Angel Dust (album)

Angel Dust
Faith No More studio album
Publication (s)	June 1992
Label (s)	Polygram / London Slash
Format (s)	CD - LP - MC
Genre (s)	Crossover / Alternative Metal
Title (number)	14th
running time	56 min 18 s
occupation	Singing : Mike Patton Guitar : Jim Martin Electric bass : Billy Gould Keyboard : Roddy Bottum Drums : Mike Bordin
production	Matt Wallace
Studio (s)	Brilliant Studios in San Francisco , California
chronology Live at the Brixton Academy Angel Dust King for a Day ... Fool for a Lifetime

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Angel Dust is one of the most successful albums by the US rock band Faith No More .

On Angel Dust, Mike Patton was first intensely involved in songwriting. In contrast, guitarist Jim Martin held back, because he was dissatisfied with the musical development of the band. Allegedly, bassist Billy Gould even took over some of the guitar parts on Angel Dust. As a result of this development, Jim Martin was kicked out and the band changed direction.

For the first time there was a certain pressure on Faith No More in the production of an album, as the predecessor The Real Thing had become a great success worldwide. The band responded defiantly to commercial expectations and expanded their musical spectrum considerably, combining styles such as metal , funk , country , film music and other genres . Singer Mike Patton also came up with some ideas for his lyrics. So he led z. B. carried out a sleep deprivation experiment that inspired him to write the song Caffeine . For the text on Land of Sunshine , Patton combined questions from a Scientology book with sayings from Chinese fortune cookies .

In the country ballad RV (recreational vehicle) Mike Patton celebrates the life of white trash in the USA ; Crack Hitler describes the despotic behavior of a crack - dealer ; at Be Aggressive , a Fellatiobeschreibung , calls for a cheerleading squad to aggressive behavior, while mid-life crisis , Everything's Ruined and kindergarten deal with specific problems of human life stages.

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Angel Dust   DE 8th 06/22/1992 (45 weeks)   AT 4th 07/05/1992 (16 weeks)   CH 9 06/21/1992 (15 weeks)   UK 2 06/20/1992 (25 weeks)   US 10 07/04/1992 (22 weeks)

Singles

Midlife crisis   DE 32 06/22/1992 (15 weeks)   AT 9 08/02/1992 (2 weeks)   UK 10 06/06/1992 (5 weeks) A Small Victory   UK 29 08/15/1992 (5 weeks) Everthing's Ruined   UK 28 11/21/1992 (3 weeks) I'm Easy / Be Aggressive   DE 20th 02/01/1993 (25 weeks)   CH 9 02/07/1993 (23 weeks)   US 58 03/20/1993 (8 weeks)   UK 3 01/16/1993 (8 weeks)

Track list

All songs were written by Faith No More, except Midnight Cowboy by John Barry and Easy by Lionel Richie , which can be found as a bonus track on the re-release and which became Faith No More's biggest hit in Europe.

You can hear some samples, including a. String quartet No. 8 by Dmitri Schostakowitsch , in the version of Kronos Quartet in Malpractice or Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel in the drum track by Midlife Crisis , which also includes a sample by Car Thief from the Beastie Boys .

1. Land of Sunshine
2. Caffeine
3. Midlife crisis
4. RV
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 (bonus)

Single releases

• Midlife crisis
• A Small Victory
• Everything's Ruined
• Easy (originally on the EP Songs to Make Love to )
• Be aggressive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ old.fnm.com: FAQ - Crack Hitler
2. ↑ old.fnm.com: FAQ - Be Aggressive
3. ↑ officialcharts.de: Faith No More in the German charts
4. ↑ austriancharts.at: Faith No More in the Austrian hit parade
5. ↑ hitparade.ch: Faith No More in the Swiss hit parade
6. ↑ officialcharts.com: Faith No More in the UK charts
7. ↑ billboard.com: Angel Dust on the Billboard Charts