Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Faith No More Complete Discography Reciew + Pattons side projects((work in progress) Genre: Alternative Metal




Faith No More-We Care A Lot.jpgWe Care a Lot (1985)

Genre: Funk Metal, Alternative Metal   
      
The band is in it's formative stages and Patton isn't a member yet, and there's a dude called Chuck/Charles Mosley that I can't stand the way he sings and the production insists in adding effects to his horrible voice, this album is only for hardcore  and very curios fans.

Overall: 33











Faith No More Introduce Yourself.jpgFaith No More
Introduce Yourself (1987)
Genre: Funk Metal, Alternative Metal   
      
So here we go with the review of Faith's second album and thankfully it a colossal improvement compared to their last project, so let's jump into to the break down review:
                                       
Vocals and Lyric: Man I hate Chuck Mosley's singing  just kills some fantastic songs and  he just can't shut up jajajaja, good thing that this is his last album with the band 6

Instrumentation:  The band sound more consolidated and solid, they are starting have their own trade mark style Big Jim Martin brings the metal aspect to the band, Billy Gould slap bass and heavy bass lines bring the funk aspect of the band, Mike Bordin is probably one of the best drummers out there and finally Roddy's signature key board playing adds a epic vibe to the band. 7.5

  


Melody and/or Structure: The songs are complete songs not just concepts like in the last album the bands composition capability are slowly growing and getting better. 8

Sound, Production and Feeling: The production sounds much better and there are no more effects on Chuck voice thank god. 8
Songs: Most of these song are FNM classics and thankfully there are mostly live versions with Patton singing them. 9 

The Bad: Chuck -1

Originality:  Even though Chuck is on this album it's a fundamental funk metal album and with the rerecorded We Care a Lot single it a mile stone for the Genre. 12

Overall: 49.5





The Real Thing (1989)
The Real Thing album cover.jpgGenre: Alternative Metal, Funk Metal, Rap Metal

This album is just incredible, its super heavy but in very different way than any other normal Metal albums, it's pretty up beat and it holds up over the years, nothing sounds dated, somewhat of a curse to many 80's productions, so go out and listen to this beauty.

Vocals and Lyrics: This Patton's first album with the band and it funny he sounds young his voice isn't as deep and at moments he uses a nasal voice that sort of dosn't work for me, but Mike pens one of the first rap metal songs ever "Epic". 10


Instrumentation:

Guitar:  Big Jim lands one of the most emblematic guitar solos ever on Epic.
Bass: Gould slaps on a couple of tracks but "Woodpeckers from Mars"  is where he really shines, with a simple slap bass line thst is totally in your face.
Drums: Bordin balances groove and heavy metal mode like  few drummer can.
Keys: Roddy just does his thing and that's just perfect. 8

Melody and/or Structure: Patton adds tons of melody to the song and but never gets in the way of the band like Chuck did, plus the songs in general have a basic pop structure but are chuck full of nice arrangements. But Surprise! Your Dead! just really showcaseshow the band can write really atypical metal songs with a odd time signature that are super cool.  10

Sound, Production and Feeling: The band sounds fantastic and as I said in the introduction it has passed the test of time. 8

Songs: This album is Epic from front to back 11


Originality:  The band is really able to fuse Rock, Metal, Rap and Funk seamlessly creating their own sound and style, really influencing many 90's band.  12

Overall: 59




Faith no more angel dust.jpgFaith No More

Angel Dust (1992)

Genre: Alternative Metal, Avant Garde Metal, Funk Metal   
        
This is a ground breaking album they pretty much write the book to 90's alternative metal and lay the ground work for Nu Metal in many ways. If you haven't  listen to it, do not read this review sit down and listen to this beauty, you'll tank me if you are a music lover.

