Angel Dust (album)
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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Angel Dust
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Faith No More]]
| Cover = Faithnomoreangeldust.jpg
| Released ={{Start date|1992|6|8}}
| Recorded = <span class=nowraplinks>[[Coast Recorders]] and [[Brilliant Studios]] [[San Francisco, California]] January – March 1992</span><ref name=making-MBinter>The Making of Angel Dust, Mike Bordin interview. [[MTV]]. Retrieved {{Date|2007-12-22}}</ref>
| Genre = [[Experimental rock]]<br />[[Alternative metal]]
| Length = '''Original:''' 58:49<br />'''Reissue:''' 61:54
| Label = [[Slash Records|Slash]]
| Producer = [[Matt Wallace]]
| Reviews =
* [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Ahmazefbkhgf6 link]
* ''[[Rolling Stone magazine|Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/faithnomore/albums/album/321678/review/6068107/angel_dust link]
*{{Review-Christgau|hm3|artist=449}}
* ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' <span style=color:GoldenRod>'''B'''</span> [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311002,00.html link]
* ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' {{Rating-5|4}} 7/92, p91
| Last album = ''[[Live at the Brixton Academy (Faith No More album)|Live at the Brixton Academy]]''<br />(1990)
| This album = '''''Angel Dust'''''<br />(1992)
| Next album = ''[[Video Croissant]]''<br />(1993)
| Misc =
{{Extra album cover 2
| Upper caption = Alternate Cover
| Type = studio
| Cover = FNM Angel Dust - sampler.jpg
| Lower caption = The cover of the 6 track promo CD}}
{{Singles
| Name = Angel Dust
| Type = album
| Single 2 = [[Land of Sunshine]]
| Single 2 date = as an album sampler
| Single 1 = [[Midlife Crisis]]
| Single 1 date = [[May 26]], [[1992]]
| Single 3 = [[A Small Victory (song)|A Small Victory]]
| Single 3 date = [[August 3]], [[1992]]
| Single 4 = [[A Small Victory (song)|A Small Victory (Remix)]]
| Single 4 date = [[September 1]], [[1992]]
| Single 5 = [[Everything's Ruined]]
| Single 5 date = [[November 9]], [[1992]]
| Single 6 = [[Songs To Make Love To|Easy]]
| Single 6 date = [[December 29]], [[1992]]}}
}}'''''Angel Dust''''' is the fourth [[studio album]] by [[United States|American]] [[rock music|rock]] band [[Faith No More]], first released through [[Slash Records|Slash]] on [[June 8]], [[1992]] in [[Europe]] and the [[United States]]. It's the final studio album with long time guitarist [["Big" Jim Martin]] and the second to feature [[Mike Patton]] on vocals however it is the first album in which he had an influence on the band's sound,<ref name=zonrod /> as Patton hadn't previously had input on the musical composition of the albums predecessor, ''[[The Real Thing (Faith No More album)|The Real Thing]]'', as it had all been composed and recorded prior to his joining.<ref name=reflex25>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1992&month=6&id=980 |title=Faith No More: Angel Dust in the wind |accessdate=2008-06-15 |author=Jem Aswad |date=June 1992 |work=Issue 25 |publisher=Reflex Magazine}}</ref>
It remains as Faith No More's highest-selling album outside the United States in which, as of July 2007, the album has sold 664,000 copies there. The album and subsequent tour were very successful in Europe where it went Platinum for sales of more than 1 million copies and Gold in Australia for selling more than 35,000 copies. Worldwide sales are around 3.0 million copies for this record.
==Background==
Following the success of their previous album, ''The Real Thing'' and the subsequent tour that followed, Faith No More began work on its follow-up, ''Angel Dust''.The original title of the album was going to be called "Alienating Your Public", {{Fact|date=June 2008}} but decided that Angel Dust would fit in better for the album. They decided not to "play it safe" and re-do their last album and went off in a different direction musically,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1992&id=1279 |title=Angel of Weird |accessdate=2007-12-22 |author=Jeremy Sheaffe |date=Mid 1992 |publisher=Hot Metal}}</ref> much to the dismay of [["Big" Jim Martin|Jim Martin]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fnm.com/band/ |title=Faith No More - Bio, paragraph 6 |accessdate=2008-01-23 |publisher=FNM.com}}</ref> who also didn't approve of the album's title, which [[Roddy Bottum]] chose, in an interview taken while they were in the studio he said:
{{cquote|Roddy wanted to name it Angel Dust, I don't know why, I just want you to know that if it's named Angel Dust, it didn't have anything to do with me.<ref>The Making of Angel Dust, Jim Martin interview. [[MTV]]. Retrieved {{Date|2007-12-22}}</ref>}}
[[Image:Angel Dust meat photo.jpg|thumb|150px|left|The Meat hook scene found on the back cover and booklet of ''Angel Dust'']]
Roddy stated that he chose the name because it "summed up what [they] did perfectly" in that "it's a really beautiful name for a really hideous drug and that should make people think."<ref name=zonrod>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1993&month=1&day=27&id=815 |title=Talking music and zoning with Roddy Bottom of Faith No More |accessdate=2008-06-21 |last= |first= |author=Nathan Ammons, Tim Newman |date=[[January 27]], [[1993]] |work= |publisher=[[Public News]], Houston, Texas}}</ref> The artwork has been described as in a similar fashion in that on the front it depicts a [[pelican]], photographed by Werner Krutein, and the back depicts a [[meat hook]] scene, by Mark Burnstein, with the head of a cow hanging among plucked and decapitated chickens.<ref name=dusted /> Billy stated that:
{{cquote|Angel Dust leaves itself open to both angelic and demonic connotations so we wanted to balance the beautiful with the sick. It's not a statement for vegetarianism or anything; it's really just a reflection of the music, a visual representation of what our music is all about—some of it's nice, some of it is fucking ugly.|4=[[Billy Gould]]|5=<ref name=dusted>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1992&month=12&id=1261 |title=Faith No More - Dusted |accessdate=2008-06-21 |last= |first= |author=Mark Putterford |date=December 1992 |work= |publisher=Rip magazine}}</ref>}}<div style="clear:left;"></div>
==Composition process==
Unlike their previous album ''Angel Dust'' was largely composed by Billy Gould, Roddy Bottum and Mike Bordin with influence from Mike Patton.<ref name=zonrod /> In a trend carried on from when their vocalist at the time, Chuck Mosley, lived in [[Los Angeles]] while the rest of the band resided in the [[Bay Area]] they would record demo tapes of the songs and exchange them between each other then send them to Jim Martin for him to work on his own the guitar arrangements, which he allways did separately before sending them back for approval.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1992&month=9&id=1079 |title=Faith No More: Get the Funk Out |accessdate=2008-07-01 |author= Lee Sherman |date= September 1992 |work= |publisher=Guitar Magazine}}</ref> The band originally went in studio to record a total of 17 songs. However after writing two more while in studio, a total of 19 were recorded.<ref name=making-MBinter /><ref>The Making of Angel Dust, Billy Gould interview. [[MTV]]. Retrieved {{Date|2008-02-26}}</ref> At the time they had not officially titled them, so they were known by these [[working title]]s:
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* "Shuffle", "Triplet" – "Caffeine"
* "Madonna" – "Midlife Crisis"
* "Macaroni and Cheese", "Country Western Song" – "RV"
* "Arabic" – "Smaller and Smaller"
* "F Sharp" – "Kindergarten"
* "I Swallow" – "Be Aggressive"
* "Japanese" – "A Small Victory"
* "Action Adventure" – "Crack Hitler"
* "The Sample Song" – "[[The World Is Yours (Faith No More song)|The World Is Yours]]"
* "The Carpenters Song"
* "The Funk Song"
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It is unsure if the recording session included "Das Schutzenfest" as the production is only credited to "Faith No More", and not "Matt Wallace and Faith No More", as is the album. "Let's Lynch the Landlord" was recorded prior to the album recording session, originally scheduled to be on a [[Dead Kennedys]] covers compilation album on [[Mordam Records]], it was however released on [[Alternative Tentacles Records]].
===Samples===
*"Malpractice" contains a sample of [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]'s ''[[String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)|String Quartet No. 8]]'' as performed by the [[Kronos Quartet]], on their album ''Black Angels''; the second movement of four "Allegro molto" (Track 8 at 2:10). It featured in four points towards the end of the song at 2:56, 3:02, 3:22 and 3:26.
*The intro to "Crack Hitler" features a sample of Iris Lettieri —a Brazilian actress whose voice Mike Patton had become enamoured of whilst on tour— reading a flight announcement. (Iris Lettieri has been the voice of announcements at Galeão/Antonio Carlos Jobim Airport in Rio for over three decades).
*The drum track for "Midlife Crisis" features a sample of the first bar on the [[Simon and Garfunkel]] song "[[Cecilia (song)|Cecilia]]".
==Lyrical writing process==
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The lyrics for ''Angel Dust'' were written for the most part by vocalist [[Mike Patton]]. He got his inspiration for the lyrics from many places including questions from the [[Oxford Capacity Analysis]], fortune cookies and late-night TV, from which he wrote "Land of Sunshine" and "Caffeine" during a sleep deprivation experiment.<ref name=reflex25 />
{{cquote|I drove around a lot in my Honda, Drove to a real bad area of town, parked and just watched people. Coffee shops and white-trash diner-type places were great for inspiration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1992&id=1276 |title=Patton enjoys the Diner things in life |accessdate=2008-06-15 |last= |first= |author=Nick Chester |date=1992 |work= |publisher=[[Circus Magazine]]}}</ref>}}
"[[Be Aggressive]]" was written by [[Roddy Bottum]] about "swallowing" during oral sex. Roddy later stated:
{{cquote|It was a pretty fun thing to write, knowing that Mike was going to have to put himself on the line and go up on-stage and sing these vocals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1993&month=6&day=15&id=890|title=Heavy Metal Homo |accessdate=2008-06-22 |author=[[Lance Loud]] |date=[[June 15]], [[1993]] |publisher=[[The Advocate]] }}</ref>}}
==Touring and support==
Faith No More started the tour to promote ''Angel Dust'' shortly after the albums completion on the European leg of the [[Use Your Illusion Tour#European leg|Use Your Illusion Tour]] with [[Guns N' Roses]] and [[Soundgarden]],<ref name=lobgroad>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1992&id=1285 |title=Faith No More - The Long & Dusty Road |accessdate=2008-06-17|author=Marina Zogbi |date=1992|publisher=}}</ref> which Roddy described as a "complete European vacation" due to their light concert schedule.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1992&id=1277 |title=On Tour with Guns is Boring |accessdate=2008-06-17 |author= J.D. Considine |date=1992 |publisher=Des Moines Register}}</ref> In an interview taken on [[June 6]], [[1992]] Billy said: {{cquote|This is really just the beginning for us, Last time we toured, with The Real Thing, I left home at the age of 26 and got back when I was 28. Some of my friends had moved away, some had gotten married, some had had kids—I had a hard time dealing with that. This time I'm 29, and I know I'm gonna be on the road until I'm 31. Fuck, I don't even wanna think about it.<ref name=dusted />}} They continued on this tour through the [[Use Your Illusion Tour#North America stadium tour with Metallica|North America leg]] with Guns N' Roses and [[Metallica]]<ref name=lobgroad /> before splitting off on their own European tour through [[Finland]], [[Sweden]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1992&month=10 |title=Faith No More - 1992 - October |accessdate=2008-06-17 |author=Stefan Negele|publisher=Caca Volante}}</ref> [[Denmark]], [[Norway]], seven performances from [[November 4]] – [[November 11|11]] in [[Germany]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Austria]], 3 more performances in Germany, [[Belgium]], Germany again, the [[Netherlands]], [[Wales]], [[England]], where they played at the [[Cambridge Corn Exchange]] on [[November 23]] then 3 nights straight at the [[Brixton Academy]] from [[November 25]] – [[November 27|27]] and on the following night at the [[NEC Arena]] in [[Birmingham]] before going through [[Ireland]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1992&month=11 |title=Faith No More - 1992 - November |accessdate=2008-06-17 |author=Stefan Negele|publisher=Caca Volante}}</ref> [[Scotland]], where they played the first 4 nights of December in the [[Barrowland Ballroom]] before going back through England, Belgium, 3 performances from the [[December 8]] – [[December 10|10]] in [[France]], 3 performances from the [[December 12]] – [[December 14|14]] in [[Spain]], France again, [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]] and Austria again before having a break for [[Christmas]] and [[New Year]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1992&month=12 |title=Faith No More - 1992 - December |accessdate=2008-06-17 |author=Stefan Negele|publisher=Caca Volante}}</ref> They began touring America again in mid January 1993 in [[Seattle, Washington]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1993&month=1 |title=Faith No More - 1993 - January |accessdate=2008-07-01 |author=Stefan Negele|publisher=Caca Volante}}</ref> and finishing in [[Utah]] a month later in mid February.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1993&month=2 |title=Faith No More - 1993 - February |accessdate=2008-07-01 |author=Stefan Negele|publisher=Caca Volante}}</ref> Towards the end of April<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1993&month=4 |title=Faith No More - 1993 - April |accessdate=2008-07-01 |author=Stefan Negele|publisher=Caca Volante}}</ref> till mid May they toured through [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] before returning to Europe for a show in Germany on [[May 29]] and the following day in [[Vienna]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1993&month=5 |title=Faith No More - 1993 - May |accessdate=2008-07-01 |author=Stefan Negele|publisher=Caca Volante}}</ref> On [[June 2]] the played at [[Ahoy Rotterdam]] followed by 4 performances in Germany from [[June 3]] – [[June 7|7]] and one in the [[Slovak Republic]] on [[June 10]]. Towards the end of June they performed on individual nights in [[Sweden]], [[Denmark]], [[Norway]] and [[Portugal]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1993&month=6 |title=Faith No More - 1993 - June |accessdate=2008-07-01 |author=Stefan Negele|publisher=Caca Volante}}</ref> then a few days later on [[July 3]] – [[July 4|4]] in [[Torhout]] and [[Werchter]], Belgium followed by one last show in Germany, on [[July 9]], and the final show of the tour in [[Stratford Upon Avon]] on [[July 17]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://negele.org/db/index.php3?band=2&year=1993&month=7 |title=Faith No More - 1993 - July |accessdate=2008-07-01 |author=Stefan Negele|publisher=Caca Volante}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
Reviews of ''Angel Dust'' were generally favourable. One critic write that the album is "one of the more complex and simply confounding records ever released by a major label"<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web | last = Erlewine | first = Stephen Thomas| title = Faith No More Biography | publisher = allmusic| date = | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:m7rvad5kv8wo~T1 | accessdate = 2007-06-04}}</ref> and similarly, another called it "the most uncommercial follow-up to a hit record ever".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311002,00.html |title=Angel Dust <nowiki>|</nowiki> Music Review |accessdate=2008-07-09 |author=Janiss Garza |date=1992-07-10 |work= |publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> The single "A Small Victory" is described as a song "which seems to run [[Madame Butterfly]] through [[Metallica]] and [[Nile Rodgers]], reveals a developing facility for combining unlikely elements into startlingly original concoctions"<ref name="trouser press">{{cite web | last = Robbins | first = Ira| title = Faith No More Biography | publisher = Trouser Press| date = | url =http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=faith_no_more | accessdate = 2007-06-04}}</ref> while another calls "RV" a "Frank’s Wild Years-esque tale of a guy talking about his miserable life" adding that "you can almost smell the Spaghetti-O’s and beer on his wife-beater" and describes Mike Patton's vocals as "like silk-lined meat hooks".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wirenh.com/Music/Long_Play/%91Angel_Dust%92_200708072286.html |title=The Wire - ‘Angel Dust’ |accessdate=2008-07-09 |author=Liberty Hardy |date=2007-08-07 |work= |publisher=The Wire}}</ref> [[Allmusic]] calls the album a "bizarro masterpiece", described the vocals as "smarter and more accomplished", compared to its predecessor ''The Real Thing'' and gave it 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it one of their album picks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifixqy5ld6e |title=allmusic: Angel Dust - Overview |accessdate=2008-07-09 |last= |first= |author=Ned Raggett |publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> The album was also called an "Album of the Year" in 1992 by seven different publications in four countries, making the top 10 in three of them and the top position in one, and the "Most Influential Albums of all Time".<ref name=kerr50infl/>
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| collapsed = | headline = | lyrics_credits=yes | music_credits =yes
| title1 =[[Land of Sunshine]] | lyrics1 =Patton | music1 =Gould, Bottum | length1 =3:44
| title2 =[[Caffeine (song)|Caffeine]] | lyrics2 =Patton | music2 =Gould, Patton | length2 =4:28
| title3 =[[Midlife Crisis]] | lyrics3 =Patton | music3 =Bottum, Bordin, Gould, Patton | length3 =4:21
| title4 =RV | lyrics4 =Patton | music4 =Bottum, Patton, Gould | length4 =3:43
| title5 =Smaller and Smaller | lyrics5 =Patton | music5 =Gould, Bordin, Bottum, Wallace | length5 =5:11
| title6 =[[Everything's Ruined]] | lyrics6 =Patton, Gould | music6 =Gould, Bottum, Patton | length6 =4:33
| title7 =Malpractice | lyrics7 =Patton | music7 =Patton | length7 =4:02
| title8 =Kindergarten | lyrics8 =Patton, Bottum | music8 =Gould, Martin | length8 =4:31
| title9 =[[Be Aggressive]] | lyrics9 =Bottum | music9 =Bottum | length9 =3:42
| title10 =[[A Small Victory (song)|A Small Victory]]
| lyrics10 =Patton | music10 =Gould, Bottum, Bordin, Patton | length10 =4:57
| title11 =Crack Hitler | lyrics11 =Patton | music11 =Gould, Bottum, Bordin | length11 =4:39
| title12 =[[Jizzlobber]] | lyrics12 =Martin, Patton | music12 =Martin | length12 =6:38
| title13 =Midnight Cowboy | lyrics13 = | music13 =[[John Barry (composer)|Barry]] | length13 =4:12
| title14 =[[Easy (Commodores song)#Faith No More cover|Easy]]
| lyrics14 =[[Lionel Richie| Richie]] | music14 =[[Lionel Richie|Richie]] | length14 =3:04
| title15 =[[As the Worm Turns]] | lyrics15 =Mosely | music15 =Bottum, Gould, Mosely | length15 =2:39
| note14 =Re-release only <ref name ="discog" />
| note15 =Japanese bonus track <ref name ="discog" />
}}
{{tracklist
| collapsed = | headline =Promo track list
| title1 =Midlife Crisis | length1 =4:21
| title2 =Kindergarten | length2 =4:31
| title3 =Land of Sunshine | length3 =3:44
| title4 =Everything's Ruined | length4 =4:33
| title5 =[[Epic (song)|Epic]] | length5 =4:51
| title6 =[[We Care a Lot (song)|We Care a Lot]] | length6 =3:50
| note6 =[[Live at the Brixton Academy (Faith No More album)|Live at Brixton]]
}}
==Bonus Discs==
There were several different bonus discs released with various editions and formats of the album.
