Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Distinctly stylish, delightfully digestible, and distinguishingly British, Small Faces has put together an extremely tight and psychedelic concept album here that I wouldn't hesitate to listen to again. Highlight: Lazy Sunday Lowlight: The Hungry Intruder Surprise Hit: Rene

4.3 - Side A features roots rock à la Faces, Rod Stewart’s early band, but with some stronger psychedelic leanings. Side B delves into more Alice in Wonderland territory with nonsense storytelling spoken word interludes and bouncy “Sgt. Peppers” type ditties. Overall a great listen. Standouts: “Afterglow of Your Love”, “Lazy Sunday.”

Really good !!!!

This album starts out really cool: heavily psychedelic with a bunch of guitar effects. If the rest of the album was as good as the first track, it would have blown my mind that I had never heard this album before. The album gets a little more normal after the first track. It's still good throughout, just less revolutionary. I'll say that I don't love this late 60s British style of concept album, but I found the music really good overall. They do a lot to keep it interesting 4/5

Typ Beatles fast lite mer goffy. Coolare instrument och jag gillar

I enjoyed this album. The opening instrumental was excellent and was a prelude to the fine playing displayed throughout. The Novella that was played out on what I guess was side 2 with the spoken word narration between the songs was enjoyuable and maybe would become even ,moreso if I followed along with the narrative. I understand why it has a great reputation. 4 stars

This is very good- quirky and very well produced. Rock (not heavy) and psychedelic yes. As some others have said the 2nd half is more of a concept whereas the opening tracks are more rock/pop. Still, it's well worth repeated listenings to full get into.

I didn’t really connect with the second side, but the first side had a groovy vibe of the 60s to it that I liked.

Fun and whimsical.

Recently a friend added Small Faces’ Itchycoo Park to a shared playlist and I enjoyed hearing that song. I was content to consider the group a one-hit wonder and move on. Again 1001 comes to the rescue to expand my knowledge of this group. I do believe I have heard Lazy Sunday before because it is quite familiar. I’m not sure why I am not more familiar with it because it is quite fun and seemed like it should be better remembered. The variations among the songs on the first side of the album were great. The second side is a series of songs connected by narration and goes full 60s nut-flake. I love it! Experimental, nutty fun! This earned its place on the list.

Well I absolutely loved this. Was a complete array and Afterglow blew my mind. It was lots of things I love about The Band, lovely harmonies and full music. Some of the more cockney ones weren't so much my bag. But overall loved it!

This was great. Really interesting, never heard of them or the album but it was cool

Weirdly rather fun. Nice surprise.

An entertaining rock album that could not be more British. It also sounds a decade ahead of their contemporaries.

This was quite a surprise. Entertaining album/music, catchy, good vibes....

Fun album that reminds me of Monty Python songs. Very amusing.

This was a very strange but very I trifling album. There were lots of good psychedelic and folk rock elements with some punctuated harder overdriven rock elements peppered throughout. The second half is a whimsical proto mini rock opera that fully leans into its absurdity. I’ve noticed a trend in British music of the late 60s and 70s that take an almost dreamlike approach to certain narrative elements in their albums. I think this album succeeds on that count.

Started off pretty solid, but then my interest started to fade a bit. Probably a 3, but giving it a 4 because I want to hear it again and I feel nice today.

Good music, the spoken word less so.

Sample heavy!!!!!!

Quirky and odd but still very catchy. A great example of British music in the 1960s

Itchykoo Park is my Small Faces go to. I was not familiar with this album. I like this 60s vibe and playing on this album. The "concept" album narrative is okay at first but I think it took up too much time away from the actual music. Put it in the liner notes and I'll follow along if I feel the story line is necessary to follow along. Too much talk.

really nice. I like this 60s English sound so much

Het eerste nummer kwam heel bekend voor, het zou zo op Innerspeaker van Tame Impala passen! Wat een leuk album, de narration vond ik grappig, al hier en daar een tikkeltje té. Zou dit prima vaker luisteren

Very good pychedelic, early prog rock album from 1968. The opening song is stunning, and there are a lot of typical British pychedelia on it (Lazy Sunday Afternoon is one good example of it). Steve Marriott was such a great frontman. Overall it was a very enjoyable record. 4.25-4.50/5.0

PREFS : Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake, Afterglow (of Your Love), Rene, Song of a Baker, Lazy Sunday, Rollin' Over, Happydaystoytown MOINS PREF : Happiness Stan

We are the Village Green Head Injury Society

tri massa o som, contemporaneo beatle e tal

I quite enjoyed that. It wasn't anything really ground-breaking but it was fun and skillful. A bit of a weird concept but executed well.

Classic rock album. It was just nice to listen, I added it to myself so that I could listen to it a couple more times in the future. Among the disadvantages - the overload of the instrumental part is inherent at that time. However, this does not interfere with listening. Definitely a good album, the best version of the Beatles.

fantastic! the concept section is so well done. Doesn’t sound like it’s from 1968. The mixing is exquisite!! Best tracks: ogdens nut gone flake, lazy Sunday, Rene

This album is not for headphones. The stereo image is very weird. The songs are great. This band is underrated. When talking about 60s British rock, people mention the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, maybe the Kinks and the Who. This record is on par with them. Favorite song: the Journey.

Mad as a fly sharing a sandwich. Fun though.

Psicodèlia anglesa en el seu punt més refinat. Dos grans clàssics a la cara A com 'Lazy Sunday' i 'After Glow' i una segona cara espatarrant, una volada psicodèlica influenciada pel recent 'Sgt. Peppers', però amb la qualitat que tenia la banda, la cosa funciona

Fun psychedelic rock concept album. Great group filled with great musicians.

It really is a shame that the small faces decided to align themselves with the 'Mods'. This had the unfortunate effect of meaning that they had almost no fan base outside of the UK as the Mods were a very UK centric group. Had they stayed unaligned (and found a better manager earlier) they would have been a much bigger success than they were. Musically they were easily as good as The Who, and probably more inventive - certainly more varied in style. This album is worth listening to, even though the storytelling part towards the end really doesn't work that well. If you ignore the spoken word passages and just pay attention to the music it is high quality throughout.

it's been a while since i've listened to this so i got the mild fear about it being really shit and i lose another (half) album that i once loved. luckily this was better than i remembered. The first half of this album is really fucking good and it's really nice of them to put all the good songs on the first side so once that fucking weird storytelling shite starts you can just fuck it off and not have to suffer. imagine if they hadn't bothered with that wank and just ploughed on with a full album like the first half. we could have had a world where steve marriot never left, the small faces continued and we would never have had to put up with that smug grottbags looking cunt who fronted the faces.

