Bigger, Better, Faster, More!

Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
Original album artwork by Mark Ryden
Studio album by 4 Non Blondes
Released	October 13, 1992 (1992-10-13)
Recorded	1992
Studio	Groove Masters, Santa Monica, California Record Plant, Sausalito, California
Genre	Alternative rock hard rock
Length	41:02
Label	Interscope Atlantic
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!
"Dear Mr. President" Released: September 1992 "What's Up?" Released: March 1993 "Spaceman" Released: September 1993 "Superfly" Released: March 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C [2]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [3]
Music Week	[4]
NME	3/10 [5]
Q	[6]

Bigger, Better, Faster, More! is the debut 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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Personnel

4 Non Blondes

• Linda Perry  – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Christa Hillhouse – bass, background vocals
• Roger Rocha – lead guitar
• Dawn Richardson  – drums

Additional musicians

• Shaunna Hall  – guitar
• Rory Kaplan  – Mellotron
• Suzie Katayama – cello, accordion
• Louis Metoyer  – guitar
• Dave Rickets – keyboard
• Laurent Tardy – piano

Technical personnel

• David Tickle   – producer
• Paul Dieter   – audio engineer/engineer
• Mark Hensley – engineer
• Jesse Kanner – engineer
• Kent Matcke – engineer
• Laurent Tardy – engineer
• David Tickle – mixing
• Stephen Marcussen   – mastering
• Leslie Gerard-Smith – project coordinator
• Eric Altenburger – design
• Mark Ryden – cover illustration

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Bigger, Better, Faster, More! Chart (1992–1993) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] 4 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9] 1 Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [10] 45 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] 1 European Albums (European Top 100 Albums) [12] 1 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] 1 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [14] 1 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [15] 10 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [16] 1 Portuguese Albums (AFP) [17] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [18] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] 1 UK Albums (OCC) [20] 4 US Billboard 200 [21] 13 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [22] 1

Year-end charts 1993 year-end chart performance for Bigger, Better, Faster, More! Chart (1993) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) [23] 48 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [24] 2 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [25] 49 European Albums (European Top 100 Albums) [12] 9 European Debut Albums (European Top 100 Albums) [26] 2 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [27] 5 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [28] 42 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [29] 6 UK Albums (OCC) [30] 63 US Billboard 200 [31] 55 1994 year-end chart performance for Bigger, Better, Faster, More! Chart (1994) Position New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [32] 49 Singles Year Single Chart Peak 1993 "Spaceman" Mainstream Rock Tracks 39 [33] "What's Up?" Mainstream Rock Tracks 16 [33] "What's Up?" The Billboard Hot 100 14 [34] "What's Up?" Top 40 Mainstream 15 [35]

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Bigger, Better, Faster, More!

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [36]	Gold	65,000 [37]
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 [37]
Japan	—	24,000 [37]
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 [37]
United States (RIAA) [49]	Platinum	1,500,000 [50]
Summaries
Worldwide	—	6,000,000 [51]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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