A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse

A Nod is as Good as a Wink… to a Blind Horse This is the same year as their 2nd album and also Rod’s Every Picture Tells a Story, which Ronnie Wood plays on on every track and the other Faces appear. Rod’s voice really is at its peak in this period - obviously he has his distinctive powerful rasp but he combines it beautifully with a lot of tenderness and subtlety, as on Love Lives Here. It’s also when he had the Faces to help choose and write good material for him, and back him brilliantly, although it’s a shame he doesn’t always take the lead on here - although his backing vocals are great I’d love to hear him sing Debris for example Ronnie Wood’s playing is great, as is that of Ronnie Lane and Ian McClagan. Kenney Jones can occasionally be a bit lumpen, but he’s pretty solid here too. Miss Judy’s Farm is a great opener, with a very nice, dynamic, propulsive rhythmic quality to it. You’re So Rude is a decent rocker, and as much as I like Ronnie Lane, it would sound better with Rod singing. Last Orders Please is ok, but a bit pub rock really and lacks a bit of punch. Stay With Me is of course a classic, along with Oh La La their best song. Banger. I do love Debris, its a lovely delicate song, but as above I’d live a Rod vocal on it. The Memphis cover is great, I like the swampy low down vibe they give it. Very nice. I’ve always liked Too Bad, a very catchy Faces rocker. That’s All You Need is also great, love the slide and the outro. I like the Faces a lot, and this is their best album, although they are probably more of a songs and greatest hits band than a coherent albums band. Nevertheless this a fun early 70s rock n roll record with some great songs, some great guitar and a singer at his peak. 4 stars for me. 😉😉😉😉 Playlist submission: Has to be Stay With Me

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Rod Stewart's upbringing is a classic rock staple.

Hmmm not bad but not remarkable

Miss Judy's Farm 3 You're So Rude 2.8 Love Lives Here 2.4 Last Orders Please 2.5 Stay with Me 3 Debris 3 Memphis 2.4 Too Bad 2.3 That's All You Need 2.4 Score: 2.644444444

Now I’m a man who loves a wink but this nod is not good

Not awful, but also not the kind of thing I love — too slow and bluesy for my taste. I did enjoy Stay With Me.

Has some cool bluesy tracks and overall enjoyed it but nothing quite raised its head above the 'pretty good' bar. I quite like Rod's voice and it's better with this kind of backing than what I've heard of his solo work. The harmonica is one of the best things about this record though. The title is comfortably the worst.

3☆/5 08.23.2024

nah

A cracker of an album, with a stand-out track (Stay with Me) which is almost deserving of five stars on its own.

Surprisingly good. Wierd to see a british band dominate the southern USA rock vibe. Good music, flowing vocals fron Rod Stewart just a good album all around.

This is a groovy rock album. The guitar riffs are amazing. Certainly, an underrated one in the classic rock canon.

The music is pretty good but Rod Stewart is such a sleazy merchant. Tbf though, the other guy makes him sound like a good singer! Ok list, you did make me reassess my thoughts on Rod Stewart, still hate him but his early stuff was at least semi-legit.

Solid jams. Didn’t jump out at me.

While bands like Cream, the Yardbirds, etc. were stumbling their ways into the British Blues revival I would argue that Faces with Rod Stewart's distinctive gravely voice and Ronnie Lane's skilled handling of the guitar were slipping through with a mastery of the genre. 4/5.

Meh

I was a fan, back in the day, so it was good to hear. 3*

Mid.

In general, I do not like Rod Stewart. I always thought it was his voice alone, but hearing him here with Faces I don't have the same knee-jerk reaction that I get in his solo work. Love Lives Here is a great song. Stay with Me has a nice groove to it. Stewart's voice only serves to accentuate the crunchiness of the instrumentals. Also saw a reddit thread recently asking for songs where the singer shouts "guitar" followed by a solo, and this one fits the bill. That's All You Need is a fantastic album closer. Love the way the guitar is laced in distortion and kind of lags Stewart in a drunken way, before giving way midway through to an expansive effects laden blues solo. This was some high quality classic rock to start the day. Strong 4 / 5 for me.

Stay with me is an awesome song. Classic. The rest of the album has a similar vibe. Good listen overall. 3.5 stars

Feels like we are on a stretch of short albums which I really appreciate as I claw my way back to being caught up (I am behind by 35 at this writing) Recognized Stay With Me. Memphis has a great second half and I enjoyed Too Bad. I may not have been paying great attention, but as far as this style of rock goes, it is just a notch above average. Pretty jammy, but nothing really stood out to me. Last song had some distortion and some steel drums (?) that felt like they came out of nowhere.

Pretty whelming rock album. Rod Stewart's voice got a little old on this album. Nothing terrible about this was just good. Stay With Me is always an awesome song.

Immediately can hear Rod Stewart on this one. Not familiar with any of his band stuff. This was a pleasant delight this morning. Really good original classic rock sound. Stay With Me was the only one I was familiar with and it still rocks. Also cool it has Ronnie Wood in it and produced by (again) Glyn Johns.

I liked this one! Very much in the vein of the fun 1970s rock we listen to around the house.

Big surprise here. Didn’t know Rod Stewart was ever in a band. This is the type of music I really like

Quite enjoyable Very decent standard. Doesn't quite get to a 4 But good

1001 albums dads need to hear

3.5

This was a really good album! I never listened to it before but I like it a lot. I will listen to it again for sure.

I liked this, but not as much as the Jeff Beck “Truth” album yesterday. “Stay with me” clearly stands out as what would shape and define Rod’s style and sound moving forward. Great track.

Two days in a row of Rod is a good thing. Stay With Me is the obvious standout, but there were other high points too. And with Ron Wood moving to guitar duties from his bass position in the Jeff Beck band it clearly sets the stage for why he was a soon-to-be perfect fit for the Stones. With a resume and collab list too long to name, Ian McLagen on keys is an unsung hero on this too.

How about another helping of The Stew?? Another good one, definitely some highs and lows here but enough to get a 4 for me.

Stay with me is a jam. The should’ve let Rodney sing every song. GTFO Ronnie!

Rodney Stew rock block! Stay With Me is my jam, but on the whole I didn't enjoy this album as much as Jeff Beck's Truth from yesterday. I probably should have rated that one slightly higher, but both end up in the 4* category. 3.5/5

Not much of it stood out to me and I don't think I'll be returning to it, but I liked it.

3/4

I was like.. Here we go, another random album with a silly name. Pleasantly surprised with a pretty good blues rock album with nice piano parts backing up the vibes. Generous 4/5.

At least theres Ronnie Lane

Meh?

Rock on! This is what Rod Stewart could have become with a good backing band! 4.1

bit of a mixed bag, but the record gets stronger as it progresses. not a fan of the mixing on some of the earlier tracks fave track: stay with me

The way Rod Stewart pronounced Tennessee bothered me, but other than that it was a solid album.

Very good

It's good for what it is, a straightforward, singer songwriter oriented rock album. Generally, the guitar doesn't fall into any boring patterns, the vocals have great energy, and the backing is solid. Despite near identical effects and mix between songs, I feel like the album flows well, although by 3 or 4 songs in, I already felt like they were going to largely fit the same mold with the following songs, in a rather plain, uninteresting way. For the right person, I would recommend this album whole heartedly, but it's not really my jam.

Fun stuff. Lots of swagger to Stewart, Wood, Bassist, et al.

Love the classic mix and old school rock sound of this album.

Pretty good for what it is, but not really my thing.

So I had an LA confidential style Lana Turner moment with the first track: "Dude's trying way too hard to sound like Rod Stewart." Oops. Unfortunately, that was the high point of the album.

This album is just like plain yogurt. It has the potential to be so much better, but it's perfectly okay the way it is.

I'm still little upset that they platformed Rod Stewart. But I'm rounding up to 3 stars because the music is listenable enough, although I will never listen to this album again.

Loose and ragged dirty pub rock'n'roll. Stay with me is 5 star but the rest doesn't hold up

Never heard of Faces. Good band and album. On par with a lot of the more well known stuff at the time.

Not Rod's best work, not terribly original but still solid rock and roll. Good for 3.51 stars.

Meh

This album is so underrated!

Rod Stewart was in a blues/rock band??? Sign me up. First of all, great album name. Second, it’s solid from start to finish. Stewart is fantastic here, not what I expected. 7.3/10

Yeah. It’s no secret I like Rod Stewart.

