Product Description

Just as Faith No More acquired its long-sought-after mainstream success, the band decided that fame wasn't all it was cracked up to be. The group knew that the majority of its newfans would expect the follow-up to THE REAL THING to tread on similar sonic territory, and boy, did this new pop audience have another thing coming! Like many classic albums, uponfirst listen, 1992's ANGEL DUST is hard to digest in a single sitting. In fact, it almost sounds like artistic suicide--there are few obvious pop hooks, and the music is far more complicated than earlier material.
But after a few more spins, ANGEL DUST finds the right receptors in your brain, and simply pummels the listener. Vocalist Mike Patton truly came into his own on this release, oft-times singing from the standpoint of different characters (as heard on "R.V". and "Be Aggressive"). While several tracks defy description--the harsh "Jizzlobber", "Malpractice", for example--the FNM of old can be heard in its full glory on such tracks as "Caffeine", "Land of Sunshine", "Midlife Crisis", and "A Small Victory". ANGEL DUST remains Faith No More's greatest achievement, and one of the best rock releases of the '90s.

Track Listing

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. Small Victory
11. Crack Hitler
12. Jizzlobber
13. Midnight Cowboy
14. Easy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55294 in Music
• Released on: 1993-01-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Amazon.co.uk Review
An amazing album, Angel Dust unfortunately has limited appeal, although perhaps "unfortunately" isn't the right word; the record's oddities are also what make it such a fascinating listen. "Land Of Sunshine" is a rocker with a foot-tapping rhythm punctuated by insane laughter from vocalist Mike Patton, whose distinctive voice and frequently disturbing lyrics drive the album. To call it hard rock does Angel Dust a disservice; it's far more musically complex than such a label implies. There's the funk-influenced "Midlife Crisis", the ballad "RV" (a bitter monologue from the point of view of a middle-aged discontent sitting in his trailer), the hard-edged claustrophobia of "Smaller And Smaller," and the rock-married-to-electronic-organ "Be Aggressive", which includes positively inspired cheerleader chants on the chorus. Impossible to classify but incredibly entertaining, Angel Dust is well worth picking up. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews

Probably Better than the original CD
Angel Dust is a great album. Period. Just received the remastered version. Doesnt sound that much different to the original. Probably worth it if you're a completist (which I am). Pretty hard for an untrained ear to hear the differences.

Releasing this after the magnificent THE REAL THING was amazing
There is great music and great music that changed the way that I felt about music, Faith No More are one of the bands that changed the way that I felt about music, they really were one of those unique bands that just had that something special about them that I just can't fully explain.

I first bought this originally on cassette in 1992 (this was because of the now ancient cassette walkman), the release of this album was great timing as not long before in that same year (talk about musical heaven in such a short space of time), I had just bought the equally brilliant (in my opinion) The Real Thing which really got me into Faith No More, although I had heard the singles Epic and From Out Of Nowhere on their original release, I was a late fan I will admit. Like I said I can't explain exactly what that special something is about them but you know that you really really like a band when you have to have every official album that they have released.

This album is as good as perfect, there is not one track on it that I don't like, even the cover versions, especially that very relaxing cover version of Midnight Cowboy at the end and I can also say this about THE REAL THING and the underrated KING FOR A DAY, FOOL FOR A LIFETIME. Although I like the first Faith No More albums with Chuck Mosely on vocals, it is these with Mike Patton on vocals that is Faith No More at their very best. Although I miss Faith No More, I am glad that they quit when they did as it just makes them more special to me and I always got the feeling that (apart from possibly their cover of Easy) they were making music that they wanted to make and not to be a mainstream success which is another bonus.

If like me you like all types of heavy metal and for some reason you have never heard of Faith No More, then I urge you to check this and the other Faith No More albums I have already mentioned, because like me it might just change (in a very good way) the way that you feel about music forever. OUTSTANDING MUSIC.

Even better than The Real Thing..??
eeeeeeeerrrr, no. Not by a very long shot. Plenty to commend on 'Angel Dust', but increasing complexity of musical styles, and a determination not to feed the faithful, doesn't actually make this a great album. The high point here is 'Midlife Crisis', which is the closes this album gets to The Real Thing, and that tells you all you need to know.

I seem to recall the music press preferring this to FNM's previous release at the time, ah well, there's no accounting for taste...