''Bigger, Better, Faster, More!'' is the only studio album released by
alternative rock
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band
4 Non Blondes, released in 1992. The first single was "Dear Mr. President", which bass player
Christa Hillhouse told Songfacts "was about the hierarchy of power and government."
The second single, "
What's Up?", reached No. 1 in several countries and went
gold
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in the United States, while the album itself went platinum, accumulating sales of 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and 6 million copies worldwide.
Track listing
Personnel
4 Non Blondes
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Linda Perry
Linda Perry (born April 15, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. She was the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, and has since founded two record labels and composed and produced hit songs for ...
– vocals, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, electric guitar
*
Christa Hillhouse – bass guitar, vocals
*
Dawn Richardson
Dawn Richardson (born April 19, 1964) is an American rock drummer, teacher, and writer of instructional books on percussion. She is best known as drummer for the San Francisco-based band 4 Non Blondes from 1991 to 1994.
Musical career
Early ...
– drums
* Roger Rocha – lead guitar
Additional musicians
*
Shaunna Hall – guitar
* Rory Kaplan –
Mellotron
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* Suzie Katayama – cello,
accordion
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* Louis Metoyer – guitar
* Dave Rickets – keyboard
* Laurent Tardy – piano
Technical personnel
* David Tickle – producer
* Paul Dieter –
engineer
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* Mark Hensley – engineer
* Jesse Kanner – engineer
* Kent Matcke – engineer
* Laurent Tardy – engineer
* David Tickle – mixing
* Stephen Marcussen – mastering
* Leslie Gerard-Smith – project coordinator
* Eric Altenburger – design
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Mark Ryden
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– cover illustration
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
References
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1992 debut albums
4 Non Blondes albums
Interscope Records albums
Albums produced by David Tickle
Albums with cover art by Mark Ryden