Faith No More - Superhero FLAC album

descent song. i like the remix a little better. still worth getting. wish i would have got a misspress.the center lable on this release is cool. very 1920ISH.

I had extremely low expectations when I heard Faith No More were recording new material. I'm a natural skeptic. I'm hypercritical, particularly of Patton. I find a lot of his stuff annoying. I loved the first single and I was then excited by the prospect of an album. When I heard the single on the Radio 1 Rockshow I immediately I thought "Yes!". 2-3 listens later the following morning I found the track intolerable.The piano becomes very pronounced and annoying. I spoke with a friend and simultaneously we mention the piano being out of place or annoying. He advised it was overly theatrical and ill fitting, I agree. The tone of it is just wrong... and piano... I love piano, but here it just grates. I hope they sort it out on other tracks before the full release because it was too much on this track. The piano makes the thing feel unnatural, it feels fake. The vocals are reminiscent of Tomahawk and Vs. X-ecutioners, not a bad thing. Patton learned new trick by the time he got to Tomahawk, he was bound to use his full arsenal. It's a chance to peacock on the grand stage after all. Some of vocals toward the end of the track remind me of why I don't like the '92 version of As The Worm Turns and also why I didn't like The World is Yours. The layered or sampled vocals there add to a feeling that this is artificial.A wonderful rhythm running through it, the bass and drums are perfect on this track, they are a solid foundation for the song.I'm not too keen with the layering. The thing seems absurdly overproduced. If I could draw a sort of parallel, I don't like Epic but if you listen to the album version (a), then listen to the radio remix edit (b) you will note that Matt Wallace chose to add a lot of vocal layering, vocal reverb, sound effects and samples which were totally unnecessary and were detrimental to the sound of the (b). I hear a similar problem here. Things were not balanced, I'd be interested to hear this without the piano and without a lot of the vocals - "leader of men" ad-nauseam - removed, and the latter samples around 3.40 removed. Let the music speak. I think it would be a better track, as said the bass and drums are really solid. One thing I also liked was the Pills For Breakfast-esque riff at play. I'm sure that was a nod to the first LP. I preferred the understated track from November (MF) which wasn't perfect but a very apt release for what it was, a great re-introduction. A friendly if aloof handshake between old acquaintances sizing each other up. I didn't like the live leaks of the new tracks but I liked that. I know its not their best track, but I considered what it was and I gave it my own story and my own reasons. We build our myths as and when we need them. I can't build a useful myth for Superhero. I'm finding it unpalatable. I feel like I've taken a swig of a designer beer which at first is pleasing but soon its artificial sweetness and its sickly "enhanced" flavours are too much. In my view we should always worry when things are instantly loveable. The track was instantly gratifying but turns sour quickly. Angel Dust was met with a lot of trepidation. kerrang gave it 3 from 5. Months later they changed it to 4 from 5 then in their "dictionary of hard rock" gave it five from five saying it "grew like mould". Superhero is the exact opposite. If things are immediate as this track was, that often suggests a lack of depth. It's not always the case and a lack of depth is not always bad, but things which are immediate or superficial often fail to stand the test of time, get on your nerves etc.Some times less is more. I get the feeling that FNM tried employing too many tricks at once here and it doesn't quite work as a result. I admire some of the principles being employed by Steve Albini and his "All Wave" approach to production. Whilst it might be unrealistic for a band like FNM to use, they could learn something, I'm sure. My issue is that the exuberance of the piano and vocal excesses leave this feeling like a camp mess and I can't help feeling that the track is Faith No More trying desperately hard to be 'an idea' of Faith No More, poisoned by their own conception of themselves.