- Introduce Yourself
Infobox Album
Name = Introduce Yourself
Type = studio
Artist =Faith No More
Caption = Original release
Released = start date|1987|4
Recorded = Mid-1986 atStudio D inSausalito, California
Genre =Alternative metal Funk metal
Length = 37:42
Label = Slash
Producer =Matt Wallace ,Steve Berlin , Faith No More
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gudfyl6jxpeb~T1 link]
Last album = "We Care a Lot "
(1985)
This album = "Introduce Yourself"
(1987)
Next album = "The Real Thing"
(1989)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Type = studio
Lower caption =Rhino Records re-release cover Extra album cover 2
Type = studio
Cover size =
Lower caption = "Green Splatter" cassette cover Singles
Name = Introduce Yourself
Type = album
Single 1 = We Care a Lot
Single 1 date =January 18 ,1988
Single 2 =Anne's Song
Single 2 date =May 18 ,1988 "Introduce Yourself" is
Faith No More 's second album, released in 1987. Many, including the band, considered this Faith No More's true debut album. This album features better mixing than its predecessor, "We Care a Lot ", which is most evident on this album's version of the song "We Care a Lot," which also features updated, more topical, lyrics.Track listing
tracklist|music_credits=yes |lyrics_credits=yes
title1=Faster Disco |music1=Gould, Bottum, Martin |lyrics1=Mosely |length1=4:16
title2=Anne's Song |music2=Gould, Bottum |lyrics2=Gould, Bottum |length2=4:46
title3=Introduce Yourself |music3=Gould, Bottum, Bordin, Martin |lyrics3=Bottum, Mosely |length3=1:32
title4=Chinese Arithmetic |music4=Martin, Bordin |lyrics4=Mosely |length4=4:37
title5=Death March |music5=Gould, Bottum, Martin |lyrics5=Mosely |length5=3:02
title6=We Care a Lot |music6=Gould, Bottum |lyrics6=Bottum, Mosely |length6=4:02
title7=R N' R |music7=Gould, Martin |lyrics7=Gould, Mosely |length7=3:11
title8=The Crab Song |music8=Gould, Bordin |lyrics8=Mosely |length8=5:52
title9=Blood |music9=Mosely |lyrics9=Mosely |length9=3:42
title10=Spirit |music10=Gould |lyrics10=Gould |length10=2:52Personnel
Band members
*
Chuck Mosely – vocals
*Jim Martin – guitar, backing vocals
*Bill Gould – bass, backing vocals
*Roddy Bottum – keyboards, backing vocals
*Mike Bordin – drums, congas, backing vocalsTechnical staff
*
Steve Berlin – producer
*Matt Wallace – producer, engineer
*Jim "Watts" Verecke – assistant engineer
*John Golden – mastering
*Lendon Flanagan – photography
*Bob Biggs – artwork
*Jeff Price – artworkRelease history
The album was originally released in April 1987 on vinyl and cassette. The album cover for this release is a centered ink splatter, with text to the extremes of the cover. The tape has a larger smear of the ink, that looks more like a green spot.The second release of this album was on
November 15 ,1996 . It was released by Slash/Uni Records. This version also featured the centered ink splatter.The last release of this album was many years later, onOctober 17 ,2000 , through Slash/Rhino Records; they later released "" in 2003. This version has a close up of the ink splatter with the wording a bit further from the edges.Accolades
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