''Epic And Other Hits'' is a compilation album released by

Faith No More Faith No More is an American Rock music, rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979. Before September 1983, the band performed under the names Sharp Young Men and later Faith No Man. Bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist/rhythm guitarist ...

in 2005. Despite the album's title, only a handful of songs on it are actual hits, even though the band had other hits which do not appear here.

Background

The compilation greatly focuses on the band's 1989 album '' The Real Thing'', with six out of the ten tracks taken from it. ''Epic And Other Hits'' is generally considered a "weak" compilation, and many fans see it as a way to cash in on the success of

Mike Patton Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and voice actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock bands Faith No More and Mr. Bungle. He has also fronted and/or played with Tomahawk, The ...

. Most notably, the Mosley-era track "Arabian Disco" is included, from the ''We Care A Lot'' album, which was then out of print on CD. The album also contains no tracks from '' King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime'' or '' Introduce Yourself''. It is presumed that this album consists of a small selection of songs licensed by Warner Bros Records to the budget label Flashback, and as such no other songs could be included without breaching copyright. This compilation is generally not mentioned in the band's canon due to their lack of involvement in it, and has not been included on

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or other streaming platforms. The liner notes mistakenly list '' Album of the Year'' as being released in August 1997, when it was in fact released during June 1997.''Epic and Other Hits'' linear notes. Flashback Records, 2005

Track listing

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Epic Epic commonly refers to: * Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation * Epic film, a genre of film defined by the spectacular presentation of human drama on a grandiose scale Epic(s) ...

" (Music: Gould/Martin/Bottum/Bordin; lyrics: Patton) # "

We Care a Lot ''We Care a Lot'' is the debut studio album by American Rock music, rock band Faith No More, originally released in 1985 and distributed through Mordam Records. On the original vinyl release, the band is credited as Faith. No More. on the album ...

" (Live) (Music: Gould/Martin/Bottum/Bordin; lyrics: Mosley) # "Arabian Disco" # " Falling to Pieces" (Music: Gould/Bottum/Martin; lyrics: Patton) # " Last Cup of Sorrow" (Music: Gould; lyrics: Patton) # "Surprise! You're Dead!" # "Zombie Eaters" # "

Midlife Crisis A midlife crisis is a transition of identity and self-confidence that can occur in middle-aged individuals, typically 45 to 65 years old. The phenomenon is described as a psychological crisis brought about by events that highlight a person's grow ...

" (Music: Martin/Bottum/Gould/Bordin; lyrics: Patton) # "The Real Thing" # "

War Pigs "War Pigs" is an anti-war protest song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1970. It is the opening track from the band's second studio album ''Paranoid'' (1970). Overview The original title of "War Pigs" was "Walpurgis", ...

Personnel

Mike Bordin Michael Andrew Bordin (born November 27, 1962) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Faith No More. He has amicably been known as "Puffy", "Puffster" or "The Puff", in reference to the afro hair style he wore in ...

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

Roddy Bottum Roswell Christopher Bottum (born July 1, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the keyboardist for the San Francisco alternative metal band Faith No More. He is also guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the pop group Imperial Teen, best know ...

– keyboards *

Billy Gould William David Gould (born April 24, 1963) is an American musician and producer. He is best known as the bassist of Faith No More. Biography Early years Gould was born on April 24, 1963, in Los Angeles, and he is of Scottish and Hungarian desce ...

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bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

* Jon Hudson –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

* Jim Martin - guitar *

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Craig DeGraff - Producer * Bob Fisher - Remastering

References

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