Introduce Yourself
Introduce Yourself is Faith No More's second studio album and their first for a major label, released on 23 April 1987 through London Records. Because its predecessor, We Care a Lot, was hard to find for years, plenty of listeners, the band included, treated this as the real beginning. The sound mixes alternative metal, funk metal and rap-tinged rock, with cleaner production than before.
The clearest sign of that step up is the re-recorded "We Care a Lot", which gets a sharper treatment than the original. "Chinese Arithmetic" went to radio alongside it in autumn 1987, tied to a tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and videos followed for "We Care a Lot" and "Anne's Song" in 1988. It is also the last record with vocalist Chuck Mosley, who was fired in 1988, so it captures the band just before the change that led to The Real Thing.
Introduce Yourself: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 37:57Tracklist
- 1Faster DiscoBordin, Bottum, More, Gould, Martin, Mosley4:17
- 2Anne’s SongBordin, Bottum, More, Gould, Martin, Mosley4:46
- 3Introduce YourselfBordin, Bottum, More, Gould, Martin, Mosley1:32
- 4Chinese ArithmeticBordin, Bottum, More, Gould, Martin, Mosley4:38
- 5Death MarchBordin, Bottum, More, Gould, Martin, Mosley3:02
- 6We Care a LotBottum, Gould, Mosley4:02
- 7R n’ RBordin, Bottum, More, Gould, Martin, Mosley3:12
- 8The Crab SongBordin, Bottum, More, Gould, Martin, Mosley5:52
- 9BloodBordin, Bottum, More, Gould, Martin, Mosley3:43
- 10SpiritBordin, Bottum, More, Gould, Martin, Mosley2:53
- Produced by
- Steve Berlin, Faith No More, Matt Wallace
- Recorded at
- Control Center Studios, Studio D Recording, Studio D in Sausalito, California, Ground Control Studios in Los Angeles, California
- Recorded
- 1986
- Mixed at
- Studio D Recording
- Engineered by
- Matt Wallace
- Mastered by
- John Golden
- Artwork
- Bob Biggs, Faith No More, Jeff Price
- Photography
- Lendon Flanagan
- Label
- London Records
- Length
- 37:57
Line-up
- Mike Bordin · drums (drum set), congas, background vocals
- Roddy Bottum · keyboard, background vocals
- Billy Gould · electric bass guitar, background vocals
- Jim Martin · electric guitar, background vocals, guitar
- Chuck Mosley · lead vocals
Singles
- “Chinese Arithmetic” · November 1987
- “We Care a Lot” · 18 January 1988
- “Anne's Song” · 18 May 1988
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 23 April 1987 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 23 April 1987 | |
| Wikidata | April 1987 | |
| US release | 23 April 1987 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1987 | earliest UK or European date |
11 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XW | London–Sire Records | 081227518165 | other |
| — | US | Slash | 0208314051283 | other |
| 1987 | DE | London Records | 042282805126 | other |
| 1987 | XE | London Records | 042282805119 | other |
| 23 April 1987 | US | Slash | 075992555920 | original |
| 1990 | AU | Liberation Records | 9399603884423 | other |
| 25 March 1991 | JP | London Records | 4988005071415 | other |
| December 1999 | GB | London Records 90 | 639842820127 | other |
| 17 October 2000 | US | Rhino | 081227994020 | other |
| 14 October 2013 | XE | Music on Vinyl | 8718469533886 | other |
| 1 April 2014 | — | Rhino | 0603497903696 | other |
Cover art sources
itunes · native: native 1500x1500
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| itunes ✓ | 1500×1500 | native: native 1500x1500 |
| coverartarchive | 1383×1383 | upscaled |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |