Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Pretty interesting album documenting a turning point for British "pop-rock" music. Many psychedelic flourishes on the first side, and a proto-prog rock "conceptual" atmosphere on the second side. Not every song was exactly memorable in terms of the music played on them, though. Few people remember it now, but there was a huge promotional machine behind this LP (plus that whole thing about the off-kilter "package" in which the record was distributed). Hence why said LP might still be a little overrated today... 3.5/5 for the purposes of this list of "essential albums", rounded up to 4. Which translates to a 8.5/10 grade for more general purposes. Number of albums left to review: 252 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 326 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 187 (including this one) Albums from the list I won't include in mine (many other records are more important to me): 240

this is SO beatles, so that endeared me to it no end. loved the jaunty wee numbers, v melodic and cohesive. good shit

this is an album i have grown to love over the years. i didn't like it at first - it's one of those albums that people rave about but i think the goofy second half really gets to people, me included. i'm still not a fan of the narrator, but if you can get past him, it truly is a great psychedelic rock album that has some really killer songs and sounds great to this day. high energy, great riffs, just an all around great album. not to mention, the title track into 'afterglow' is a truly killer one-two punch to open an album. the small faces really fit my musical sensibility so this one is definitely up there for me.

Bjarak

ganz cool

3.5/5. Good. This was new to me. Very similar to other brit pop/rock from the time. This has a little psych aspect as well.

Should have listened to this on a Lazy Sunday instead, but that was Long Ago and Worlds Apart.

The first side is amazing. 5 without a doubt. The B side gets grating really fast with the nonsensical narration. All in all a 4.

Coming from an American, this album is the most British psychedelic album I’ve listened to ever since I listened to Rubber Soul. I hadn’t really heard of Small Faces before this, but I did hear that someone made a Broadway show based on their legacy. The songs on this album are a treat from my past listening (mostly had 2000s albums for a couple of days). The thing is that this band seems like an oddity. Not in a Captain Beefheart way, but in a way of their own. Also, it’s kind of weird to have a 19 minute closer. I’m not in the mood for long songs. 4.3/5 Fav: “Afterglow (Of Your Love)” Least Fav: “Happiness Stan”

Wtf man. Cute. British. Alice in Wonderland on drugs. Feels like a record that I will find on some beach with no sign of origin. Weird.

Interesting. Not quite sure what to make of it, but I like it!

Das hat was... Und "Lazy Sunday Afternoon" ist ja recht bekannt!

Folkiest psych rock I've ever heard and it's fun.

"Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake" is the third and final studio album by English rock band Small Faces. The music covers a variety of styles including hard rock, pyschedeia, soul-influenced, ballads and music hall. The second side is a concept album involving a fairy tale involving Happiness Stan who goes on a quest to find the other half of the moon. The narration is done by comic performer Stanley Unwin. Believe me, more on this later. Small Faces are Steve Marriott (vocals, guitars, piano, bass), Ronnie Lane (vocals, bass, guitars), Ian McLagan (organ, piano, harpiscord) and Kenney Jones (drums). The album title and packaging design parody the tobacco tinned product, Ogdens' Nut Gone Brown. Commercially, the album hit #1 in the UK. The self-titled instrumental "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake" opens the album. A wah-wah piano pedal start. The drums and bass and a pychedelic vibe. A string section comes in. "Afterglow" is a soul-influenced power ballad and a great one at that. Whistling, hand clapping and a more full rock sound. Great vocals by Marriot. This was very Beatles "White Album" and the Who-sounding. They get the rock groove going on "Song of a Baker." Great, massive drumming by Jones. The first single "Lazy Sunday" adds a Cockney accent. A rollicking song that goes in a music hall direction. And we head to side two to meet Happiness Sam in "Happiness Sam." Music begins the song with harpiscord and heavy organ. Folk. The drums are added. The music stops and we are introduced to Happy Sam who wonders why half the moon is missing. So begins his quest. Over the next three songs, musically, we get more rock, the flute, acoustic guitar and pyschedelia. Stan meets a fly who takes him to a person who can answer his his question. Stan used a lot of words and confusion to get us to this point. But, he gets his answer, I think, in meeting Mad John in the song "Mad John." The song is slow rock and was released as a single. From what I could tell, Mad John told Stan that the sun will eventually become whole. The album ends with the stomping rock of "HappyDaysToyTown." The band rocks and jams and goes pyschedelic. A good way to end things. The randomizer was again not so random as I just did a sync listen to this album on Sunday. This is really a album of two sides. The first side was great giving us variety with a big sound. Pyschedelia, hard rock, music hall, a power ballad. And then we have to deal with Stan on the second side. The music was still great similar to side one. Stan can be very annoying. I had trouble following the story even after I knew the story. It is kind of comical, I guess. Overall, the music is terrific which outweighs whatever you may think of Stan.

