Faith No More Announces Deluxe Editions of “The Real Thing” and “Angel Dust”

Credit: Dustin Rabin Faith No More is releasing deluxe editions of their 1989 breakthrough album, The Real Thing, and its follow-up, 1992's Angel Dust. The reissues will be released June 9, with vinyl versions coming out in August.

The deluxe editions of The Real Thing and Angel Dust will both include a bonus disc featuring live tracks and other rarities. The bonus The Real Thing disc will feature remixed versions of "Falling to Pieces" and FNM's first big single, "Epic," as well as live versions of "Surprise You're Dead," "Underwater Love," and the band's take on the Black Sabbath classic, "War Pigs."

Meanwhile, the bonus Angel Dust disc includes covers of the Dead Kennedys song "Let's Lynch The Landlord," as well as "Easy," a 1977 #1 hit for Lionel Richie's Commodores.

As for new Faith No More music, the band is gearing up for the May 19 release of Sol Invictus, their first new album in 18 years. Currently, FNM is on their first North American tour since 2010, the first leg of which wraps up May 15 in Philadelphia. The band will return to the U.S. on July 26 in Austin, Texas

Here are the track lists for the deluxe reissues of The Real Thing and Angel Dust:

The Real Thing
Disc One

"From Out of Nowhere"
"Epic"
"Falling to Pieces"
"Surprise You're Dead"
"Zombie Eaters"
"The Real Thing"
"Underwater Love"
"The Morning After"
"Woodpecker from Mars"
"War Pigs"
"Edge of the World"

The Real Thing
Disc Two

"Sweet Emotion"
"Epic" (Radio Remix Edit)
"Falling to Pieces" (Matt Wallace Remix)
"Cowboy Song" (B-side)
"The Grade" (B-side)
"From Out of Nowhere" (Extended Remix)
"War Pigs" (Live Berlin)
"Surprise You're Dead" (Live Sheffield)
"Chinese Arithmetic" (Live Sheffield)
"Underwater Love" (Live at Brixton Academy)
"As the Worms Turns" (Live at Brixton Academy)

Angel Dust
Disc One

"Land of Sunshine"
"Caffeine"
"Midlife Crisis"
"R.V."
"Smaller and Smaller"
"Everything's Ruined"
"Malpractice"
"Kindergarten"
"Be Aggressive"
"A Small Victory"
"Crack Hitler"
"J**zlobber"
"Midnight Cowboy"
"Easy"

Angel Dust
Disc Two

"Easy" (Cooler Version)
"Das Schutzenfest" (German version)
"As the Worm Turns" (Mike Patton vocal/Japan bonus track)
"Let's Lynch the Landlord" (B-Side)
"Midlife Crisis" (The Scream Mix)
"A Small Victory" (R-Evolution 23 (Full Moon) Mix)
"Easy" (Live Munich)
"Be Aggressive" (Live Munich)  
"Kindergarten" (Live Munich)
"A Small Victory" (Live Munich)
"Mark Bowen" (Live Munich)
"We Care a Lot" (Live Munich)
"Midlife Crisis" (Live Dekalb, IL)
"Land of Sunshine" (Live Dekalb, IL)
"Edge of The World" (Live St. Louis)
"R.V." (Live Dekalb, IL)
"The World Is Yours" (Outtake from Angel Dust sessions)


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