Album of the Year (album)

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Album of the Year
Album of the Year cover
Studio album by Faith No More
Released June 3, 1997
Recorded Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, CA
Genre Alternative metal
Alternative rock
Length 43:04
Label Slash Records
Producer(s) Roli Mosimann, Billy Gould
Professional reviews
Faith No More chronology
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
(1995)		 Album of the Year
(1997)		 Who Cares a Lot?
(1998)


Album of the Year, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music), was the sixth and final studio album by Faith No More, and the only one which the band's final guitarist, Jon Hudson, performed on.

The album generally received praise and acclaim from both critics and fans.

However, the title of this album displays the band's sense of irony, as the majority of the members of Faith No More were ultimately unhappy with the outcome of "Album of the Year" and the direction it had taken them. Vocalist Mike Patton was quoted as saying that Faith No More's demise could be partially related to a mutual feeling of artistic futility as a group: "We were starting to make bad music."

The album sleeve did not feature printed lyrics, however, Mike Patton and Billy Gould did submit official lyrics to the unofficial Faith No More fansite.


Contents

[edit] Liner art

The liner art for the album jacket depicts the funeral of an old man, with the words "pravda vítězí" (truth lives on) adorning the coffin. The statement is the motto of the Czech Republic, and on the photographs is Czechoslovakia's first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. The use of the imagery on the album art is representative of an end to a golden age — namely, the band's.

One rather persistent but ultimately false claim among the fans of the band attributes the photography belonging to Lenin's funeral. The band did acknowledge the similarity of facial features, however.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Collision" (Hudson/Patton)
  2. "Stripsearch" (Hudson/Patton/Bordin/Gould)
  3. "Last Cup of Sorrow" (Patton/Gould)
  4. "Naked in Front of the Computer" (Patton)
  5. "Helpless" (Patton/Bordin/Gould)
  6. "Mouth to Mouth" (Hudson/Patton/Bordin/Gould)
  7. "Ashes to Ashes" (Hudson/Patton/Bordin/Gould/Bottum)
  8. "She Loves Me Not" (Patton/Bordin/Gould)
  9. "Got That Feeling" (Patton)
  10. "Paths of Glory" (Hudson/Patton/Bordin/Gould/Bottum)
  11. "Home Sick Home" (Patton)
  12. "Pristina" (Patton/Gould)

The Japanese version of this album contains additional tracks "The Big Kahuna" and "Light Up and Let Go", which were released elsewhere as B-sides to the "Ashes to Ashes" single. Track 4 is also listed on promo copies as "Naked in Front of This Computer", it is unknown whether this is a working title or a mistake.

[edit] Personnel

  • Roli Mosimann - producer, mixing
  • Paul Ceppaglia - mixing assistant
  • Atom - engineer
  • Mike Bogus - engineer
  • Daniel Presley - engineer
  • Howie Weinberg - mastering
  • Katherine Delaney - art direction, design

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Year Album Chart Position
1997 Album of the Year The Billboard 200 No. 41
1997 Album of the Year Australia Top 50 No. 1
1997 Album of the Year UK Mainstream No. 7
1997 Album of the Year Germany No. 2
1997 Album of the Year Czech Republic Top 40 No. 1
1997 Album of the Year Sweden Top 50 No. 11

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1997 "Ashes to Ashes" Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 23
1997 "Last Cup of Sorrow" Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 14
1997 "Ashes to Ashes" Australia Top 50 No. 8
1997 "Last Cup of Sorrow" Australia Top 50 No. 62
1997 "Ashes to Ashes" UK Top 100 No. 15
1997 "Last Cup of Sorrow UK Top 100 No. 51

[edit] References & external links

Faith No More
Roddy Bottum | Billy Gould | Mike Bordin | Mike Patton | Jon Hudson
Chuck Mosely | "Big" Jim Martin | Dean Menta | Trey Spruance | Mark Bowen | Courtney Love | Wade Worthington
Discography
Studio albums: We Care a Lot | Introduce Yourself | The Real Thing | Angel Dust | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | Album of the Year
Lives and compilations: Live at the Brixton Academy | Who Cares a Lot? | This Is It: The Best of Faith No More | Epic And Other Hits | The Platinum Collection
Singles: We Care a Lot | Anne's Song | From Out Of Nowhere | Epic | Falling to Pieces | Midlife Crisis | A Small Victory | Everything's Ruined | Easy (Songs to Make Love To) | Another Body Murdered | Digging the Grave | Ricochet | Evidence | Ashes To Ashes | Last Cup Of Sorrow | Stripsearch | I Started a Joke
Related articles
Imperial Teen | Mr. Bungle | Faith No Man | Brujeria (band) | Peeping Tom | Coma | Tomahawk | Fantômas
Categories: Faith No More albums | Faith No More songs
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