8/10. This was some pretty charming psychedelia, I can definitely see why these guys never got popular in the US, though.

Cooler alter Rock

High 7. Low 8. The actual music is great. Too much narration idc about in the second half. Great psychedelic rock.

Really picks up starting at Lazy Sunday. Good psychedelic rock.

Brilliant psychedelic rock album. I’ve loved the title track of this album for years but never took the time to listen to the whole record, I was blown away by how good this is. The first half has some great psychedelic rock tracks that feel a little more radio friendly, the second half delves into the theatrical with a lot of monologue, it reminded me of the ‘nadsat’ language in Clockwork Orange. It was fun and full of quirky Britishness, overall a great experience and one I’ll certainly return too.

I'll never complain about some more late 60's psychedelia. I like the dichotomy of the two sides - the first half is lots of rocking psych songs, but then it gets super weird and trippy on the back half with the spoken word bits and wild imagery. Really neat.

It's like Wanna Be Beatles, but they're actually really good. I really liked the story-telling bit, and will probably re-listen to the whole album again.

A weird album for sure. I enjoyed the 60's psychedelia. Everytime the narrator started talking I thought I was listening to Headspace. An enjoyable listen, but not an album I'll revisit.

This was pretty cool. I wasn’t in love with the engineering of the recording but it was conceptually interesting and did a lot that I wasn’t expecting.

Always just assumed this was the GTA V theme and composed originally. So it’s hard to escape those vibes from the start. But that says a lot about the timeless flexibility of music in cinema and entertainment. I wish the recording quality was crisper, though I understand that’s a lot to ask of something recorded 55 years ago. It’s great, otherwise.

All time favorite

4.0

What started out as an interesting surprise, became a solid enjoyable evening with this album.

Amazing psychedelic album, felt like early phase Pink Floyd but different. Would listen again. 4/5

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

If there is one sound in music, nay, in life that is entirely intolerable, it is full on Cockney speech. Hearing that makes any normal human break out in the most logical or rage and start smashing shit. To hear it in the midst of a song is even worse. This album has many painfully long instances of this, and it drags down what is a perfectly fine slice of late 60s Beatles copycatism.

Un album bastante interesante. La segunda parte puede volverse algo rara debido a la narración entre canciones, pero eso no las vuelve malas canciones.

What the England

A pretty decent 70's rock record with psychadelic influences. I think main thing that lets it down is the old recording tech that not even the remaster seems to help with. I listened on a good pair of headphones and the mix was just weird. I really don't like it when the drums are all in one ear, and that was on the versions labeled "stereo" so I know it's intentional. Really odd choices, but maybe that's me. As far as the music goes, I thought it was actually pretty good. Even the ridiculous cockney voice in Lazy Sunday was more fun that annoying. They aren't the most talented bunch but they're certainly competent. They went off the deep end with the weird saga of spoken word stuff at the end, but it went with the music. Not bad.

The whimsical fairy-tale of Happiness Stan dominates the second side of the record while the first side shows the varied sound of this band. If one gets over the first-listen “WTF” of the fairy-tale story-suite concept thing and doesn’t take it too seriously, it’s a fun little thing although the narration gets a bit tedious with his weird play on language ("Unwinese"). It’s a good album and has been ranked highly on all-time lists.

Way better than Pink Floyd

She Ogden on my Flake until I Nut Gone on Small Faces. I’m sorry. I actually think this is okay but it’s so funny reading the description about them being the best band that never crossed over to America, and then you hear the thick Oliver Twist ass accent on Lazy Sunday and it’s like oh okay that’s why they never did.

Legal !!! Me lembrou um pouco os Beatles

Good. Sounded kinda like early 70's classic rock. I'll pull this out again.

oh well. This sounds really dated today.

Good first half but a little too silly for me by the end

Sonido interesante y realmente agradable

673/1001 2026.08.05 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

type of album you have to listen in one time. good concept

Nuts.

A fun discovery for me, might be a band I'd like to hear more from

This is a quirky little album and unfortunately I couldn’t hear much of the narration between each song because I was listening in a loud environment. Perhaps I’ll listen again some day but the songs weren’t good enough for that to happen any time soon.