Never heard this before- wasn’t expecting a lot. Was very surprised. This is a stone cold banger- ballads aside.

This album was okay. I've never been a huge fan of British honky-tonk rock (why I've never been a big Stones fan) and I've never been a fan of Rod Stewart's voice. Nothing about this album changed my mind. There are some decent sounds and some good guitar solos, but there was nothing special about any of it. Very generic, nothing groundbreaking. And Rod's backing vocals sound like a cat in heat on "Debris." I'd rather listen to Chubby Checker or Muddy Waters or the Allman Brothers Band. Can't see myself ever purposely listening to this again. 3/5

Alrighty

Middle of the road, and so a 2.5

The faces were great.

Another "blind tasting" - listening without reading anything about this. It took a bar for me to recognise Rod Stewart. Ok Big Rock. I skip to the mist popular (played) track " Stay With Me" and it's big rock which would have been fun in the shag pile lined Bedford van, but I don't listen to or particular enjoy big glam rock. Enjoy fellas. Not my era or sweet spot.

Or, if you’re a Monty Python fan, it’s a “blind bat” (the Nudge Nudge piece). It’s just good to hear Ronnie Lane singing lead on 3 of the 4 songs he either wrote or co-wrote on this. He was much loved by fans & , after The Faces split in 1974, he continued performing even after being diagnosed with M.S., until his death in 1997. This was easily the Rod Stewart- led Faces most successful album. Stay With Me virtually became their theme song. I like the slowed-down version of Chuck Berry’s Memphis and I love Ronnie Wood’s slide guitar on That’s All You Need. I don’t think any of the 4 Stewart-led Faces albums are outstanding. I never saw them (although I did see Stewart perform solo; Wood with The Stones & McLagen in Billy Bragg’s late-90’s touring band) but I do get the impression they were a terrific live band. This is a fine record but not a great one.

This is the sound of a hot rock and roll band at the height of their powers. It's a bit rough, a bit loosey-goosey, the timings are a bit wonky, but jeez, this is a band with an unbelievable chemistry. There is a lot of grit in their playing, and Rod Stewart was never better. Are these the best songs ever? Not really, but it is enormously fun. It doesn't take itself too seriously. 'Miss Judy's Farm' is the best example of what is great about this record; the tempo shifts around constantly, but the band are on it. I'm sure there was a more 'more perfect' take, but this one has tremendous feel. In the words of Tom Waits "If there's one thing you can't lose, it's that feel. Harder to get rid of than tattoos." You can hear how Ron Wood ended up in the Stones. Not the world's flashiest guitar player but feel for days. And, truth be told, I think this band is even better than the Stones for chemistry. Next time I see this album in a 5 for $20 bin, I am totally gonna buy it. I almost hope the vinyl is a bit beaten up. I think some surface noise would enhance the experience.

Classic

Solid bluesy classic rock.

Solid rock album of a bygone era that works great as background music. I don't need it on this list though.

This is a good album. So nearly very good

I'm not a massive fan of Rod Stewart, but this was just about bearable. Nothing special though, so 3 stars for it not being too long.

Not until Primal Scream wrote Screamadelica did band want to become the Rolling Stones more. Couple of good tracks, but most just 1970s filler rock.

That was good. Listened to it twice - was distracted early so came back to give it a proper listen.

Pretty tepid stuff. I guess it proves that ripping off the Stones isn’t as easy as it looks. People love Rod Stewart’s voice, but, I don’t know, to me it’s pretty grating, to say nothing of Ronnie Lane who can barely sing a note. None of these songs have anything interesting going on musically or lyrically (except maybe the one Chuck Berry wrote), and the end result is just about the most watered-down boring blues rock I’ve ever heard.

You had me at Rod Stewart! Loved this!

Apart from the occasional total misfire (the hackneyed and utterly pointless "Last Orders, Please"), those are more-than-decent rock jams, plus two nice ballads. The thing is, as well-performed and well-arranged as those songs are, they are still meat-and-potatoes cuts lacking any truly creative spark on a compositional level. The LP preceding this one, *Long Player*, had a clear stand out track with "Sweet Lady Mary", a ballad that was both moving and harmonically rich. And it had a stellar version of Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed". Unfortunately, nothing in *A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse* reaches that level. Rod Stewart can show off his raucous vocal skills all he wants, the tunes he sings are ultimately vapid, as impressive as the instrumental layers of the music can be at times (especially in closer "That's All You Need"). Someone should clean up Dimery's list and take out those secondary records that didn't pass the test of time, contrary to many similar acts from the sixties and seventies on both sides of the pond. More room for more recent "essential albums". 2.5/5 for the purposes of this list rounded up to 3. 7.5/10 for more general purposes (5 + 2.5) Number of albums left to review: 171 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 361 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 208 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 264 (including this one)

I had no idea rod Stewart was in this band and it's very sexy and amazing

Opening groove alone with the driving beat below the swung accents is worthy of a 3 by itself, you never hear that.

Jangly in a composed fashion, raw, a lotta garage, spilled booze, and rusty wagon wheels on this one. Very solid, very classic rock album Bangers: "Stay With Me", "Memphis",

Reminds me of horny teenage 90s Country.

I’ve literally never heard of this group and after listening to them that’s probably for the best. I’ll give them one star for the nostalgia of listening to dad rock with my dad while we drove places.

ok maybe rod was onto something

Say what? Faces? Never heard of them. Stay With Me? Sure, that’s a Sir Rod Stewart song. Seriously, that guy robbed more cradles than Hugh Hefner. When he dies, the makers of Viagra will hang his picture in their lobby in tribute. He’s only 80, so he’s got a few years left to woo another super model. Isn’t love grand? The albums is pretty good. Fun, upbeat. I gave it a few spins.

4 כוכבים

Pleasant listen, but nothing really to keep from here!

Yeah I enjoyed it. Yeah it probably belongs on this list if for no other reason than because lots of people probably don’t know that Rod Stewart was in this band. Still it was relatively boring and benign. 3.5 stars

is this essential because it really does sound like what would come out of an ai if i ask it to make a classic rock album from the 70s

2 great songs, nothing special about the rest

Old time Rock&Roll!

Grupo de Rod Stewart. Rock de Rod Stewart.

decent

One of the turning points in my musical life was when it came to my attention that Ronnie Wood, a guitarist whose current band I really enjoyed, had a band with Rod Stewart, whose early solo work I really appreciated. This was the album I purchased to see if I loved all of The Faces work. And I did. The Faces are messier than the Rolling Stones and not saccharine like Stewart's 80's work. They were the most high profile bar band I had ever heard. So yes, I like this album and it is one of my favorite albums. I am biased as I have nearly all of the Faces work and if you refuse to take a critical ear to the music then it is even more enjoyable. Ronnie Lane was a very talented songwriter on his own and more Ronnie Lane is never a bad thing. "Debris" is a classic song about a son/father dynamic. Even if you do not like the music in the end, I think this deserves a place on the list.

Two Things: Rod Stewart possessed the finest searing rasp of a Rock N Roll voice ever committed to tape. He recorded some amazing shit with some heavy hitters, but as his solo career began to take off, he strayed from this epic ability presented in a rough and ready way toward something that appealed to masses, and it's been a slow slide to Vegas ever since. Last time I checked, there were showgirls and a holy fuck ton of lame, and Rod fartin' through his hits. After Marriot left and they became The Faces (not Rod Stewart and...), their genius was never captured in the LP format. Never. If you want to fall in love, track down the boxset Five Guys Walk into a Bar... . It is the BBC performances that truly make the legend. After that, hit YouTube and type in "Faces BBC Live" and watch that shit in action. That's why they are legendary. That's why Rod Stewart is ROD FUCKING STEWART.

Y'know, I already don't really like Rod Stewart's voice, and it is in full swing on this record. Despite having a couple good songs and some great guitar playing (ESPECIALLY on "That's All You Need"), the rest of the album just meanders on with some boring blues numbers that I don't care about

3.5

Fine background music. 2/5

3.5 if possible

Within 60 seconds of starting this album, it was clear where The Black Crowes got their sound from. It immediately conjured up the image of a random bar or pub in the early 90s with The Black Crowes playing in the background. If that’s your style, you’ll be in for a treat. Unfortunately, it’s not for me.

So much fun. Some of the first that I'll come back to

Ronnie Woods distinctive 'dirty' guitar sound is brilliant. Some rwally good songs here - 'Love Lives Here' from this 1971 album very obviously formed the basis of the Rolling Stones 'Fool to cry'.(released in 1976 - Ronnie toured with the Stones in 1975 and joined them in April 1976). Couple of Ronnie Lane vocals, which are good. The Faces embodied the spirit of rock n roll. A brilliant band.

Stay With Me

A sloppy and feral roots rock masterpiece.

You read the album title and if you don’t know you’re probably like - oh boy, this is gonna be bad - and then in no time flat you’re like, hey this is pretty good, and 10 seconds later you’re like - hey that’s frigging Rod Stewart LOL.

Meh. Not for me. I am impressed he made it as far as he did with his level of rasp. It’s like the more rock n’ rolly Bowie tunes which are my least favorite to begin with , but without any of the stuff that makes those songs kinda interesting. Like Bowie’s Dylan impression but not as good.

Decent. We like it.

Some nice classic rock from a band I've never heard of before. Good use of keys too, although it was nothing revolutionary

Great

If a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse, then what's the opposite of that? How would a not-blind horse feel about a random person winking at it? Would it acknowledge it? Would it not register at all? And when was a nod considered a good enough gesture? Have words ceased to suffice? Surely a nod is seen as being a positive thing of affirmation but still... why? Anyways, this album from the Faces is pretty cracking. Favorites: Miss Judy's Farm, You're So Rude, Love Lives Here, Stay With Me, Memphis, That's All You Need.

Decent but not special.

Killer. Good shit.

I get that it's part of rock history, but this does nothing for me.

A mixed bag...... Obviously stay with me is an absolute banger, but between that the other tracks are mostly fairly standard blues/rock and roll numbers. Also rod Stewart was much cooler in this band than he later became lol

the kinda 70s thing i fuck with

This album didn't really stand out to me all that much, even though it was a fine listen. I did like the Memphis, Tennessee cover, even more than the original. I also liked Miss Judy's Farm.

Generic 70s rock.

Much better than I expected. Stay With Me is fantastic.

Rod Stewart als er noch jung war.

It was okay.

A solid album. I love the mix of lounge rock and piano. "Stay With Me" is a banger. Every song is good, but not always memorable.

A super solid early 70s rock album. Straightforward, no weird recording effects, nothing special about how it was recorded, nothing novel in terms of instrumentation or production. It kind of makes you wonder why it was included in this list. But whatever the reason I'm glad it was. It was fun to listen to and I love how it isn't perfect by any means. I do wish that Rod Stewart had been the singer for all the songs, I wonder about the fights they must have had around that descision. Not much else to say about this one, solidly middle of the road. 3/5

Rod Stewart's voice is so distinctive and is backed up by some solid grooves.

Is this the best or worst album title on the list? I can't decide. Not my bag, but I would up enjoying it as it went. Some poppy blues and as much as the pint sized scot is a bit of a prick, he has some.pipes on him. A good three stars, but better than expected.

roddy boy

The more I do this list the more I appreciate short albums. I appreciate this album. Also enjoyed the faces songs beyond Oh La La. Solid album.

I got into the Faces listening to the song Ooh La La and then listened to rest of their catalog. This type of British bluesy rock and roll that sounds like the wheels are about to fall off is my jam. This is a 5 star banger in my book. 4 stars for the killer tunes, 1 Star for the swagger. Classic.

Nothing too crazy, pretty standard rock n roll album. Rod Stewart isn’t as outwardly horny when he’s in a band.

Never listened to much of Rod Stewart so I went into this kinda blind. And I'm quite surprised at this album, it's pretty good. Might be a tad generous but I'm feeling a light 4 on this album. I can always appreciate when an album just radiates energy and vibes. Also Ros Stewart has a really interesting singing voice.

A pleasant surprise. Very energetic album, Rod Steward is a special talent. Enjoyable listen, a 4 with some goodwill is fair here.

I like Rod's voice in this context, more rock, less cheese? Stay with me is such a banger.

