Sol Invictus
by Faith No More
  • Record Label: Ipecac
  • Release Date: May 19, 2015
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 64 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 64
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 64
  3. Negative: 2 out of 64
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  1. Fastpoose
    May 29, 2015
    4
    Firstly I'm a HUGE Faith No More fan. I still listen to their albums regulary, marvelling at the brilliance of their work, especially Angel Dust.

    This is one of the very few albums that gets worse the more I listen to it. It goes along the same lines of many bands that have been around for ages...Metallica etc. The album is short and shallow. My hypothesis of shallow albums from    Firstly I'm a HUGE Faith No More fan. I still listen to their albums regulary, marvelling at the brilliance of their work, especially Angel Dust.

    This is one of the very few albums that gets worse the more I listen to it. It goes along the same lines of many bands that have been around for ages...Metallica etc. The album is short and shallow. My hypothesis of shallow albums from bands that have done it all is: they (the band members) are all busy with families and life and just haven't got the time to put themselves 100% into their work anymore. Patton even admits this in an interview regarding the album.

    I really wanted to love this album but it is so short on depth and imagination that it just doesn't come up to par.

    This is not an album I will be reaching for in 20 years, yet most of FNM other albums I have been reaching for relentlessly over the last 20 years and beyond...sad but true :(    … Expand

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. The Wire
    Jun 5, 2015
    80
    Sol Invictus is a looser, more relaxed record than its predecessors, occasionally dropping into a lounge ballad mode that suits Patton's vocals. [Jun 2015, p.52]
  2. Magnet
    Jun 4, 2015
    80
    This album finds Patton in his glory. [No. 120, p.55]
  3. Record Collector
    May 26, 2015
    80
    Add curveballs such as From The Dead, a plangent alt. country anthem, and it all adds up to the logical follow-up to 1997’s Album Of The Year. It’s like they’ve never been away.
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