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Faith No More – Sol Invictus
I’m pretty disappointed that I didn’t get a chance to review this album because, honestly, I was really impressed with it. In a year of great comeback albums, Sol Invictus may stand among the best of them. The opening title track quickly became one of my favourite songs from the band, with its dark, intense atmosphere. Straight after that we jump into the single, “Superhero” dispensing any fears that Faith No More, now that they’re a bit older, would no longer be able to make songs that just plain rock.
But the album is far from flawless. It seems at times as though Faith No More had a bunch of great ideas and sounds that they couldn’t fully be bothered working into complete songs. Many of the tracks on here feel a lot shorter than they should be, and end far too abruptly. Not only that, but the track listing is just odd. The track “Motherfucker” feels like it would work great as an intro, but is actually track eight of ten. It leaves the album feeling somewhat structureless.
Despite these complains, Sol Invictus is a great album. Tracks like “Sol Invictus” and “Matador” already rank as some of the best Faith No More have ever produced. The album may not top classics like Angel Dust, but it more than earns the right to stand next to them.