Faith No More detail We Care A Lot reissue

Faith No More in 1987 (Image credit: Getty)

Faith No More have given more details on the reissue of their debut album We Care A Lot.

Last year, bassist Billy Gould said they were planning on re-releasing the Chuck Mosley-fronted 1985 album, which has been unavailable commercially since 1996.

Now, they’ve revealed the reissued version, titled We Care A Lot (Deluxe Band Edition), will be out on August 19 via Koolarrow Records and will feature a remaster of the original album along with alternative mixes, demos and live cuts.

Gould says: “This was an album that started as a demo before any label had any interest in us. There were a couple of reasons we decided to release this now.

“First of all, it’s been 20 years since it has been commercially available. Secondly, when cleaning out my basement, I discovered the original master reels, and we all thought that resurrecting this from the original tapes would be a great way to reintroduce We Care A Lot into the world.

“Lastly, this has been a band effort – we are releasing this in the same way as we recorded it, deciding everything amongst ourselves and getting our hands deep into the nuts and bolts, just like we used to.”

Mosley says he was “privileged” to be a part of the album and adds: “The other guys were so cool, and there was so much camaraderie. And that came across in the music – Bordin’s drums battling it out with Billy’s bass in antagonistic harmony, Roddy’s melodic atmosphere, swallowed up by Jim’s crunchy metal riffs.

“I found my place somewhere between them all, and when the album was finished, it didn’t sound like anything else.”

Mosley, who was replaced by Mike Patton before the band released 1989’s The Real Thing, is due to head out on his Reintroduce Yourself Tour later this month. Faith No More issued their seventh album Sol Invictus last year.

We Care A Lot Deluxe Band Edition tracklist

We Care A Lot
The Jungle
Mark Bowen
Jim
Why Do You Bother
Greed
Pills for Breakfast
As The Worm Turns
Arabian Disco
New Beginnings
We Care A Lot (2016 mix)
Pills for Breakfast (2016 mix)
As The Worm Turns (2016 mix)
Greed (Original demo)
Mark Bowen (Original demo)
Arabian Disco (Original demo)
Intro (Original demo)
The Jungle (Live)
New Beginnings (Live)

The 10 best Faith No More songs that may have passed you by

Scott has spent 37 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in 2014 before moving into e-commerce in 2020. Scott maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, highlights deals, and reviews headphones, speakers, earplugs and more. Over the last 12 years, Scott has written more than 11,500 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog. He's previously written for publications including IGN, Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald, covering everything from news and features, to tech reviews, video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.