Live at the Brixton Academy captures Faith No More on 28 April 1990 in London, during the tour for their third studio album, The Real Thing. It is the only live album the band have officially released, and it first appeared as a video titled You Fat Bastards, a nod to an English football chant the crowd sang that night.

The audio version, issued in the UK in February 1991, added "The Grade" and "The Cowboy Song", two tracks from the Real Thing sessions that had previously been on the "From Out of Nowhere" 12-inch single. They were included so that they could be had on CD, so the vinyl pressing leaves them off. The band's take on Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" later turned up on the 1994 tribute compilation Nativity in Black. It is a useful snapshot of the group between The Real Thing and Angel Dust.

Live at the Brixton Academy: tracklist and credits

10 tracks · 51:05

Tracklist

  1. 1Falling to Pieces (live)Bottum, Gould, Martin, Patton4:48
  2. 2The Real Thing (live)Bottum, Gould, Patton7:54
  3. 3Epic (live)Bordin, Bottum, Gould, Martin, Patton4:55
  4. 4War Pigs (live)Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward6:58
  5. 5From Out of Nowhere (live)Bottum, Gould, Patton, More3:25
  6. 6We Care a Lot (live)Bottum, Gould, Mosley3:50
  7. 7Zombie Eaters (live)Bordin, Bottum, Gould, Martin, Patton6:06
  8. 8Edge of the World (live)Bordin, Bottum, Gould, Patton5:50
  9. 9The Grade (B‐side)Jim Martin2:05
  10. 10The Cowboy Song5:14
Produced by
Faith No More, Matt Wallace, Jessica Barford
Recorded at
O₂ Academy Brixton
Recorded
28 April 1990
Mixed by
Matt Wallace
Engineered by
William Shapland
Label
Reprise Records
Length
51:05

Line-up

  • Jim Martin · guitar · guest

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US release1990earliest US date
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DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
—XWWarner Music UK639842820363other
1990USReprise Records075993818734other
1 August 1990GBLondon Records044008253433original
4 February 1991GBLondon Records 90042282823823other
4 February 1991GBLondon Records042282823816other
25 March 1991JPLondon Records4988005078063other
1997GBSlash639842820325other
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