King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime

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King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime cover
Studio album by Faith No More
Released March 28, 1995
Recorded Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York
Genre Alternative metal
Experimental rock
Alternative rock
Length 56:49
Label Slash Records
Producer(s) Andy Wallace
Faith No More chronology
Angel Dust
(1992)		 King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
(1995)		 Album of the Year
(1997)


King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music), was the fifth studio album by Faith No More. Along with some more traditional Faith No More alternative rock sounds, the album also contains a number of genre blends and parodies, from the smooth, soulful jazz-funk of "Evidence", to the raucous heavy metal of "Cuckoo for Caca", to the lilting country western rock of "Take This Bottle", to the bossa nova of "Caralho Voador". Overall, this album is considerably more straight-forward and less experimental than its predecessor, Angel Dust. However, it slowly became a cult favorite among die-hard Faith No More fans.

The first single was the punk-like number "Digging the Grave". In the United States, the album debuted at #31 and sold close to 250,000 copies which was well below their previous efforts. The ensuing tour was cut short in the UK and Europe as the interest in the band waned. Still the album did have impressive enough following to go gold in Germany (over 120,000 copies), UK (#5 with over 100,000 copies), and Australia (#1 with over 50,000 copies sold). But overall, its figures were well below that of Angel Dust (about half of Angel Dust's 2.5 million), so the band went back into the studio to work on its successor.

The cover was designed by New York artist Eric Drooker.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Get Out" – 2:27 (music & lyrics: Patton)
  2. "Ricochet" – 4:43 (music: Gould/Bordin/Patton; lyrics: Patton)
  3. "Evidence" – 5:19 (music: Gould/Bordin/Spruance; lyrics: Patton)
  4. "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" – 3:32 (music: Gould/Bordin/Patton; lyrics: Patton)
  5. "Star A.D." – 3:30 (music: Gould/Bordin/Patton; lyrics: Patton/Gould)
  6. "Cuckoo for Caca" – 3:50 (music: Gould/Patton/Spruance; lyrics: Patton)
  7. "Caralho Voador" – 3:59 (music & lyrics: Gould/Patton/Bordin)
  8. "Ugly in the Morning" – 3:00 (music: Patton/Spruance/Gould; lyrics: Patton)
  9. "Digging the Grave" – 3:07 (music: Gould/Bordin/Patton; lyrics: Patton)
  10. "Take This Bottle" – 5:09 (music: Gould; lyrics: Patton/Gould)
  11. "King for a Day" – 7:36 (music: Gould/Bottum/Bordin/Patton/Spruance; lyrics: Patton)
  12. "What a Day" – 2:48 (music: Patton/Spruance; lyrics: Patton)
  13. "The Last to Know" – 4:52 (music: Gould/Patton/Bordin; lyrics: Patton)
  14. "Just a Man" – 6:04 (music: Gould/Bottum; lyrics: Gould/Spruance/Patton)
  15. "Absolute Zero"/"I Started a Joke"/"Evidence (Spanish Version)"

Songwriting credits revealed in an email from Billy Gould, 2004[citation needed].
Track 15 is "Absolute Zero" on the Japanese release, "I Started a Joke" on the Brazillian release or "Evidence (Spanish Version)" on the Argentinian release.

[edit] B-Sides

Several tracks were recorded which do not appear on the original copies of the album in all countries:

  • "Absolute Zero"
  • "I Started a Joke" (The Beegees)
  • "Greenfields"
  • "I Wanna Fuck Myself" (GG Allin)
  • "Spanish Eyes"

[edit] Singles

  • "Digging the Grave"
  • "Ricochet"
  • "Evidence"
  • "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" (radio promo only)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Year Album Chart Position
1995 King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime The Billboard 200 No. 31
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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