Recommend me some Faith No More – the result
So last week on The Musical Chairs, I asked you readers to help me solve a dilemma. Ever since Faith No More were announced to headline the Radio 1/NME Stage for Reading I have been in limbo as to whether to ditch Kings Of Leon for Mike Patton and his merry men or to stick with my guns, despite all the acclaim that their reunion tour has been getting thus far. With this in mind, I decided to use them as the subject of this newest instalment of Recommend Me and invite you to give me some listening suggestions so that I could make an informed decision beforehand. Many thanks to J-Dog who commented on the original post recommending me to listen to Angel Dust. On Saturday I went into a record store and bought the album, since it was on offer and listened to it a couple of days after.
I think that this is a record that I can see growing on me. On the first listen Angel Dust has a lot of variation in its sound and it isn’t a dull listen in any way. I think as a record it kind of gave me a good idea of what the band is all about and I imagine that in a live setting these songs would be incredibly solid and theatrical sounding. If you compare this to the style of Kings Of Leon, which is no frills in every sense of the word (even the NME summed it up best this week when they said the most showmanship shown is when Caleb Followill wipes his brow with a hanky), the choice as to who to watch becomes far more obvious. Not to diss Kings Of Leon in anyway – I’ve seen them live once in an arena and was pleasantly surprised at how good it was – but upon listening to Angel Dust, I can imagine a Faith No More show to be more fun and entertaining.
So, as you might have guessed, this was a successful edition of Recommend Me.
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by Max
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Always been a bit of a mixed bag in my opinion. They were fantastic at Download (at least on the internet stream!) but the albums just don’t really hold my attention. If anything, I think they suffer from a lack of variety, dragging things out for far too long. However, some of the tracks on Angel Dust are fantastic, and it’s those little moments which make the album that more pleasurable to listen to. You’ve made the right decision to see them instead of KoL though. I can’t believe people aren’t bored of them by now!
I don’t think you can necessarily get sum up FNM on the basis of one album, so I think you should pick up ‘The Real Thing’ next time your in the record shop.
@Mike. Angel Dust isn’t packed with a whole lot of variety, which is why ‘King For A Day…’ excels – despite what some people may say.