The discography of Faith No More, an American rock group, consists of seven studio albums, nineteen singles, one live album, five compilations, four video albums.
| Faith No More discography | |
|---|---|
 Faith No More performing in Portugal in 2010 | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Music videos | 21 |
| Singles | 25 |
| Other appearances | 2 |
Faith No More's first album was We Care a Lot, released by Mordam Records in 1985. The band soon signed with Slash Records and released Introduce Yourself, their second album, in April 1987. Shortly afterwards the rest of the band fired the vocalist, Chuck Mosley, and replaced him with Mike Patton.[1] During the tour supporting their third album, The Real Thing, Faith No More recorded their only live album, Live at the Brixton Academy, and released their first hit single, "Epic".[2] Their fourth studio album Angel Dust was released in 1992 with their final two number-one singles, "Midlife Crisis",[3] and the Lionel Richie cover "Easy",[2] not included on the initial release of the album. Following the tour supporting Angel Dust and the departure of long-time guitarist Jim Martin Faith No More released their fifth studio album, King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, in 1995. Their final studio album until 2015, Album of the Year, released on June 3, 1997, was their only number-one album.[4]
Faith No More disbanded in 1998 and their first compilation album, Who Cares a Lot?, was released later on in the same year with their final single before their disbanding, a cover of the Bee Gees song "I Started a Joke", followed by their similarly named music video compilation Who Cares a Lot?: Greatest Videos. In 2003 their second compilation album, This Is It: The Best of, was released followed by Epic and Other Hits in 2005, The Platinum Collection and the DVD compilation You Fat Bastards/Who Cares a Lot? in 2006 and the three-disc compilation album The Works in 2008. Two more compilation albums, The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection and Midlife Crisis: The Very Best of Faith No More, were released in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
After an eleven-year hiatus, Faith No More announced a reunion in 2009. They released their seventh studio album, Sol Invictus, which debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200, higher than their past two studio albums, on May 18, 2015, and toured in support of it.[5]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] | AUS [2] | AUT [6] | FIN [7] | GER [8] | NLD [9] | NOR [10] | NZ [4] | SWI [11] | UK [12] | |||||
| We Care a Lot | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Introduce Yourself |
| — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Real Thing |
| 11 | 2 | — | 16 | 37 | 56 | — | 3 | — | 30 | |||
| Angel Dust |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | |||
| King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime |
| 31 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | |||
| Album of the Year |
| 41 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 |
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| Sol Invictus |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] | UK [12] | ||
| Live at the Brixton Academy |
| 93 | 20 |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] | AUT [6] | FIN [7] | NOR [10] | NZ [4] | SWI [11] | UK [12] | ||||||||
| Who Cares a Lot? |
| 4 | 46 | — | 26 | 10 | — | 37 | ||||||
| This Is It: The Best of Faith No More | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Epic and Other Hits |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| The Platinum Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | ||||||
| The Works |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection |
| — | — | 6 | — | 37 | 77 | 128 | ||||||
| MidLife Crisis: The Very Best of Faith No More |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Video albums
| Title | Album details | Certifications |
|---|---|---|
| You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy |
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| Video Croissant |
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| Who Cares a Lot: Greatest Videos |
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| You Fat Bastards/Who Cares a Lot |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [22] | US Alt. [23] | US Main. [24] | AUS [2] | GER [8] | NLD [9] | NOR [10] | NZ [4] | SWI [11] | UK [12] | |||||
| "Quiet in Heaven/Song of Liberty" (as Faith No Man) | 1983 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||
| "Chinese Arithmetic" | 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Introduce Yourself | ||
| "We Care a Lot" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | 53 | ||||
| "Anne's Song" | 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "From Out of Nowhere" | 1989 | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | The Real Thing | ||
| "Epic" | 1990 | 9 | — | 25 | 1 | — | 51 | — | 2 | — | 25 | |||
| "Falling to Pieces" | 92 | — | 40 | 26 | — | — | — | 16 | — | 41 | ||||
| "Surprise! You're Dead!" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Edge of the World" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Midlife Crisis" | 1992 | — | 1 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 36 | — | 32 | — | 10 | Angel Dust | ||
| "A Small Victory" | — | 11 | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | ||||
| "Everything's Ruined" | — | — | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | ||||
| "Easy"[A] | 1993 | 58 | — | — | 1 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
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| "Another Body Murdered" (with Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | 26 | Judgment Night soundtrack | |||
| "Digging the Grave" | 1995 | — | — | — | 12 | 48 | — | 11 | 16 | 42 | 16 | King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime | ||
| "Ricochet" | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | ||||
| "Evidence" | — | — | — | 27 | — | 42 | — | 38 | — | 32 | ||||
| "Ashes to Ashes" | 1997 | — | — | 23 | 8 | 76 | — | 14 | 39 | 50 | 15 |
| Album of the Year | |
| "Last Cup of Sorrow" | — | — | 14 | 66 | — | — | — | 32 | — | 51 | ||||
| "Stripsearch" | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" (with Sparks) | 1998 | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 40 | Plagiarism | ||
| "I Started a Joke" | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | 38 | — | 49 | Who Cares a Lot? | |||
| "Motherfucker" | 2014 | — | —[B] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[C] | Sol Invictus | ||
| "Superhero" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Cone of Shame" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director [31] |
|---|---|---|
| "We Care a Lot" | 1987 | Bob Biggs & Jay Brown |
| "Anne's Song" | 1988 | Tamra Davis |
| "From Out of Nowhere" | 1989 | Doug Freel |
| "Epic" | 1990 | Ralph Zima |
| "Falling to Pieces" | ||
| "Surprise! You're Dead!" | Billy Gould | |
| "Midlife Crisis" | 1992 | Kevin Kerslake |
| "A Small Victory" | Marcus Nispel | |
| "Everything's Ruined" | Kevin Kerslake | |
| "Easy" | Barry McGuire | |
| "Another Body Murdered" | 1993 | Marcus Raboy |
| "Digging the Grave" | 1995 | |
| "Ricochet" | Alex Hemming | |
| "Evidence" | Walter Stern | |
| "Ashes to Ashes" | 1997 | Tim Royes |
| "Last Cup of Sorrow" | Joseph Kahn | |
| "Stripsearch" | Philip Stolzl | |
| "I Started a Joke" | 1998 | Vito Rocco |
| "Sunny Side Up" | 2015 | Joe Lynch |
| "Separation Anxiety" | Finch Lynch | |
| "Cone of Shame" | 2016 | Goce Cvetanovski |
Other appearances
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "New Improved Song" | 1988 | Sounds Waves 2 |
| "Sweet Emotion" | 1989 | Kerrang! Flexible Fiend 3 |
| "The Perfect Crime" | 1991 | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture |
| "Let's Lynch the Landlord" | 1992 | Virus 100 |
| "Another Body Murdered" (with Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.) | 1993 | Judgment Night: Music from the Motion Picture |
| "Engove (Caffeine) (Remix)" | 1995 | Metallurgy |
| "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" | 1997 | Plagiarism (Sparks) |
| "Kick Out The Jams" | 1997 | The Rock'n'Roll Rider Volume No. 2 - Jack Lives Here |