Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime (1995)
This album is not for the young at heart !
This album is not for the young at heart !
Mike Patton and the boys are up to no good here on 1995's "King For Day" representing another excellent mis-understood album by this mis-understood band !
Ok...so this album does not go to the depths of "Angel Dust" but still holds up as a very creative and solid album. I would say that this was their most straightforward song based album but again that is a stretch. On this album Jim Martin (guitars) was replaced by Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle) and this marked the end for this band but they still had this album in them.
Lead vocalist Mike Patton shines on this album as well with his wide range, power and lyrical prowess. Patton delivers funk, jazz, rock and metal all with ease and often at the same song !.
If anyone out there is familiar with Porcupine Tree's album "The Incident" they will immediately recognize the album's opening theme with the unmistakable Big loud chording which can only make you wonder if Steve Wilson was listening to Faith No More at the time of that recording.
This band can sure get dark when they want to and can sound almost like a lighter version of the gothier side of OPETH. Songs like "Don't look at me I'm ugly in the morning" will scare the heck out of all the kids and your parents. That song is tortured and sooooo ugly yet so great and absolutely fitting. Patton and the boys switch it up then to an almost power-pop inspired tune "Digging In The Grave" and then jump into a slow Country-rock ballad "Take This Bottle". This is a good example of the vast mood and tempo changes that make "Faith No More" such a great band and how they defy categorization.
If anyone out there is familiar with Porcupine Tree's album "The Incident" they will immediately recognize the album's opening theme with the unmistakable Big loud chording which can only make you wonder if Steve Wilson was listening to Faith No More at the time of that recording.
This band can sure get dark when they want to and can sound almost like a lighter version of the gothier side of OPETH. Songs like "Don't look at me I'm ugly in the morning" will scare the heck out of all the kids and your parents. That song is tortured and sooooo ugly yet so great and absolutely fitting. Patton and the boys switch it up then to an almost power-pop inspired tune "Digging In The Grave" and then jump into a slow Country-rock ballad "Take This Bottle". This is a good example of the vast mood and tempo changes that make "Faith No More" such a great band and how they defy categorization.
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