Not as bad as I thought

Enjoyed. Classic with some great names still making music

It was in 3 territory but I was really enjoying it by the end. He does have a nice voice old Roderick

Any song sung by someone other than Rod Stewart is instantly better. Rod Stewart has an absolutely terrible voice and I don’t know how he ever got famous. Aside from his horrible wailing, this is a pretty generic classic rock album. I could have gone my whole life without ever listening to this. 2

- Über das Carpool Karaoke von Rod Steward bin ich vor vielen Jahren mal auf Faces durch "Ooh La La" aufmerksam geworden, der sich im Laufe der Jahre zu einem meiner Lieblingslieder der 70er entwickelt hat. Das dazugehörige Album habe ich mir mal angehört, habe mich aber einfach nie wieder mit dem Werk als ganzes bzw. anderen Alben auseinandergesetzt - Entsprechend war das Album mir (bis auf Stay With Me) gänzlich unbekannt - Was soll ich sagen, Bluesorientierter Rootsrock ist einfach mein Ding. Da müssen dann auch keine Wunderdinge passieren, um bei mir hoch im Kurs zu sein. - Ich finde es ist in seiner Gesamtheit ein extrem ausgewogenes Album, mit Rod Steward als krassen Frontmann, der sicher eine der markantesten Stimmen des vergangenen Jahrhunderts besitzt und mit einem legendären Gitarristen wie Ron Wood. - Einige Songs (z.B. Stay with Me) haben unfassbar viel Swag - Nicht langweilig, auch nicht suuper aufregend aber wunderbar durchzuhören Rating: 3,75/5

- Ich kannte diese Band nicht und das, obwohl ich eigentlich großer Rod Stewart Sympathisant bin. Dann noch zu lesen, dass Ron Wood ebenfalls mit von der Partie war, ließ mich noch mehr verdutzen. - Ich fand das Album richtig gut. Ein Rod Stewart, der einen zwischendurch an James Brown erinnert und sich die Seele aus dem Leib singt und eine Band mit Ron Wood, die so voller Energie einen wegscheppert, dass man meinen könnte, sie spiele gerade ein Live-Set vor tausenden von Menschen - Klar ergibt sich leider hier auch wieder für eine gewisse musikalische (nennen wir es mal statt "Eintönigkeit" lieber) "Stringenz". Man hört ähnliche Bottleneck Riffs und selbst die von mir so gelobte krasse Stimme Stewarts verliert durch die ständige energetische Konstanz etwas an Wirkung. - Dennoch hatte ich sehr viel Spaß beim Hören und "Stay with Me" und "Thats All You Need" werde ich unter Garantie noch häufiger hören 3,75/5

- Kurz, aber cooles Zeug dabei

What a wild and crazy fuckin party of genius misfits this is. I mean pour out a triple scotch and let's go! These were the seeds of so many superbands and it shows. It's like they're not even trying, just doing it for fun.

The songs with Rod Stewart on vocals are much more engaging and memorable. The ones with Ronnie Lane are a major let down, and keep the album from maintaining momentum. Now that we have sampled the full range of Rod Stewart, I can say that his work with Jeff Beck was my favorite, with Faces and his solo hits a bit below. He’s an artist really best enjoyed via best-of compilations. The original album apparently came with a poster that was a collage of pictures that included the band and crew with naked groupies. It amazes me the pull that Rod Stewart apparently had. That voice, sure. But the face? And the hair? It was a different time? I remember being surprised in the 90s that he was with Rachel Hunter, but apparently he’s been with quite the string of models, with eight kids from five different women. It’s apparently been like that for his whole career, though hearing his work with Jeff Beck and Faces have finally helped me understand the context of all that. But the best Rod Stewart knowledge to come from all this is definitely that he is a model train enthusiast, with a collection that includes a layout that is more square feet than the average American home. Toot, toot, Rod!

I like Rod Stewart fronting a band instead of being a solo pop act. Here the guitar fuzz mixes well with his fuzzy vocals.

Not a huge Rod Stewart guy but this album is pretty decent. The band is really tight and the jams are great. Much better than his solo stuff

Although this sounds like music I would like, I didn't really feel for anything except Stay With Me. Very unmemorable album.

Great album, great band. Lots of talent in one place. Rod Stewart’s voice is a perfect match for the guitar of Ron wood.

Rock, 1971

"Sit down, get up, get out, stay with me" Quit barking orders and make up your mind, Rod

Good.

Good, I especially liked "Love Lives Here" and "Debris". I look forward to revisiting this.

Good album, love stewarts voice

This was fun. I haven't listened the faces much though I've always meant to.

