Bigger,_Better,_Faster,_More!

Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
Bigger, Better, Faster, More!
	Original album artwork by Mark Ryden
Studio album by 4 Non Blondes
Released	October 13, 1992
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
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;

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Bigger, Better, Faster, More!

1992 studio album by 4 Non Blondes

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.

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Review scores
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
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

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.

Bigger,_Better,_Faster,_More!

Bigger, Better, Faster, More!

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