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We Care a Lot
We Care a Lot
Studio album by Faith No More
Released	November 1985
Recorded	Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati, California
Genre	Post-punk; alternative metal; funk metal;
Length	34:51
Label	Mordam
Producer	Matt Wallace; Faith No More;
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We Care a Lot is the debut studio album by American rock band Faith No More, originally released in 1985 and distributed through Mordam Records. On the original vinyl release, the band is credited as Faith. No More. on the album's liner notes, back cover, and on the record itself.

Album information

The title track "We Care a Lot" was rerecorded for their follow-up album Introduce Yourself and released as their first single. This later version of the song was incorrectly listed as the original and the album Introduce Yourself was listed as the début in the sleeve notes for some subsequent releases, such as the 1998 compilation Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits.

The band is known to have re-recorded only one song from We Care a Lot in the studio with current singer Mike Patton on vocals. "As the Worm Turns" was recorded during the Angel Dust sessions.

However, a number of live recordings of songs from this album with Patton on vocals have been released over the years.

Production

The band initially started recording the album without backing from a record label and, after pooling their money, recorded five songs. This gained the attention of Ruth Schwartz (who was then forming the independent label Mordam Records) under which the band (after receiving the finances to do so) finished and released the album. It was the first official release for both the band and the label.^[6]

The album was recorded in a short space of time on a low budget.^[7] In a 2015 interview, bassist Billy Gould reflected, "There are probably things we could have done better, but at the same time I think that the performances were pretty damned good. And that had to do with us keeping focused and needing to work within those budget restrictions. We rehearsed quite a lot before we went in to record, so we were ready."^[7]

Release history

Year	Region	Format	Label	Catalogue #
1985	United States	Vinyl	Mordam	MDR 1
1985	UK and Europe	Vinyl	Mordam / Southern / Konkurrent	MDR 1
1985	Europe	Vinyl	Mordam / Konkurrent	MDR 1
1987	United States	Cassette	Mordam	MDR 1C
1995	Australia	CD	Liberation	D 19976
1996	Europe	CD	London	828 805-2
1996	UK	Vinyl	London	828 805-1
1996	Japan	CD	London	POCD-1236

While released on vinyl and cassette in 1985, this album would not be released to buy as a CD until 1995 in Australia (on Mushroom Records) as a pink disc for the first pressing, and black disc for the second, to coincide with the tour for their fifth studio album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, released that year. In 1996, it was reissued on CD, vinyl and cassette in the UK and Japan with slightly modified artwork, one being a purple disc. The CD reissue version of the album can be seen during a scene at a record store in the 1997 film Chasing Amy.

2016 reissue

The album was reissued by Koolarrow Records on August 19, 2016, and includes nine additional tracks, including three remixes, four demos and two live recordings from a 1986 show at the I-Beam, San Francisco. It was remastered by Maor Appelbaum ^[9]

Music and lyrics

The third track "Mark Bowen" was titled after an early Faith No More/Faith No Man guitarist of the same name.^[10]^[11]

The truth behind "the Mark Bowen" song, is that prior to having a permanent singer, the band named their songs after persons, places, or things that were around when the music was formulated, rather than naming them song A or song B, etc. There were no lyrics and therefore no real song name. When the boys sent a tape to LA, so that Chuck could write some lyrics for his upcoming stint as singer, he made up lyrics for the song that was labeled as, "Mark Bowen". I had spent a day or so with Chuck prior to that, but he did not really know me. He just made up a song. I'm happy to have my 15 minutes of fame from that, ha!
— Mark Bowen^[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]

Select magazine, while also mentioning the roughness of production, said that the music is inexorable and "a lustful marriage of mutoid metal and dancefloor verve that owed nothing to anybody".^[12] AllMusic made repeated reference to the absence of future front man Mike Patton and criticized Chuck Mosley's vocals, calling him "often off-key, fairly monotonous, and colorless" but credited the album for having "lots of attitude", comparing it to early Public Image Ltd works.^[4] Bart Bull at Spin said "they sound like a fresh and unstudied aggregate of the crunch-rock verities—like the Stooges and Sabbath and even the MC5, but already schooled in the pragmatics of arena rock."^[13]

