Faith No More - King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime
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Release date: 28 March 1995
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- Get Out
- Ricochet
- Evidence
- The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
- Star A.D.
- Cuckoo for Caca
- Caralho Voador
- Ugly in the Morning
- Digging the Grave
- Take This Bottle
- King for a Day
- What a Day
- The Last to Know
- Just a Man
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Faith No More - King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime: Wikipedia Album Entry
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music), was the fifth studio album by Faith No More, and first without longtime guitarist Jim Martin. Along with some more traditional Faith No More alternative rock sounds, the album also contains a number of genre blends and parodies, from the smooth, soulful jazz-funk of "Evidence", to the raucous heavy metal of "Cuckoo for Caca", to the lilting country western rock of "Take This Bottle", to the bossa nova of "Caralho Voador". Overall, this album is considerably more straight-forward and less experimental than its predecessor, Angel Dust. However, it slowly became a cult favorite among die-hard Faith No More fans. This is the only Faith No More album to feature guitarist Trey Spruance, who left the group before the start of the supporting tour (and replaced by Dean Menta).
The first single was the punk-like number "Digging the Grave". In the United States, the album debuted at #31 and has sold 223,000 copies as of July 2006 which was well below their previous efforts. The ensuing tour was cut short in the UK and Europe as the public interest waned. Still the album did have impressive enough following to go Gold in Europe.In Australia and New Zealand the band continued to get great support from their strong fan base. KFAD..FFAL went Gold in both countries and their singles 'Digging The Grave, Evidence & Ricochet ' all charted well.King For A Day.. sold about 1.5 million copies and overall its figures were well below that of Angel Dust & The Real Thing.
The cover was designed by New York artist Eric Drooker.
"The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" is one of the heaviest songs on the album. The song's title comes from James McNeill Whistler's 1890 book The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. A single for the song had been planned but was cancelled due to poor record sales. However, the song later appeared on Faith No More's 1998 greatest hits compilation "Who Cares a Lot?."
"Star A.D." or "Star After Death" makes an appearance on Faith No More's 2008 compilation The Works. When asked if the song was a reference to Kurt Cobain Mike Patton stated:
“God no! It's about a phenomenon. And if that guy happened to be one, I don't know. It's one of those things that happen; it's a Vegas thing. What could be more shameful than having to change your colostomy bag on stage?! Vegas is great, though. I love it. Welcome to America.”
King for a Day... was released as a set of seven 7" vinyl's, in a black cardboard with a sticker of the cover on the front that also included a cardboard fold-out of album artwork with a review by Stephan Chirazzi and a band picture, as well as the standard CD, cassette and vinyl versions.
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Faith No More - King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime Lyrics
Faith No More - Caralho Voador Lyrics
They all know me by my car
They all know I'm gone, but not how far
I'm heading straight down 101
I'm going to go and get me some
Faith No More - Ugly in The Morning Lyrics
You did one thing wrong
You woke up.
It looked better before
More-more
Faith No More - The Last to Know Lyrics
Where it grows on trees
But never blooms
Where it hurts the least for whoever
Saw it first
Faith No More - Take This Bottle Lyrics
I can wait to love in heaven
I can wait for you
Far away, I'll treat you better
Better than down here
Faith No More - Star a. D. Lyrics
Star a.d.
See tomorrow dreamin'
You don't need your freedom
Star a.d.
Faith No More - Ricochet Lyrics
All of that thick time without you
Has made me so thick and drunk
"and it's okay to laugh about it"
I said, "it's okay to laugh about it"
Faith No More - King for a Day Lyrics
It is not a good day, if you are not looking good
This is the best party that I've ever been to
Today I asked for a God to pour some wine in my eyes
Today I asked for someone to shake some salt on my life
Faith No More - Get Out Lyrics
What if there's no more fun to have ?
And all I've got is what I had
What if I have forgotten how ?
Cut my losses and get out now
Faith No More - Cuckoo for Caca Lyrics
It's cold and it's
Smooth and it's
A hard shade of white
And everybody needs to lick the surface clean
Faith No More - What a Day Lyrics
A piece of mail
A letter head
A piece of hair
From a human head
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