Fantômas is the debut album by Mike Patton

's supergroup by the same name

Fantômas (band)

Fantômas is an avant-garde metal supergroup formed in 1998 in California, United States. The band is named after Fantômas, a supervillain featured in a series of crime novels popular in France before World War I and in film, most notably in the 60s French movie series.-History:Fantômas began just...

, and the first album released on Ipecac Recordings. The cover depicts the Spanish poster for the 1965 French movie Fantômas se déchaîne

Fantômas se déchaîne

Fantômas se déchaîne is a 1965 film starring Jean Marais as the arch villain with the same name opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Juve and the journalist Fandor, also played by Marais. It was France's answer, with the Fantômas trilogy starting in 1964, to the James...

, translated in Spanish as Fantômas amenaza al mundo (Fantômas threatens the world). Because of this, some people refer to this album as Amenaza al Mundo; however, it is officially self-titled.

Track listing

All tracks written by M. Patton

1. "Book 1: Page 1" – 1:33
2. "Book 1: Page 2" – 1:38
3. "Book 1: Page 3" – 1:08
4. "Book 1: Page 4" – 4:22
5. "Book 1: Page 5" – 0:45
6. "Book 1: Page 6" – 1:11
7. "Book 1: Page 7" – 0:54
8. "Book 1: Page 8" – 1:01
9. "Book 1: Page 9" – 0:47
10. "Book 1: Page 10" – 1:20
11. "Book 1: Page 11" – 0:53
12. "Book 1: Page 12" – 1:58
13. "Untitled" – 0:03
14. "Book 1: Page 14" – 2:11
15. "Book 1: Page 15" – 2:13
16. "Book 1: Page 16" – 0:57
17. "Book 1: Page 17" – 0:50
18. "Book 1: Page 18" – 5:06
19. "Book 1: Page 19" – 1:21
20. "Book 1: Page 20" – 0:29
21. "Book 1: Page 21" – 0:38
22. "Book 1: Page 22" – 2:11
23. "Book 1: Page 23" – 0:56
24. "Book 1: Page 24" – 0:52
25. "Book 1: Page 25" – 0:52
26. "Book 1: Page 26" – 1:15
27. "Book 1: Page 27" – 1:37
28. "Book 1: Page 28" – 1:35
29. "Book 1: Page 29" – 1:11
30. "Book 1: Page 30" – 0:33

Album details

Track 13 is not listed, as 13 is considered an unlucky number. There is no song on this track, simply the fading out of a cymbal from Page 12. The Director's Cut

The Director's Cut

The Director's Cut is an album by Mike Patton's supergroup Fantômas. All the songs are more or less recognizable cover versions of popular movie themes. This album has many more occasions of Patton using traditional vocals than Fantomas's other albums....

, the next Fantômas album, also has silence in place of Track 13.

The album serves as a soundtrack to a comic book.

Credits

• Mike Patton
  Mike Patton
  Michael Allan "Mike" Patton is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor, best known as the lead singer of the metal/experimental rock band Faith No More. He has also sung for Mr...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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  , samples
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  , producer
  Record producer
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  , artwork
  Cover art
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• Dave Lombardo
  Dave Lombardo
  Dave Lombardo is a Cuban American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with American thrash metal band Slayer. He has performed with Slayer on seven albums, including their groundbreaking 1986 release Reign In Blood and their 2006 release Christ Illusion, for which he received critical praise...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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• Buzz Osborne
  Buzz Osborne
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   – guitar
  Guitar
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• Trevor Dunn
  Trevor Dunn
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   – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Billy Anderson
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   – engineer
• Gummo – assistant engineer
• Different Fur – mixing
• Adam Muñoz – assisted mixing
• George Horn – mastering
• Zuccatosa – artwork
• John Yates
  John Yates (artist)
  John Yates is an English graphic designer, and from 1990 to 1999 was the owner of Allied Recordings . Yates is most well known for the numerous album covers he has done for bands such as Alkaline Trio, Melvins, Antischism, The Promise Ring, Dead Kennedys, Jawbreaker, Crass, and NoMeansNo, among...
  
   – artwork
• Greg Werckman
  Greg Werckman
  Greg Werckman lives in a suburb in Northern California, was the lead singer of the band Duh! and operates Ipecac Recordings from a backyard cottage, which was launched in 1999 with former Faith No More frontman Mike Patton...
  
   – management
  Management
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