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Rating: Before Mike Patton, the chameleon-like sounds, and the spectacular musical intertwining, Faith No More had a black singer named Chuck Mosely and offered a fusion that was quite original at the time, albeit not perfectly accomplished, of rap, funk, new wave, and metal (yet far from the heights of creativity and suggestiveness the band later achieved in the Patton era) which laid the foundation for their future and unmatched chart success, represented by the big hit single "Epic".
"Introduce Yourself" shines with a completely different light, bringing to completion a mix of atmospheres loaded with anguish and tension and others humorous/zany, thus it is possible to divide the album into two strands: the more expressionist and noisy one, exemplified by deafening psychodramas like "Chinese Arithmetic", with its syncopated rhythm laid over a thriller-like keyboard background, the piercing guitar riff in the foreground, and Mosely's psychotic screams in the chorus, and the more romantic yet no less anguished "Faster Disco", which follows the same sonic coordinates, reducing the violence of the sound a bit. On the lighter end of the album, we find the epic anthem "We Care A Lot", a sarcastic satirical sketch targeting Live Aid and its star-studded parade (it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
, the chorus ironically concludes), "Anne's Song", recited/spoken by Mosely over a rap/funky background, and the title track, a short hard rock ride with a choral chorus and symphonic keyboards. The rest of the album embraces now one, now the other side of the album, without introducing substantial changes.
Chuck Mosely is not Mike Patton, and you can tell. His voice is not as flexible and powerful as that of his successor, but he still manages not to fall short in a fun album, well-played and produced to the best, which might make you wrinkle your nose if you are die-hard Patton fans (and I am... but it's not impossible to enjoy this record!) or if this is your first experience with Faith No More. Anyway, I recommend you at least give it a try. It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
04 Chinese Arithmetic ()
Candle light, it burns in every hole of your eyes
It's beautiful, how much you'll never realize
So hush my love, there's something I'm to tell you now
Your time has come, around again my sleepless one
Your friend was young, hung and plastered
He never knew his own disaster
I think it's good, in fact it was faster
Cause it was you that he was after
Hold me now, as if you'll never let me go
Unhand me now, as if you've always known my name
His love was king, his love was master
He needed more, he needed always
He searched in vein for love and shelter
In every soul, in every hallway
So you thought she'd be sweeter than your girlfriend Peter
Well give it a second chance cause you've yet to meet her
We got the same ideas, we got the same old fears
They're different colors sometimes, but, hey, who cares?
Just years that tears our lives apart
Just like the time that you tried to teach your cousin to walk
He couldn't do it-push!-you told him twice
Well, I do man but it just don't jive
Tried so hard to control my behavior
I tried so hard, so hard to believe you
But now I live only to deceive you...
So KICK and SCREAM!!!
05 Death March ()
washington boulevard, eastbound
thirty three
'can i get a transfer maaaannn?
95 cents!!!!
fuck you i'll skate to the beach!
and i'll look better gettin' there!'
There's nothing I'd like more than to let you in
But now you're on the other side and there's no way...
To feel your breath of life upon my face
Cause with the state you're in there wouldn't be a trace
Now I wake up every night with this emptiness inside
Hasn't been the same since you quit the human race, left without a trace
Quit the human race, did you? Camina con la muerto?
roses roses, pocket full of posies
ashes ashes, we all fall down
now i wake up every night with this emptiness inside me
Hasn't been the same since you quit the human race, left without a trace
death march baybeeee!!!
nothing you can do to stop me
06 We Care a Lot ()
We care a lot!
We care a lot!
We care a lot!
About disasters, fires, floods and killer bees
About the NASA shuttle fallin' in the sea
We care a lot!
About starvation and the food that Live Aid bought
We care a lot!
About disease, baby, rock, Hudson, rock!
Yeah!
Woo!
(Whoa, whoa)Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
We care a lot!
We care a lot!
We care a lot!
About the gamblers and the pushers and the geeks
We care a lot!
About the smack and crack and whack that hits the street
We care a lot!
About the welfare of all you boys and girls
We care a lot!
About you people 'cause we're out to save the world!
Yeah!
Woo! Woo!
It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it (Whoa, whoa)
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Said, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it (Whoa, whoa)
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Said, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
We care a lot!
About the army, navy, air force and marines
We care a lot!
About the NYSF and LAPD
We care a lot!
About you people
We care a lot!
About you're guns
We care a lot!
About the wars we're fighting
Gee, that looks like fun!
We care a lot!
About the garbage pail, kids they never lie
We care a lot!
About Transformers 'cause there's more than meets the eye
We care a lot!
About the little things the bigger things we top
We care a lot!
About you people, yeah you bet we care a lot!
Yeah!
Woo! Woo!
(Whoa, whoa)
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
(Whoa, whoa)
Said, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Well, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Said, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it (Whoa, whoa)
Well, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Said, it's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it
Oh, it's a dirty song but someone's gotta sing it now
09 Blood ()
It doesn't really matter, the things you say to me
Cause if I had a ladder, up there is where I'd be
Outta here where the air is cold, you're messing with my mind
Hey! You do it every time, Hey! And the season comes around
Once more,once more.
It doesn't really matter, the things you try to say
It doesn't really matter, you say 'em every day
Right now just give me more blood
Just give it to me deep red
A flowing river crimson
A flowing river burning with desire
It's great, but I never said how great
Hey, you never really asked, well, I'm asking you right now
So shut up and explain
What's on your mind
In this dark hour
I said it doesn't matter, I can't be that much fatter
And you'll never get as much blood
From a phony Blarney, stone, rock, hard, Granite!?! Solid.
10 Spirit ()
She looked at me and did the bosa nova
I smiled at her and then just walked away
then the lights came on and it was over
to my surprise, she wasn't a girl at all
so I packed it up and took to a rock show...
where you can feel the pulse getting stronger
& you can only hear the beat for so long
I asked if there was any way to stop it
No, he said, just smile and act as if...
you worship the very ground on which they walk on...
no way
a temporary absence of gesture
a hidden meaning known to everyone
a slight misconception of leizure
don't see how that could hurt anyone...I know...but
spirit, excellence, further down the road,
these are the tools you'll need further down the road.
so lets pack it up and take it somewhere special...
from a quintessential, existential nightmare
to a sanctuary waiting in the sun
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By joe strummer
"Faith No More presents us with their vision of rock, influenced by many different genres, yet not subordinate to them."
"'Introduce Yourself' is an excellent work; it surpasses the limits of crossover to head towards a kind of all-encompassing rock of various styles with no coordinates."