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===Free Concert in the Park===
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[[Image:FNM - Free Concert in the Park.jpg|100px|right]]
This disc came with the second and third pressings of the [[Australian]] release, it contains four tracks from a free concert at [[Munich]], [[Germany]] in [[November 9]], [[1992]] {{small|(Cat no. D30953 and TVD93378 (RMD53378) respectively)}}.<ref name="discog" />
#"Easy" – 3:06
#"Be Aggressive" – 4:12
#"Kindergarten" – 4:15
#"Mark Bowen" – 3:17
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===Woodpecker From Mars===
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This disc was a promotional release on Limited Edition pressings of Angel Dust in [[France]]. On the back it reads "''ne peut etre vendu separement offert avec l'album 'Angel Dust' dans la limite des stocks disponibles''",<ref name="discog" /> which translates to "offered with the album ''Angel Dust'' while stocks last, not to be sold separately"
#"Woodpecker From Mars" {{small|(Live from Norwich, 1990)}}
#"Underwater Love" {{small|(Live from Brixton, [[April 28]], [[1990]])}}
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===Midlife Crisis 12"===
This disc was released with Limited Edition [[UK]] vinyl's as a Double Vinyl Pack, it was also released as the "[[Midlife Crisis]]" single a week prior to the albums, the first disc (with or without the bonus disc) lacked the tracks "Crack Hitler" and "Midnight Cowboy" in addition the track "Smaller and Smaller" appeared as the last track <small>(Cat no. 828 326-1)</small>.<ref name="discog" />
#"Midlife Crisis <small>(The Scream Mix)</small>" – 3:56
#"Crack Hitler" – 4:39
#"Midnight Cowboy" – 4:13
===Interview Disc===
This disc was a promotional release on Limited Edition pressings of Angel Dust in [[Europe]] released on [[August 24]], [[1992]] <small>(Cat no. 828 321-2)</small>, and was also released separately in a slimline case<small> (Cat no. FNMCD3)</small>. The questions were printed inside the packaging with answers on the CD lasting 18:41.<ref name="discog">[http://www.fnm.com/discography/FNMDiscog1.pdf The PDF discography] [http://www.fnm.com/discography/FNMDiscog1.txt text alternative]. FNM.com. retrieved {{Date|2007-12-10}}</ref>
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==Personnel==
===Band members===
*[[Mike Patton]] – vocals
*[[Jim Martin]] – guitars
*[[Billy Gould]] – bass
*[[Roddy Bottum]] – keyboards
*[[Mike Bordin]] – drums
===Technical staff===
*[[Matt Wallace]] – producer, engineer, mixing
*[[David Bryson]] – co-mixing
*[[Adam Munoz]], [[Craig Doubet]], [[Gibbs Chapman]], [[Lindsay Valentine]], [[Nikki Tafrallin]] – assistant engineering
*[[John Golden]] – mastering
*[[Kim Champagne]] – artwork direction
*[[Ross Halfin]] – band photo
*[[Werner Krutein]] – bird photo, [[Red Square]] photo addaption
*[[Mark Burnstein]] – meat photo
==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0em 1em 1em 0pt"
!Year
!Publication
!Country
!Accolade
!Rank
!class=unsortable|
|-
||1992 ||''Musik Express/Sounds'' ||[[Germany]] || "Albums of the Year" ||align=center|1
|<ref name=aoty1>{{Cite web | url=http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/mes92.htm| title=Musik Express/Sounds - Albums of the Year|accessdate=2008-05-23 | publisher=AcclaimedMusic.net}}</ref>
|-
||1992 ||''Raw'' ||United Kingdom
| "Albums of the Year" ||align=center|8 ||<ref name=aoty2>{{Cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/raw.htm| title=Raw - Albums of the Year| accessdate=2008-05-23 | publisher=AcclaimedMusic.net}}</ref>
|-
||1992 ||''Vox'' ||United Kingdom
| "Albums of the Year" ||align=center|10 ||<ref name=aoty3>{{Cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/vox.html| title=Vox - Albums of the Year| accessdate=2008-05-23 | publisher=AcclaimedMusic.net}}</ref>
|-
||1992 ||''Face'' ||[[United Kingdom]]
| "Albums of the Year" ||align=center|17 ||<ref name=aoty4>{{Cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/theface.htm | title=Face - Albums of the Year| accessdate=2008-05-23 | publisher=AcclaimedMusic.net}}</ref>
|-
||1992 ||''Villiage Voice'' ||[[United States]]
| "Albums of the Year" ||align=center|26 ||<ref name=aoty5>{{cite web | url=http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/pazznjop/04/ | title=Village Voice - Albums of the Year | accessdate=2008-05-23| publisher=AcclaimedMusic.net}}</ref>
|-
||1992 ||''OOR'' ||[[Netherlands]]
| "Albums of the Year" ||align=center|36 ||<ref name=aoty6>{{Cite web | url=http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/Oorlijsten.htm| title=OOR - Albums of the Year|accessdate=2008-05-23 | publisher=AcclaimedMusic.net}}</ref>
|-
||1992 ||''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' ||United Kingdom
| "Albums of the Year" ||align=center|* ||<ref name=aoty7>{{Cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlists.html#1992| title=Q - Albums of the Year| accessdate=2008-05-23 | publisher=AcclaimedMusic.net}}</ref>
|-
||1995 ||''Raw'' ||United Kingdom
| "90 Essential Albums of the 90s" ||align=center|* ||<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/raw.htm#90/90 | title=Raw - 90 Essential Albums of the 90s |accessdate=2008-05-23 | publisher=AcclaimedMusic.net}}</ref>
