Introduce Yourself [Original recording reissued]

Faith No More | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00004YLAO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,053 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Faster Disco

2. Anne's Song

3. Introduce Yourself

4. Chinese Arithmetic

5. Death March

6. We Care A Lot

7. R N' R

8. The Crab Song

9. Blood

10. Spirit

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: FAITH NO MORE
Title: INTRODUCE YOURSELF
Street Release Date: 10/17/2000
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Introduce Yourself! Right on!, February 5, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Introduce Yourself (Audio CD)

Okay, before I go ahead with the review itself, let's get some facts straight. Yes, Mike Patton is definitely a much more accomblished singer than Chuck Mosely ever was. Yes, it was definitely necessary for the band to switch Chuck Mosely out with someone else to progress both commercially and musically.

Does looking at these facts in retrospect make "Introduce Yourself" any less of a great album? No way! This little gem of a Faith No More album, is often disregarded simply because the lead singer isn't called Mike Patton. Instead, his name is Chuck Mosely and his vocal style is abrasive, brutish and more streetwise. However, like Patton would eventually end up do on "The Real Thing" (in his own way, of course), Mosely alters between elevated singing, rapping, back-up choir overdubs and various vocal effects. This multi-vocal approach fits in perfectly with the band's genre-blending sound. Unfortunately, Mosely doesn't quite have the same level of consistency as Patton, and on a couple of songs (especially on the latter half of the album) he falls through. But on the songs that does indeed work, he gives the songs a ton of character, and you come to accept and appreciate his raw approach. Speaking of the rest of the band, although all of them would, naturally, take their playing to the next level on "The Real Thing" they no less demonstrate the chops that would launch them into the limelight a few years later. Anyone who enjoys the band's sound from their next couple of records will feel right at home. Billy Gould's rocking and slapping bass, Roddy Bottum's ethereal keyboard sounds, Mike Bordin's thunderous drumming, Jim Martin's distorted metal guitars...it's here.

Song highlights of "Introduce Yourself" include, "Faster Disco", "Annie's Song", "Introduce Yourself", "Chinese Arithmetic" and "We Care A Lot". Listening to these songs, it's great to hear that the band themselves realized what worked and what didn't and evolved their sound accordingly on "The Real Thing". It's not hard to imagine that the massive hit "Epic" was fashioned in the image the funky bass/drum verse, sing a long word emphasis of "We Care A Lot". It was definitely on this album that Faith No More found their initial style, both songwise and soundwise.

I really recommend this album to anyone who can look (hear) past the first confusing minutes of "Huh? This guy sound like Mike Patton" and give Mosely a chance.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An awesome disc, May 7, 2003

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"rhking1849" (fremont, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Introduce Yourself (Audio CD)

After purchasing Introduce Yourself mistakenly when looking for that rock/rap song that set it all off, I tossed the disc in the drawer for six months after hearing Chuck Mosely sing "Stylin, you know you are stylin." I thought he was an abomination.

After playing the hell out of The Real Thing and becoming an addict, I gave Introduce Yourself a second chance. Chuck Mosely grew on me, and this cd is just as good as The Real Thing. This is my second since the first one wore out. Is Chuck a good singer? Who cares, I love this CD, and I love Chuck too.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Care A Lot About This Album, April 28, 2006

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Wisconsin Dad (Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Introduce Yourself (Audio CD)

This album was a life-changer for me. Some twenty years later it still invokes the same drama and passion, and leaves me wanting to yell and scream and cry and live. Having grown up in the punk/grunge/speed metal years, and having dabbled in all of them in my wasted youth, I would take this album on a deserted island. Dinosaur Jr., the Replacements and the Minutemen would be a close second.