Pretty dependable rock and roll. Rod’s songs definitely better than Ronnie’s. Not up to the level of the other greats from this time period, but still very good. 3.5/5

Decent - Rod Stewart should've sang all the songs but it'd still be a 3 for me. Stay With Me is a rude crude bop, haha.

Meh. It's got two good songs, and they're not even all that.

Totally embarrassed that I never knew about Faces. So glad for this app and my aunt & uncle! ☺️ Of course Ron and Rod are amazing but I love the keyboards!

I really enjoyed the old fashioned, no frills, basic rock and roll feel of this album. Ron Wood's guitar playing is iconic, especially on Stay With Me.

Oh, Rod! I love this album so much. Boy, you sure can hear Ron Wood! Love the good time, honky tonk, rock and roll throughout the whole record. We deserve this!

For a British rock album, it feels pretty American, which of course there's constant cultural overlap in music but it still struck me as interesting.

Not terrible, but every track just feels like it's missing something. Also just not a fan of the general mix on this album.

Just a good old-school rocker. Faces were as good as the Stones, should've had a bigger following.

I can't believe this album was made by a British rock group. It sounds absolutely like an early rock album from the US south.

It was alright

Album # 38 The faces of all the music that would come from this genre and band. The group of musicians came together, found the sound and regurgitated their voices and chords onto musicians that followed their lead. The band members also spread out into the music universe to expand their cult of redundant 70's music culture onto an unsuspecting world.

I was trying to think of something clever with the album title but I’m not feeling it today. I am the blind horse and these solid albums all hit the same

My fav Rod Stuart song isn't Rod Stuart...: Stay with me.

2.5 stars

Some sloppy good rock

Some classics here

Nice little folk / blues

My parents love Rod Stewart/Faces so A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse was a familiar enough listen even if I'm not really up on specifics, except Stay With Me, a song I love. I got what I expected here, some standard rock and roll with gravelly vocals and a generally good old time. Love Lives Here and Too Bad are top songs outside of the big one, That's All You Need is a mixed bag to close it but the best parts of the song really hit for me, power, arrogance, fun, the lot. I liked this album for what it is, it's not pushing 4 or 5 territory but a good and nostalgic listen for an easy 3.

This was fine, Stay With Me is a brilliant song, but the rest pales by comparison really. Think that elevates it to a middling 3 - I quite like Rod Stewart's voice (though I get why people wouldn't), but there's just not that much of interest here. Decent energy in places - Too Bad has got a bit of oomph to it - but the more bluesy it gets the more boring it gets. 3/5.

Never heard Faces, not huge on Rod Stewart's solo stuff, but I like this more. Loose rock and roll, a good vibe.

There was nothing wrong with this album, I just didn't care much for it. Favorite track: "Memphis," probably.

6/10

Pretty good.

Good sloppy pop-rock.

Rock & Rul fra samme skuffe som Dr. Hook og Status Quo har kigget dybt i. Uinspirerende og kedeligt. Dog credit for at album titlen giver mindelser om en af Monty Pytons sjoveste sketches

✨boring✨ and ✨uninspired✨

I just learned about Faces in the last year. I like them.

Great rock record

Great album

Perfectly fine, but I already forgot what I listened to.

Two okay songs and one was a chuck berry cover...

Not for me.

8 / 10 Rock Setentero, con la inconfundible voz de Rod Stewart.

If you like Rod Stewart, you'll probably like Faces.

Good old rock with slight country influence. Enjoyable listening to if not 100% my style

ok blues rock on the face of it but I didn't really enjoy this

Heltokejsväng!

bleh .... old ass rock

Very good

Yeah ok this

the vocals ruin it for me, still solid tho

Loved this!

Slow British rock. Ok background music, but nothing I will revisit.

Perfectly fine 3 star album. Nothing great. Nothing terrible.

I found this record to mostly just be okay. Rod Stewart's voice is kind of cheesy to me. It feels like it's trying to be an American country rock album but it doesn't quite land. Probably due to them being English. Best song is probably Stay with Me which is pretty catchy and has fun guitar riffs.