Vocals: Patton really feels more in his place in this album, his singing is impeccable but one of the most enjoyable parts of the album is to hear  ironic and provocative lyrics. 12

Instrumentatio:  The band works as a unit, each musician is pretty much in their zone doing their thing impeccably, now I must say Roddy the key board player  really gets to shine  using some super interesting samples in very creative ways, and it's the first time that I hear band use them so well in a metal song and this album came out in 1992, its pretty ground breaking. Plus Roddy's sonic pallet has grown, using more interesting keyboard sounds. 8


Melody and/or Structure:  Caffeine sort of became the template for Nu Metal and those bands basically establishing there song structures copying this song, instead of a solo of some kind the singer would just scream or spaz out after a break down. 12

Sound, Production and Feeling: There is more production on this album in general, studio tricks, ambient sound effects and the addiction of using samples almost industrial at moments, the band sounds more edgy, heavy and oddly organic , my hat goes off to Matt Wallace who has produced every FNM album up to this point, but this is his crown jewel.  10

Songs: FNM crams on one album some pretty intense heavy songs, some pretty experimental stuff and a couple straight up  beat popish songs in one coherent album, I have no idea how they made this work. 13

Originality:  These guys have influenced so many bands and so many have rip these guys off, the Manson and Mastodon both copy the aggressive chorus, nuff said. 12

Overall: 67





Faith No More - King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime.pngFaith No More
King For A Day...Fool for a Lifetime (1995)
Genre: Alternative Metal

This is the first Faith No More Album that I ever  owned, I bought it  in 2003 when I went to Santiago, Chile to see Korn, I found this gem  at local record store, right then and there I stuffed the album in my discman and It became the sound track to my whole trip. Now I must say I know it's not their best album but it's my favorite.

Vocals and Lyrics: Patton experiments more with his more aggressive side and has let his inner crazy person free on this album, lyrically it pretty interesting like on the track The "Gentle Art of Making Enemies". 12

Instrumentation:

Guitar:  Big Jim was kicked out of the band and was replaced during the recording of this album by Trey Spruance, who does an Ok job, his guitar work doesn't stand out that much, even though Evidence has a real cool Jazz Funk guitar funk feel.
Bass: Gould, this man just keep pumping out impressive bass lines and good fills, never going overkill.
Drums: Bordin goes into full tribal heavy metal mood a  lot on this album, rhythm does balance the lack of interesting guitars.
Keys:  It odd being such a force on the past album but Roddy almost isn't present on this one, I think its  because of personal issues he didn't participate much on this project. 7.6

Melody and/or Structure: They are still pushing the creative limits in the structure of their songs and how their written. 10

Sound, Production and Feeling: The heavy stuff just explodes with energy, anxiety and unfiltered madness, the album sounds more like a alternative metal album than a metal album, the distortions have a little less edge, maybe because of the change of Guitarist that uses different gear. 9
Songs: Album has issues with focus they try many different things, but I love it from front to back 14

Originality: This album is a stripped down version of Faith No More and it still works and I can see how this album influenced directly one of my favorite late 90 band System of a Down.  62

Overall: 59

Faith No More
Album of the Year (1997)
Fnm aoty.jpgGenre: Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock

This album is pretty good but you don't get that feeling that the band is really trying to be innovative or be super creative, and even at moments they come off a little uninspired, but don't get me wrong most of the songs are really good anyways, the thing is that you expect more out of these guys. And  Jon Hudson is the new Guitar player his playing is pretty functional to the songs and thankfully Roddy is back with his keys.


 
Overall: 56.2





Faith No More
Sol Invictus (2015)
Genre: Alternative Metal

I’ve been anticipating this album for a long time, so when I got to listen to it for the first time I was sort of let down. It seemed a little bit uninspired at moments and nothing to crazy in it, it’s like Faith no More tried to play it safe. But this production grows on you and after listing to it a few times you start to find the hidden gems, and overall it's a very solid album..
   

Vocals and Lyrics: Mike Patton's(Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, Fantomas, Mr. Bungle…), eccentric lyrics and vocals are set on a mid level, they are great but not alienating for any new comers.  9

Instrumentation: 

Guitar: Jon Hudson does a good job.
Bass:  Bill Gould has some good baselines but nothing outstanding.
Keys: Roddy, does a lot on the album he's pretty upfront in the mix, but nothing like Angel Dust.
Drums: Mike Bordin give the heavy feel to this album. 7.3  

Melody and/or Structure:  Patton and Roddy do a good job with melody but in structure they are no surprises in the songs. 8 

Sound, Production and Feeling: The songs sound good, but subdued at moments, drums are too low in the mix at moments.  8 

Songs: Every song is pretty good but Matador has a colossal epic feel and is the best track on the album. 10

Originality: If they ever make another album I hope they take more risks. Now with that said this album is great anyways and here enjoy this live show from 2015  Faith No More live in Filmor Detroit. .8 
Overall: 50.3

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