Faith No More - Album of the Year

Like many innovators, Faith No More suffer from being lumped in with their imitators.  Fusing rock and hip hop feels so natural now, but when the band started there were definite, and firm, demarcation lines between the genres.  Faith No More seem like the godfathers of the Nu-Metal scene (Korn, Limp Bizkit) but they were so much more than these bands. 

The band really came into its own with songs like Epic, We Care A Lot and Midlife Crisis.  Their biggest song is a cover of Easy by the Commodores.  By playing it straight, it goes against all expectations but works a charm.  Album of the Year has a slight change in direction with a more conservative sound.  But songs like Ashes to Ashes, Stripsearch and Last Cup of Sorrow are certainly not easy listening.  It was to be their final album for 18 years and it was a suitable full stop to their career before their inevitable reformation.