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Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits
Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits is Faith No More's career retrospective, put together after the American band split in April 1998. The first disc gathers 15 singles from their Slash Records years in chronological order, taking in every studio album they made for the label between 1987 and 1997. The second disc turns to rarities: B-sides, demos, live recordings and a few unreleased songs, among them "The World Is Yours" and "I Won't Forget You".
It came out on CD and cassette on 24 November 1998, and a companion video collection followed in February 1999. It reached number 4 in Australia and went Platinum there, though it missed the US Billboard 200. For anyone wanting the band's shifting mix of funk metal, hard rock and alternative rock in one place, the single-disc run of hits does the job, and the second disc rewards the keen collector.
Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits: tracklist, credits and charts
23 tracks · 1:26:23Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1We Care a Lot (original version)Bottum, Gould, Mosley4:04
- 2Introduce YourselfBordin, Bottum, More, Gould, Martin, Mosley1:33
- 3From Out of NowhereBottum, Gould, Patton, More3:21
- 4EpicBordin, Bottum, Gould, Martin, Patton4:53
- 5Falling to PiecesBottum, Gould, Martin, Patton5:13
- 6Midlife CrisisBordin, Bottum, Gould, Martin, Patton4:18
- 7A Small VictoryBordin, Bottum, Gould, Martin, Patton4:56
- 8EasyLionel Richie3:07
- 9Digging the GraveBordin, Gould, Patton3:05
- 10The Gentle Art of Making EnemiesBordin, Gould, Patton3:29
- 11EvidenceBordin, Gould, Spruance, Patton4:54
- 12I Started a JokeGibb, Gibb, Gibb3:01
- 13Last Cup of SorrowBilly Gould and Mike Patton4:10
- 14Ashes to AshesBordin, Bottum, Gould, Hudson, Patton3:37
- 15StripsearchBordin, Gould, Hudson, Patton4:29
- Disc 2
- 1The World Is YoursFaith No More5:52
- 2Hippie Jam SongBilly Gould and Mike Patton4:58
- 3InstrumentalBottum, Gould, Patton5:00
- 4I Won’t Forget YouBilly Gould and Mike Patton4:09
- 5Introduce Yourself (4 track demos)Bordin, Bottum, More, Gould, Martin, Mosley1:43
- 6Highway StarBlackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice1:08
- 7Theme From Midnight CowboyJohn Barry1:04
- 8This Guy’s in Love With YouBurt Bacharach and Hal David4:19
- Produced by
- Steve Berlin, Faith No More, Matt Wallace, Andy Wallace, Billy Gould, Dean Menta, Roli Mosimann, Charles Singer
- Recorded at
- Control Center Studios, Studio D Recording, Bearsville Studios, Brilliant Studios, Razor’s Edge Recording, Hordern Pavilion
- Recorded
- 1986–1997
- Mixed by
- Matt Wallace, Andy Wallace, Roli Mosimann, Billy Gould, Keith Walker
- Mixed at
- Studio D Recording, Soundtrack Studios, The Plant Studios
- Engineered by
- Matt Wallace, Jim “Watts” Vereecke, Clif Norrell, Andy Wallace, Atom, Michael Bogus, Daniel Presley, Keith Walker
- Label
- Slash
- Length
- 1:26:23
Line-up
- Mike Bordin · drums (drum set), congas, background vocals
- Roddy Bottum · keyboard, background vocals
- Billy Gould · electric bass guitar, background vocals, bass guitar, keyboard
- Jim Martin · electric guitar, background vocals, guitar, ebow
- Chuck Mosley · lead vocals · guest
- Mike Patton · lead vocals, vocals, melodica
- Trey Spruance · guitar · guest
- Dean Menta · guitar · guest
- Jon Hudson · electric guitar, ebow · guest
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1998 | 37 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 1998 | 1 |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) · 1998 | 4 |
| New Zealand Albums · 1998 | 10 |
| Hungarian Albums · 2021 | 11 |
| Norwegian Albums · 1998 | 26 |
| German Albums · 1998 | 27 |
| Scottish Albums · 1998 | 45 |
| Austrian Albums · 1998 | 46 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Australia · 1998 | Platinum |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata; also seen: 1998-12-08 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 8 December 1998 | ignored lone early release dated 1998-10-12 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 24 November 1998 | |
| Wikidata | 24 November 1998 | |
| US release | 8 December 1998 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 12 October 1998 | earliest UK or European date |
9 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XE | Slash | 639842820622 | other |
| — | XE | London Records | 639842820622 | other |
| 1998 | AU | Slash | 9325583004285 | other |
| 1998 | AU | London Records | 731455605723 | other |
| 1998 | CA | Reprise Records | 093624714927 | other |
| 12 October 1998 | GB | London Records | 731455605723 | original |
| 8 December 1998 | US | Reprise Records | 093624714927 | other |
| 8 December 1998 | US | Slash | other | |
| October 1999 | NL | Slash | 731455605228 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: minor: best source 1400x1400, upscaled to 1500 (x1.07)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1400×1400 | upscaled: minor: best source 1400x1400, upscaled to 1500 (x1.07) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |