Bigger, Better, Faster, More!

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Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
4 Non Blondes - Bigger, Better, Faster, More!.jpg
Original album artwork by Mark Ryden
Studio album by
4 Non Blondes
ReleasedOctober 13, 1992 (1992-10-13)
Recorded1992
Studio Groove Masters, Santa Monica, California
Genre
Length41:02
Label
Producer David Tickle
4 Non Blondes chronology
Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
(1992)		Hello Mr. President (Live in Italy 1993)
(1994)
Singles from Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
  1. "Dear Mr. President"
    Released: September 1992
  2. "What's Up?"
    Released: March 1993
  3. "Spaceman"
    Released: September 1993
  4. "Superfly"
    Released: March 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau C [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
Music Week Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 3/10 [5]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

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.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Train" Linda Perry 3:42
2."Superfly"Perry ·Katrina Sirdofsky4:37
3."What's Up?"Perry4:55
4."Pleasantly Blue"Perry2:28
5."Morphine & Chocolate" Shaunna Hall 4:44
6."Spaceman"Hall ·Perry3:40
7."Old Mr. Heffer"Wanda Day ·Hall ·Christa Hillhouse ·Perry2:16
8."Calling All the People"Day ·Hall ·Hillhouse ·Perry · Dawn Richardson 3:17
9."Dear Mr. President"Perry4:43
10."Drifting"Perry3:31
11."No Place Like Home"Day ·Hall ·Hillhouse ·Perry3:08
Total length:41:02

Personnel

4 Non Blondes

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [36] Gold65,000 [37]
Austria (IFPI Austria) [38] 2× Platinum100,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [39] Platinum100,000^
France (SNEP) [40] Gold100,000*
Germany (BVMI) [41] 3× Gold825,000 [37]
Japan—24,000 [37]
Mexico—225,000 [42]
Netherlands (NVPI) [43] Gold50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [44] Platinum15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [45] Platinum100,000^
Sweden (GLF) [46] Gold50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [47] 2× Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [48] Gold160,000 [37]
United States (RIAA) [49] Platinum1,500,000 [50]
Summaries
Worldwide—6,000,000 [51]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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