Faith No More - Introduce Yourself - Music & Performance - CD

Introduce Yourself is Faith No More's second album, released in 1987. Due to the limited availability of the first album, We Care a Lot (until it was re-released on CD years later), many, including the band, once considered this Faith No More's true debut album. This album features better mixing than it's predecessor, which is most evident on this album's version of the song "We Care a Lot," which also features updated, more topical, lyrics. It was the last album Chuck Mosley appeared on with the band.

On Faith No More's major-label debut, Introduce Yourself, the Faith No More that you've grown to know and love finally rears it's ugly head (much more so than on their 1985 independent release We Care a Lot). All the ingredients are there, but like its predecessor there's one crucial item missing, super-vocalist Mike Patton. This would be original singer Chuck Mosley's last outing with the band, before he was ejected due to erratic and unpredictable behavior. Still, the album is consistent and interesting, with Mosley's out-of-tune vocals being an acquired taste to most. "The Crab Song" is one of their most underrated tracks, which packs quite a wallop when guitarist Jim Martin's heavily saturated guitar kicks in. The title track is an enjoyable and brief rant, and the loopy bass and irresistible melodicism of "Anne's Song" should have been a hit. There's also a slightly updated version of "We Care a Lot" included, and the resulting video gave the band their first taste of MTV success (but nothing compared to what they'd experience with their heavily rotated breakthrough "Epic"). A step in the right direction toward the deliciously twisted sound they'd achieve on later releases. ~ Greg Prato, All Music Guide

Performer	Faith No More
Music genre	Rock
Music subgenre	CD - HEAVY METAL
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	1987
Edition	Standard
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Faith No More - Introduce Yourself [COMPACT DISCS]
Track listing	Faster Disco, Anne's Song, Introduce Yourself, Chinese Arithmetic, Death March, We Care a Lot, R N' R, Crab Song, Blood, Spirit
Record label	Rhino
Music producer	Steve Berlin/Matt Wallace
Track name	Faster Disco, Anne's Song, Introduce Yourself, Chinese Arithmetic, Death March, We Care A Lot, R n' R, The Crab Song, Blood, Spirit
Duration	38 min
Digital audio file format	CD
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N