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Best known for their alumni (Rod Stewart, the Stones' Ron Wood, the Who's Kenny Jones), the Faces' brief early 1970s run was as musically rewarding as it was boozy and sideshow spectacular. A revamped, bluesier edition of '60s English pop notables the Small Faces, the Faces established a rollicking musical identity that threatened to overshadow the Stones at their own game. Though the group dissolved under the pressures of Stewart's burgeoning solo career and Wood's recruitment into comfortable career Stonedom, the Faces were about much more than just individual talents. The folksy vulnerability of the late bassist, songwriter, and vocalist Ronnie Lane (well-represented here by "Debris" and "Ooh La La") kept the lads close to roots both geographical and class, while keyboardist Ian McLagen alternated between barrelhouse-boogie and Hammond B-3 soulfulness and Jones loosely locked into irresistible grooves. They could pillage Motown ("Three Button Hand Me Down") and Chuck Berry ("Cindy Incidentally") for riffs, and turn from countrified blues ("Sweet Lady Mary") to the breakneck boogie of "Too Bad" in a heartbeat.
Tracklist
1 Flying (2004 Remaster)
2 Three Button Hand Me Down (2004 Remaster)
3 Wicked Messenger
4 Sweet Lady Mary (2004 Remaster)
5 Bad 'n' Ruin (2004 Remaster)
6 Had Me a Real Good Time (2004 Remaster)
7 Debris (2004 Remaster)
8 Miss Judy's Farm (2004 Remaster)
9 You're So Rude (2004 Remaster)
10 Too Bad (2004 Remaster)
11 Love Lives Here (2004 Remaster)
12 Stay with Me (2004 Remaster)
13 Cindy Incidentally (2004 Remaster)
14 Glad and Sorry (2004 Remaster)
15 Borstal Boys (2004 Remaster)
16 Ooh La La (2004 Remaster)
17 Pool Hall Richard (2004 Remaster)
18 You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (Even Take the Dog for a Walk, Mend a Fuse, Fold Away the Ironing Board, or Any Other Domestic Short Comings) [Single Version]
19 Open to Ideas (2004 Remaster)