By the time Angel Dust came out in 1992, Faith No More were already an established band. Their previous album, The Real Thing, had gone platinum but it wasn’t enough to make the band rehash the same sound again. Angel Dust almost seemed to be a reaction against the fame that the band were receiving. They took the metal and funk of the previous albums and combined them with some of the most off-the-wall elements — and it worked. Faith No More, and Angel Dust in particular, went on to influence a whole generation (or two) of new musicians and when you listen to this album you’ll understand why.
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I'd also say that anyone that likes this album that hasn't heard Fair to Midland - Fables From a Mayfly should do so now.
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And their pre-Patton stuff is a fun listen but not nearly as good as their Patton-era material.
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The pre-Patton stuff is crap (IMO).
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Greatest album ever
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Angel Dust is a classic.
MONDO CANE NE1?
its gonna rule SO hard
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This album is really difficult to get into & needs time. It does eventually click though.
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That's a good question Davey. The title is meant to reflect the age of the album, not whether the band is still around or not. Anything before 1999 will be game. Keep in mind that I'm making this up as I go since I only posted this since nothing had been posted today ;)
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This sums up my feelings exactly. It's probably just because it's such a damn weird album. I really want to like it actually but it just always sounds like some real goofy shit to me. I keep it on my iPod though in hopes that one day I'll listen and love it.
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KFAD is probably my favourite FNM overall.
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RV rules, but sometimes I skip it too.
It's hard to explain, I do mostly love the individual songs here. There is an awkward balance throughout for me though that just doesn't feel right, thematically its all over the place and well, as remarkable as FNM pull off whatever they were trying to aim for stylistically here the feel of the album is an acquired taste to say the least.
"KFAD is way more uneven, and less inspired than this"
To me it feels much more uniform than this. I don't know how one can measure "inspired" on a value scale that really means anything, but if you are claiming KFAD doesn't seem to draw from as many different influences as Angel Dust I would probably agree with you. I don't see why this a bad thing though, it just feels like a more consistent work to me from start to finish and I really dig the group without Jim Martin's influence.
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i get a boner anytime he comes out with something new tbh.
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The production is better than most modern rock albums, which are overcompressed and sound like shit. Considering it was released in 1992 it still sounds really good. Too much bad music has damaged your perception of what good production is
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the real thing
kinf for a day
introduce yourself
we care a lot
album of the year
fnm ranked
amazing band
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