Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits is a greatest hits retrospective compilation album by American rock band Faith No More. It was released on compact disc and compact cassette by Slash Records and London Records in Britain and Europe on November 24, 1998, and by Slash Records and Reprise Records in North America on December 8, 1998. On January 8, 2021, Slash Records and Rhino Records re-issued the compilation on phonograph record.

Issued following the band's April 1998 breakup, a companion video album was also released on video home system under the title Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Videos by Slash Records and London Records via Polygram Video in Britain and Europe, and Slash Records and Reprise Records via Warner Reprise Video in North America on February 23, 1999. The album was most commercially successful in Australia, reaching number 4 on the country's charts and being certified Platinum. It also charted in New Zealand and several European countries, but failed to chart on the Billboard 200 in the United States.

The album's content spans most of the band's career (at the time of its initial break-up in 1998), including songs from all of the band's studio albums released through Slash Records (1987–1997). The first disc collects 15 singles from the band's Slash Records career in chronological order. It features the most recognized hits and promos. The second disc has a handful of unreleased songs, B-sides, demos, and live recordings. Some of the notable previously unreleased material includes "The World Is Yours" and "I Won't Forget You".

Production Unlike later Faith No More compilations released through Slash/Warner, the band were involved with this release. Regarding the track selection, bassist Billy Gould remarked in a September 1998 interview

In this interview, Gould additionally said that due to the band's variety of styles, there could be genre-themed compilation for Faith No More, such a metal compilation, a pop compilation or a soul compilation. However, he noted that this would be logistically difficult to do since it would require releasing multiple albums.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1998) Peakposition

Chart (2021) Peakposition

Year-end charts Chart (1998) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 68

Certifications

Release history There were three different versions that were put out for this compilation. Between the versions, the title and covers were altered.

The album art for the American release was the red question mark on black background, while the United Kingdom, European, Argentine, and Oceanian releases featured the Benny Hill art. The Oceanian double disc edition also had a "Limited Edition 2CD Set" sticker, as in other markets the bonus disc was not limited. In Europe, only a single disc edition was released. For this, the first five tracks off the second disc were simply added to the end of the compilation.

Region Title Notes Release date Discs (tracks) Label Germany Who Cared a Lot Original promo 1998/11/02 (16) CD Slash/London Europe Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits 1998/11/24 (20) CD/Tape WEA/Slash/London Germany Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits 1998/11/06 (15) CD Universal Japan We Cared a Lot? The Greatest Hits 1998/11/30 (15) CD Universal International North America Who Cares a Lot? Greatest Hits 1998/12/08 (15+8) 2×CD  WEA/Reprise Oceania Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits First pressing. Limited edition - (15+8) 2×CD  WEA/Slash/London Oceania Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits Second pressing. Reissue - (20) CD WEA/Slash/London United Kingdom Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits 1998/10/12 (15+8) 2×CD  WEA/Slash/London United Kingdom Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits Reissue 1999/10/04 (15) CD WEA/Slash/London

Promo The album was originally titled Who Cared a Lot?. It had a different track listing and cover artwork, but only saw release as a promo.

Footnotes

<li>All releases of this compilation contain the Slash Records version of "We Care a Lot" found on 1987's Introduce Yourself, rather than the one from the band's earlier independent 1985 album We Care a Lot. The album sleeves that describe the track as "Original Version" are therefore misleading, but originate from Slash Records later releasing a live version of "We Care a Lot" from Live at the Brixton Academy as a single in 1991. Live on October 6, 1997, at San Francisco <li>^ Live on October 21, 1997, at the Horden Pavilion, Sydney, Australia recorded by MTV Australia

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