Introduce Yourself

Introduce Yourself
Original release
Studio album by Faith No More
Released	April 23, 1987
Recorded	Mid-1986 at Studio D in Sausalito, California
Genre	Alternative metal, funk metal, rap metal[1]
Length	37:42
Label	Slash
Producer	Matt Wallace Steve Berlin Faith No More
Faith No More chronology
We Care a Lot (1985) Introduce Yourself (1987) The Real Thing (1989)
Alternative covers
United States CD cover
"Green Splatter" cassette cover
Singles from Introduce Yourself
"We Care a Lot" Released: January 18, 1988 "Anne's Song" Released: May 18, 1988 "Chinese Arithmetic" Released: 1988

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Introduce Yourself is Faith No More's second album, released in 1987. Due to the limited availability of the first album, We Care a Lot (until it was re-released on CD years later), many, including the band, once considered this Faith No More's true debut album. This album features better mixing than its predecessor, which is most evident on this album's version of the song "We Care a Lot," which also features updated, more topical, lyrics. It was the last album Chuck Mosley appeared on with the band.

Release history

The album was originally released in April 1987 on vinyl and cassette. The album cover for this release is a centered ink splatter, with text to the extremes of the cover. The tape has a larger smear of the ink, that looks more like a green spot. The second release of this album was on November 15, 1996, through Slash/Uni Records, this version also featured the centered ink splatter. The last release of this album was on October 17, 2000, through Slash/Rhino Records; they later released This Is It: The Best of Faith No More in 2003. This version has a close up of the ink splatter with the wording a bit further from the edges.

Vinyl release history
Region Label Catalogue # [3] USA Slash 9 25559-1 [4] UK Slash, London SLAP 21 [5] Germany Slash, London 828 051-1 [6] France Slash, London, Barclay 828 051-1 [6] Holland Slash, London, Barclay 828 051-1 [6] Australia Slash, Liberation LIB5095 [7]

Cassette release history
Region Label Catalogue # Pressing Notes [3] USA Slash 9 25559-4 First "Green Splatter" cassette sleeve [8] UK Slash, London SMAC 21 First [9] Germany Slash, London #? First France Slash, London #? First Australia Slash, Liberation #? First USA Slash #? Second yellow profile cassette sleeves

CD release history

Region Label Catalogue # Pressing Notes [3] USA Slash 9 25559-2 First white profile sleeves [10] Canada Slash CD25559 First UK Slash, London 828 051-2 First [11] Germany Slash, London 828 051-2 First [11] France Slash, London 828 051-2 First [11] Australia Slash, Liberation D19617 First Japan Slash, London POCD-1022 First Comes with Japanese discography, lyric pamphlet and bonus picture USA Slash 9 25559-2 Second yellow profile sleeves [10] Australia Polydor, Slash, London 828 051-2 Second Polydor generation re-release [11] Canada Slash CD25559 Second USA Slash, London 422-828 051-2 Third PolyGram generation re-release Canada Slash, London 422-828 051-2 Third UK Slash, London 3984 28201-2 Third [12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Faster Disco"	Mosley	Gould, Bottum, Martin	4:16
2.	"Anne's Song"	Gould, Bottum	Gould, Bottum	4:46
3.	"Introduce Yourself"	Bottum, Mosley	Gould, Bottum, Bordin, Martin	1:32
4.	"Chinese Arithmetic"	Mosley	Martin, Bordin	4:37
5.	"Death March"	Mosley	Gould, Bottum, Martin	3:02
6.	"We Care a Lot"	Bottum, Mosley	Gould, Bottum	4:02
7.	"R n' R"	Gould, Mosley	Gould, Martin	3:11
8.	"The Crab Song"	Mosley	Gould, Bordin	5:52
9.	"Blood"	Mosley	Mosley	3:42
10.	"Spirit"	Gould	Gould	2:52

Personnel

Band members

• Mike Bordin – drums, congas, backing vocals
• Roddy Bottum – keyboards, backing vocals
• Billy Gould – bass, backing vocals
• Jim Martin – guitar, backing vocals
• Chuck Mosley – vocals

Production

• Steve Berlin – producer
• Matt Wallace – producer, engineer
• Jim "Watts" Verecke – assistant engineer
• John Golden – mastering
• Lendon Flanagan – photography
• Bob Biggs – artwork
• Jeff Price – artwork

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1987	Sounds	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	Unordered	[13]

Footnotes

1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Faith No More's next album, 1987's Introduce Yourself...". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-05. ...for the first time, the rap and metal elements didn't sound like they were fighting each other.
2. Introduce Yourself Allmusic Review
3. Faith No More discography, text alternative. FNM.com. Retrieved 05 June 2016
4. Introduce Yourself – 1987 LP release (9 25559-1). Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 May 2008
5. Introduce Yourself – 1987 LP release (SLAP 21). Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 May 2008
6. Introduce Yourself – 1987 LP release (828 051-1). Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 May 2008
7. Introduce Yourself – 1987 LP release (LIB5095). Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 May 2008
8. Introduce Yourself – 1987 CS release (9 25559-4). Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 May 2008
9. Introduce Yourself – 1987 CS release (SMAC 21). Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 May 2008
10. Introduce Yourself – 1987 CD release (9 25559-2). Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 May 2008
11. Introduce Yourself – 1987 CD release (828 051-2). Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 May 2008
12. Introduce Yourself – Dec 1999 CD release (3984 28201-2). Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 May 2008
13. "Sounds – Albums of the Year". Sounds. Retrieved 2008-04-08.