This Is It: The Best of Faith No More
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This Is It: The Best of Faith No More is a 2003
The release contains 19 signature Faith No More songs from albums and singles released between 1985–1997. It is notable for being one of only two (the other being Epic and Other Hits), among numerous Faith No More compilations, to include material from from the band's independently-released 1985 debut album, We Care a Lot. It also covers material from the band's (at the time) entire span, making it one of the band's more comprehensive retrospectives. Though the booklet's liner notes contains several inaccuracies, it also includes contributions from nearly all of the band members.[1]
The compilation includes four non-studio album songs, including "The Perfect Crime", taken from the then out-of-print soundtrack of the 1991 comedy film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (in which guitarist Jim Martin appeared). "The Cowboy Song" and "As the Worm Turns (Live, 1990)" were taken from the band's 1991 live album/video You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy, though the former is a studio recording b-side from The Real Thing. The latter was professionally recorded during the concert and was included on the video but not the soundtrack release; it was however released on a version of the "Epic" single and was sourced from this release, not from the VHS. The band's cover of Commodores' "Easy" was recorded during the Angel Dust session but was not released on the original version of the album. Once it was released as a single in late 1992, the song was added as a bonus track to foreign pressings of the album and American re-issues. It is generally considered part of Angel Dust's track listing.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
Allmusic |   [2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
| Classic Rock | [4] |
This Is It: The Best of Faith No More was generally positively received.
Track listing
Credits are adapted from the compilation's liner notes and from
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Arabian Disco" |
| Album of the Year | 3:39 | |
| 19. | "The Perfect Crime" |
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| Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture | 4:25 |
| Total length: | 79:32 | ||||
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the compilation album's liner notes.
- Faith No More
- Billy Gould – electric bass guitar, backing vocals
- Mike Bordin – drums, congas, backing vocals
- Roddy Bottum – keyboards, backing vocals
- Chuck Mosley – vocals (tracks 1–4)
- Jim Martin – electric guitar, backing vocals (tracks 1–14, 19)
- Mike Patton – vocals (tracks 5–19)
- Trey Spruance – electric guitar (tracks 15–16)
- Jon Hudson– electric guitar (tracks 17–18)
- Production
- Faith No More – producer (tracks 2–19)
- Matt Wallace – producer (tracks 1–14, 19), mixing engineer (tracks 1–14, 19), recording engineer (tracks 1–14, 19)
- Steve Berlin – producer (tracks 2–4)
- Andy Wallace – producer (tracks 15–16), mixing engineer (tracks 15–16), recording engineer (tracks 15–16)
- Roli Mosimann – producer (tracks 17–18), mixing engineer (tracks 17–18)
- Billy Gould – producer (tracks 17–18), compilation producer
- David Bryson– mixing engineer (tracks 11–14)
- Jim Verecke – recording engineer (tracks 5–9)
- William Shapland – recording engineer (track 10)
- Clif Norrell – recording engineer (tracks 15–16)
- Daniel Presley – recording engineer (tracks 17–18)
- Michael Bogus – recording engineer (tracks 17–18)
- Adam Greenspan – recording engineer (tracks 17–18)
- Emily Cagan – compilation producer
- John Vassiliou – compilation producer
- Karen Ahmed – compilation producer
- Bill Inglot – remastering
- Dan Hersh – remastering
- John Austin – licensing
- Paul Gargano – liner notes
- Tim Scanlin – liner notes coordination
- Steven Blush – liner notes assistance
- Reggie Collins – discographical annotations
- Cory Frye – editorial supervision
- Amanda Cagan – project assistance
- Kim Kaiman – project assistance
- Leigh Hall – project assistance
- April Milek – project assistance
- Randy Perry – project assistance
- Julie Vlasak – art direction, design
- H. Armstrong Roberts – photography (cover art)
- William Holmes – photography
- Miels Van Iperen – photography
- G. De Sota – photography
- Ken Settle – photography
- Ebet Roberts – photography
- Ed Sirrs – photography
- Nick Hutson – photography
- Andrew Catlin – photography
References
- ^ "This Is It: The Best Of Faith No More - Rhino Product Detail". web.archive.org. July 28, 2003. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- ^ "This Is It: The Best Of Faith No More". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
- ^ Future Publishing: 114.
External links
- This Is It: The Best of Faith No More at Spotify (streamed copy where licensed)
- This Is It: The Best of Faith No More at the Internet Archive
- This Is It: The Best of Faith No More at AllMusic
- This Is It: The Best of Faith No More at Discogs (list of releases)
- This Is It: The Best of Faith No More at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
