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Faith No More - The Real Thing Audio CD

A fair review of the Faith No More "The Real Thing" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Faith No More reviews here, or go back to the Faith No More tabs.

Faith No More Band: Faith No More
Title: The Real Thing
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Release Date: 1989-06-15
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: From out of Nowhere 2: Epic 3: Falling to Pieces 4: Surprise! You're Dead! 5: Zombie Eaters 6: Real Thing 7: Underwater Love 8: Morning After 9: Woodpecker from Mars [Instrumental] 10: War Pigs 11: Edge of the World

Faith no more is metal
Or maybe I'm just a metalhead who dreams of bringing back good old metal music. I was born too late, as you can see by my bad spelling. But anyway, there's only one sure thing you need to know about Faith no more, if you want want real music from the greatest band (metal or not) from not just the 90's, but ever! then get your butt out of that computer and get yourself this album. Surprisingly is not their best because they really became a better band. But it still remains a metal classic. It has rap (which i personally don't like) call them what you want, but they aren't a rap-metal band or even funk metal. Sure it has those elements but frankly, they are to good to be labeled. Just see them as a metal band with different styles thrown in here and there. I'm the biggest Mike Patton fan, especially a big fan of the craziest band ever Mr. Bungle, along with Fantomas, and of course Faith no more. Roddy is the best keyboardist i've ever heard, Jim ruled that guitar, And Billy and Puffy are just as awesome too. Now that they've reformed, I'm just hopping i can see them play live and i succeed my accomplishments in life. Yeah that's how great they are so get this damn album now!.


A classic
It came out in the late eighties, but by listening to it you'll understand where many styles and tendencies come from, especially those of nu metal bands, only they're not even close to what these guys accomplished: an honest, well crafted mixture of 80's hip-hop, thrash metal, and funk. As a nineties raised person, you gotta love this album. You'll love the War Pigs cover as well. In other words, go ahead and buy it. . . . By the way, you guys in North America are so lucky to have bands like this available for concerts all the time. Down here it's just starting to happen.


The Album that Made me Like Music
Yeah, I was a pretty little kid in the 80s, but I knew I didn't like what I heard coming out of most radios a majority of the time. This album really turned me on to what music could be after the horrors of most popular 80s music. My brother had some FNM (and a lot of other bands that no one else I knew had ever heard of) and these vocals really stuck with me. In high school, I had a cassette of this and Mr. Bungle and literally played them until they came apart-- I'm still not sick of either. It's so free of "influences of the time" that it continues to seem new and truly "alternative. " It's a unique sound as all of Patton's endeavors seem to be.


A beautiful album.
And yet, it remains timeless. I dunno, man, but between the structures, melodies and especially the production, this album FEELS like 1989/1990. Despite their more experimental, and more interesting, efforts later, this is FNM at their most accessible. This is one of those albums you can throw on no matter what mood you're in and rock the F out. It's a blast to listen to.


Even the minor tracks have staying power
Even if this is Pattons most cartoonish incarnation with the band, his vocal range and depth was obvious, complimenting the groups trademark quirky, synth-led metal with an energy previously unheard. The real thing here is FTM's officially polished debut after a few missteps, and rarely has a frontman stepped up from obscurity to turn so many heads. Credit Martin as well with deceptively brilliant metal riffs which elevate anything completely out of generic-ville. Although the disc was uniformly solid, with a range of styles provided within the bands personalized pathos playing to multiple demographics effortlessly, its need of remastering is glaring.


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