Last summer, Faith No More treated fans to ‘Sol Invictus’, the group’s first new studio release in almost 20 years. This year, the band will revisit two classic albums with Deluxe Editions of ‘KING FOR A DAY… FOOL FOR A LIFETIME’ and ‘ALBUM OF THE YEAR’.
Each album will be available as a two-disc set that includes the original release accompanied by a second disc filled with rarities related to the album. In addition to the CD set there will also be a double LP, 180 gram heavyweight black vinyl format of each album, featuring the remastered original, along with rare bonus tracks, many of which are making their vinyl debut.
A Spanish-language version of ‘Evidence’ is available as an advance track from August 5th for those who pre-order ‘KING FOR A DAY… FOOL FOR A LIFETIME’ while the Hard Knox Alternative Mix of ‘Ashes To Ashes’ will be available in advance on the same day for those who pre-order ‘ALBUM OF THE YEAR’.
Following its Grammy nominated album ‘Angel Dust’, Faith No More returned in 1995 with ‘KING FOR A DAY… FOOL FOR A LIFETIME’. Recorded at Bearsville Studios near Woodstock, New York, it was the first without long-term guitarist Jim Martin, whose departure had an influence on the direction of the album.
In the new liner notes, keyboardist Roddy Bottum writes: “As a result, we wrote and recorded some of our most radical, out there songs, like ‘Cuckoo For Caca’ and ‘Ugly In The Morning,’ some of our mellowest like ‘Take This Bottle,’ ‘Caralho Voador’ and then some or our most high-drama, like ‘Just A Man.’”
Among the bonus tracks are the b-sides ‘Spanish Eyes’ and ‘Absolute Zero’, as well as the band’s cover of the Bee Gees’ ‘I Started A Joke’, which was originally released as a b-side in 1995, and then as a single in 1998.
The band returned in 1997 with ‘ALBUM OF THE YEAR’, which became the first the current line-up: Mike Bordin (drums), Roddy Bottum (keyboards), Billy Gould (bass), Jon Hudson (guitar) and Mike Patton (vocals). Recorded mostly in Gould’s home studio, the album produced three singles: ‘Ashes To Ashes’, ‘Last Cup of Sorrow’ and ‘Stripsearch’.
In the liner notes, Bottum writes: “We were definitely referencing our musical roots as well, going back to darker tones visited in ‘Angel Dust’… in retrospect it feels really strong and an undeniably prolific chapter in what we ultimately set out to do.”
The eight bonus tracks on ‘ALBUM OF THE YEAR’ also include live versions of the album track ‘Collision’ and the Burt Bacharach and Hal David classic ‘This Guy’s In Love With You’, plus rare mixes of ‘Last Cup of Sorrow’, ‘Pristina’ and more.
KING FOR A DAY…FOOL FOR A LIFETIME
CD Tracklisting:
CD1: King For A Day… Fool For A Lifetime:
Get Out
Ricochet
Evidence
The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
Star A.D.
Cuckoo For Caca
Caralho Voador
Ugly In The Morning
Digging The Grave
Take This Bottle
King For A Day
What A Day
The Last To Know
Just A Man
CD2: Bonus tracks
Evidence [Version en Español]
Absolute Zero
Greenfields
I Started A Joke
Spanish Eyes
I Won’t Forget You
Hippie Jam
Instrumental
I Wanna F**k Myself
Evidence [Versão em Português]
Digging The Grave [Live]
The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies [Live]
Interview [B-Side]
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
CD Tracklisting:
CD1: Album Of The Year
Collision
Stripsearch
Last Cup Of Sorrow
Naked In Front Of The Computer
Helpless
Mouth To Mouth
Ashes To Ashes
She Loves Me Not
Got That Feeling
Paths Of Glory
Home Sick Home
Pristina
CD2: Bonus tracks
Pristina [Billy Gould Mix]
Last Cup Of Sorrow [Roli Mosimann Mix]
She Loves Me Not [Spinna Main Mix]
Ashes To Ashes [Hard Knox Alt. Mix]
Light Up And Let Go
The Big Kahuna
This Guy’s In Love With You
Collision [Live]
KING FOR A DAY… FOOL FOR A LIFETIME ALBUM OF THE YEAR
LP Tracklisting:
Side One
Get Out
Ricochet
Evidence
The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
Star AD
Cuckoo For Caca
Side Two
Caralho Voador
Ugly In The Morning
Digging The Grave
Take This Bottle
King For A Day
Side Three
What A Day
The Last To Know
Just A Man
Bonus Tracks
Absolute Zero
Greenfields
Side Four – Bonus Tracks
I Started A Joke
Spanish Eyes
I Won’t Forget You
Hippie Jam Song
Evidence (Versione Italiana)
I Wanna F**k Myself
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
LP Tracklisting
Side One
Collision
Stripsearch
Last Cup Of Sorrow
Naked In Front Of The Computer
Helpless
Mouth To Mouth
Side Two
Ashes To Ashes
She Loves Me Not
Got That Feeling
Paths Of Glory
Home Sick Home
Pristina
Side Three – Bonus Tracks
Pristina (Billy Gould Mix)
Last Cup Of Sorrow (Roli Mosimann Mix)
She Loves Me Not (Spinna Main Mix)
Ashes To Ashes (DJ Icey & Maestro Mix)
Side Four – Bonus Tracks
Light Up & Let Go
The Big Kahuna
This Guy’s In Love With You (Live)
Collision (Live)
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