That was a pretty fun listen, the opening track was impressive by just how 'big' the sound was. For an album recorded in 1968 it had a feel of something more (relatively) modern but with a good dose of swinging 60s spirit

The first half of the album felt like store-brand Kinks to me, but I warmed up to it once the "Unwinese" narration started. Quite enjoyable overall! Fave track - apart from the narration bits, "Lazy Sunday" is quite fun.

Surprising. Trippy vibe not too far from Tame Impala.

Obviously, a weird album but great musicality and tone

So 60s it would sound like a parody if it came out now. The whole second half, with weird narration and short songs, showed a whole different way of making an album.

Very modern sounding for the sixties, the recordings are good and jolly. A nice album by the Small Faces.

Enjoyed it.

It was wierd but good

Briish af, stupid but good

yes!

Ah, the psychedelic 60s. An extra star for the poetic ballad on side 2

Groovy stuff

was a bit annoyed with the voicing at first but towards the ongoing album it became quite endearing including the narration elements

Great, but slightly mad.

The first disc was forgettable. Nothing special, just regular psychedelic-ish rock. The only good song on that half was "Lazy Sunday". The second disc absolutely saves the entire album and carries it to a 4/5 for me. I love stupid concepts and a guy riding a giant fly to locate the other half of the moon is something I can get behind. It was strangely nostalgic and reminded me of old fairy tales (something they were probably going for). Best songs: "Lazy Sunday", "Happiness Stan", "Mad John", "HappyDaysToyTown".

En tant qu’amateur de rock progressif et de psychédélique, je ne peux que me réjouir de découvrir cet album. On entend bien, par exemple, ce que « Supper’s Ready » doit à « Happiness Stan ». Les Petites Faces n’ont pas la finesse de Genesis, mais c’est bien correct comme ça.

Crazy album! I actually really liked it. Very cool psychedelic rock experience. The narration between tracks is a bit bizarre, but that only adds to the wild experience.

I haven't listened to this album in many years. I bought it in my late teens, during a psychedelic phase. I preferred (then) side 2, with its interstitial tale of Happiness Stan and more whimsical songs. Listening to it now, I prefer the tougher side 1, which is (I think) a more transitional piece between the Small Faces and the bands to follow (Faces, and Humble Pie). This will definitely be getting more play from me.

What was that?

Yeah this was good.

De va håårt man….. på någo sätt påminde de mig om gamla dagar….

Nut indeed… also a fairly eclectic range of psychedelia covered on this LP. This week’s word is ”eclectic”

Brilliant opening track. There's strong work on the rest of the album. Many reviews here suggest Python connections with the narration and themes of the music - we should realise that this album was recorded (should one say compiled?) well over a year before Python was first broadcast. Python were Oxbridge - small faces came from East London and the language and cadence of the narration are, while clearly not being Polari, are very much Polari-esque and steeped in music halls the Pythons would absolutely not have known, except by academic interest. The album is definitely worth a listen, and whilst undeniably a concept album, has enough great music to be worth dipping into again. Not faultless, the novelty aspect of it won't reward repeat plays in full, nonetheless I'd say a solid 4/5.

chique

Funky title, funky band. A bit special really. Bet deep down Blur would have swapped everything they ever did to have released something this original.

I enjoyed this album. I can see how it influenced psychedelic rock.

Это какая-то история. Нихуя не понял, но очень интересно.

Beatles vibes

Love me some 60s psychedelic rock 4.5/5

Interesting .. especially side 2

Really fun and heartfelt rock/spoken word stuff. The opening track was the perfect start to this album, I loved it!

Further proof that back in the day, Itchycoo Park had the best drugs.

Dobra psihodelija (prva strana albuma) u kombinaciji pozitive i spoken worda (cijela druga strana albuma) - jako simpatična priča, bajka, to mi je i presudilo za ocjenu. Volim kad u albumima ima nekakav koncept - kao ovdje u drugom dijelu albuma, ali naravno ne smijem izostaviti prvi dio jer je također isto dobar. Glas koji priča, taj govornik ima dobar glas, kao da slušam nekakvu priču iz crtića kad sam bio mali na kazeti, ali je na engleskom.

Rating: 7/10 Best songs:

Not bad, but hard to find

Very good and way ahead of its time, though the whole fairy tale/nonsense dialog elements of the last half just muddled the B side for me.

Such a great sound, the drums, the bass, its so cool. A psychedelic experimentation, but sonically not as polished as others of the time. 4/5 - Already have it on vinyl (mainly due to the cool cover)

I like the general vibe, the basslines are tasty. I like the concept album format. The songs that veered into psychedelia were my favorite, in particular "The Journey."

A playful and warm psychedelic journey. I really enjoy this sort of thing.

Pretty good, I liked it

Ok, it was a good album. It’s was mellow and felt. I could listen to some of these songs again.

Really enjoyed this one, especially the first side and the first track. 4*

Surprisingly good, extremely British. Some jams in here! Too many sketches for my liking.

Fun album from a band I've never heard before. Psychedelic Hobbiton folk rock? Why not.

Rock psicodélico sesentero. En algunas canciones recuerda a los Beatles.

Was a bit weird, but near the end there were these stories that I really liked hearing! The diction and rhetoric they used were crazy and it seemed to have some flow but I didn't track it all that well. I'll have to listen again to understand!

I enjoyed this. Way more than I initially thought. The 60s sound wild

Good early psycadelic rock album. FW it

Title track fucking rocks This album has some dull spots but it is psychedelic as hell, too much narration though :/

Prog rock and then some. A step below the Pink Floyd's and Who's of the world.

The album has genuine moments of grandeur and inventiveness; however, it is held back by the random asides of the story it is trying to tell. Also, every now and then the cockney accents are a bit too much to stomach. All of these issues though are overshadowed by the overshadowing of the Stereo mix and creativity of the actual songs.

3.9/5 Great classic rocks vibes and music. I could buy this album

Tres bon ! J’aime le style et les chansons sont diversife en gardant une bonne ligne directrice 4*

Skoent 60 tals lir

Enjoyed the second half more than the first. Really weird spoken word portions but enjoyable

This album takes the British whimsy of the Kinks and cranks it up a bit with a more psychedelic, hard rocking edge. The first half is full of crisp, psychedelic tones, though the recording quality saps the music and the vocals of a bit of their power. Despite that, its still a nice set of pop tunes. The second half doesn't change much musically, but it narrates a story of a man talking to a fly and meeting Mad John in an intentionally over-the-top British accent. It walks the line of being endearing and infuriating, but I think it mostly succeeds at being the former. It doesn't feel entirely necessary given the songs haven't changed, but it gives the side more character. This isn't the best psychedelic pop from its era, but its certainly memorable despite not having any can't-miss songs.

This was good fun

*1968. British rock. *There’s some good stuff in the first few tracks that sounds like folky Beatles, but it quickly becomes too progressive and weird for me. Monty python is mentioned multiple times in the reviews for good reason. Also like when the Beatles do too many drugs and albums go off the rails. RATING -5.5/10

I think I preferred their mod phase.

A few of the songs were really pretty good, but there were a lot of very strange songs.

Needs more listens to shine, but I enjoyed my first pass

The Small Faces were a lot more goofy than I had imagined them being. I can see why they did not catch on in the United States, because some of what their sound is "British humor" that doesn't always translate well to America. The last half of this album has spoken introductions, etc and it's a bit off-putting considering the first half of the album is very serious. My favorite tracks: Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Afterglow (Of Your Love) Long Ago and Worlds Apart Lazy Sunday Happy Days Toy Town

A fun little journey into late 60s UK. This sounds like something Austin Powers's cousin Phil would play on repeat.

I dont have a rating for it It sounds good, like a rabbit hole you can get into Just not my type of hole i want to get in

Somewhat hokey, mediocre psych-rock with a few standout tracks.

If this was abridged it would be brilliant

Melkosta tsaikedeliaa ja hassuttelua. Musiikki itsessään aivan jees mutta ihme hölmöilyä ja tarinankerrontaa. Ei oma huumori riittäny täysin

Back in the early 2000s, I stumbled upon a reviewer and musician (probably no longer alive) called "MurrayTheCat" who wrote tons of very enthusiastic reviews on classical music, jazz, and rock from the 60s and 70s. I discovered so many bands thanks to this guy, and the Small Faces was one of them. I love the hits from the band to this day, but they are sounding more and more dated. This album doesn't seem to coincide with the list's purpose anymore. I enjoy how British it is - absurd, irreverent, carnival-esque at times, with lots of whimsy. The narration doesn't really bother me - Stanley Unwin should have his place in Anglophone culture along Tolkien for his command with language and witticisms. The music? Not bad - I enjoy the old mono mix with a good stereo system (oozes with texture) - the lyrics and vocals hooks? Silly. The packaging was cool at the time though useless, using a tin can format which constantly slid off shelves and was expensive to produce. I find concept albums difficult to nail overall - but they definitely gave this a shot and though it doesn't go anywhere, it still holds up in its own way. I'd give this a 2.5 now for the effort, and for nostalgia, and I kept discovering more esoteric psychedelic through bands like the Small Faces, but it's not really anything I have the urge to listen to again.

A fun, very British, album that I will likely never listen to again. Glad I heard it once, though.

It got a little stranger as it went on. Psychedelic music at times has this really cartoonish quality about it and this was one of those times.

This certainly got stranger as it went on. Despite a lot of gobbledygook that was happening, I enjoyed the energy and weirdness of it all. And Happy Days Toy Town was kind of amazing.

what just happened?? the first half was amazing and then out of nowhere it just turned really bad

Extraño, es un álbum conceptual pero no entendí un pingo del concepto porque no leí las letras pero más o menos me fui guiando por la voz MUY británica del narrador, tiene varios temas buenos y bastante interesantes, hasta con trazas de proto rock progresivo, pero a lo último se vuelve soso y muy en joda, volviéndose más un cuento narrado que un álbum.

Mom, can we stop by the record store and get some Beatles? No. We have Beatles at home.

I like the psychedelia of it all, but that side B with the British narrator was a little out there.

I learned about the band’s importance in British rock history. While some of the songs didn’t leave a particularly strong impression on me, Song of a Baker was easily my favorite track. Its riff and guitar solo felt timeless, and I could hear the roots of so much later British rock in it. The album’s closing Happiness Stan was a harder listen for me, though.

Well, I didn’t hate it but I sure didn’t love it. Some of the songs where tough and then others just felt like a complete different set of musicians made them.

This definitely passed the psychedelic test. Weird panning choices, music you might hear in a fantasy or medieval movie, the spoken word storytelling on the B-side, worship of blues music, you can really hear all the drugs they took that led to the creation of this album. And hat's off to the Englishness energy this album gives me off. That sun never shines here/It's always raining but still sounding delightful energy. It's alright, there's just nothing really exciting that makes me want to give this another listen. Highlight Song/s: "Song of a Baker"

29/05/2026 Once again, into that generation of samey music. Shame, I had high hopes. Spotify listeners: 453.1k

I actually really enjoyed this when he wasn’t rambling unintelligibly about mad John

The Faces before Rod Stewart is a win

вайбы the beach boys или beatles. ничего инновационного не услышал, но приятненько

This album was a wild ride. The first have gets off like a shotgun and really fills the space. They we progressively have to listen to more and more weird asides between songs which lost me. Overall though the music was strong with the Faces trying to dabble in harder music and psychedelia.

Nice enough, probably warranted a closer listen than I was able to give it. I found the second half with additional narration a bit offputting.

What an absolutely unique album.

Lazy Sunday is corny as all hell. This album started kinda cool and then became very British pastoral in a way I don't particularly like. The spoken word passages just feel weird for me. 2.9/5

It was too British

I’m sure at the time this was a pretty unique record. I thought Steve Marriott’s vocals were pretty solid and having first heard this record in my late teens after I had discovered the Jam, Buzzcocks, Damned, Sex Pistols and Stranglers and the nascent punk rock underground this type of sound was quickly left behind. Punk rock was a contact sport and this was not. I’d always considered Small Faces as being the lite version of The Who without the personality and Keith Moon. The playing on this record is precise and competent but the songs are rather lifeless. Afterglow is a good track and stands out from the very diverse but uneven side one. Side 2 is a novel idea but again Who lite. 3/5

Enjoyed this, very listenable. A bit of 60s weirdness and the experiments in stereo don't always work, but it's decent.

I much prefer the Faces once Rod Stewart joined

Inglaterra

Ok - this is more my thing. Fanstic bit of paych. Can tell it’s the year after Pepper….but it’s moved on from there. Starts strong and fades a bit, but overall I enjoyed it. 3

Another English band I've never heard of, but this was a joy to discover. What confused me about this album was that, a majority of the songs are very British, if not extremely British, but a couple songs sounded like American rock, like the first track, but especially on "rolling over," it was as if they chose to sing like artists of the American rock and blues tradition just for that one song (also, it sounds like Foxy Lady). It's no surprise that those were my two favorite tracks; I just can't bring myself to love the singing in this style of English music, and the silliness can annoy me, although it's hard to deny the quality of instrumentation. The mix on this record was also very of the time, with some "interesting" panning, but it didn't bother me much. There was a moment where the drums panned very rapidly which can be jarring, but also kind of cool, and I remember something similar happening on a previous album. I also very much enjoyed the intermittent narration using language that was half gibberish. Whoever wrote that has some serious skill. I can appreciate that, but then when the music is too silly, I guess that gets to me.

So British! And, somewhat less so: so late 60s! Seems more like a novelty record, than a (musically) serious candidate for one of the top albums of all time (although, since we still haven't quite yet reached 100 albums listened to, I have a better sense now that 1,001 albums is actually a LOT of albums). Anyway, I *did* mostly like it - and so it's definitely (at least) a 3, for me. But I don't quite think I can give it a 4, although it's close (I have a soft spot for quirky British). So, 3 stars, for me.

It's very... English I enjoyed the second side. It's a trip. The narration seems to be inspired by Finnegans Wake The bassline on "Song of a Baker" seems inspired by the one on Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe" and "Rollin' Over" sounds like "Foxy" I think I enjoyed the whimsy more than the music

***A good, easy listening album

Some moments of greatness in there mixed with Monty Python-esque sketches. They should get rid of the lead singer and hire Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck. i think that would make a much better band

Small Faces, the English band famous for “Itchykoo Park”, and the precursor to Faces, released this concept album in 1968. Side one is a collection of differing tunes, while side two consists of six tracks and tells the fairy tale about Stan and the missing half of the moon. The music is very 1960s, and is pretty well done.

Some of these album titles make me feel like I'm having a stroke. A stroke of bad luck, because I don't want to listen to anybody's Nut Gone Flake, celebrated or not!! This is a wacky album. Apparently, a concept album. It's giving Monty Python (or at least is equally funny to me). Who isn't a Happiness Stan, though. "Life is just a bowl of All-Bran / You wake up every morning and it's there" is a silly lyric because All-Bran doesn't grow on trees! you gotta go buy it. Lots of interesting language stuff, but I think it's intentional, which makes it less interesting. Overall assessment: I guess it's fine.

Some of the guitar work on here was really cool.

Fun weird little album, title song is by far the best song on the album though

Hauska tarina ja biisitkin ihan kuunneltevia!

Again dated, but still good music, enjoyed Lazy Sunday and even enjoyed the tale on second side (of the vinyl). Perfect narrator (probably need to be a certain age to remember him).

Almost too English but not quite. Somewhere between the Beatles, the Stones and Chaucer.

I liked it. Wish the weird voices would stop.

Nothing really of note here. The first time I turned my head was a song that sounded like a Hendrix ripoff but is it a proper 60’s British band without ripping off a Black musician?

59/100. Extremely British, capturing a whimsical and surreal energy typical of the late 1960s psychedelic scene. While it is a very creative and ambitious project, it often feels a bit too whimsical for its own good, which can make it a difficult listen if you are not in the right headspace. The second half shifts into a narrated fairy tale that leans heavily into quirky humor.

Inoffensive

This is ok to listen to once. The last song should have been cut in several different ones. That would be better for some really good party of it.

2.5

All I knew about the Small Faces was that Rod Stewart was with them for a while but when I saw this was their last album I knew he probably wouldn't be involved. This was fine, but I certainly wouldn't call it essential. Kind of generic-sounding late-'60s British psychedelia. Apple Music lumped all of side 2 together into one song. I liked the second part of it (called "Rollin' Over" in the Wikipedia track listing.) The spoken-word interludes were a little strange, but that's late-'60s British psychedelia for ya! I would probably give this a 2.5.

without a doubt, this is the most British album I've come across for this challenge so far. you've really got it all here as far as English psych rock! straightforward pop rock tunes with a high degree of instrumental eclecticism; ample nods to dancehall music; that quintessential pastoral vibe; an extended suite on the B-side narrated by Stanley Unwin speaking in his own made-up language about a guy who goes on a journey to find the dark side of the moon, but learns the true meaning of life instead. y'know, all the classic hallmarks of this scene. lead singer Steve Marriott's voice is a compelling one, and I like his guitar tones quite a bit too. I also respect the conceptual angle of the second side but, let's face it, it's ungodly tacky, and Unwin's one bit gets tiring extremely quickly. there's a few choice cuts to be found on side A, but as far as full-lengths go, there's plenty of British psych I find more interesting. decent 5/10.

3 - good album

Pink floyd on a budget

Historically, I haven't been drawn to Steve Marriott. Neither the Small Faces nor Humble Pie ever resonated with me, even though they both fit in with other stuff I love. Who knows why. All that to say, I really enjoyed side A of this record. Just about every track is excellent and interesting. The title track, Afterglow, and Renee are all standouts. Then we get to Side B and it morphs into a children's record about an idiot who doesn't understand how the Moon works. I'm guessing this had something to do with why this was their last record as Small Faces and Rod and Ronnie came in to form the (imo) superior Faces

Interesting name for an album

The intro/title track to this album was pretty good. There’s nothing like a good instrumental intro. afterglow of your love was good as well. I enjoyed the acoustic guitar. Long agos and worlds apart was slightly basic, but was alright. Rene had some really cool moments that I enjoyed. Song of a baker was alright, and lazy Sunday made me laugh. That’s the most British thing I’ve heard in a while. Happiness Stan reminded me of the Oompa Loompa songs. The Hungry intruder was quite enjoyable , but I’m finding it slightly off putting how often Stan is now mentioned. I quite enjoyed Journey, and then Mad John, which was very strange, but what else am I to expect from this album at this point. The closer was exactly what I’d expect; the unexpected. Overall, a fun, weird, twisty turny album. 3/5 ⭐️ 97/1089

Jaren 60 vibes 🤩 meezingfeest!

Tof

It all sounds fine, but I didn't hear any truly psychedelic sound; I guess the LSD was too weak

has potential if I listen more, mess with the style

Rock from the 60s does have a certain vibe going for them. Favorite track: lazy Sunday other picks: song of a baker, long agos and worlds apart

OK

S’whatever

Musically, a good (if one of many examples of this) 60s rock album with psychedelic influences. The first half rattles along nicely. The second half is made bizarre by a series of narrations about ‘Happiness Stan’, which sound like the kind of thing Gen Z pay Nigel Farage to read on cameo. I found them so odd that I couldn’t really focus on the music!

A tale of two sides. Side one is a pretty decent slice of late-60s British psychedelia, with some good tracks (particularly the title track, ‘Afterglow’, ‘Rene’ and ‘Lazy Sunday’). Side two takes a turn for the increasingly strange as we delve into the bizarre tale of ‘Happiness Stan’, featuring extensive narration. I found this pretty charming, though I can see why it would put some people off, and it’s certainly weaker musically. The whole album is very whimsical and silly, and I’m glad it exists, even if I doubt I’ll listen to side two very often. Enough for 3 stars.

A handful of great singles (Afterglow, Lazy Sunday, Rolling over) with some filler and a pretty much failed attempt at turning this into a concept album. I like the fact that they use humor and don't seem to take themselves too seriously.

weird 3

Classic British psych pop.

3- Stars (7/15)

lol definitely an odd album?? i liked the first couple songs and then it started getting weirder…

Left me slightly confused

Just a pleasant and kinda quirky British psych rock/pop album. A few solid tunes and a few fine ones that ultimately end up forgettable. The opening/title track is an amazing start, it’s completely absorbing psychedelia that still sounds fresh today (and sounds reminiscent of InnerSpeaker-era Tame Impala).

Man… This album is just a rollercoaster of emotions. Not good emotions unfortunately. Pretty bad overall I’d say. So, I hadn’t heard of Small Faces before, but looking at the band members, every one of them went on to be pretty successful, and I recognize most of them as well. Pre listen, I’m seeing that the genre is Psychedelic Rock and wondering how it can go so catastrophically wrong for a 60’s album in that genre to warrant falling below a 3 star review on the site. After the first song, what would ultimately end up being by FAR my favorite on the album, “Ogden's Nut Gone Flake”, I’m actually a bit pissed off at the reviewers. That song was incredible. What a classic, great, killer psychedelic intro. No lyrics, but spoiler alert, it helps the song out immensely knowing what’s to come later. Next song, also pretty good. What’s up?? Why is the album rated so low?? Something must go unbelievably wrong later. From here on, they really start the songs with lyrics and never ending filler. They start to lose me, and then they start to actually make me mad. I’ll save you the long winded breakdown of each song, but it’s not until well through the middle point of the album when you start to understand why this is a concept album. There are songs like “Happiness Stan” that have moments of greatness in them but are overwhelmingly overshadowed by the concept, which is essentially a British guy telling us some inane story about Stan getting food or finding the moon or something. I don’t know and I’m not even going to bother googling it to find out. I don’t care. When the narrator starts talking, it ruins the song. I don’t care if the rest of the song is good, I never want to hear someone this stereotypically British again in my life. I would assume they’re taking the piss, but that doesn’t excuse how much I dislike every song talking about Stan and his yummy wummy treato wheeto’s going down his tum tum tummy. Water torture. At first I didn’t understand the hatred for this album, but now I do. And it’s frustrating. It has moments where it could be a 4 star album, but SEVERAL moments where it’s a 1. For that reason, I’m gonna put it dead in the middle and give it a 3.3/5. The instrumentation is so good. I love this genre. If this wasn’t a concept album, I can’t help but wonder if it would be better. Whatever. I’m not going to find out. This is the only album Small Faces has on here, and may very well be the last I bother checking out. This was not it. Their own bio on Spotify states they’re like the biggest band to not be successful in the USA. After these insanity breeding lyrics, I don’t see how they possibly could be popular here. What a disappointment this was. Still not the worst thing I’ve ever heard, far from it in fact. Not even bad enough to warrant a 2, but that just makes it ever the more disappointing. Surely you could have picked something better than this. It’s their only concept album, and I’d imagine the others can’t possibly be as insufferable as this was at times. Don’t know, but I digress. Next album please. Get me out of this demented story time pronto.

Interesting, almost felt a little Monty Python with the spoken interludes.

Entertaining and weird but felt more novelty than a new one for the roster.

Mooie ontdekking, kende maar 1 nummer ervan. De remaster wel opgezocht en goed bevonden. Rock-'n-roll!

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Dang! What a super psychedelic album. I’m honestly pretty shocked that these dudes didn’t make it big in the states. I guess they were overshadowed by The Stones, The Who and The Beatles. As far as I know, I don’t think I’ve ever heard any of this music besides the first song, which is a banger. I definitely need to listen to it again here soon, but I really enjoyed it. Some very British narration stuff that can be annoying, but probably enjoyable if you’re on acid. Or scary, idk. I may experiment with that one day.

Opening song blasted me with GTA V nostalgia but unfortunately that was the peak for me. I enjoyed some stuff but no stand outs.

This is fun. I like finding psychedelic 60's bands that do something different like this. Probably one I would come back to again. 3/5

Enjoyed this one. The front half moreso than the back half. The narrative thing on the b-side was distracting and unnecessary, imo. But still, overall a good album. 3.49/5

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake is certainly an interesting concept album. The first half mainly claims to take inspiration from quite a few music styles (but let's be real here, most of it just sounds like The Beatles, you just can't escape that sound if you are a psych-rock band in the 1960s). The second half though, is based on an original fairy tale about a boy named Happiness Stan which track one from that half is named after. I did find a lot of these fairy tale segments quite interesting and the music was generally enjoyable too. I guess one main problem with this album would be the production, I get that this was probably the best they could do in 1968 but the overly fuzzy sound makes it a bit more difficult to fully enjoy. However, this album was interesting enough for me to like it. Best Song: Song of a Baker Worst Song: Happydaystoytown

*thumbs up!*

Some really excellent jams in here but by the end I couldn't really sit with whatever story was being told. I took a pee break and didn't bother to pause when I left the room.

Okay album. Did not need the 20 minute rambling of the last song.

Unusual, that. A different time.

I will not include discs 2 and 3 of the deluxe edition in this review. It's been a while since I listened to Small Faces. I only heard a few of their singles, like "Itchycoo Park" and "Tin Soldier". They enjoyed a brief period of success as a psychedelic group before splitting up into Faces and Humble Pie. I figured an album from them would be a treat at the very least, but this particular one struck oddly. Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake opened strong with the instrumental title track, a trippy piece centered on a wah-wah-modified Hammond organ as the accompanying strings kicked in. From there, a smattering of strong rockers and soul ballads filled the first half of the record. The intense passion of "Afterglow of Your Love" with the heavy organ and guitar playing, the jaunty haze and stomp-clap before the drums kicked in on "Long Agos and Worlds Apart", and the straightforward hard rocker "Song of a Baker" were all pretty good numbers. I'll admit that I'm not into Steve Marriott's thick Cockney accent singing on "Rene" and "Lazy Sunday", but I cannot deny the certain charm of these baroque pub tunes. I generally vibed well with the first half of this record. Then, it got weird. The second half of this record can be described as a loose fairy tale around a boy named Happiness Stan who goes on a whimsical journey to find the missing half of the moon. The most generous analysis I can give is that the story could be viewed from the boy's perspective, who probably hadn't been taught about the lunar phases, and used his imagination to try to fill in the gaps. It would have been nice if the narrator or the character of Mad John had sat down at the end to explain to the child how the moon works, having seen it change after a week had gone by. No, instead, the story and album end with a jovial song about life that, at best, felt rather incongruent with the rest of the story. In fact, the whole presentation of this narrative felt rather odd, as narration from British comedic actor Stanley Unwin was juxtaposed between baroque pop and rock tunes in a very stilted fashion, complete with even more Cockney singing from Steve on a few tracks. Probably the only song in this half that I genuinely liked was "Rollin' Over", as a straightforward rocker about going on one's way that works well outside of the loose narrative. If only more songs in the second half were like that. I feel conflicted with Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake. It is a case of two different-sounding halves - one that's a decent collection of psychedelic soul and rock tunes, the other a tale of fantasy that really could have used another draft. Both halves could have been fleshed out into their own individual albums, but together, it's a bit of a mess. Go through each half separately and make what you will.

Not bad. 3.5/5

Eh goofy

Folk rock

Interesting to hear as I def didn’t know them, appreciated the curated psychedelia

Trippy

This was some good fun to listen to, but I really wish there wasn’t loads of talking in it that really hindered my ability to enjoy the experience as a whole. I would have loved to give this a 4

Felt like a weird crossover between Mary Poppins and Blur's Parklife but not necessarily a bad thing.

Weird but fun. He has a very pleasant reading voice but not really sure we it was added in here

First album I have in a long time. I like the sound of this album more that the music. 3 Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes 49/215 (22%) Will I get: Already have

Really enjoyed the psychedelic vibe of Odgens nut gone flake and the other first 4 songs. The second half of the album is a bit boring with the voice a bit annoying me. Was really close to give it a 4. Top songs: Odgen.. Afterglow Long ago... Rollin over 3.5

A bit of an insane album, meaning some good moments and some pretty rough moments. I'll remember it whenever I through Arkesden though. 2.5.

started good, got bad, got good again, got horrible, got decent at the end.

Super weird, but in a fun way. Very late 60s Beatles vibes. The last track is truly bananas. I liked it.

alright

she is round!

393/1089 - It's psychedelic music. Skits took me out of it more than usual.

Nice variety of sounds and styles. The nonsensical narration between tracks on back half of the album is a fun addition to the concept album/rock opera idea.

What in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is going on here? The band is very solid. The singing could be better. The random interludes are funny, but I'm not sure if that was the intent. Nothing much to hate, but not much to love either. Definitely isn't boring. There's a cool story. The sound quality is possibly the worst I've heard so far though. Altogether I'm glad it exists, but I might not be making to many revisits.

Good

Title track was awesome, got worse from there

Best Song: Ogden's Nut Gone Flake. If only the whole album had been this tight instrumental style. Worst Song: Rollin' Over. After a non-sensical verbal intro, we're left with a totally stock-standard rock song. Overall: After the first track, I was really hoping this would be a fully instrumental album. Not that the vocals were bad per se, but they brought the whole project down into the realm of ordinary 60s rock. The back half of the album also exemplifies the worst, most self-indulgent parts of psychedelia, which mistakes random quirkiness for transformative creativity.

They nailed weird! I love psychedelic music but you never know what you’ll get with this genre. This is honestly feels a little like country/folky which is weird mixed but I guess that’s what you look for. First real listen to small faces not bad.

Ništa spec, okej zvuče. Ocena za ovaj album je 3,25/5

Was ok. I enjoyed. 3.1

01) Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake - 7,0 02) Afterglow - 9,0 03) Long Agos and Worlds Apart - 7,0 04) Rene - 7,0 05) Song of a Baker - 7,5 06) Lazy Sunday - 8,5 07) Happiness Stan - 7,0 08) Rollin' Over - 7,0 09) The Hungry Intruder - 6,5 10) The Journey - 6,0 11) Mad John - 6,0 12) HappyDaysToyTown - 5,0 TOTAL: 6,96 (70/100) Current ranking: 477/812

It was interesting...I liked the music parts but the talking parts, not so much

Kinda odd, but not terrible. The last song was long and weird.

Enjoyed parts of it and then thought I was in a Month Python sketch.

Started out strong, but got simultaneously progressively stranger, more annoying, and still, somehow, less memorable. Gets a 3 on the strength of side A and some specific songs.

This album is about as odd as the cover art and name suggest. The interludes are silly goofy and very very very British. Musically, nothing to hate though, lots of solid melodies and lyrics

This had so much promise until the 2nd half Monty Python’athon

Only one listen. Might be better with more listening

I really appreciate that this was a 1968 record. It feels a bit ahead of its time. With that being said, the production is a little difficult for me to listen to. It was hurting my ears. I like silly concept albums and psychedelia but this one was probably too silly. I probably won't ever revisit this.

L'intro était sympa mais je trouve que la suite de l'album n'a plus la même énergie.

just a nice rock album. good cover

Didn’t get through for unrelated reasons but what I heard was fine. I’d like to come back at some point to see if I missed anything.

6/10 Favorite: Afterglow

I love and respect steve marriott but the faces with rod stewart and ronnie wood >>>>> the small faces any day

Started out great but then what the fuck. This would've been a 5 if the whole album was like the first few. A point off for all the yapping and a point off for getting annoying :(

Reminds me of the Beatles

Temp

Music overall is quite decent, definitely very 60s... Lyrics are strange, obviously kinda comedic. There's a decent amount going on in the songs, nice variety of instruments, good vocals. I'm listening to the "Stereo" version and they've obviously had some fun playing with that aspect, lots of panning sounds and instruments throughout. The second half of the album introduces this weird storytelling aspect between each song, with made up jibberish words. It's creative, but I'm not a fan. Definitely prefer the first half of the album as a result. Highlights: Quite liked main vocals in "Afterglow". Low 3. Could listen to bits of it again, probably wouldn't sit through the whole album a second time.

Based on the amount of effort put into the stereo version, I assume that's the version they want me to listen to. Unfortunately its most impactful moments were more uncomfortable to listen to than interesting. I like the British novelty aspect on some tracks, ones that ended up being my favourite like "Rene" and "Lazy Sunday", even if it seems absurdist at some points it gives the the album some soul when otherwise it would just be dropped into the pile of 60s Beatles-inspired-psych-pop stuff that was so abundant. The narration was also enjoyable and helped make it unique but the songs in the 2nd half didn't interest me enough sonically to warrant caring about it. I'll be generous and give it a low 3

Standouts: - Rene - big fan of the psychedelic guitars in the 2nd half of this - The journey - Same story as above Generally found this album a bit dull but it had some fun psychedelic jams. The random narration in the 2nd half was jarring and I wasn't interested. In general the 2nd half was worse. Low 3

Interesting album, immediately recognised the title track from the first GTA5 trailer. Spoken word gobbledygook started to become grating around the fifth track they did it

Really fucking weird, not necessarily in a bad way. First half is a normal album and then the second half is a musical narrated by a guy who is currently having a stroke. Really difficult to decide what I think about this album, not sure I’ll be back but it really was an experience. 3.5

Not much to say, but I did not hate it while I was working

🥇afterglow (of your love) 🥈ogden’s nut gone flake 🥉lazy sunday HM: rene, rollin over

Cool pallette of sounds

Tried this countless times never got on but here I go again (Whitesnake)

Small Faces – Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake is a vibrant discovery that highlights a growing appreciation for the rock genre's storytelling potential. The album shines during its "cinematic" second half, where the whimsical narrative creates a fun and engaging atmosphere. The run of tracks from the psychedelic title opener through the "great" energy of "René" and "Song of a Baker" showcases a band at their creative peak. However, while the musicianship is high, the 1968 production can feel a bit "overwhelming" at times—the heavy use of studio effects and intense vocal layers occasionally clutter the listening experience. It is an enjoyable, "thought-provoking" piece of psychedelic history that serves as a solid bridge between raw soul and theatrical rock.

I appreciate the energy, and this is way better than the American versions that would follow, but it's a rollercoaster - here and there I got caught up in it, but two minutes later I'd be looking for the exit.

The copy of the book I have (the 2018 version) says that this album remains the pinnacle of British 60's pop. That's amazing. What a thing to put to a page. I think this album is another in a long list of albums that is much more interesting to talk about than to hear. I fear I may never think of this album again, but it wasn't unpleasant. How do you rate an album like that?

This album started out somewhat strong with the first few songs, but it progressively got much goofier. I feel like most would agree that this works to its detriment, and I would agree with that sentiment. However, I think that it, in some ways, the "Britishness of it all" is made more enjoyable due to this tone shift. It just comes far too suddenly. I would have preferred for the entire album to be this way or for it to follow the trend of the first few tracks. Overall, it's not bad just not my favorite.

Aight

Interesting take on British Rock- I was suprises I hadent heard of them before

< mit Rod Stewart. Lazy Sunday und Rollin Over schlockt aber. Wenn das die Top 801 Alben gewesen wären, hätte ich mich nicht damit beschäftigen müssen.

Spätestens bei Lazy Sunday hatte ich einen sehr weaken weak spot für das Ganze. Trotzdem reicht's nicht für mehr als ne 3. Aber dass das 1968 geil war, glaube ich.

Once again, the 1001 has surprised me with an album that I’ve never heard of, especially considering I thought I had heard of at least 90% of the classic rock albums out there. This album is very English conglomeration of quite a few different influences, from the Allman Brothers, to The Moody Blues, to touch the Beatles, and even some Steppenwolf mixed in. There were some interesting songs on here like Song of a Baker, and I think my favorite one was Rolling Over with that deep blues based rock jam. It wasn’t quite as clean as you’d find with the Beatles nor is raunchy you’d get with the stones. I’m honestly surprised this album hasn’t been more remembered. It was a pretty good listen.

Random thoughts: * I kinda hated this one the first time listening. Those spoken interludes were super annoying and kind of distracted me from the music. * I listened a second time and actually listened to the spoken interludes and realized it was a psychedelic children's story by some British dudes. It was pretty interesting. * The music was pretty good and is again a sign of the explosion of music in the late 60s. That was a real turning point for modern music. * I probably won't go back here unless I want to trip out to crazy story but respect for doing something so interesting.

I liked the variance between the psychedelic title track and the cockney silliness of Lazy Sunday, but the spoken word tracks were a put-off. Small Faces are one of those bands where their singles were fantastic but the rest is a bit too strange.

enjoyable listen marred by spoken word narration

Easy pleasy Story teller Toe tapper

Good Songs on the beggining...Bad endings... Okish... 2 1/2 stars.

6/10 Enjoyed the 1st half, but the talking bits, mimicking Clockwork Orange's Nadsat dialogue, with it's weird mix of cockney and classic British turns of phrase. Increasingly frustrating, the album dropped from a solid 4 to a 3. Shame really

V/rv

Quite an odd record but I like it. Side A is a collection of good psychedelic rock tunes with "Rene" and "Lazy Sunday" starting to trip out a bit. Flip to Side B after the LSD kicks in and the Journey begins as you follow Stan on a wild adventure to find the missing half of the moon. The narration in Unwinese is great and I got a kick out of the whole affair. I'd like a mash up of this and The Who's Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy so Happy Jack and Stan could join forces and the Fly could meet up with Boris the Spider. What a weird and fun one from the list...3.13 stars.

Pretty cool example of some British psychedelia. It's not quite as out there or musically diverse as some of other contemporary psych acts, but the English accents give it a bit of swagger. Side B of the album is a mix of rock and minstrel-like narration telling a little fairy tale which is a welcome change of pace and pretty original. Love the album styling of designing it around a giant tobacco tin which may have contributed to this one making the list. Would be a pretty cool collector's item to get a hold of. I didn't think much of it when it started but I'll admit it hooked me by the end of it. There's a certain charm in the journey they take you through on side B. Nice entry by otherwise previously unknown Small Faces. 3.05 stars

Surprise, it's more Rod Stewart. Wait, that's not Rod Stewart?

Concept album. But it seems to me that there are much more interesting solutions. From The Who to The Beatles. In addition, the recording quality is poor, there is a lot of noise

Such a mixed bag album. There's points where's there a good run of tracks and one is vibing hard to the tracks, only to immediately have a string questionable boring tracks. I did enjoy the theming of the tracks though

For what this album is, this album is quite fun and quirky, but it is definitely a product of its time. For this style of Psychedelic Rock, it is one of the better albums when released (though not quite up to the heights of The Doors and Hendrix).

12/2/25. Interesting! Never heard of this band and dig their sound. This album flows nicely, and enjoyed the narration in the second half. Another good example of psychedelic rock from this era, and can add to my personal reference.

Cool, this was fun to listen to, and there were a couple of nice bluesy songs, but not enough to enter the repeat list.

Some more weird shit. Another album that's a bit all over the place. Some of the songs we're okay.

Killer opening track. Music with balls. A new discovery for me

Considered forward thinking in its time, but felt dated now. Good songs and musicianship but feels whimsical in today’s cynical world.

psicodelia caotica voz molona umpa loompa

Not there best

If I could give this negative stars I would

Pretty average

3/5

Really liked Afterglow!! I liked the first half but didn’t really like the narration in the second half.

I had some hope with this one. Front half of the album had some cool moments, but questionable production and mixing choices made it hard to fully listen (hard pans of drums in one side, only to be swept to the other; other instruments being panned as well). But then what seemed to be Dr. Seuss as narrator kicked in for the back half. I’m all for concept albums, but for a band who wanted to be taken seriously, expecting listeners to buy in on Happiness Stan, half-moons and large flys…is…well…

Somebody found the pan dial… overall this was fun. I think you have to consider its era, otherwise it’s slightly absurd. But I liked it enough.

Sounded like that late 60s. It was a fine listen. A little unique but honestly didn’t really stand out after a couple attempts to get through. 2.75

Dang, I really liked the first half of this album. Not feeling the Happiness Stan song/concept. Some decent parts of it but felt a bit disjointed with the voiceovers. First half is a strong 4 IMO. Last song brings it down to the 3-range. 3.25/5

Solid. The spoken word/skit parts should have been rap's red flag warning....

I honestly had higher hopes for this album based on the first couple of songs. I was not a fan of the narration that popped up. Also, some of the musical choices just didn't fall nicely on my ears.

Now what the hell was this.

Good songs but NMS these days

Orchestra meets Beatles and jam band

Pretty fun but didn't strike me as very novel. Pretty standard 1960s psychedelic rock. Reminded me of 1960s era David Bowie.

I really like a lot of the music on this album, but I didn't love the interludes by the narrator which became quite pervasive.

Very quirky album, but it was good. I enjoyed the little whimsical skits

Classic 'Lazy Sunday.' Full of charm from a different era in the UK. Very good to have listened to this

Diminishing returns after track 4-5.

Ekstremt britisk plade! Fed nok!

Jolly good, sir!

A good album, not an excellent album. Nothing to highlight

I've heard of Small Faces but not super familiar and have never heard this album. Let's dive in shall we? A few songs in, this is exactly what I would imagine an album from 1968 with this cover would sound like. I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing but I like it so far. Pretty solid 60s rock. The second half kind of turns into storybook time. Remember back in the day you'd get those little books that told a story of Winnie the Pooh or Snow White or Cinderella that came with a 45 record you would play along while reading? That's basically what side two of this record is. It's pretty weird and not in a good way. It sort of ruined the album for me. 3/5

Favorite Track: Rollin' Over

Joo no tämähän oli ihan jees. Toimistolla todettiin että tällästä brittipopin esiastetta. 3/5

very interesting psychedelic rock album, has a weird storyline

Wow, this was a lot. It's honestly hard to believe I've never even heard of Small Faces. This is really impressive work!

This was fine, not amazing but nothing terrible (hence why the rating distribution makes a lot of sense to me). I kept thinking this sounded so familiar until I realized I know their song ‘Itchycoo Park’ relatively well. Overall 3/5

liked song: Afterglow Not bad 3

unfortunately the best snippet of music is the 40 seconds from the GTA trailer. still some good shit in there, i think Afterglow is my favorite actual song. audiobook narrator is fun but not good for jamming out. closing argument: she nut on my flake till im gone

Rating: 6/10 Never actually heard of Small Faces or this album before but it’s just some pretty solid brits late 60’s psych, and the songs still make for some good pop. The mono mix actually makes for a nice fuzzy sound. Interestingly the back half of the album introduces a narrator who starts to tell a strange story that I don’t really remember, across the tracks with some experimental and diverse sounds.

steely dan meets mr. tumnus 6.8 turkish delights out of 10

Decent tunes probably most famous for GTAV 3/5

who up flakin they nuts 👀👀👀👀

British okay blues

Definite late-60's rock sound without a strong hook. "Lazy Sunday" is a bit whimsical but doesn't have a lot of repeat play draw for me.

I liked this, and I thought it was good. But the carnival circus stuff didn't do it for me. 3.1