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What an insult.

IhateMTV | The U.S. | 09/17/2004

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Faith No more were my favorite band, so when I found out that there was a tribute album made for them, I was immediantly interested in hearing it. Oh, how disappointed I was. A band as great as Faith No More deserve a better tribute than this.



I immediantly knew something was wrong when I heard the first track, "Stripsearch". They did an okay job with the keyboards, but the vocals are off-key and sound nothing like Patton. As I progressed through the album, I began to wonder if these bands had even heard any Faith No More songs before. Most of these sound absolutely NOTHING like the originals. A perfect example would be "A Small Victory", which sounds like a band trying to copy Mr. Bungle. The rest of the songs sound like they're industrial or death metal, two genres which Faith No More were never a part of. Not only that, but there are more than one versions of each song. It's bad enough to hear Bile butcher my favorite FNM song, "Midlife Crisis", but then I have to hear another band do it again. The majority of the album is crap, but here are the worst:



"We Care a Lot" (Disc 1, track #3). How emotionless is this guy? If you're doing a tribute for one of your favorite bands, you should at least put a little effort into it.



"Another Body Murdered". The original version of this song didn't even have any singing from the band - it was a rap track by the Boo-Ya Tribe that had Mike making noises in the chorus and Faith No More playing the instruments in the background (that should already tell you how bad this is going to be). Anyway, this 'tribute' version is definitely the worst song on the entire album. It sounds like some squeaky voiced, 18 year old white guy trying to act tough.



"As the Worm Turns". Words cannot describe how bad this one is. It's a guy slowly TALKING, not singing, to a very boring beat. I'm beginning to think that this is the worst track. While "ABM" was amusing in how bad it was, there are no redeeming qualities to this cover whatsoever.



"Everything's Ruined". The vocals are terribly distorted (probably to cover up a lack of vocal range) and the beat sounds nothing like the original.



"Naked In Front of the Computer". This sounds like some awful mainstream rock band such as Three Days Grace or Trustcompany. I hate current mainstream rock, so I obviously hate this as well.



There are a few decent covers, but the originals are superior in every way, so there's no point in listening to the imitations. Avoid at all costs."

Sucks

altrock16 | Seattle,WA USA | 08/06/2004

(1 out of 5 stars)

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I bought this album and it sucked so much.

When I threw it out my window, listening it

splatter on the ground sounded better then th album"

Desperate times call for desperate mesures

Mr. Chris J. Stevenson | Australia | 09/25/2003

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I actually don't mind the odd tribute cd. KISS my ass wasn't too bad, but this is awful. Listening to bunch of nobody bands doing terrible mike patton impersonations to raped FNM tracks is not the way I like to spend my time. I took this CD and threw it out my window. The sound of it smashing against the road was music to my ears. Thanks for ruining the songs of one of my favorite bands"