Album of the Year (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Album of the Year
Type = studio
Artist = Faith No More


Released = June 3, 1997
Recorded = Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre = Alternative metal, alternative rock
Length = 43:04
Label = Slash
Producer = Roli Mosimann, Billy Gould
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4l61mppf9f6o link]
* "Entertainment Weekly" (B) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,288392,00.html link]
* Pitchfork Media (2.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17625-faith-no-more-album-of-the-year link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|1.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/faithnomore/albums/album/133622/review/6067376 link]
* "Spin" Rating|3.5|5 small|August 1997, p. 114–115
Last album = "King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime"
(1995)
This album = "Album of the Year"
(1997)
Next album = "Who Cares a Lot?"
(1998)
Misc = Singles
Name = Album of the Year
Type = studio
Single 1 = Ashes to Ashes
Single 1 date = May 19, 1997
Single 2 = Last Cup of Sorrow
Single 2 date = August 5' 1997
Single 3 = Stripsearch
Single 3 date = November 11, 1997
Single 4 = She Loves Me Not
Single 4 date = canceled

"Album of the Year" is the sixth and final studio album by Faith No More. It was released on June 3, 1997 and was the only album to feature the band's final guitarist Jon Hudson.

The album was generally received with praise and acclaim from both critics and fans.However, the title of this album displays the band's sense of irony, as the majority of the members of Faith No More were ultimately unhappy with the outcome of "Album of the Year" and the direction it had taken them. Vocalist Mike Patton was quoted as saying that Faith No More's demise could be partially related to a mutual feeling of artistic futility as a group: "We were starting to make bad music."

During touring in support of "Album of the Year", Faith No More frequently wore suits during performances.

The album sleeve did not feature printed lyrics; however, Mike Patton and Billy Gould did submit official lyrics to [http://www.fnm.com/ fnm.com] .

As of July 2007, the album has sold 213,000 copies in the U.S., significantly lower than the band's other albums.In other charts it faired much better, peaking at #1 in Australia and New Zealand. It also went Platinum in Australia for sales of more than 70,000 copies. [cite web
url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-1997.htm
title = ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1997 Albums
publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association
accessdate = 2008-05-28] The album only had minimal impact in the UK charts but it did go Gold for sales of more then 100,000 copies.The biggest downfall for this album was perhaps in the US where sales were significantly lower than previous efforts, though it still managed to sell a million copies worldwide.

Track 4 is listed on promo copies as "Naked in Front of This Computer", it is unknown whether this is a working title or a mistake.

The first pressing of the Australian version included a bonus remix disc.

Artwork

The liner art for the album jacket depicts the funeral of an old man, with the words "pravda vítězí" (truth prevails) adorning the coffin. The statement is the motto of the Czech Republic, and on the photographs is Czechoslovakia's first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. The use of the imagery on the album art is representative of an end to a golden age — namely, the band's.

One rather persistent but ultimately false claim among the fans of the band attributes the photography belonging to Lenin's funeral. The band did acknowledge the similarity of facial features, however.

ongs

"Naked in Front of the Computer" is the fourth song on the album. It is one of the few songs in the Faith No More catalogue written solely by Mike Patton. It has been covered by Papa Roach and placed on the single to their 2002 song "She Loves Me Not". When asked about the song's meaning, Billy Gould replied: cquote|Actually, this song is about email. Patton is kind of obsessed with the idea of how people can communicate and have relationships over the computer without talking or ever meeting. So this is an extreme version of that concept. Funny thing is...the image of someone sitting naked in front of a computer might not have made sense to people a few years ago, but now everybody knows what it means. It's become part of our culture.|4=Billy Gould|5=

"She Loves Me Not" is the eighth song on the album. The song itself seems to draw its influence from lounge music. It was to be the fourth single off the album, but the band ended before this could be accomplished. It has also never been played live. Despite this, it made an appearance on Faith No More's 2006 greatest hits compilation "The Platinum Collection". When asked about the song, Billy Gould replied: cquote|This song almost didn't make it on the record. We almost didn't even record vocals for it because it's so different from all of the other songs. I wrote this song, and I was almost embarrassed to play it for anybody in the band because it's so soft - but at the same time it's a good song. It's like a Boyz II Men song of something. I didn't play it for anybody for, like, a half a year, and then finally I played it for Puffy. He thought we should give it a try, so I gave it to Patton, and he said, 'I wrote words, but they're pretty over-the-top.' But we went forward with it, and he really sang his ass off.|4=Billy Gould|5=cite web |url=http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/fnm/FNMquotes.html#1997 |title=Faith No More - The Making of Album of the Year |accessdate=2008-06-23 |author= |date=September 1997 |publisher=Keyboard Magazine]

Track listing

tracklist
collapsed=
headline=
writing_credits = yes
title1=Collision |writer1=Hudson, Patton |length1=3:24
title2=Stripsearch |writer2=Hudson, Patton, Bordin, Gould |length2=4:29
title3=Last Cup of Sorrow |writer3=Patton, Gould |length3=4:12
title4=Naked in Front of the Computer |writer4=Patton |length4=2:08
title5=Helpless |writer5=Patton, Bordin, Gould |length5=5:26
title6=Mouth to Mouth |writer6=Hudson, Patton, Bordin, Gould |length6=3:48
title7=Ashes to Ashes |writer7=Hudson, Patton, Bordin, Gould, Bottum |length7=3:37
title8=She Loves Me Not |writer8=Patton, Bordin, Gould |length8=3:29
title9=Got That Feeling |writer9=Patton |length9=2:20
title10=Paths of Glory |writer10=Hudson, Patton, Bordin, Gould, Bottum |length10=4:17
title11=Home Sick Home |writer11=Patton |length11=1:59
title12=Pristina |writer12=Patton, Gould |length12=3:51tracklist
collapsed=
headline=Bonus tracks
title13=The Big Kahuna |note13=Japanese bonus track |length13=3:07
title14=Light Up and Let Go |note14=Japanese bonus track |length14=2:20
title15=Last Cup of Sorrow (Rammstein Mix) |note15=Limited Edition bonus track |length15=4:23
title16=Ashes to Ashes (Hardknox Alternative Mix) |note16=Limited Edition bonus track |length16=6:47
title17=She Loves Me Not (Spinna Crazy Club Mix) |note17=Limited Edition bonus track |length17=4:41
title18=Last Cup of Sorrow (Sharam VS FNM Club Mix) |note18=Limited Edition bonus track |length18=7:24tracklist
collapsed=
headline=Bonus disc
title1=Last Cup of Sorrow (Bigfoot And Wildboy Mix) |note1= |length1=8:44
title2=Last Cup of Sorrow (Bonehead Mix) |note2= |length2=4:54
title3=Ashes to Ashes (Hardknox Horned Hand Mix) |note3= |length3=6:47
title4=Ashes to Ashes (Automatic 5 Dub) |note4= |length4=6:10
title5=She Loves Me Not (Spinna Main Mix) |note5= |length5=4:41
title6=Ashes to Ashes (Dillinja Mix) |note6= |length6=5:30

Personnel

Band members

* Mike Patton – vocals
* Jon Hudson – guitar
* Billy Gould – bass guitar, producer
* Roddy Bottum – keyboards
* Mike Bordin – drums

Technical staff

* Roli Mosimann – producer, mixing
* Paul Ceppaglia – mixing assistant
* Atom – engineer
* Mike Bogus – engineer
* Daniel Presley – engineer
* Howie Weinberg – mastering
* Katherine Delaney – art direction, design

Accolades

References

External links

* [http://www.fnm.com/faq/ Faith No More Frequently Answered Questions]

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