Album of the Year released

Album of the Year was released in June 1997 and featured yet another new guitarist, Jon Hudson, who was a former roommate of Billy Gould. The album debuted much higher than expected in some countries (for example, in Germany, the album debuted at No. 2 and stayed in the chart for 5 months). In Australia, Album of the Year went to No. 1 and was certified Platinum. The album charted in many countries in Europe. To date, Album of the Year has sold around 2 million copies worldwide. The singles ” Ashes to Ashes ” and ” Last Cup of Sorrow ” had minimal success (notably, the music video for “Last Cup of Sorrow”, which featured actress Jennifer Jason Leigh , was inspired by the Alfred Hitchcock film Vertigo ). ” Stripsearch ” was released as a single in various countries (excluding the U.S. and U.K.). The album received largely negative reviews from U.S.-based critics at the time. Rolling Stone magazine wrote in their June 1997 review, “[They] are floundering around desperately, groping for a sense of identity and direction in a decade that clearly finds them irrelevant”. Following the album’s release, Faith No More toured with Limp Bizkit in 1997, who were frequently booed by Faith No More’s fans.