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Album dell'anno? Forse no, però una cosa è certa, questo è il disco d'addio dei Faith No More. Già, perché all'uscita di "Album Of The Year" lo scioglimento era nell'aria, più o meno per questi motivi: i troppi cambi di formazione della band, i molti progetti paralleli di Mike Patton ma soprattutto perché dopo quasi quindici anni di attività i Faith No More avevano detto tutto quello che avevano da dire. E hanno detto tanto.
Quest'ultimo sussulto non è ai livelli né del fondamentale "The Real Thing", né dell'eclettico "Angel Dust" e né del tirato "King For A Day...", però è sicuramente un esercizio di alta qualità, anche perché questi cinque musicisti (con la new-entry John Hudson alla chitarra) danno la paga alla maggior parte dei gruppi presenti nel panorama crossover (e non solo...).
Il disco parte subito sparato con "Collision", nome non poteva essere più adatto, il suo avvio è più che mai distruttivo, poi ad un certo punto si placa, per poi riesplodere, il tutto in continui cambi di ritmo perfettamente in stile Faith No More; si continua con la stupenda ballata elettro-rock "Stripsearch" in cui Patton si diverte a portarti in paradiso, poi quando meno te l'aspetti ti ritrovi nell'oscurità più assoluta, si intravede la luce solamente grazie all'assolo di Hudson ma Mike non ti lascia scampo e ti abbandona in un magnifico finale da thriller.
Il riff power e i bisbigli di Patton fanno di "Last Cup Of Sorrow" una grande canzone, per la quale è stato fatto un video che mescola Hitchcock e Lynch, non ci capirete niente però procuratevelo.
L'hardcore tirato di "Naked In Front Of The Computer" ti tiene incollato alle casse per due minuti secchi; i toni si placano un po' con "Helpless", raffinata ballata acustica che diventa più sostenuta nel finale; "Mouth To Mouth" è una bella fusione di tastiere dal sapore orientale e potenti riff con Patton che si destreggia come al solito.
"Ashes To Ashes" è il capolavoro dell'album: sublime melodia al servizio di un rock elegante e allo stesso tempo intenso con le grandi esecuzioni di tutti e cinque i componenti della band, Patton è immenso.
"She Loves Me Not" è una ballata pianistica dai suoni vagamente soul, nell'album è fuori contesto ed è l'episodio meno riuscito, tuttavia si lascia ascoltare; fortunatamente il ritmo si alza con "Got That Feeling", forse il brano più pazzo dell'album: tiratissimo, irresistibile, poteva stare benissimo in "King For A Day...", sembra quasi il sequel di "Get Out".
"Paths Of Glory" e "Home Sick Home" sono due brani con poca identità e di fatto abbastanza trascurabili, ma il finale viene affidato all'ottima "Pristina" con quel suo riff straziante ed infinito, qui Patton canta in falsetto e si lascia andare in un canto d'amore, intonando un lungo "I'll Be With You".
"Album Of The Year" al primo impatto potrebbe deludere perché non propone novità importanti come i dischi precedenti, però maggiori e più accurati ascolti evidenziano una maturità superiore, grande classe e un'eleganza da far paura anche nei momenti più tirati con Patton che si conferma una delle più belle voci dell'intero panorama rock. Per Fortuna c'è lui a salvarci in questo attuale piatto mondo della musica, ormai è diventato un personaggio a 360 gradi e qualunque cosa tocca rischia di trasformarlo in oro: è il Frank Zappa degli anni 2000. Consiglio: tenete d'occhio i suoi progetti
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01 Collision (03:24)
Collision
My mission
When the dawn breaks
With a handshake
Relaxed and feelin' great
Screeching...head on
I'm needing a head on
All the day's plans
All the shaking hands
Beepers and suntans
Screeching...head on
I'm needing a head on
Collision
My mission
02 Stripsearch (04:30)
It's over today
the heat is gone
time is gone.
F for fake
I feel no wrong
hide no wrong.
Love this place
the lights.
Under this face
so dry.
Only way to change
give yourself away.
Don't be ashamed
next in line.
Close one eye
just walk by.
In these days
I'm breathing stone
crying alone.
I'll win this race
I'll leave alone
arrive alone.
Love this place
the lights.
Under this face
so dry.
Stripped to the bone
I did no wrong.
Truth is my name
give yourself away.
F for fake
Give yourself away...
03 Last Cup of Sorrow (04:11)
This is getting old
and so are you.
Everything you know
and never knew.
Will run through your fingers
just like sand.
Enjoy it while you can.
Like a snake between two stones
it itches in your bones.
Take a deep breath and swallow
your sorrow
tomorrow.
So raise it up and lets propose a toast.
To the thing that hurts you most.
It's your last cup of sorrow.
What can you say?
Finish it today.
It's your last cup of sorrow.
So think of me
and get on your way.
