The Small Faces were an English mod-psych band that placed ten singles on the UK Top 20 between 1965 and 1968, including “All or Nothing,” “Tin Soldier,” “Lazy Sunday,” and the transatlantic pop-psych evergreen “Itchycoo Park.” Despite their relative late arrival on the beat-boom timeline, their quick maturity culminated in the 1968 concept album Ogdens’ […]
What did each of these albums bring to the table in rock’s transformation from Beat through psychedelia and the subsequent emergence of suite-driven symphonic progressive (Genesis, ELP, Yes) and orchestral pop (ELO, Alan Parsons Project, Klaatu). The period from 1966 to 1968 was a pivotal moment in rock history, as the “Beat” era of three-minute […]
There Are but Four Small Faces is a 1967 album by English mod/psych foursome the Small Faces, released on Andrew Loog Oldham’s Immediate label. The album is a U.S. re-sequence of their eponymous third longplayer, released in the U.K. in June of the same year. et Tracklist: A1. “Itchycoo Park” (2:44) A2. “Talk to You” […]
Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake is the fourth album by English pop-psych foursome the Small Faces, released on May 24, 1968, on Immediate. et Tracklist: A1. “Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake” (2:26) A2. “Afterglow (of Your Love)” (3:31) A3. “Long Agos and Worlds Apart” (2:35) A4. “Rene” (4:29) A5. “Song of a Baker” (3:15) A6. “Lazy Sunday” […]
