On Faith No More's major-label debut, Introduce Yourself, the band that fans grew to know and love much later in its career finally rears its ugly head (much more so than on their 1985 independent release We Care a Lot).
All the ingredients are there, but like its predecessor there's one crucial item missing, super-vocalist Mike Patton.
This would be original singer Chuck Mosley's last outing with the band, before he was ejected due to erratic and unpredictable behavior.
Still, the album is consistent and interesting, with Mosley's out-of-tune vocals being an acquired taste to most.
"The Crab Song" is one of their most underrated tracks, which packs quite a wallop when guitarist Jim Martin's heavily saturated guitar kicks in.
The title track is an enjoyable and brief rant, and the loopy bass and irresistible melodicism of "Anne's Song" should have been a hit.
There's also a slightly updated version of "We Care a Lot" included, and the resulting video gave the band their first taste of MTV success (but nothing compared to what they'd experience with their heavily rotated breakthrough "Epic").
A step in the right direction toward the deliciously twisted sound they'd achieve on later releases.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faster DiscoFaith No More | Faith No More | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 2 | Anne's SongFaith No More | Faith No More | Play | 04:46 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | Introduce YourselfFaith No More | Faith No More | Play | 01:32 | 3 MB | 10 MB |
| 4 | Chinese ArithmeticFaith No More | Faith No More | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 5 | Death MarchFaith No More | Faith No More | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 6 | We Care A LotFaith No More | Faith No More | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 7 | R N' RFaith No More | Faith No More | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 8 | The Crab SongFaith No More | Faith No More | Play | 05:52 | 13 MB | 34 MB |
| 9 | BloodFaith No More | Faith No More | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | SpiritFaith No More | Faith No More | Play | 02:52 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 37 mins | 86 MB | |||||
| 37 mins | 246 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Berlin | Mastering, Mixing, Producer |
| 2 | Bob Biggs | Art Direction |
| 3 | Mike Bordin | Congas, Drums, Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Roddy Bottum | Keyboards, Vocals (Background) |
| 5 | Faith No More | Art Direction, Artwork, Composer, Design, Group, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 6 | Lendon Flanagan | Photography |
| 7 | John Golden | Mastering |
| 8 | Bill Gould | Bass, Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Jim Martin | Guitar, Guitars, Vocals (Background) |
| 10 | Chuck Mosely | Vocals |
| 11 | Chuck Mosley | Vocals |
| 12 | Jeff Price | Art Direction, Artwork, Design |
| 13 | James "Watts" Verecke | Assistant Engineer |
| 14 | James Watts Vereeke | Assistant Engineer |
| 15 | Matt Wallace | Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |