Album of the Year
Album by Faith No More
Released	June 3, 1997
Recorded	???
Genre	Alternative metal
Length	43:04
Label	Slash Records
Producer(s)	Roli Mosimann, Billy Gould
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4/5) link
Faith No More chronology
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime (1995)	Album of the Year (1997)	Who Cares a Lot? (1998)

Album of the Year, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music), was the sixth and final studio album by Faith No More. Image File history File links Fnm_aoty. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album from the 1960s. ... Faith No More was an alternative metal/rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Alternative metal is an eclectic form of rock music that gained popularity in the early 1990s alongside grunge. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Slash Records is a record label. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Roli Mosimann is an accomplished musician and record producer whose contributions range from industrial to pop. ... William David Gould (born April 24, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is a musician and producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Faith No More was an alternative metal/rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... King for a Day. ... Who Cares a Lot? is a compilation album from Faith No More, released in 1998. ... See also: 1996 in music, other events of 1997, 1998 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic... Faith No More was an alternative metal/rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ...

The title of this album displays the band's sense of irony, as the majority of the members of Faith No More were ultimately unhappy with the outcome of "Album of the Year" and the direction it had taken them. Vocalist Mike Patton was quoted as saying that Faith No More's demise could be partially related to a mutual feeling of artistic futility as a group: "We were starting to make bad music." Mike Patton Mike Patton (born Michael Allan Patton, January 27, 1968, in Eureka, California) is an American musician. ...

The album flopped in the United States, although it sold respectable numbers in Europe and Australia, pushing the overall sales figures of this album to just over a million.

Liner art

The liner art for the album jacket depicts the funeral of an old man, with the words "pravda vítězí" (truth lives on) adorning the coffin. The statement is the motto of the Czech Republic, and the photographs are from the funeral of Czechoslovakia's first president, Tomáš Masaryk. The use of the imagery on the album art is representative of an end to a golden age — namely, the band's. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, portrait by Josef JindÅ™ich Å echtl, 1918 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (IPA: ), sometimes called Thomas Masaryk in English, (March 7, 1850 - September 14, 1937) was an advocate of Czechoslovak independence during WW I and became the first President of Czechoslovakia. ...

One rather persistent but ultimately false claim among the fans of the band attributes the photography belonging to Lenin's funeral. The band did acknowledge the similarity of facial features, however. (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин, Vladimir Ilič Lenin; IPA:; born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov; April 22 [O.S. April 10] 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Communist revolutionary of Russia, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the main theorist of what has come to be called...

Track listing

1. "Collision" (Hudson/Patton)
2. "Stripsearch" (Hudson/Patton/Bordin/Gould)
3. "Last Cup of Sorrow" (Patton/Gould)
4. "Naked in Front of the Computer" (Patton)
5. "Helpless" (Patton/Bordin/Gould)
6. "Mouth to Mouth" (Hudson/Patton/Bordin/Gould)
7. "Ashes to Ashes" (Hudson/Patton/Bordin/Gould/Bottum)
8. "She Loves Me Not" (Patton/Bordin/Gould)
9. "Got That Feeling" (Patton)
10. "Paths of Glory" (Hudson/Patton/Bordin/Gould/Bottum)
11. "Home Sick Home" (Patton)
12. "Pristina" (Patton/Gould)

The Japanese version of this album contains additional tracks "The Big Kahuna" and "Light Up and Let Go", which were released elsewhere as B-sides to the "Ashes to Ashes" single. In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ...

Personnel

• Mike Bordin - drums
• Roddy Bottum - keyboards
• Billy Gould - bass guitar
• Jon Hudson - guitar
• Mike Patton - vocals

Mike Bordin (born Michael Andrew Bordin, on November 27, 1962, in San Francisco, California) was the co-founder and drummer of Faith No More and is now playing with Ozzy Osbourne. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... William David Gould (born April 24, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is a musician and producer. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass or simply bass) is an electrically amplified plucked string instrument. ... Guitarist of rock band Faith No More. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mike Patton Mike Patton (born Michael Allan Patton, January 27, 1968, in Eureka, California) is an American musician. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ...

Chart positions

Album

Singles

References & external links

• Faith No More Frequently Answered Questions