Jump to content

King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 124.171.81.37 (talk) at 15:33, 11 November 2007 (→‎Track listing). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Untitled

King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music), was the fifth studio album by Faith No More, and 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, this album is considerably more straight-forward and less experimental than its predecessor, Angel Dust. However, it slowly became a cult favorite among die-hard Faith No More fans. 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 punk-like number "Digging the Grave". In the United States, the album debuted at #31 and sold close to 250,000 copies which was well below their previous efforts. The ensuing tour was cut short in the UK and Europe as the interest in the band waned. Still the album did have impressive enough following to go gold in Germany (over 120,000 copies), UK (#5 with over 100,000 copies), and Australia (#1 with over 50,000 copies sold). But overall, its figures were well below that of Angel Dust (about half of Angel Dust's 2.5 million), so the band went back into the studio to work on its successor.

The cover was designed by New York artist Eric Drooker.

Track listing

  1. "Get Out" – 2:17 (music & lyrics: Patton)
  2. "Ricochet" – 4:28 (music: Gould/Bordin/Patton; lyrics: Patton)
  3. "Evidence" – 4:53 (music: Gould/Bordin/Spruance; lyrics: Patton)
  4. "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" – 3:28 (music: Gould/Bordin/Patton; lyrics: Patton)
  5. "Star A.D." – 3:22 (music: Gould/Bordin/Patton; lyrics: Patton/Gould)
  6. "Cuckoo for Caca" – 3:41 (music: Gould/Patton/Spruance; lyrics: Patton)
  7. "Caralho Voador" – 4:01 (music & lyrics: Gould/Patton/Bordin)
  8. "Ugly in the Morning" – 3:06 (music: Patton/Spruance/Gould; lyrics: Patton)
  9. "Digging the Grave" – 3:04 (music: Gould/Bordin/Patton; lyrics: Patton)
  10. "Take This Bottle" – 4:59 (music: Gould; lyrics: Patton/Gould)
  11. "King for a Day" – 6:35 (music: Gould/Bottum/Bordin/Patton/Spruance; lyrics: Patton)
  12. "What a Day" – 2:37 (music: Patton/Spruance; lyrics: Patton)
  13. "The Last to Know" – 4:27 (music: Gould/Patton/Bordin; lyrics: Patton)
  14. "Just a Man" – 5:35 (music: Gould/Bottum; lyrics: Gould/Spruance/Patton)
  15. "Absolute Zero"/"I Started a Joke"/"Evidence (Spanish Version)"

Songwriting credits revealed in an email from Billy Gould, 2004[citation needed].
Track 7 title, "Caralho Voador", is a portuguese expression meaning "flying cock".
Track 15 is "Absolute Zero" on the Japanese release, "I Started a Joke" on the Brazilian release or "Evidence (Spanish Version)" on the Argentinian release.

B-Sides

Several tracks were recorded which do not appear on the original copies of the album in all countries:

  • "Absolute Zero"
  • "I Started a Joke" (The Beegees)
  • "Greenfields"
  • "I Wanna Fuck Myself" (GG Allin)
  • "Spanish Eyes"

Singles

  • "Digging the Grave"
  • "Ricochet"
  • "Evidence"
  • "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" (radio promo only)

Personnel

Chart positions

Album

Year Album Chart Position
1995 King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime The Billboard 200 No. 31
1995 King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime German Album Charts No. 08
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King_for_a_Day..._Fool_for_a_Lifetime&oldid=170761404"