 hit, "Midlife Crisis."
Oddly enough, "Angel Dust" was huge all over the world.... except in the USA. I like to think this is because the musical direction of the album was too cerebral for the single-oriented American masses. Because of this, the band gained huge followings in Europe and South America that continue to this day. The American version of "Angel Dust" only features 13 tracks whereas import versions contain a full 15 song tracklist. The two tracks omitted on the US version are, in my opinion, a must-- a cover of the Commodore's "Easy" (possibly the band's most well-known song after "Epic"), and a re-recorded version of "As the Worm Turns" from "We Care a Lot." The new version contains a much superior vocal performance in line with the rest of the "Angel Dust" album, but lacks the piano intro on the older version. "Angel Dust" is an album you have to listen to from start to finish, and these two tracks are an essential part of the experience.
"Angel Dust" isn't just a musical masterpiece; it was a ground breaking record in the world of rock. The album effectively paved the way for the entire "NuMetal" genre which would become extremely popular in the late '90s and early 2000s, although none of these bands could match the talent and originality of Faith No More. "Angel Dust" rocks hard from start to finish, climaxing (appropriately) in the guitar-laden "Jizzlobber." Occasionally veering off the path for piano numbers like "RV," or easy listening ballads like "Easy," the album keeps you wondering what sort of musical genius will surface on the next track. The album is also keyboard and synth heavy, definitely the best performance from resident FNM keyboardist Roddy Bottum. I can't think of any other band where the keyboard plays as big a role in the music as Faith No More. Drug problems and inter-band relations meant there wasn't much input from Roddy on "Angel Dust's" followup, "King for A Day, Fool For a Lifetime" and the resulting absence of keyboards is glaringly obvious.
Newcomers to Faith No More ought to start with "Angel Dust," as it is more indicative of the direction the band took during their glory years. While "The Real Thing" was a bigger commercial success, it sounds extremely dated and...... well, commercial. Overproduced and slick, "The Real Thing" doesn't sound like anything else in their catalog. In that vein, people who wrote the band off as a cheesy 80s act after hearing TRT need to give Faith No More another chance and pick up "Angel Dust." Don't just take my word for it..... Take the word of the five star AVERAGE this album has here on Amazon. Just be sure to find an import version that contains all 15 tracks.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: FAITH NO MORE
Title: ANGEL DUST
Street Release Date: 06/16/1992
Genre: ROCK/POP
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