It won't begin
until you make it end.
Until you know the how the where and the when.
With a new face you might surprise yourself.
Like a snake between two stones
it itches in your bones.
take a deeper breath and swallow
your sorrow
tomorrow.
So raise it up and lets propose a toast.
To the thing that hurts you most.
It's your last cup of sorrow.
what can you say?
Finish it today.
It's your last cup of sorrow.
So think of me
and get on your way!
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
04 Naked in Front of the Computer (02:08)
My box is full
And my mouth is full
And my life is full
Until the memory's full
In how many ways, words
Can you say nothing
In millions of ways, words
To say nothing
In how many ways, words
Can you say nothing
In millions of ways, words
What'd I say? I'm empty.
I bought the thing
I taught the thing
And I fought the thing
They said it's normal
But they're keeping me dumb, hot
You're missing something
Keeping me dumb, hot
You must be missing something
Keeping me dumb, hot
You're missing something
Keeping me dumb, hot
What'd I say? I'm empty.
And I'm sending it back to you
05 Helpless (05:26)
The air is warm
I hear the wind and the trees
I know I'm there, but I'll never be
The wind is soft tonight, the tide is low
And I know the way
(I never felt better now)
Sometimes life, it moves too slow
Slows to a crawl, and then the poetry is lost
And without speed, hope becomes certainty
And for once I'm certain
(I never felt better now)
A garden is it's own perfect world
Where everything has a place
Every leaf, every stone, every speck of dirt
But where's my place?
I even tried to get arrested today
But everyone looked the other way
I count the hours, and I count the days
But for once I'm certain
Don't want your help
Don't need your help
Don't want your help
Don't need your help
Helpless
You found a way to make me say
Help me please someone
The water's clear
I see that it's full of dimes
For every wish, I wonder why
Why all I want is something beautiful
A place to rest
(I never felt better now)
HELP
06 Mouth to Mouth (03:48)
You tied the knot
A legend is what you bought, ugha
you, you cold water and you
Swear it was wine
you bought time
If you can fool yourself
then why not them?
Just keep on passing it
mouth to mouth to mouth
You tied the knot
A legend is what you bought, ugha
you, you cold water and you
Swear it was wine
you bought time
If you can fool yourself
then why not them?
Just keep on passing it
mouth to mouth to mouth
I can dress up the dead man
But I can't bring him back to life
Bring it back, bring it back
You tied the knot
Peeled your skin off
leaving a bundle of nerves
I give
you a wet noodle
you swear that it was the tip of my tongue
A sharp one
instead of that same old
mouth to mouth to mouth to mouth
I can dress up the dead man
But I can't bring him back to life
Bring it back, bring it back
Mouth to mouth [several times]
07 Ashes to Ashes (03:37)
I want them to know it's me
It's on my head
I'll point the finger at me
It's on my head
Give it all to you
Then I'll be closer
Smiling with the mouth of the ocean
And I'll wave to you with the arms of the mountain
I'll see you
I will let you shout no more
It's on my head
I'll pick you up from the floor
It's on my head
I'll let you even the score
It's on my head
Give it all to you
Then I'll be closer
Smiling with the mouth of the ocean
And I'll wave to you with the arms of the mountain
I'll see you
Give the same to me then I'll be closer, closer
Give the same to me then I'll be closer, closer
Smiling with the mouth of the ocean
And I'll wave to you with the arms of the mountain
Give the same to me then I'll be closer, closer
Give the same to me then I'll be closer, closer
09 Got That Feeling (02:20)
Got that feeling
Luck is just a little of it
Got that feeling
I can't stop winning
A to Z
Look what you're missing, as we speak
Your number's rising, take a peak
There's just enough to go around Get a piece
Your own little piece of hell
Get it - go it
Got that feeling
Loving every minute of it
Got that feeling
I can't stop winning
Have a drink
A pot of coffee, cannot think
Too many friends here, just an inch
Between striking out and striking rich, just a risk
One I'll take and take again
Get it - go it
Got that feeling
Gotta bet a little of it
Got that feeling
I can't stop winning..
And start living
Stop winning
Start living
You can't borrow tomorrow
10 Paths of Glory (04:17)
You squirt out red and turn so yellow
And then you made me kill my own
I'm not afraid
(coming, coming)
But I'm afraid
Blood in your eyes again
Bravery, the face of man
Blood on your mind again
Chivalry, the face of man
Blood in your lies again
Enemy, the face of man
Blood in your eyes, again
Is this the only path of glory?
If so then I won't go alone
Follow the trail
(running) Follow the trail
I'm not afraid
But I'm afraid
12 Pristina (03:54)
I'm watching you
You shall weep no more
It's your last breath of air
These walls won't keep them out
They'll keep you in
But who's going to protect you?
Who?
In every flower bed
In every marriage bed
I'll be with you
I'm watching you
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