Mike Patton labelled the album as "bad hippie music".^[14] However, his Mr. Bungle bandmate Trey Spruance was a fan.^[15] When Spruance joined Faith No More for their 1995 album King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, he suggested that the band return to the sound they had on We Care a Lot.^[15]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"We Care a Lot"	Mosley, Bottum	Gould, Bottum	4:08
2.	"The Jungle"	Mosley	Bottum, Gould, Bordin	3:10
3.	"Mark Bowen"	Gould, Mosley	Gould, Bordin	3:33
4.	"Jim"	—	Martin	1:16
5.	"Why Do You Bother"	Gould	Gould, Bordin, Bottum	5:39
6.	"Greed"	Gould, Mosley	Gould, Mosley	3:50
7.	"Pills for Breakfast"	—	Bordin, Martin	2:59
8.	"As the Worm Turns"	Mosley	Bottum, Gould, Mosley	3:11
9.	"Arabian Disco"	Mosley	Gould	3:16
10.	"New Beginnings"	Mosley	Mosley	3:46
Total length:				34:51

2016 reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"We Care a Lot" (2016 mix)	4:10
2.	"Pills for Breakfast" (2016 mix)	2:44
3.	"As the Worm Turns" (2016 mix)	3:12
4.	"Greed" (demo)	3:35
5.	"Mark Bowen" (demo)	3:12
6.	"Arabian Disco" (demo)	3:07
7.	"Intro" (demo)	2:18
8.	"The Jungle" (live at I-Beam SF, 1986)	2:35
9.	"New Beginnings" (live at I-Beam SF, 1986)	3:44

We Care a Lot - Deluxe Band Edition - Remastered by Maor Appelbaum

Personnel

Faith No More

Mike Bordin – drums
Roddy Bottum – keyboard
Bill Gould – bass
James B. Martin – guitar
Chuck Mosley – vocals

Production

Matt Wallace – producer
Olga Gerrard – artwork, cover, graphics

Footnotes

^ "WE CARE A LOT | 30 Years". Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ "Faith No More Gig Database - 1985-11-30". www.fnmlive.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Pope, Cervante (September 5, 2016). "Faith No More – We Care A Lot (Reissue)". MXDWN. Retrieved July 16, 2020. Pre-Patton Faith No More was marked mostly by their official 1985 debut We Care A Lot, where the band bestowed an incredibly mastered blend of punk, post-punk and alt metal that sounds even better on the recently remastered rerelease.
^ ^a ^b ^c Prato, Greg. "We Care a Lot - Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
^ Breihan, Tom (November 10, 2017). "Chuck Mosley, Former Faith No More Frontman, Dies at 57". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 16, 2020. Mosley joined the band in 1983. He sang on their first two albums, 1985's We Care a Lot and 1987's Introduce Yourself. With those two albums, the band helped establish the sound of California funk-metal,
^ Aswad, Jem (June 1992). "Faith No More: Angel Dust in the wind". Issue 25. Reflex Magazine. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Faith No More Followers: WE CARE A LOT - 30th Anniversary - Bill Gould Interview + EXCLUSIVE Album Reissue News".
^ Faith No More discography, text alternative. FNM.com. Retrieved June 5, 2016
^ Blistein, Jon (June 2, 2016). "Faith No More Plot Reissue of Seminal Debut 'We Care A Lot'". Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Mark Bowen". Faith. No Man.
^ "Faith No More Frequently Answered Questions".
^ Perry, Neil (September 1990). "Life in a goldfish bowl". Select. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
^ John Leland (June 1986). "Spins". Spin. No. 14. p. 35.
^ "Faith No More: your essential guide to every album". Metal Hammer Magazine. January 18, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Interview with Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Secret Chiefs 3 – Culture Creature". Culturecreature.com. August 30, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

[1] "WE CARE A LOT | 30 Years". Retrieved July 16, 2020.

[2] "Faith No More Gig Database - 1985-11-30". www.fnmlive.com. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

[mxdwn-3] Pope, Cervante (September 5, 2016). "Faith No More – We Care A Lot (Reissue)". MXDWN. Retrieved July 16, 2020. Pre-Patton Faith No More was marked mostly by their official 1985 debut We Care A Lot, where the band bestowed an incredibly mastered blend of punk, post-punk and alt metal that sounds even better on the recently remastered rerelease.

[allmusic-4] Prato, Greg. "We Care a Lot - Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved August 23, 2008.

[chuckdead-5] Breihan, Tom (November 10, 2017). "Chuck Mosley, Former Faith No More Frontman, Dies at 57". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 16, 2020. Mosley joined the band in 1983. He sang on their first two albums, 1985's We Care a Lot and 1987's Introduce Yourself. With those two albums, the band helped establish the sound of California funk-metal,

[reflex25-6] Aswad, Jem (June 1992). "Faith No More: Angel Dust in the wind". Issue 25. Reflex Magazine. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

[gould_2015-7] "Faith No More Followers: WE CARE A LOT - 30th Anniversary - Bill Gould Interview + EXCLUSIVE Album Reissue News".

[fnmdiscog-8] Faith No More discography, text alternative. FNM.com. Retrieved June 5, 2016

[9] Blistein, Jon (June 2, 2016). "Faith No More Plot Reissue of Seminal Debut 'We Care A Lot'". Retrieved July 16, 2020.

[faithnoman-10] "Mark Bowen". Faith. No Man.

[faq-11] "Faith No More Frequently Answered Questions".

[12] Perry, Neil (September 1990). "Life in a goldfish bowl". Select. Retrieved August 23, 2008.

[13] John Leland (June 1986). "Spins". Spin. No. 14. p. 35.

[14] "Faith No More: your essential guide to every album". Metal Hammer Magazine. January 18, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

[culturecreature.com-15] "Interview with Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Secret Chiefs 3 – Culture Creature". Culturecreature.com. August 30, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

