FAITH NO MORE
*We Care A Lot* reissue (Deluxe Band Edition)
(Koolarrow)
The reissue of Faith No More’s debut album is a nice package (10 original tracks and nine other demo, live or 2016 mixes) that shows the genesis of one of the most influential bands in alternative music, and a band that had already developed its thudding bass and crunchy guitar riffs on its way to alternative punk-metal stardom later with singer Mike Patton. “We Care A Lot” was the standout track from the 1985 debut, and the 2016 mix tightens up the composition, getting right to the chorus after the first verse, unlike the original edit that lets the tribal bass / drum interplay lead the way for a moment. All the 2016 mixes tamper little with the originals, so devout fans might have fun pointing out the subtle tweaks. Singer Chuck Mosley’s vocals work best fully throated, as on “As The Worm Turns,” another track that gets a 2016 mix, and on the original demo version of “Greed” with a Jim Morrison-like wail to end it. Live versions of “The Jungle” and “New Beginnings” from a 1986 show in San Francisco are included, but the mix here favors the drums/cymbals and keyboard, at the expense of guitar and vocals.
8/10
Link to original print version of this review, published in the August 2016 issue of Illinois Entertainer. Click link and navigate PDF to page 28.
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