Small Faces (1967 album)
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| Studio album by Small Faces | ||||
| Released | 23 June 1967 | |||
| Recorded | October 1966 – April 1967 | |||
| Studio | Olympic Studios, London | |||
| Genre | British Invasion, mod, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 30:24 | |||
| Label | Immediate | |||
| Producer | Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane | |||
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Cover of the US version entitled There are but Four Small Faces.
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| Classic Rock | 8/10 |
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Small Faces is a 1967 album by the Small Faces, their first for Immediate Records after leaving Decca. It peaked at number 12 in the UK Album Chart. In America, the album was issued with an alternative track order as There Are But Four Small Faces. The band's debut album, released on Decca in 1966, is also entitled Small Faces.
At the time of the release of this album, an album, From the Beginning, was released by Decca. Small Faces had transferred to the Immediate label headed by Andrew Loog Oldham. At the beginning of "All Our Yesterdays" Steve Marriott can be heard in an exaggerated cockney voice announcing "And now for your delight ah, the darling of Wapping Wharf launderette, Ronald ah 'Leafy' Lane!!!". An alternative version of the Immediate Small Faces, entitled There are But Four Small Faces, was released in the United States somewhat belatedly through Columbia Records distribution.
The album is a favourite of Small Faces obsessive Paul Weller, who named the album in his 'Top Ten of All-Time' in 1992. The Jam had covered 'Get Yourself Together' between 1981–1982. Donovan (a friend of the Small Faces) recorded "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (1968), a song that both musically and thematically references "Green Circles."
All tracks written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, unless otherwise noted.
All lead vocals by Steve Marriott except where as noted
* The 'to Bedfordshire' part of the title is missing on the US LP.
Castle Communications released a combined version of the two albums on CD in 1997, it retained the original UK track listing, with the five USA tracks added at the end.
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