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King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime is the fifth studio album by Faith No More, released in 1995. It is the first without longtime guitarist Jim Martin. Along with some more traditional Faith No More alternative rock sounds, the album also contains a number of genre blends and parodies, from the smooth, soulful jazz-funk of "Evidence", to the raucous heavy metal of "Cuckoo for Caca", to the lilting country western rock of "Take This Bottle", to the bossa nova of "Caralho Voador". Overall, however, this album is considerably more straight-forward and less experimental than its predecessor, Angel Dust. This is the only Faith No More album to feature guitarist Trey Spruance, who left the group before the start of the supporting tour (and replaced by Dean Menta).
The first single was the heavy number, "Digging the Grave". In the United States, the album debuted at #31 and has sold 223,000 copies as of July 2006 which was well below their previous efforts. The ensuing tour was cut short in the UK and Europe as the public interest waned. Still the album did have impressive enough sales following to go Gold in Europe. In Australia and New Zealand the band continued to get great support from their strong fan base. The album went Gold in both countries and their singles "Digging the Grave", "Evidence" and "Ricochet" all charted well. King for a Day... sold about 1.5 million copies and overall its figures were well below that of Angel Dust and The Real Thing. However, it slowly became a cult favorite among die-hard Faith No More fans.[citation needed]
The cover was designed by New York artist Eric Drooker.
"The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" is one of the heaviest songs on the album. The song's title comes from James McNeill Whistler's 1890 book The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. A single for the song had been planned but was cancelled due to poor record sales. However, the song later appeared on Faith No More's 1998 greatest hits compilation Who Cares a Lot?.
"Star A.D." or "Star After Death" makes an appearance on Faith No More's 2008 compilation The Works. When asked if the song was a reference to Kurt Cobain Mike Patton stated:
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God no! It's about a phenomenon. And if that guy happened to be one, I don't know. It's one of those things that happen; it's a Vegas thing. What could be more shameful than having to change your colostomy bag on stage?! Vegas is great, though. I love it. Welcome to America.[1] |
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[edit] Release history
King for a Day... was released as a set of seven 7" vinyl's, in a black cardboard with a sticker of the cover on the front that also included a cardboard fold-out of album artwork with a review by Stephan Chirazzi and a band picture, as well as the standard CD, cassette and vinyl versions.
[edit] Track listing
| Lyrics |
Music |
| 1. |
"Get Out" |
Patton |
Patton |
2:17 |
| 2. |
"Ricochet" |
Patton |
Gould, Bordin, Patton |
4:28 |
| 3. |
"Evidence" |
Patton |
Gould, Bordin, Spruance |
4:53 |
| 4. |
"The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" |
Patton |
Gould, Bordin, Patton |
3:28 |
| 5. |
"Star A.D." |
Patton, Gould |
Gould, Bordin, Patton |
3:22 |
| 6. |
"Cuckoo for Caca" |
Patton |
Gould, Patton, Spruance |
3:41 |
| 7. |
"Caralho Voador" (Portuguese for flying dick) |
Gould, Patton, Bordin |
Gould, Patton, Bordin |
4:01 |
| 8. |
"Ugly in the Morning" |
Patton |
Patton, Spruance, Gould |
3:06 |
| 9. |
"Digging the Grave" |
Patton |
Gould, Bordin, Patton |
3:04 |
| 10. |
"Take This Bottle" |
Patton, Gould |
Gould |
4:59 |
| 11. |
"King for a Day" |
Patton |
Gould, Bottum, Bordin, Patton, Spruance |
6:35 |
| 12. |
"What a Day" |
Patton |
Patton, Spruance |
2:37 |
| 13. |
"The Last to Know" |
Patton |
Gould, Patton, Bordin |
4:27 |
| 14. |
"Just a Man" |
Gould, Spruance, Patton |
Gould, Bottum |
5:35 |
| 15. |
"Absolute Zero" (Japanese bonus track) |
