The discography of Faith No More, an American rock group, consists of seven studio albums, 25 singles, one live album, six compilation albums and four video albums.
Discography history Faith No More's first album was We Care a Lot, released by Mordam Records in 1985. The band soon signed with Slash Records and released Introduce Yourself, their second album, in April 1987. Shortly afterwards the rest of the band fired the vocalist, Chuck Mosley, and replaced him with Mike Patton. During the tour supporting their third album, The Real Thing, Faith No More recorded their only live album, Live at the Brixton Academy, and released their first hit single, "Epic". Their fourth studio album Angel Dust was released in 1992 with their final two number-one singles, "Midlife Crisis", and the Lionel Richie cover "Easy", not included on the initial release of the album. Following the tour supporting Angel Dust and the departure of long-time guitarist Jim Martin Faith No More released their fifth studio album, King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, in 1995. Their final studio album until 2015, Album of the Year, released on June 3, 1997, was their only number-one album.
Faith No More disbanded in 1998 and their first compilation album, Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits, was released later on in the same year with their final single before their disbanding, a cover of the Bee Gees song "I Started a Joke", followed by their similarly named music video compilation Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Videos. In 2003 their second compilation album, This Is It: The Best of, was released followed by Epic and Other Hits in 2005, The Platinum Collection and the DVD compilation Double Feature: Live at the Brixton Academy, London (You Fat Bastards) / Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Videos in 2006 and the three-disc compilation album The Works in 2008. Two more compilation albums, The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection and Midlife Crisis: The Very Best of Faith No More, were released in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
After an eleven-year hiatus, Faith No More announced a reunion in 2009. They released their seventh studio album, Sol Invictus, which debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200, higher than their past two studio albums, on May 19, 2015, and toured in support of it.
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUSAustralian (ARIA) chart peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: "Ricochet": N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. AUT FIN GER N.B. Select the 'Album' tab to display albums chart peaks. NLD NOR NZ SWI UKPeak chart positions in the United Kingdom: Top 100 peaks: Top 200 peaks from November 1994 to December 2010: We Care a LotReleased: November 30, 1985 Label: Mordam Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI — — — — — — — — — — Introduce YourselfReleased: April 23, 1987 Label: Slash Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI — 57 — — — — — — — — The Real ThingReleased: June 20, 1989 Label: Slash, Reprise Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI 11 2 — 16 37 56 — 3 — 30 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Silver MC: Platinum RMNZ: Gold Angel DustReleased: June 8, 1992 Label: Slash, Reprise Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI 10 4 4 5 8 22 7 6 9 2 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold BVMI: Gold MC: Platinum RMNZ: Gold King for a Day... Fool for a LifetimeReleased: March 13, 1995 Label: Slash, Reprise Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI 31 2 9 22 8 8 6 3 7 5 ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold RMNZ: Gold Album of the YearReleased: June 3, 1997 Label: Slash, Reprise Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI 41 1 5 4 2 31 5 1 16 7 ARIA: Platinum Sol InvictusReleased: May 19, 2015 Label: Reclamation! Formats: CD, LP, DI 15 2 7 1 4 7 2 6 3 6 "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions AUS UK Live at the Brixton AcademyReleased: February 4, 1991 Label: Slash Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI 93 20
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications AUS AUT FIN NOR NZ SWI UK Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest HitsReleased: November 24, 1998 Label: Slash, London, Reprise 4 46 — 26 10 — 37 ARIA: Platinum BPI: Silver This Is It: The Best of Faith No MoreReleased: January 28, 2003 Label: Formats: CD, DI — — — — — — — Epic and Other HitsReleased: 2005 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: CD, DI — — — — — — — The Platinum CollectionReleased: January 10, 2006 Label: Warner Strategic Marketing Formats: CD, DI — — — — — — 38 The WorksReleased: March 31, 2008 Label: Rhino Formats: CD, DI — — — — — — — The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits CollectionReleased: June 8, 2009 Label: Rhino Formats: CD, DI — — 6 — 37 77 128 RMNZ: Gold MidLife Crisis: The Very Best of Faith No MoreReleased: September 20, 2010 Label: Music Club Deluxe Formats: CD, DI — — — — — — — "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Video albums Title Album details Certifications You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton AcademyReleased: August 20, 1990 Label: Slash Formats: LD, VHS RIAA: Gold Video CroissantReleased: February 2, 1993 Label: Slash, Warner Bros. Formats: LD, VHS Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest VideosReleased: February 23, 1999 Label: Slash, Reprise, London, Warner, Polygram Formats: VHS Double Feature: Live at the Brixton Academy, London (You Fat Bastards) / Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest VideosReleased: May 23, 2006 Label: Slash, Reprise, Rhino Formats: DVD
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US USAlt. USMain. AUS GER NLD NOR NZ SWI UK "Quiet in Heaven/Song of Liberty" 1983 — — — — — — — — — — non-album single "Chinese Arithmetic" 1987 — — — — — — — — — —Introduce Yourself "We Care a Lot" — — — — — — — 40 — 53 "Anne's Song" 1988 — — — — — — — — — — "From Out of Nowhere" 1989 — — — 83 — — — — — 23The Real Thing "Epic" 1990 9 — 25 1 — 51 — 2 — 25 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Platinum BPI: Silver RMNZ: Platinum "Falling to Pieces" 92 — 40 26 — — — 16 — 41 "Surprise! You're Dead!" — — — — — — — — — — "Edge of the World" — — — — — — — — — — "Midlife Crisis" 1992 — 1 32 31 32 36 — 32 — 10 RMNZ: GoldAngel Dust "A Small Victory" — 11 — 84 — — — — — 29 "Everything's Ruined" — — — 63 — — — — — 28 "Easy"1993 58 — — 1 20 10 2 6 9 3ARIA: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "Another Body Murdered" — — — — — — — 41 — 26 Judgment Night soundtrack "Digging the Grave" 1995 — — — 12 48 — 11 16 42 16King for a Day,Fool for a Lifetime "Ricochet" — — — 58 — — — — — 27 "Evidence" — — — 27 — 42 — 38 — 32 "Ashes to Ashes" 1997 — — 23 8 76 — 14 39 50 15 ARIA: GoldARIA 1997 Singles Certifications aria.com.au. Retrieved November 25, 2016. RMNZ: GoldAlbum of the Year "Last Cup of Sorrow" — — 14 66 — — — 32 — 51 "Stripsearch" — — — 83 — — — — — — "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" 1998 — — — 69 — — — — 7 40 Plagiarism "I Started a Joke" — — — 58 — — — 38 — 49 Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits "Motherfucker" 2014 — — — — — — — — — — Sol Invictus "Superhero" 2015 — — — — — — — — — — "Cone of Shame" 2016 — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Music videos TitleYearDirector"We Care a Lot"1987Bob Biggs & Jay Brown"Anne's Song"1988Tamra Davis"From Out of Nowhere"1989Doug Freel"Epic"1990Ralph Ziman"Falling to Pieces""Surprise! You're Dead!"Billy Gould"Midlife Crisis"1992Kevin Kerslake"A Small Victory"Marcus Nispel"Everything's Ruined"Kevin Kerslake"Easy"Barry McGuire"Another Body Murdered"1993Marcus Raboy"Digging the Grave"1995"Ricochet"Alex Hemming"Evidence"Walter Stern"Ashes to Ashes"1997Tim Royes"Last Cup of Sorrow"Joseph Kahn"Stripsearch"Philip Stolzl"I Started a Joke"1998Vito Rocco"Sunny Side Up"2015Joe Lynch"Separation Anxiety"Finch Lynch"Cone of Shame"2016Goce Cvetanovski
Other appearances TitleYearAlbum"New Improved Song"1988Sounds Waves 2"Sweet Emotion"1989Kerrang! Flexible Fiend 3"The Perfect Crime"1991Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture"Let's Lynch the Landlord"1992Virus 100"Another Body Murdered"1993Judgment Night: Music from the Motion Picture"Engove (Caffeine) (Remix)"1995Metallurgy"This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us"1997Plagiarism (Sparks)"Kick Out The Jams"1997The Rock'n'Roll Rider Volume No. 2 - Jack Lives Here
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References
External links Faith No More Discography.com WWW.PATTONMAD.COM Comprehensive FNM Discography with Images Faith No More discography on FNM.com Faith No More at Discogs