|-
||1996 ||''Visions'' ||Germany
| "The Best Albums 1991-96" ||align=center|* ||<ref>{{cite web | url=http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/vision50.htm#100 | title=Visions - The Best Albums 1991-96 |accessdate=2008-05-23 | publisher=AcclaimedMusic.net}}</ref>
|-
||1999 ||''Panorama'' ||[[Norway]]
| "The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98" ||align=center|3
|-
||1999 ||''Visions'' ||Germany
| "The Most Important Albums of the 90s" ||align=center|22 ||<ref>{{cite web | url=http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/vision90er.htm | title=Visions - The Most Important Albums of the 90s |accessdate=2008-05-23 | publisher=AcclaimedMusic.net}}</ref>
|-
||2000 ||''Terrorizer'' ||United Kingdom ||"The 100 Most Important Albums of the 90s" ||align=center|* ||<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/terroris.htm#The%20Nineties | title=Terrorizer - The 100 Most Important Albums of the 90s |accessdate=2008-05-23 | publisher=AcclaimedMusic.net}}</ref>
|-
||2002 ||''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] ||United States || "The 69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" ||align=center|36
|-
||2003 ||''[[Kerrang!]]'' ||United Kingdom || "50 Most Influential Albums of all Time" ||align=center|1 ||<ref name=kerr50infl>{{cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html#50%20Most%20Influential | title=Kerrang! - 50 Most Influential Albums of all Time | accessdate=2008-01-08 | author=''Kerrang!'' | publisher=RockListMusic.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
||2006 ||''[[Metal Hammer]]'' ||United Kingdom
| "The 200 Greatest Albums of the 90s" ||align=center|* ||<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/3172289350/show/603249 | title=Metal Hammer - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 90s | accessdate=2008-05-23 | publisher=AcclaimedMusic.net}}</ref>
|-class="sortbottom"
|colspan=6 style=font-size:8pt; align=center|"'''*'''" denotes an unordered list.
|}
==Chart==
===Album===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0em 1em 1em 0pt"
!Chart
!Peak
!class=unsortable|
|-
||{{flagicon|UK}} [[UK Albums Chart]] ||align=center|2 ||<ref name="ukchart" />
|-
||{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Ö3 Austria Top 40]] ||align=center|4 ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More&titel=Angel+Dust&cat=a |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust |accessdate=2007-12-20 |publisher=AustrianCharts.at}}</ref>
|-
||{{flagicon|Norway}} [[VG-lista|Norwegian Charts]] ||align=center|7 ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More&titel=Angel+Dust&cat=a |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust |accessdate=2007-12-20 |publisher=NorwegianCharts.com}}</ref>
|-
||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Media Control Charts|German Album Charts]] ||align=center|8 ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Faith+No+More/?type=longplay |title=Chartverfolgung - Faith No More |accessdate=2008-06-01 |publisher=MusicLine.de}}</ref>
|-
||<div style=margin-right:2px;display:inline;>{{flagicon|Switzerland}}</div> Swiss Album Chart ||align=center|9 ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More&titel=Angel+Dust&cat=a |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust |accessdate=2007-12-20 |publisher=HitParade.ch}}</ref>
|-
||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Billboard 200]] ||align=center|10 ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=4583&model.vnuAlbumId=315513 |title=Artist Chart History - Faith No More [albums<nowiki>]</nowiki> |accessdate=2007-12-20 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
|-
||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Svensktoppen|Swedish Album Charts]] ||align=center|18 ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More&titel=Angel+Dust&cat=a |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust |accessdate=2007-12-20 |publisher=SwedishCharts.com}}</ref>
|-
||{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[MegaCharts|Dutch Album Charts]] ||align=center|22 ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More&titel=Angel+Dust&cat=a |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust |accessdate=2007-12-20 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=DutchCharts.nl}}</ref>
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0em 1em 1em 0pt;text-align:center"
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2" align="center"|Title
!colspan="11"|Peak Chart positions
|-
!width=25px|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref name="chart">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=4583&model.vnuAlbumId=6753 |title=Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Faith No More |accessdate=2008-06-03 |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]], [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= }}</ref>
!width=25px|<small>[[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|US <sup>Main</sup>]]
!width=25px|<small>[[Hot Modern Rock Tracks|US <sup>Mod</sup>]]
!width=25px|{{small|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]}} <ref name="austchr">{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More |title=Discography Faith No More |accessdate=2008-06-03 |publisher=Steffen Hung, australian-charts.com |date= }}</ref>
!width=25px|{{small|[[Austria|AUT]]}} <ref name="aust">{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More |title=Discographie Faith No More |accessdate=2008-06-03 |publisher=Hung Medien, austriancharts.at |date= }}</ref>
!width=25px|{{small|[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]}} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts - search engine |accessdate=2008-06-15 |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]]}}</ref>
!width=25px|{{small|[[MegaCharts|NLD]]}} <ref name="neth">{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More |title=Discografie Faith No More |accessdate=2008-06-03 |publisher=Hung Medien, dutchcharts.nl |date= }}</ref>
!width=25px|{{small|[[VG-lista|NOR]]}} <ref name="norw">{{cite web |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More |title=Discography Faith No More |accessdate=2008-06-02 |publisher=Steffen Hung, norwegiancharts.com |date= }}</ref>
!width=25px|{{small|[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]}} <ref name="swed">{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More |title=Discography Faith No More |accessdate=2008-06-02 |publisher=swedishcharts.com |date= }}</ref>
!width=25px|{{small|[[Switzerland|SWI]]}} <ref name="swis">{{cite web |url=http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More |title=Discographie Faith No More |accessdate=2008-06-02 |publisher=Hung Medien, hitparade.ch |date= }}</ref>
!width=25px|{{small|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]}} <ref name="ukchart">
{{cite web |url=http://www.everyhit.co.uk/index.html |title=UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts |accessdate=2008-06-02 |publisher=everyHit.com |date= }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"|1992
|align="left"| "[[Midlife Crisis]]"
|| — || 32 || 1 || 31 || 9 || 13 || — || — || — || — || 10
|-
|align="left"| "[[A Small Victory (song)|A Small Victory]]"
|| — || — || 11 || 84 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 29
|-
|align="left"| "[[Everything's Ruined]]"
|| — || — || — || 63 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 28
|-
|1993
|align="left"| "[[Songs to Make Love To|Easy]]"
|| 58 || — || — || 1 || — || 5 ||| 10 || 2 || 11 || 9 || 3
|-
|colspan=13 style=font-size:8pt;|"—" denotes singles that were released but did not chart.
|}
==Release Histories==
===Vinyl history===
*In South Korea the vinyl album had several tracks cut through tough censorship. The tracks are in a different order, and "Caffeine", "RV" and "Crack Hitler" are omitted. "Midnight Cowboy", is, however, included, despite having been left off the original US and UK versions.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}<!-- The fnm.com discography makes no reference to this -->
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0em 1em 1em 0pt"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Catalog
! Notes
!class=unsortable|<ref name=discog/>
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[June 8]], [[1992]]
|Slash, London
|828 326-1
|Limited Edition, Includes the [[#Midlife Crisis 12"|Midlife Crisis 12"]].
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/420951 |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust LP (828 326-1) |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[June 8]], [[1992]]
|Slash, London
|828 401-1
|Does not include tracks 11 & 13
|
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[June 8]], [[1992]]
|Slash, London
|828 321-1
|Does not include tracks 11 & 13
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Holland]]
|
|Slash, London
|828 321-1
|Does not include tracks 11 & 13
|
|-
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|
|Slash, London
|828 321-1
|Does not include tracks 11 & 13
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/390283 |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust LP (828 321-1) |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|
|Slash, London
|828 321-1
|Does not include tracks 11 & 13
|
|-
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
|Slash, London, PolyGram
|828 321-1
|Does not include tracks 11 & 13, Labelled as "Polvo de Angel"
|
|}<!--
Start of CD history section
-->
===CD history===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0em 1em 1em 0pt"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Catalog
! Pressing
! Notes
!class=unsortable|<ref name=discog/>
|-
|{{Flag|USA}}
|[[June 8]], [[1992]]
|[[Slash Records|Slash]], [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
|9 26785-2
|First
|Early copies came in a rectangular LP art picture box.
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/492856 |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust - US CD (9 26785-2) |accessdate=2008-06-17 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|[[June 16]], [[1992]]
|Slash, Reprise
|CD 26785-2
|First
|Early copies came in a rectangular LP art picture box.
