The Real Thing (Faith No More album)
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| Studio album by Faith No More | ||||
| Released | June 20, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | December 1988 – January 1989 Studio D in Sausalito, California | |||
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| Length | 54:58 | |||
| Label | Slash | |||
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The un-cropped vinyl cover
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| AllMusic |   |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.6/10 |
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| The Village Voice | B− |
The Real Thing is the third studio album by the American rock band Faith No More. It was first released through Slash Records on June 20, 1989. It was the first major release by the band not to feature vocalist Chuck Mosley. Instead, the album featured Mike Patton from the experimental/funk band Mr. Bungle. On this album, Faith No More continued to advance their sound range, combining thrash metal,funk,hip hop,progressive metal,synthpop,carousel music and hard rock, along with what has been described as "a black sense of humor".
On March 2, 2015 a deluxe edition containing previous unreleased tracks was released via Rhino Records/Warner.
Faith No More underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album, We Care a Lot, released in 1985 and distributed through San Francisco-based label Mordam Records. On the original vinyl release, the band is credited as "Faith. No More" on the album's liner notes, back cover, and on the record itself. Within a year the band signed up with Slash Records. The debut album's title track "We Care a Lot" was later rerecorded, for their follow-up album Introduce Yourself in 1987, and released as their first single. Membership remained stable until vocalist Chuck Mosley was replaced by Mike Patton in 1988.
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