Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collec [Import]

Faith No More | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B0026OTR34
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,185 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #100 in Music > R&B > Funk > Metal

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. The Real Thing

2. From Out Of Nowhere

3. Epic

4. We Care A Lot

5. R'n'r

6. Kindergarten

7. Caffeine

8. Land Of Sunshine

9. Be Aggressive

10. Midlife Crisis

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Absolute Zero (B-Side On Digging The Grave Single 1995)

2. The Big Kahuna (B-Side On Ashes To Ashes Single 1997)

3. Light Up And Let Go (B-Side On Ashes To Ashes Single 1997)

4. I Won't Forget You (Rarity Previously Released On Who Cares A Lot? Greatest Hits Album 1998)

5. The World Is Yours (B-Side On I Started A Joke Single 1998)

6. Hippie Jam Song (Rarity Previously Released On Who Cares A Lot? Greatest Hits Album 1998)

7. Sweet Emotion (Given Away With Kerrang! Magazine In 1989)

8. New Improved Song (Given Away With Sounds Magazine In 1988)

9. Das Schutzenfest (B-Side On Evidence Single 1995)

10. This Guy's In Love With You (B-Side On I Started A Joke Single 1998)

Editorial Reviews

Before their dissolution in April 1998 Faith No More were one of the most respected and admired bands of recent times. They were a platinum selling arena act with a distinctly non mainstream agenda.

Whilst the world of rock had their heads turned, in true style Faith No More yet again surprised us all. In February this year, they announced that they planned to reform and headline the Download Festival along with a run of European festivals. This is the summer of Faith No More get ready!

Rhino presents - The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection A 2CD album with the out & out fully re-mastered best of Faith No More plus a bonus cd showing off the amazing b-sides, covers, rarities and some very interesting songs! Topped off with sleeve notes written by Kerrang! s very own editor and #1 Faith No More fan, Paul Brannigan.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid collection. But is it necessary??, February 24, 2010

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Luke (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collec (Audio CD)

Another Faith No More Best Of Collection will no doubt have loyal fans accusing record companies of a pointless cash grab and milking the legacy of one of Alternative rock's most innovative and compelling band's of the 80's and 90's. This is at least the third FNM Best Of collection released over the past 10-12 years and once again this new release features a very small collection of songs previously unavailable, compounding the frustrations of the die hard fans who wish to own all of the hidden treasures of the band (rarities/B-sides), though probably own the majority of these tracks three times over.

On the plus side this collection coincides with Faith No More's triumphant return through their recent reformation and reunion tours. With a new Best Of collection marketed as a new release in CD stores, FNM fans can take heart that this collection may just appeal to a new generation of rock fans not yet enamoured with their diverse, genre hopping excursions and experimentations.

Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection, complete with ridiculous title and irrelevant artwork, offers another slightly different interpretation of Faith No More's greatest songs. Of course, as with any Best Of release, the content will be open to debate amongst loyal fans. Thankfully for the uninitiated it does present a solid overview of Faith No More's distinguished career, even offering an appreciation of the fun though not entirely essential material of the Chuck Moseley era (We Care A Lot, R `n' r).

The Mike Patton era is the main focus of this compilation, and rightfully so. His creative vision and inspired vocal abilities opened new doors for FNM and took them to a new level of commercial and critical success and admiration. 1989's breakthrough album and crossover gem The Real Thing (the first release with Patton) is represented through obvious hits Epic and From Out Of Nowhere, though curiously the popular funk single Falling To Pieces is absent. This is somewhat compensated by the inclusion of the underrated, sprawling title track.

Arguably Faith No More's best album, the dark, experimental but somehow coherent masterpiece Angel Dust is heavily featured. Some of the great album cuts are included: the darkly melodic Kindergarten, the humorous and catchy Be Aggressive (complete with inspired cheerleader chants), Land Of Sunshine, the schizophrenic Caffeine, and the very much underrated Everything's Ruined (finally making a well deserved appearance on a FNM Best Of) . Of course the big and obvious `hits' are included as well (Midlife Crisis, A Small Victory and Easy).

The highly debated post-Jim Martin phase of their career is reasonably represented. The underrated King For A day...Fool For A Lifetime features their immediate hard rock classic Digging The Grave, the laidback jazzy funk of Evidence and the much loved Ricochet. Ashes to Ashes and Stripsearch are the only tracks featured from the solid though uneven swansong Album of the Year.

The second disc will be relevant for the die hard FNM fans. It features several rare, hard to find or unreleased B-Sides to accompany previously released B-side gems (Hippie Jam Song, I won't Forget You, The World Is Yours). Some of these tracks date back to the late 80's (Sweet Emotion, New Improved Song) while the remainder are taken from hard to find or unavailable singles from the King For A Day/Album Of The Year era.

As a new fan you could do worse then this Best Of collection. Despite some glaring omissions (Gentle Art of Making Enemies, Last Cup of Sorrow, Falling to Pieces) and absent personal favourites (RV, King For A Day, Ugly In The Morning, Helpless), Faith No More's discography is generally well represented with great emphasis on the essential Angel Dust album. The remaster gives a nice update of the older tracks and many of the tracks on disc two are essential listening for new and devoted fans, though the 'Who cares A Lot? Best Of Collection' from 1998 is hard to beat for the new fan. 3 stars

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars another greatest hits, July 14, 2009

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K. Perks (wilkes-barre, pa United States) - See all my reviews
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didn't want to pay this much for 2 cds that i had every song but two of them, but i enjoyed the two i got. 'sweet emotion' i heard online before but did not own and 'new improved song' i never heard before...so it was nice to add to my collection. nice commentary on the inside from kerrang.... cover art is boring as is a lot of rhino releases. slap some art together and get a cd out quick! this is pretty much who cares a lot repackaged but if your a fan...get it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what you'd expect, September 21, 2009

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Matthew Grant (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This is a pretty decent collection of FNM's songs....a great mix of "Greatest Hits" and rarities...sound quality is excellent, even for the stuff that I haven't herad on CD before. Obviously this is double-dipping (Or quadruple dipping) since this is FNM's 100th Greatest Hits collection since they split, but I think it's worth the buy for disc 2 alone. Most of that stuff I had on old cassettes, and it was nice to get a chance to upgrade. Snag one!