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1190672 |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust - Canadian CD (CD 26785-2) |accessdate=2008-06-17 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[June 8]], [[1992]]
|Slash, [[London Records|London]]
|828 321-2
|First
|Early copies came with the [[#Interview Disc|Interview bonus disc]].
|
|-
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|[[June 8]], [[1992]]
|Slash, London
|828 321-2
|First
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/370713 |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust - German CD (828 321-2) |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[June 8]], [[1992]]
|Slash, London
|828 321-2
|First
|Early copies came with the [[#Woodpecker From Mars|Woodpecker From Mars]] disc.
|
|-
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
|London, [[PolyGram]]
|828 321-2
|First
|
|
|-
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|
|Slash, [[Liberation Music|Liberation]]
|TVD93363
----RMD53363
|First
|'Red Square' picture disc.
|<ref name=RMD53363>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/690410 |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust - Australian CD (RMD53363) (RMD53363) |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|[[June 12]], [[1992]]
|Slash, London
|POCD-1081
|First
|with extra track "As the Worm Turns".<!-- . Comes with Japanese discography/lyric pamphlet and bonus photo sticker. Attached is a 22-page colour booklet including live shots, individual pictures of each band member, a biography (in Japanese), an image discography, and a "6 degrees of Kevin Bacon-esque" graph of band connections to various projects -->
|
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|
|Slash, [[RPM Records|RPM]]
|CDSLASH2
|First
|
|
|-
|{{Flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|
|Slash, London, [[Globus Records|Globus]]
|210 134-2
|First
|Gold Edition, 1000 individually numbered copies with gold discs.
|
|-
|{{Flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|
|Slash, London, Globus
|210 134-2
|First
|
|
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[January 29]], [[1993]]
|Slash, London
|828 401-2
|Second
|with extra track "Easy".
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/372989 |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust - UK CD (828 401-2) |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|
|Slash, London
|POCD-1111
|Second
|with extra tracks "Easy" and "As the Worm Turns".<!-- . Also comes with Japanese discography/lyric pamphlet -->
|
|-
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
|London, PolyGram
|828 401-2
|Second
|with extra track "Easy".
|
|-
|{{flag|Australia}}
|
|Slash, Liberation
|D30953
----PRD93/7
|Second
|'Bird photo' picture disc with "Easy" and [[#Free Concert in the Park|Free Concert in the Park]].
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1136894 |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust - CD (D30953) |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Australia}}
|
|Slash, Liberation
|TVD93378
----RMD53378
|Third
|'Bird photo' picture disc with "Easy" and [[#Free Concert in the Park|Free Concert in the Park]].
|
|-<!--
|{{flag|Australia}}
|
|Slash, London
|??? ???
|Third
|Polydor generation re-release
|
|- -->
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|
|Slash, Liberation
|TVD93378
----RMD53378
|Third
|'Bird photo' picture disc with "Easy" and [[#Free Concert in the Park|Free Concert in the Park]].
|<ref name=ausdouble>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/392324 |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust - UK CD (TVD93378) (RMD53378) |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|
|Slash, Liberation
|3984 28200 2
|Third
|with extra track "Easy".
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/564044 |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust - UK CD (3984 28200 2) |accessdate=2008-06-17 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
|}<!--
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-->
===Cassette history===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0em 1em 1em 0pt"
! Region
! Date
! Label
! Catalog
! Notes
!class=unsortable|<ref name=discog/>
|-
|{{Flag|USA}}
|[[June 8]], [[1992]]
|Slash, Reprise
|9 26785-4
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1289018 |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust - US Cassette (9 26785-4) |accessdate=2008-06-17 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[June 8]], [[1992]]
|Slash, London
|828 321-4
|
|
|-
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|[[June 8]], [[1992]]
|Slash, London
|828 321-4
|
|
|-
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[June 8]], [[1992]]
|Slash, London
|828 321-4
|
|
|-
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
|Slash, London
|828 321-4
|
|
|- <!--
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|
|Slash, Liberation
|??? ???
|
|
|
|- -->
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|
|London, PolyGram
|828 401-4
|Second pressings with extra track "Easy"
|
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[January 29]], [[1993]]
|Slash, London
|828 401-4
|Second pressings with extra track "Easy"
|
|-
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|
|PolyGram
|828 401-4
|Second pressings with extra track "Easy"
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1174165 |title=Faith No More - Angel Dust - Polish Cassette (828 401-4) |accessdate=2008-06-17 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>
|}
====[[Digital Compact Cassette]]====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0em 1em 1em 0pt"
! Region
! Label
! Catalog
!class=unsortable|<ref name=discog/>
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Slash, London
|828 401-5
|
|-
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|Slash, London
|POXD-1001
|
|}
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