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-* [[Post-punk]]
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+* [[alternative metal]]<ref name="mxdwn"/><ref name="allmusic"/>
+* [[funk metal]]<ref name="chuckdead">{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=Chuck Mosley, Former Faith No More Frontman, Dies at 57 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chuck-mosley-dead-faith-no-more-frontman-was-57-1057277 |website=Rolling Stone |access-date=July 16, 2020 |date=November 10, 2017 |quote=Mosley joined the band in 1983. He sang on their first two albums, 1985's ''We Care a Lot'' and 1987's ''Introduce Yourself''. With those two albums, the band helped establish the sound of California funk-metal,}}</ref>
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-'''''We Care a Lot''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Faith No More]], originally released in 1985 and distributed through [[San Francisco]]-based label [[Mordam Records]]. On the original vinyl release, the band is credited as "Faith. No More." on the album's liner notes, back cover, and on the record itself.
+'''''We Care a Lot''''' is the debut studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Faith No More]], originally released in 1985 and distributed through [[Mordam Records]]. On the original vinyl release, the band is credited as Faith. No More. on the album's liner notes, back cover, and on the record itself.
 ==Album information==
-The title track "[[We Care a Lot (song)|We Care a Lot]]" was later rerecorded for their follow-up album ''[[Introduce Yourself]]'' and released as their first single. This later version of the song was incorrectly listed as the original and the album ''Introduce Yourself'' was also listed as the début in the sleeve notes for some subsequent releases, such as the 1998 compilation ''[[Who Cares a Lot?]]''.
+The title track "[[We Care a Lot (song)|We Care a Lot]]" was rerecorded for their follow-up album ''[[Introduce Yourself]]'' and released as their first single. This later version of the song was incorrectly listed as the original and the album ''Introduce Yourself'' was listed as the début in the sleeve notes for some subsequent releases, such as the 1998 compilation ''[[Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits]]''.
 The band is known to have re-recorded only one song from ''We Care a Lot'' in the studio with current singer Mike Patton on vocals. "As the Worm Turns" was recorded during the ''[[Angel Dust (Faith No More album)|Angel Dust]]'' sessions.
-However, a number of live recordings of songs from this album with Patton on vocals have been officially released over the years.
+However, a number of live recordings of songs from this album with Patton on vocals have been released over the years.
-# "We Care A Lot"
-#* various "Falling To Pieces" singles{{cn|date=October 2017}}
-#* ''Live At The Brixton Academy''
-#* "We Care A Lot" (contains Patton's live version from ''Live At The Brixton Academy'' and Mosley's studio version from ''Introduce Yourself''){{cn|date=October 2017}}
-#* "I'm Easy/Be Aggressive" CD2 Single{{cn|date=October 2017}}
-#* "We Care A Lot/I Started A Joke" (contains Patton's live version from ''Live At The Brixton Academy'' and Mosley's studio version from ''Introduce Yourself''){{cn|date=October 2017}}
-#* various "I Started A Joke" singles{{cn|date=October 2017}}
-# "Mark Bowen"
-#* "I'm Easy/Be Aggressive" CD1 single
-# "As The Worm Turns"
-#* various "Epic" CD singles
-#* ''Live At The Brixton Academy''
-A later recording of "We Care a Lot" (from the album ''Introduce Yourself'') is used as the theme song for the [[Discovery Channel]]'s show ''[[Dirty Jobs]]'', hosted by [[Mike Rowe]].
 ==Production==
-The band initially started recording the album without backing from a [[record label]] and, after pooling their money, recorded five songs. This gained the attention of Ruth Schwartz (who was then forming the independent label [[Mordam Records]]) under which the band (after receiving the finances to do so) finished and released the album. It was the first official release for both the band and the label.<ref name=reflex25>{{cite web |url=http://www.faithnomorefollowers.com/2016/06/faith-no-more-june-1992-reflex.html?m=1
+The band initially started recording the album without backing from a record label and, after pooling their money, recorded five songs. This gained the attention of Ruth Schwartz (who was then forming the independent label [[Mordam Records]]) under which the band (after receiving the finances to do so) finished and released the album. It was the first official release for both the band and the label.<ref name=reflex25>{{cite web |url=http://www.faithnomorefollowers.com/2016/06/faith-no-more-june-1992-reflex.html?m=1
-|title=Faith No More: Angel Dust in the wind |accessdate=August 10, 2015 |first=Jem |last=Aswad |date=June 1992 |work=Issue 25 |publisher=Reflex Magazine}}</ref>
+|title=Faith No More: Angel Dust in the wind |access-date=August 10, 2015 |first=Jem |last=Aswad |date=June 1992 |work=Issue 25 |publisher=Reflex Magazine}}</ref>
-The album was recorded in a short space of time on a low budget.<ref name="gould 2015"/> In a 2015 interview, bassist Billy Gould reflected "There are probably things we could have done better, but at the same time I think that the performances were pretty damned good. And that had to do with us keeping focused and needing to work within those budget restrictions. We rehearsed quite a lot before we went in to record, so we were ready."<ref name="gould 2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.faithnomorefollowers.com/2015/11/we-care-lot-30th-anniversary-bill-gould_4.html|title=Faith No More Followers: WE CARE A LOT - 30th Anniversary - Bill Gould Interview + EXCLUSIVE Album Reissue News|publisher=}}</ref>
+The album was recorded in a short space of time on a low budget.<ref name="gould 2015"/> In a 2015 interview, bassist Billy Gould reflected, "There are probably things we could have done better, but at the same time I think that the performances were pretty damned good. And that had to do with us keeping focused and needing to work within those budget restrictions. We rehearsed quite a lot before we went in to record, so we were ready."<ref name="gould 2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.faithnomorefollowers.com/2015/11/we-care-lot-30th-anniversary-bill-gould_4.html|title=Faith No More Followers: WE CARE A LOT - 30th Anniversary - Bill Gould Interview + EXCLUSIVE Album Reissue News}}</ref>
