Faith No More – Angel Dust (1992)

April 21, 2022

The Real Thing blew Faith No More up. Angel Dust, which followed, seemed to weird a lot of mainstream media and fans out, if what I read on the Internet is true. I can kinda see this, as Angel Dust can get quite obtuse in moments. Songs like “Jizzlobber” and “RV” are of course going to hit a bit on the nose, but fans of Patton et al will of course no doubt instead revel in this kind of humour.

Angel Dust has some stunning moments however, from opening track “Land Of Sunshine” with the soaring synths underlaying the pummelling, grungey groove, to the legendary “Midlife Crisis”, which, honestly, I didn’t realise how weird this song is, having heard it a million times playing GTA San Andreas.