Faith No More’s fifth studio album, King for a Day… Fool for a Lifetime , was released in March 1995, and varies greatly from song to song in style; punk , country , jazz , bossa nova , thrash metal , gospel music , along with other signature FNM elements, are woven together throughout the album. Singles included ” Digging the Grave “, ” Evidence “, and ” Ricochet “. The album featured Mr. Bungle’s Trey Spruance on guitar. The record went Gold in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands and Germany, which gave the album a respectable sales figure of around 1.5 million copies; this was significantly lower than the sales of their previous albums. A 7 x 7-inch box set of singles was released, which included the B-sides and some interviews between the songs.
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