 ==Release history==
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-|align=center|1985	||[[United States]]	||[[Gramophone record|Vinyl]]	||Mordam 	||MDR 1		||
+|align=center|1985	||United States	||[[Gramophone record|Vinyl]]	||Mordam 	||MDR 1		||
 |-
-|align=center|1985	||[[UK]] and [[Europe]]	||Vinyl	||Mordam / Southern / Konkurrent	||MDR 1		||
+|align=center|1985	||UK and Europe	||Vinyl	||Mordam / Southern / Konkurrent	||MDR 1		||
 |-
-|align=center|1985	||[[Europe]]	||Vinyl	||Mordam / Konkurrent	||MDR 1		||
+|align=center|1985	||Europe	||Vinyl	||Mordam / Konkurrent	||MDR 1		||
 |-
-|align=center|1987 	||[[United States]]	||[[Compact Cassette|Cassette]]	||Mordam 	||MDR 1C	||
+|align=center|1987 	||United States	||[[Cassette tape|Cassette]]||Mordam 	||MDR 1C	||
 |-
-|align=center|1995	||[[Australia]]	||CD	||Liberation ||D 19976 ||
+|align=center|1995	||Australia	||CD	||Liberation ||D 19976 ||
 |-
-|align=center|1996 	||[[Europe]]	||CD 		||London 	||828 805-2	||
+|align=center|1996 	||Europe	||CD 		||London 	||828 805-2	||
 |-
-|align=center|1996 	||[[UK]]	||Vinyl 		||London 	||828 805-1	||
+|align=center|1996 	||UK	||Vinyl 		||London 	||828 805-1	||
 |-
-|align=center|1996	||[[Japan]]	||CD		||London	||POCD-1236	||
+|align=center|1996	||Japan	||CD		||London	||POCD-1236	||
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-While released on [[gramophone record|vinyl]] and [[compact audio cassette|cassette]] in 1985, this album would not be released to buy as a [[CD]] until 1995 in [[Australia]] (on [[Festival Mushroom Records|Mushroom Records]]) as a pink disc for the first pressing, and black disc for the second, to coincide with the tour for their fifth studio album ''[[King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime]]'', released that year. In 1996 it was reissued on [[CD]], [[gramophone record|vinyl]] and [[compact audio cassette|cassette]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Japan]] with slightly modified artwork, one being a purple disc. The CD reissue version of the album can be seen during a scene at a record store in the 1997 film ''[[Chasing Amy]]''.{{clear left}}
+While released on [[gramophone record|vinyl]] and [[compact audio cassette|cassette]] in 1985, this album would not be released to buy as a CD until 1995 in Australia (on [[Festival Mushroom Records|Mushroom Records]]) as a pink disc for the first pressing, and black disc for the second, to coincide with the tour for their fifth studio album ''[[King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime]]'', released that year. In 1996, it was reissued on CD, [[gramophone record|vinyl]] and [[compact audio cassette|cassette]] in the UK and Japan with slightly modified artwork, one being a purple disc. The CD reissue version of the album can be seen during a scene at a record store in the 1997 film ''[[Chasing Amy]]''.{{clear left}}
 ===2016 reissue===
-The album was reissued by Koolarrow Records on August 19, 2016, and includes nine additional tracks, including three remixes, four demos and two live recordings from a 1986 show at the I-Beam, San Francisco. Remastered by Maor Appelbaum <ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/faith-no-more-plot-reissue-of-seminal-debut-we-care-a-lot-20160602</ref>
+The album was reissued by Koolarrow Records on August 19, 2016, and includes nine additional tracks, including three remixes, four demos and two live recordings from a 1986 show at the I-Beam, San Francisco. It was remastered by Maor Appelbaum <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/faith-no-more-plot-reissue-of-seminal-debut-we-care-a-lot-190908/|title=Faith No More Plot Reissue of Seminal Debut 'We Care A Lot'|first1=Jon|last1=Blistein|date=June 2, 2016|access-date=July 16, 2020}}</ref>
 ==Music and lyrics==
+The third track "Mark Bowen" was titled after an early Faith No More/Faith No Man guitarist of the same name.<ref name="faithnoman">{{cite web|url=http://faithnoman.com/mark-bowen|title=Mark Bowen|work=Faith. No Man}}</ref><ref name="faq">{{cite web|url=http://old.fnm.com/faq/#6|title=Faith No More Frequently Answered Questions}}</ref>
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-}}
-The third track "Mark Bowen" was titled after an early Faith No More/Faith No Man guitarist of the same name.<ref name="faithnoman">{{cite web|url=http://faithnoman.com/mark-bowen|title=Mark Bowen|work=Faith. No Man}}</ref><ref name="faq">{{cite web|url=http://old.fnm.com/faq/#6|title=Faith No More Frequently Answered Questions|publisher=}}</ref>
 {{bquote|The truth behind "the Mark Bowen" song, is that prior to having a permanent singer, the band named their songs after persons, places, or things that were around when the music was formulated, rather than naming them song A or song B, etc. There were no lyrics and therefore no real song name. When the boys sent a tape to LA, so that Chuck could write some lyrics for his upcoming stint as singer, he made up lyrics for the song that was labeled as, "Mark Bowen". I had spent a day or so with Chuck prior to that, but he did not really know me. He just made up a song. I'm happy to have my 15 minutes of fame from that, ha!|author=Mark Bowen<ref name="faithnoman"/>}}
 ==Critical reception==
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+|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
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+}}
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-''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' magazine, while also mentioning the roughness of production, said that the music is [[wikt:inexorable|inexorable]] and "a lustful marriage of mutoid metal and dancefloor verve that owed nothing to anybody".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.faithnomorefollowers.com/2015/07/faith-no-more-falling-to-pieces-25.html?m=1 |title=Life in a goldfish bowl |accessdate=August 23, 2008 |last=Perry |first=Neil |date=September 1990 |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]]}}</ref> [[Allmusic]] made repeated reference to the absence of future front man [[Mike Patton]] and criticized [[Chuck Mosley]]'s vocals, calling him "often off-key, fairly monotonous, and colorless", but credited the album for having "lots of attitude" comparing it to early [[Public Image Ltd]] works.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r7077|pure_url=yes}} |title=We Care a Lot - Overview |accessdate=August 23, 2008 |last=Prato |first=Greg |website=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref>
