The Real Thing
Album by Faith No More
Released	June 20, 1989
Recorded	December 1988 at the Studio D in Sausalito, California
Genre	Alternative Metal
Length	54:58
Label	Slash Records
Producer(s)	Matt Wallace
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4/5) link Rolling Stone link ARTISTdirect (4.5/5) link
Faith No More chronology
Introduce Yourself (1987)	The Real Thing (1989)	Live at the Brixton Academy (1990)

The Real Thing is the third album released by Faith No More in 1989. It was their first record with Mike Patton and became their breakthrough. On this album, Faith No More advanced their sound range combining metal, hardcore punk, funk and soul. Cover of the Faith No More album The Real Thing. ... 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 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sausalito is a city located in Marin County, California. ... 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. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... This article is about the music magazine. ... ARTISTdirect, Inc. ... Faith No More was an alternative metal/rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... Introduce Yourself is Faith No Mores second album, released in 1987. ... Live at the Brixton Academy, released in 1991, is the only live album released by US rock band Faith No More. ... Faith No More was an alternative metal/rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... Mike Patton Mike Patton (born Michael Allan Patton, January 27, 1968, in Eureka, California) is an American musician. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Hardcore punk (aka Hardcore) is a subgenre of punk rock, the sound is thicker, heavier, and faster than punk rock and implimented 1970s heavy metal influences in its music. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African Americans, e. ... The soul, according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is a self aware ethereal substance particular to a unique living being. ...

Most known for its track "Epic," whose video featured a fish flopping about on the ground, the album's "Falling to Pieces" also became popular (its video was a favorite of MTV's "Beavis and Butthead"). The video for "Epic" was subject to controversy because of the perceived treatment of the fish, which appears to be dying--it was in fact slow motion footage; the fish was returned to its tank alive. Slow motion is an effect resulting from running film through a movie camera at faster-than-normal speed. ...

The album also features "War Pigs," a cover of the anti-war protest song by Black Sabbath, as well as "Edge of the World," a piano ballad about a pedophile. A protest song is a song intended to protest perceived problems in society such as injustice, racial discrimination, war, globalization, inflation, social inequalities. ... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... A ballad is a story in a song, usually a narrative song or poem. ... Pedophilia, paedophilia, or pædophilia (see spelling differences), is the paraphilia of being sexually attracted primarily or exclusively to pre-pubescent children. ...

Track listing

1. "From Out Of Nowhere" (music: Gould/Bottum; lyrics: Patton)
2. "Epic" (music: Gould/Martin/Bottum/Bordin; lyrics: Patton)
3. "Falling to Pieces" (music: Gould/Bottum/Martin; lyrics: Patton)
4. "Surprise! You're Dead!" (music: Martin; lyrics: Patton)
5. "Zombie Eaters" (music: Martin/Gould/Bordin/Bottum; lyrics: Patton)
6. "The Real Thing" (music: Gould/Bottum; lyrics: Patton/Gould)
7. "Underwater Love" (music: Gould/Bottum; lyrics: Patton)
8. "The Morning After" (music: Gould/Bottum/Martin; lyrics: Patton)
9. "Woodpecker from Mars" (music: Martin/Bordin)
10. "War Pigs" (Butler/Iommi/Osbourne/Ward)
11. "Edge of the World" (music: Gould/Bottum/Bordin; lyrics: Patton)

The cassette version has "Edge Of The World" as track 6, ending Side 1. The vinyl version did not feature "War Pigs" or "Edge Of The World." From out of where was Faith No Mores first single featuring Mike Patton on vocals. ... Epic was a breakthrough hit single by the alternative metal band Faith No More. ... Falling to pieces was the second single off of Faith No Mores first studio album with Mike Patton on vocals. ... Faith No Mores album titled song The Real Thing was the song that showed what Mike Patton was capable of doing with his so called lungs on legs, By changing his vocal style between verses many times during the song. ... The Members of Faith No More during the album The Real Thing produced the instrumental Woodpecker from Mars, listening carefully you can hear the classical past off keyboard player Roddy Bottum, and the heavy metal inspiration of guitarist Jim Martin, being more simple than most instrumentals, it doesnt fall short... War Pigs is an anti-war song by British heavy metal rockers Black Sabbath from their 1971 album, Paranoid. ...

Official songwriting credits revealed in an email from Billy Gould, 2004.

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