Patton |
Patton |
4:09 |
| 16. |
"I Started a Joke" (Brazilian bonus track) |
B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb |
B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb |
3:00 |
| 17. |
"Evidence (Spanish)" (Argentinian bonus track) |
Patton |
Gould, Bordin, Spruance |
4:53 |
| Lyrics |
Music |
| 1. |
"Digging The Grave" |
Patton |
Gould, Bordin, Patton |
3:03 |
| 2. |
"I Started a Joke" |
Gibb, Gibb, Gibb |
Gibb, Gibb, Gibb |
3:00 |
| 3. |
"Interview" (with Billy Gould) |
— |
— |
?:?? |
| 4. |
"Ricochet" |
Patton |
Gould, Bordin, Patton |
4:28 |
| 5. |
"I Wanna Fuck Myself" |
GG Allin |
GG Allin |
2:52 |
| 6. |
"Interview" (with Mike Bordin) |
— |
— |
?:?? |
| 7. |
"Evidence" |
Patton |
Gould, Bordin, Spruance |
3:54 |
| 8. |
"The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" |
Patton |
Gould, Bordin, Patton |
3:28 |
| 9. |
"Interview" (with Roddy Bottum) |
— |
— |
?:?? |
| 10. |
"Take This Bottle" |
Patton, Gould |
Gould |
4:58 |
| 11. |
"Cuckoo for Caca" |
Patton |
Gould, Patton, Spruance |
3:41 |
| 12. |
"Interview" (with Dean Menta) |
— |
— |
?:?? |
| 13. |
"What a Day" |
Patton |
Patton, Spruance |
2:37 |
| 14. |
"The Last to Know" |
Patton |
Gould, Patton, Bordin |
4:27 |
| 15. |
"Interview" (with Mike Patton) |
— |
— |
?:?? |
| 16. |
"Ugly in the Morning" |
Patton |
Patton, Spruance, Gould |
3:05 |
| 17. |
"Greenfields" |
The Brothers Four |
The Brothers Four |
3:42 |
| 18. |
"Get Out" |
Patton |
Patton |
2:17 |
| 19. |
"Just a Man" |
Gould, Spruance, Patton |
Gould, Bottum |
5:36 |
| 20. |
"King for a Day" |
Patton |
Gould, Bottum, Bordin, Patton, Spruance |
6:34 |
| 21. |
"Star A.D." |
Patton, Gould |
Gould, Bordin, Patton |
3:42 |
| 22. |
"Caralho Voador" |
Gould, Patton, Bordin |
Gould, Patton, Bordin |
4:00 |
| 23. |
"Spanish Eyes" |
Kaempfert, Singleton, Snyder |
Kaempfert, Singleton, Snyder |
4:05 |
[edit] Accolades
| Publication |
Country |
Accolade |
Year |
Rank |
| Kerrang! |
United Kingdom |
"Albums of the Year"[2] |
1995 |
15 |
| Rocksound |
France |
"Albums of the Year"[3] |
1995 |
33 |
| ViceVersa |
Italy |
"100 Rock Albums"[4] |
1996 |
39 |
| Tylko Rock |
Poland |
"100 Albums that Shook Polish Rock"[5] |
1999 |
66 |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer |
United Kingdom |
"The 200 Greatest Albums of the 90s"[6] |
2006 |
* |
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Chart positions
[edit] Singles
- ^ [1], "Faith No More Interview" (Metal Hammer, January 1995,)
- ^ "Kerrang! - Albums of the Year". AcclaimedMusic.net. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html#1995. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ "Rocksound - Albums of the Year". AcclaimedMusic.net. http://disques.de.l.annee.free.fr/rocksoun.html#1995. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ "(Italy) ViceVersa - 100 Rock Albums". Viceversa (Italy). http://www.landscape.it/viceversa/thegallery/rock100.htm#. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ "(Poland) Tylko Rock - 100 Albums that Shook Polish Rock". Tylko Rock (Poland). http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/3172289350/show/455503#. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ "Acclaimed Music - Classic Rock and Metal Hammer 200 List". AcclaimedMusic.net. http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/3172289350/show/603249. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- ^ Billboard.com album charts for Faith No More
- ^ a b everyhit.co.uk, an archive containing all UK top 40 charts
- ^ a b charts.org.nz, New Zealand charts page for Faith No More
- ^ hitparade.ch, Swiss charts page for Faith No More
- ^ austriancharts.at, Austrian charts page for 'Faith No More
- ^ a b dutchcharts.nl, Dutch charts page for 'Faith No More
- ^ a b swedishcharts.com, Swedish charts page for Faith No More
- ^ a b norwegiancharts.com, Norwegian charts page for FNM
- ^ finnishcharts.com, Finnish chars page for Faith No More
- ^ australian-charts.com Australian charts page for Faith No More
- ^ lescharts.com, French page for Faith No More charts