+''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' magazine, while also mentioning the roughness of production, said that the music is inexorable and "a lustful marriage of mutoid metal and dancefloor verve that owed nothing to anybody".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.faithnomorefollowers.com/2015/07/faith-no-more-falling-to-pieces-25.html?m=1 |title=Life in a goldfish bowl |access-date=August 23, 2008 |last=Perry |first=Neil |date=September 1990 |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]]}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] made repeated reference to the absence of future front man [[Mike Patton]] and criticized [[Chuck Mosley]]'s vocals, calling him "often off-key, fairly monotonous, and colorless" but credited the album for having "lots of attitude", comparing it to early [[Public Image Ltd]] works.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7077|pure_url=yes}} |title=We Care a Lot - Overview |access-date=August 23, 2008 |last=Prato |first=Greg |website=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> [[Bart Bull]] at ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' said "they sound like a fresh and unstudied aggregate of the crunch-rock verities—like [[the Stooges]] and [[Black Sabbath|Sabbath]] and even the [[MC5]], but already schooled in the pragmatics of arena rock."<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | title=Spins|author=[[Bart Bull|John Leland]]| date=June 1986|issue=14|page=35}}</ref>
-Future Faith No More singer [[Mike Patton]] labelled the album as "bad hippie music".<ref>https://www.loudersound.com/features/faith-no-more-your-essential-guide-to-every-album</ref> However, his [[Mr. Bungle]] bandmate [[Trey Spruance]] was a fan.<ref name="culturecreature.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.culturecreature.com/trey-spruance-interview-faith-no-more-mr-bungle/|title=Interview with Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Secret Chiefs 3 – Culture Creature|date=August 30, 2016|website=Culturecreature.com|accessdate=July 15, 2020}}</ref>
+Mike Patton labelled the album as "bad hippie music".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/faith-no-more-your-essential-guide-to-every-album|title=Faith No More: your essential guide to every album|date=January 18, 2020|website=Metal Hammer Magazine|access-date=July 16, 2020}}</ref> However, his [[Mr. Bungle]] bandmate [[Trey Spruance]] was a fan.<ref name="culturecreature.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.culturecreature.com/trey-spruance-interview-faith-no-more-mr-bungle/|title=Interview with Trey Spruance of Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Secret Chiefs 3 – Culture Creature|date=August 30, 2016|website=Culturecreature.com|access-date=July 15, 2020}}</ref> When Spruance joined Faith No More for their 1995 album ''[[King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime]]'', he suggested that the band return to the sound they had on ''We Care a Lot''.<ref name="culturecreature.com"/>
 ==Track listing==
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 |title9=Arabian Disco                          |music9=Gould                 |lyrics9=Mosley         |length9=3:16
 |title10=New Beginnings                        |music10=Mosley               |lyrics10=Mosley        |length10=3:46
+|total_length=34:51
 }}
-==2016 Reissue Bonus Tracks==
+==2016 reissue bonus tracks==
 {{tracklist|
-|title1=[[We Care a Lot (song)|We Care a Lot]] | note1= 2016 Mix |length1=4:10
+|title1=[[We Care a Lot (song)|We Care a Lot]] | note1= 2016 mix |length1=4:10
-|title2=Pills for Breakfast | note2=2016 Mix                                |length2=2:44
+|title2=Pills for Breakfast | note2=2016 mix                                |length2=2:44
-|title3=As The Worm Turns | note3=2016 Mix                           |length3=3:12
+|title3=As the Worm Turns | note3=2016 mix                           |length3=3:12
-|title4=Greed | note4=Demo                                             |length4=3:35
+|title4=Greed | note4=demo                                             |length4=3:35
-|title5=Mark Bowen | note5=Demo                                |length5=3:12
+|title5=Mark Bowen | note5=demo                                |length5=3:12
-|title6=Arabian Disco | note6=Demo                                    |length6=3:07
+|title6=Arabian Disco | note6=demo                                    |length6=3:07
-|title7=Intro | note7=Dem                                |length7=2:18
+|title7=Intro | note7=demo                               |length7=2:18
-|title8=The Jungle | note8=Live at I-Beam SF, 1986                           |length8=2:35
+|title8=The Jungle | note8=live at I-Beam SF, 1986                           |length8=2:35
-|title9=New Beginnings | note9=Live at I-Beam SF, 1986                              |length9=3:44
+|title9=New Beginnings | note9=live at I-Beam SF, 1986                              |length9=3:44
 }}
-We Care A Lot - Deluxe Band Edition - Remastered by Maor Appelbaum
+*We Care a Lot - Deluxe Band Edition - Remastered by Maor Appelbaum
 ==Personnel==
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 {{col-2}}
 ;Faith No More
-* [[Mike Bordin]] - [[Drum kit|Drums]]
+* [[Mike Bordin]] – drums
-* [[Roddy Bottum]] - [[Keyboard synthesizer|Keyboards]]
+* [[Roddy Bottum]] – keyboard
-* [[Billy Gould|Bill Gould]] - [[bass guitar|bass]]
+* [[Billy Gould|Bill Gould]] – bass
-* [[Jim Martin (musician)|James B. Martin]] - [[guitar]]s
+* [[Jim Martin (musician)|James B. Martin]] – guitar
-* [[Chuck Mosley]] - [[Singing|vocals]]
+* [[Chuck Mosley]] – vocals
 {{col-2}}
 ;Production
-* [[Matt Wallace]] – producer
+* [[Matt Wallace (record producer)|Matt Wallace]] – producer
 * Olga Gerrard – artwork, cover, graphics
 {{col-end}}
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 {{Faith No More}}
+{{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Faith No More albums]]
 [[Category:1985 debut albums]]
 [[Category:Albums produced by Matt Wallace]]
+[[Category:Faith No More albums]]
+[[Category:Post-punk albums by American artists]]

