Angel Dust (Faith No More Album) - Recording Process

Recording Process

For the recording of Angel Dust, Faith No More, were once again assisted by Matt Wallace, who had produced all the group's previous studio recordings. They entered Coast Recorders in January 1992, originally set to track a total of 17 songs; however after writing two more while in studio ("Malpractice" being one of them), a total of 19 were recorded. At this time, the final titles had not been chosen, and they were often referred with the following working titles, some of which continued to be used in their live set lists:

• "Triplet" – "Caffeine"
• "Madonna" – "Midlife Crisis"
• "Macaroni and Cheese", "Country Western Song" – "RV"
• "Arabic", "The Arabian Song" – "Smaller and Smaller"
• "F Sharp" – "Kindergarten"
• "I Swallow" – "Be Aggressive"
• "Japanese" – "A Small Victory"
• "Action Adventure" – "Crack Hitler"
• "The Sample Song" – "The World Is Yours"
• "The Carpenters Song" – "Everything's Ruined"
• "The Funk Song" - "Land of Sunshine"
• "The Shuffle Song"/"Seagull Song" – unreleased recording, final name believed to be "Virus"

While 13 tracks were released on the standard album, the sessions also produced a cover of the Commodores' "Easy", a reworking of the previously recorded "As the Worm Turns", and the posthumously released "The World is Yours". While the songs "Das Schutzenfest" and the Dead Kennedys' cover "Let's Lynch the Landlord" were both released along with "Easy" on an EP in late 1992, at least one of these songs was not actually not recorded during the Angel Dust sessions: "Let's Lynch the Landlord" was recorded in Bill Gould's bedroom and produced by the band prior to the Angel Dust sessions for "Virus 100", a Dead Kennedy's tribute album. While it is unclear as to whether or not "Das Schutzenfest" is from the Angel Dust sessions, Matt Wallace is listed as the engineer for this song but is given no producer credit (in contrast with the co-producer credit he is given for Angel Dust).