''You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy'' is the only officially released live album by
Faith No More
Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979. Before settling on the current name in July 1983, the band performed under the names Sharp Young Men and later Faith No Man. Bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist/r ...
. It was recorded by William Shapland on April 28, 1990, in the Brixton Academy, London during the tour supporting their third studio album '' The Real Thing''. The album takes its title from a line from an English football chant which was sung by the crowd at the show.
It was released on August 20, 1990, internationally and as an audio only version, under the name of ''Live at the Brixton Academy'', in the United Kingdom on February 4, 1991, with two bonus tracks from ''The Real Thing'' sessions. The bonus tracks "The Grade" and "The Cowboy Song" were previously released on the "From Out of Nowhere" 12-inch single but were added to this compilation in order for them to be available on CD. As a result, they do not appear on the vinyl release of Live at Brixton Academy.
The performance of the Black Sabbath song " War Pigs" was later included on the 1994 Black Sabbath tribute compilation '' Nativity in Black'', making it the album's only live track. The reason for including this version, instead of the studio version from The Real Thing album, is unclear.
The video version was later released on a 2-disc DVD set with the video compilation ''
Who Cares a Lot?
''Who Cares a Lot? - The Greatest Hits'' is the first compilation album by American rock band Faith No More, released on November 24, 1998. The album is a greatest hits retrospective that spans most of the band's career, including songs from all ...
''.
Track lists
''4 Live from 5 Fat Bastards''
The promotional version contained four tracks from the same recording. Some rare copies of it came with a rubber fish, a reference to the music video for "Epic" which apparently Mike Patton was unaware of.the FNM discography retrieved on August 25, 2009
Roddy Bottum
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