v t e Faith No More
Mike Bordin Billy Gould Roddy Bottum Mike Patton Jon Hudson Mike Morris Wade Worthington Mark Bowen Courtney Love Chuck Mosley Jim Martin Trey Spruance Dean Menta
Studio albums	We Care a Lot Introduce Yourself The Real Thing Angel Dust King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime Album of the Year Sol Invictus
Live albums	Live at the Brixton Academy
Compilations	Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits This Is It: The Best of Faith No More Epic and Other Hits The Platinum Collection The Works The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection
Singles	"Quiet in Heaven"/"Song of Liberty" (as Faith. No Man) "We Care a Lot" "Anne's Song" "From Out of Nowhere" "Epic" "Falling to Pieces" "Midlife Crisis" "A Small Victory" "Everything's Ruined" "(I'm) Easy" "Another Body Murdered" "Digging the Grave" "Ricochet" "Evidence" "Ashes to Ashes" "Last Cup of Sorrow" "Stripsearch" "I Started a Joke" "Motherfucker"
Other songs	"Land of Sunshine"
Videos	You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy Video Croissant Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Videos Double Feature: Live at the Brixton Academy, London (You Fat Bastards) / Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Videos
Concert tours	Album of the Year Tour The Second Coming Tour Sol Invictus Tour
Related bands	Brujeria Dead Cross Fantômas General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners Imperial Teen Mr. Bungle Ozzy Osbourne Peeping Tom Primitive Race Tomahawk
Related articles	Discography Songs recorded Members Tribute of the Year: A Tribute to Faith No More