You Fat Bastards:
Live at the Brixton Academy
Video by
Faith No More
ReleasedAugust 20, 1990 (Video)
February 4, 1991 (Audio)
RecordedApril 28, 1990
VenueBrixton Academy (London)
GenreAlternative metal, funk metal
Length58:28 (Video)
51:05 (Audio)
LabelSlash, London, Reprise, Rhino
DirectorJohn Booth
ProducerJessica Barford
Faith No More chronology
You Fat Bastards:
Live at the Brixton Academy
(1990) 		Video Croissant
(1993)
Alternative covers
Cover of the promo EP
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy is the only officially released live album by Faith No More. It was recorded by William Shapland on April 28, 1990, in the Brixton Academy, London during the tour supporting their third studio album The Real Thing. The album takes its title from a line from an English football chant which was sung by the crowd at the show.[2]

It was released on August 20, 1990, internationally and as an audio only version, under the name of Live at the Brixton Academy, in the United Kingdom on February 4, 1991, with two bonus tracks from The Real Thing sessions. The bonus tracks "The Grade" and "The Cowboy Song" were previously released on the "From Out of Nowhere" 12-inch single but were added to this compilation in order for them to be available on CD. As a result, they do not appear on the vinyl release of Live at the Brixton Academy. The performance of the Black Sabbath song "War Pigs" was later included on the 1994 Black Sabbath tribute compilation Nativity in Black, making it the album's only live track. The reason for including this version, instead of the studio version from The Real Thing album, is unclear.

The video version was later released on a 2-disc DVD set with the video compilation Who Cares a Lot?.

Track lists

International video track list
No.TitleLength
1.Untitled (Intro)0:53
2."From Out of Nowhere"3:26
3."Falling to Pieces"4:57
4."The Real Thing"7:40
5."Underwater Love"3:29
6."As the Worm Turns"2:36
7."Edge of the World"5:18
8."We Care a Lot"4:04
9."Epic"4:46
10."Woodpecker from Mars" (Instrumental)5:30
11."Zombie Eaters"6:15
12."War Pigs"9:21
UK audio track list
No.TitleLength
1."Falling to Pieces"4:47
2."The Real Thing"7:53
3."Epic"4:55
4."War Pigs"6:58
5."From Out of Nowhere"3:24
6."We Care a Lot"3:50
7."Zombie Eaters"6:05
8."Edge of the World"5:50
9."The Grade" (Instrumental, from The Real Thing sessions (Not on vinyl edition))2:05
10."The Cowboy Song" (From The Real Thing sessions (Not on vinyl edition))5:12
Performance set list[3]
No.TitleLength
1."From out of Nowhere" 
2."Falling to Pieces" 
3."Introduce Yourself" 
4."The Real Thing" 
5."Underwater Love" 
6."As the Worm Turns" 
7."The Crab Song" 
8."Edge of the World" 
9."The Morning After" 
10."Chinese Arithmetic" 
11."We Care a Lot" 
12."Surprise! You're Dead!" 
13."Epic" 
14."Woodpecker From Mars" 
15."Zombie Eaters" 
16."Why Do You Bother" 
17."War Pigs" 
18."Easy" 

4 Live from 5 Fat Bastards

The promotional version contained four tracks from the same recording. Some rare copies of it came with a rubber fish, a reference to the music video for "Epic" which apparently Mike Patton was unaware of.[4]

Track list
No.TitleLength
1."Epic" 
2."Zombie Eaters" 
3."Edge of the World" 
4."The Real Thing" 

Personnel

Faith no More
Production

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Parkes, Simon (2014). Live At The Brixton Academy: A Riotous Life in the Music Business. London: Serpent's Tail. p. 306. ISBN 9781846689550.
  3. ^ Negele, Stefan. "Faith No More - 1990 - April - 28". Caca Volante. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
  4. ^ the FNM discography, retrieved on August 25, 2009
  5. ^ "American video certifications – Faith No More – LIVE AT THE BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON". Recording Industry Association of America.
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