Thursday 20 September 2007

FAITH NO MORE & BOO-YAA T.R.I.B.E. – ANOTHER BODY MURDERED (EPIC RECORDS/SONY MUSIC)


FAITH NO MORE & BOO-YAA T.R.I.B.E. – ANOTHER BODY MURDERED (EPIC RECORDS/SONY MUSIC)

Its usually tends to be an indication that the music held within is good when I pull out a CD case to discover a crack on the cover. This will suggest extensive listens and usage in addition to a reckless enthusiasm and approach to the playing of the record. I remember those thrills from when this record came.

This is a big song that shot out like a bolt from the blue. This was not what Faith No More sounded like, the pace was exceptionally upped and the addition of rap vocals brought a new degree of intensity to the piece. With hindsight these were the same kind of dynamics that would eventually resemble the kind of open enthusiasm for mixing genres that Mike Patton would be putting out on Ipecac.

It is funny to note the prominence of Roddy Bottum on the record. It adds a very filmic, almost noir tone to proceedings and when it drags out and closes the remix you wonder if everybody is happy.

Backing up the main track from the soundtrack is the lead track in the form of the Helmet and House Of Pain collaboration, which in earnest is something of a no-brainer as a natural and perfect match. The end result however is very much a Helmet sounding song with some House Of Pain action tagged onto the end. Its good but ultimately should have been so much better.

The Judgement Night soundtrack was a real piece of work. Seldom has so much effort been put into an album accompanying a movie and then outshining. A true missed opportunity.

Thesaurus moment: gel.

Faith No More
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
Epic Records
Sony Music

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