Album Reviews
Saying King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime is not as disjointed as Angel Dust is like saying Eve was not as fractured as Sybil because she had fewer personalities. From the Spandau Ballet-like blue-eyed soul of "Star A.D." to the thrash metal of "Ugly in the Morning" to the Latin rhythms of "Caralho Voador" (on which singer Mike Patton coos in Portuguese à la João Gilberto), the album is almost desperately eclectic. The Real Thing's genre hopping was effortless.
Despite the loss of guitarist Jim Martin (his replacement, Trey Spruance, a more conventional, less interesting metal guitarist, left the band after recording this album) and a number of weak cuts like the campy "Just a Man" and the dreadfully silly "Cuckoo for Caca" ("Being good gets you stuff/Being stuff gets you good"), Faith No More's brilliance does shine through at moments. Among the best cuts are "Ricochet," a portentous anthem reminiscent of "Epic"; "Digging the Grave," which has a grungy feel that isn't completely ruined by Patton's histrionic screaming; "Take This Bottle," a country alchy ballad worthy of George Jones; and "King for a Day," a haunting reverie anchored by Roddy Bottum's atmospheric keyboards. One hopes that that last song's moving chorus "Don't let me die with this silly look in my eyes" doesn't prove to be Faith No More's epitaph.
(Posted: Jun 1, 1995)
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- Get Out
- Ricochet
- Evidence
- The Gentle Art Of Making Enemies
- Star A.D.
- Cuckoo For Caca
- Caralho Voador
- Ugly In The Morning
- Digging The Grave
- Take This Bottle
- King For A Day
- What A Day
- The Last To Know
- Just A Man
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