Bigger, Better, Faster, More! is the only studio album by American rock band 4 Non Blondes, released on October 13, 1992. The first single was "Dear Mr. President", which bass player Christa Hillhouse told Songfacts "was about the hierarchy of power and government."[7] The second single, "What's Up?", reached No. 1 in several countries and went gold in the United States, while the album itself went platinum, accumulating sales of 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and 6 million copies worldwide.
Bigger, Better, Faster, More! | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 13, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Studio | Groove Masters, Santa Monica, California | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 41:02 | |||
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Producer | David Tickle | |||
4 Non Blondes chronology | ||||
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Singles from Bigger, Better, Faster, More! | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | C[2] |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[3] |
Music Week | [4] |
NME | 3/10[5] |
Q | [6] |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Train" | Linda Perry | 3:42 |
2. | "Superfly" | Perry · Katrina Sirdofsky | 4:37 |
3. | "What's Up?" | Perry | 4:55 |
4. | "Pleasantly Blue" | Perry | 2:28 |
5. | "Morphine & Chocolate" | Shaunna Hall | 4:44 |
6. | "Spaceman" | Hall · Perry | 3:40 |
7. | "Old Mr. Heffer" | Wanda Day · Hall · Christa Hillhouse · Perry | 2:16 |
8. | "Calling All the People" | Day · Hall · Hillhouse · Perry · Dawn Richardson | 3:17 |
9. | "Dear Mr. President" | Perry | 4:43 |
10. | "Drifting" | Perry | 3:31 |
11. | "No Place Like Home" | Day · Hall · Hillhouse · Perry | 3:08 |
Total length: | 41:02 |
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Year-end charts edit
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[37] | Gold | 65,000[36] |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[38] | 2× Platinum | 100,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[39] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
France (SNEP)[40] | Gold | 100,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[41] | 3× Gold | 825,000[36] |
Japan | — | 24,000[36] |
Mexico | — | 225,000[42] |
Netherlands (NVPI)[43] | Gold | 50,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[44] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[45] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Sweden (GLF)[46] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[47] | 2× Platinum | 100,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[48] | Gold | 160,000[36] |
United States (RIAA)[50] | Platinum | 1,500,000[49] |
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Worldwide | — | 6,000,000[51] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |