Probably a better effort song-wise, and certainly better production-wise than their first album, Introduce Yourself is still a much maligned album in the history of Faith No More which is probably unfortunate.Whether you love Chuck Mosely, or you hate him, the fact remains that the rest of the band was the core of the music, and their musicianship is second-to-none. The one man who stands up again here is Jim Martin, who guitaring was possibly the forefront of the band until the scene-stealing Mike Patton showed up for the next release.
There are some great songs here though. Leading the way are "Anne's Song", "The Crab Song" and the anthemic "Introduce Yourself", which is probably my favourite song on the album. One can only imagine just how 'popular' this song may have become to the masses if it wasn't for the updated and remodelled version of "We Care a Lot" that accompanies it here. For the masses it was this song that ended up becoming the crowd favourite at live performances, though for me "Introduce Yourself" could have been that song too.
Though somewhat buried by the mega-success the band experienced with their next album, Introduce Yourself deserves respect for paving the way for that eventual success.
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