NEW DOUBLE LP
New sealed copy. 2016 deluxe edition reissue with bonus tracks. 180 gram vinyl.
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime is the fifth studio album by Faith No More, released on March 13, 1995 by Slash and Reprise Records. It was the band’s first album without guitarist Jim Martin, whose departure followed growing tension over the group’s changing musical direction. Trey Spruance joined for the recording sessions, while Roddy Bottum was largely absent during this period due to personal loss and ongoing struggles of his own.
Recorded at Bearsville Studios in New York with producer Andy Wallace, the album took a different approach from Angel Dust. Rather than folding multiple styles into the same song, the band wrote more self contained tracks that moved between heavy metal, punk, lounge, jazz, soul, country, bossa nova, and gospel. That range is reflected across songs such as “Digging the Grave,” “Ricochet,” “Evidence,” “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies,” and “Take This Bottle,” with Mike Patton shifting easily between aggressive and restrained vocal styles.
Initial reaction was mixed, with some critics finding the album’s stylistic spread unfocused, while others saw it as one of the band’s boldest records. It performed better in Europe and Australasia than in the United States, and did not chart domestically. Over time, its reputation improved, and it is now often treated as one of the more distinctive releases in the band’s catalog, particularly for how far it pushed their sound after the commercial peak of The Real Thing and the internal upheaval that followed.
TRACKLIST:
A1 Get Out
A2 Ricochet
A3 Evidence
A4 The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
A5 Star A.D.
A6 Cuckoo For Caca
B1 Caralho Voador
B2 Ugly In The Morning
B3 Digging The Grave
B4 Take This Bottle
B5 King For A Day
C1 What A Day
C2 The Last To Know
C3 Just A Man
Bonus Tracks
C4 Absolute Zero
C5 Greenfields
D1 I Started A Joke
D2 Spanish Eyes
D3 I Won't Forget You
D4 Hippie Jam Song
D5 Evidence (Versione Italiana)
D6 I Wanna F**k Myself
