FAITH NO MORE - Sol Invictus Chart Positions Revealed
May 27, 2015, 8 years ago
Faith No More’s Sol Invictus, the Bay Area band’s first new album in 18 years, has landed atop international charts with the 10-track release at #2 in Australia, #4 in Germany, #6 in the UK and #6 in the United States (#14 on Billboard’s Top 200).
“What this tells me,” said Faith No More founder and bass player Bill Gould, “is that there is a need out there; people want to hear things that exist outside the mold. It makes me feel grateful and it gives me hope.”
“We are honoured to be a part of the FNM team and very proud of the success of Sol Invictus,” added Greg Werckman, co-owner of Ipecac Recordings. “Of course, none of this would have happened without the band delivering such a fantastic record and them having faith in us to handle it properly.”
The album was released as a joint partnership between the Faith No More’s own Reclamation Recordings and Ipecac.
In the United States the album also debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Hard Music and Independent Album charts as well as #2 on both the Rock and Alternative Album charts. Faith No More returns to North America this summer, the band launches their European tour on Friday.
Faith No More performed on April 25th at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA. Fan-filmed video of the entire show can be viewed below.
The setlist on the night was as follows:
"Motherfucker""From Out of Nowhere"
"Caffeine"
"Evidence"
"Epic"
"Sunny Side Up"
"Surprise! You're Dead!"
"Midlife Crisis" (with "Rich Girl" by Hall & Oates interlude)
"Everything's Ruined"
"The Gentle Art of Making Enemies"
"Easy" (Commodores cover)
"Spirit"
"King for a Day"
"Ashes to Ashes"
"Superhero"
Encore:
"This Guy's in Love With You" (Burt Bacharach cover)
Mark Bowen" (with Chuck Mosley)
Encore 2:
"From the Dead"
