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Angel Dust
Rock · 1992 · 13 tracks

Angel Dust

Faith No More

A confrontational collision of heavy metal, avant-garde sampling, and lounge pop. Vicious, cinematic, and deeply weird, it remains a high-water mark for 90s rock.

June 8, 1992 · Wikimetal Music

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Angel Dust is a beautifully ugly masterpiece that sounds like a fever dream occurring in the middle of a crowded urban intersection. It is an album that actively resists being categorized, oscillating between bone-crushing metal riffs and delicate, cinematic synth passages. Mike Patton's vocal performance is nothing short of chameleonic, shifting from a smooth, lounge-style croon to a blood-curdling shriek within the same track. This record does not just provide music: it provides a series of vivid, often uncomfortable vignettes of American life.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Land of Sunshine
3:45
02
Caffeine
4:28
03
Midlife Crisis
4:23
04
RV
3:44
05
Smaller and Smaller
5:11
06
Everything’s Ruined
4:34
07
Malpractice
4:03
08
Kindergarten
4:31
09
Be Aggressive
3:43
10
A Small Victory
4:57
11
Crack Hitler
4:39
12
Jizzlobber
6:39
13
Midnight Cowboy
4:13
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring transition from the aggressive Caffeine into the lounge style RV with its spoken word drawl.
The massive, soaring synth melody that anchors the chaotic industrial clatter of Midlife Crisis.
The haunting, cinematic cover of Midnight Cowboy that closes the original tracklist with unexpected beauty.
The sound of smashing glass and cheering crowds sampled during the bridge of Crack Hitler.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Angel Dust sound next to the rest of Faith No More's catalogue?

Humor Satire+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into humor satire than the rest of the catalogue.

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