I'm not British enough for this.

Only knew Lazy Sunday but overall enjoyable! (3.5)

This is fun. Some better than avg psych plus some prog-ish bits & a side of silliness. I’m inclined towards 3 & a quarter

I don't know

I've been trying to find the first song on this album for so long after hearing it on the GTA V radio so this album started off great. Then it went downhill with the weirdness but still not terrible.

Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake - 3.5/5 After Glow - 4/5 Long Agos and Worlds Apart - 3.5/5 Rene - 3.5/5 Song of a Baker - 3.5/5 Lazy Sunday - 3.5/5 Happiness Stan - 3.5/5 Rollin' Over - 3.5/5 The Hungry Intruder - 3.5/5 The Journey - 3/5 Mad John - 3/5 Happy Days Toy Town - 3/5 This certainly is a tale of two sides. The first sounds a lot like the britpop movement to come nearly 30 years later, which is surprising for how similar some of those songs sound to Oasis, as an example. The second side is more of a whimsical tale of something I'm not really sure what happens. It's a bit all over the place and definitely seems worse than the first side. There are some things here to appreciate, but I didn't really like the concept on the B side. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: After Glow

something

Never Really got into Small Faces. It is a very late 60s British rock album. It is very difficult to discern them from what else was happening at that time. Songs like Lazy Sunday Afternoon (and a few others) are the types of songs that influenced the resurgence of "British first" that dominated britpop in the mid 90s, so from that point you see the influence that the band would have had on these artists. The album kind of deteriorated a bit at the end. The journey was good once you got past that talky nonsense. on the whole, It was okay, but I cannot see myself listening to this again. Mad John was the standout track (without the talking). 3 stars

I would have rated it higher IF there would not have been so much talking.

Melko hyvää brittirockia 60-luvulta. Tätä kuunnellessa tuli mieleen The Whon ensimmäiset levyt ja The Kinks.

Weird.

V British, but in a kind of good way. Some cool tracks on here for sure. Need to learn more about who they are, I know they're really important to British music but why? Also the little story book stuff is funny and weird

sweet

Blind album and artist. Its like if the Beatles took their normal amount of psychadelics in the form of shrooms, but they were not washed, muddy, and eaten raw from the ground. Dirty and gross, but will still get you high. 3.

I have no idea what this was, nor do I understand why it's an essential album, but I'm not complaining about it. I had a good time observing just where in the hell this was going and trying to figure out what it is ⭐⭐⭐.49

JL : 3, title track

Didn't care for it at first, but it grew on me. A lot of feel good here, even kazoos! Also, there is a story being told along the way, but i was working at the same time so i didn't pick up on it. Might be worth a re-listen.

Funky vintage Brit rock record. Has some cool elements and sounds throughout and I dig the instrumentation and sequencing. I like this one.

Sounds a little discombobulated. Tried not to compare them to The Beatles, couldn't help it. Very random titles.

did really like the first half of the album, very nice psychedelic stuff. i agree it gets very monty python esque towards the end, and it’s a shame because i love monty python, i just don’t think this style of songwriting and especially singing style works very well in this kind of song

You have to imagine Damon Albarn and company like this album a lot. The first half is really interesting, great songwriting, but the second half is a little too stupidly conceptual for me to fully love, which is a shame, because I like a lot of the stuff on here!!

never heard of them before. surprisingly good. But the 2nd half was a chore.

This is a psychedelic adventure, if nothing else. It's a British version of Captain Beefhart And His Magic Band. It's a zany little story too. Favorite Track: "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake".

At the start I was going to say don't judge a book by its cover, but it got weird quick. Not a bad weird though

I didn’t hate this as much as everyone else seems to. And I actually think I enjoyed side A more than side B

An ok album. Sometimes fun. Wondering why it made the list, but it was fine

Fattar inte riktigt poängen men får betyg för att det ändå är habil blues. En trea

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.

not bad, some tidy tracks

it's not the worst psychedelic rock I've ever heard

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

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.

Not notable, not irritating, 2.5

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

Not bad, but not good. 3/5

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!

норм

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.

Das ist überraschend „hart“ und intensiv, für eine Beat-Rock-Pop-Band aus der Zeit. Das Schlagzeugspiel und die Orgel die immer wieder reinhaut gefällt mir sehr gut. Gerade bei den ersten Songs. Die zweite Hälfte mit der abgedrehten Story hätte ich nicht gebraucht. Aber gute 3,4.

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 Monty 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 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