Faith no More

Angel Dust

A precursor for things to come

Review Score:

(10/10)
Like many fans, I too was upset that FNM decided not to make The Real Thing part deux. I also believed that they had decided to get a new lead singer, and that they would probably become a band who decided to get a new singer with each album...I know that sounds odd, but that's the way it appeared to me. I was wrong and I was right. I like the mad scientist tag that a previous reviewer gave Patton, because I picture him sitting in a basement with all these concoctions gurgling in his brain, wringing his hands together, deciding how best to mess with our brains. What may be a better tag is "The Chameleon" shapeshifting with each song, or the abstract artist who slaps paint on a canvas in a seemingly disoriented fashion until one takes a step back. Whatever the case may be, I couldn't go back to The Real Thing ever again. This album, as many have stated, started an industry. Many have tried and many have failed to attempt to duplicate the brilliance found on this disc. King for a Day, Album of the Year, Mr. Bungle, and Fantomas have done what Mike Patton has feared the most...They have made him a LEGEND. My one problem with Patton is that he was not as prolific as I would've liked him to be, coming out with a paltry! 11 albums in 12 years. He appears to be allieving my angst by coming out with four albums this year. The Director's Cut (Fantomas) another Fantomas album (as yet untitled) an album with a group called Peeping Tom, and another album with a group called Tomahawk. The epitome of genius, that Mike Patton is, shone forth in this album first sports fans, and if you want to hear Mike Patton 101 this is it.

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