I love how much British rockers from the late 60s - early 70s loved electric blues. The strings bend and moan and the vocals wine and cry and ground the listener into feeling something. They even get some good slides on the guitar in a few songs. This is especially with songs like Love Lives Here and Debris. They're nailing the blues with those songs. The more conventional rock songs are also great, Rod Stewart is excellent on the vocals of songs like Miss Judy's Farm and Memphis. This album feels like everything you'd want in a 70s electric blues album. Its great.

Gear: DCA ÆON 2 Noire Mix: Soundstage teils beeindruckend. Vocals aber viel zu zentral für mich (s.u.). Musik: Es scheint, dass Rod Stewart mich nicht nur Solo nervt. Ausgedehnte, bluesige Bass- und Gitarrenparts heben aber für mich (gerade noch) erträgliches Niveau. Wertung: 2/5

Generic rock album. Nothing outstanding.

Nice but a little boring

It's a great album that I didn't know existed. It's like Rod Stewart and The Rolling Stones had a love child.

I really liked this album. Had only heard the big hit before. I enjoyed hearing Ronnie Wood. Atlantic Crossing is my favorite Stewart album but I love hearing this ‘early’ work.

This really wasn't a bad album, but it also really never blew me away.

the old white folks in the pubs turn the fuck UP when this comes on

Nokkuð þétt, nokkur mjög góð lög.

3.

Have I just been bamboozled into listening to Rod Stewart?

Favorite Tracks: Stay With Me Miss Judy’s Farm Too Bad

classic rock

Rod Stewart’s vocals are like condom: it doesn’t matter how good the music is, that voice is going to come between you and whatever you’re supposed to experience from the rest of the band.

I was so surprised to hear Rod Stewart's voice when I listened to this album. I had never heard of Faces. I really enjoyed this one, Memphis is a fantastic song!

Really liked this album.

Liked

not a fan, downloaded debris tho!

The actual sound isn't unique but rod stewart's voice and the band's energy carries it through the classic rock n roll jams.

A fun rock album. Good background music.

This was fun and an easy listen.. Rod when he was still cool. Loved it

Can’t take rod

Good album, but didn't stand out. I know this band because their hit "Oh La La" was one of the first songs I learned on guitar. I think the music is simple, but classic, which is why it's easy to learn.

generic 60s/70s rock. plenty of better options. what's that, Rod Stewart is the singer? umm.... my previous statement still stands.

Jeff Beck 2 Electric Boogaloo: slighty more 🧸able ⬜️ ness Rod Stewart isn't too bad tbh and debris really is a sick song Best Song: Debris Worst Song: That's all you need

Back to Jeff Beck - at least Truth had instrumentals.

It’s fine. Is it something I needed to listen to before I die? No. 2.5 rounded down because I’m feeling spiteful

4/10 Highlights: Debris

Deeply love this album. Faces are in the pocket for the whole thing, on par with Creedence Clearwater Revival at their best. Debris is a 10/10 Man Feelings song. Ronnie Lane writing about small realisations and intimate shared knowing between a son and a father. Seeing his dad as a whole complete human, feeling as if one day that will be him, admitting he should have listened to his father's advice, whilst still sadly and dismissively laughing at his senile grumblings. It's possible I love it so much because my Dad's love language does seem to be gifting people strange things he finds amongst the debris at charity shops. The rest of the album is fierce charasmatic shoe shuffling belters. It's funny. It's free. It's all playing for the song. Love The Small Faces, love what Stevie Marriott went off and did with Humble Pie, but this might be the best album from that whole crew, even though Rod went on to pump out some farts later on in his career.

A Nod is as Good as a Wink truly showcases the remarkable talents of the Faces. From the raw and passionate energy to the fun-filled vibes, this album captures the essence of a live performance. The album's ballsy sound and the opportunity to hear Rod Stewart's voice in its full strength make it a must-listen, cementing it as a classic. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 5 STAND OUT TRACK - That's All You Need

Alright, stay with me slaps but the rest is a bit meh. Never been much of a Rodhead

I'm learning that I really like this rock-a-billy/bluesy rock kind of music, and this album is no exception. A few moments really stand out, but otherwise, so far, solid throughout. The tempo changes are sooooo good.

A fun 70s rock one. The first song is insane but I was a little let down after that

This album is an from a British rock group of the early 70s, a short-live project that included Rod Stewart and Ron Wood. This is a collection of fun, loose rock songs, like "Stay with Me," which showcases Rod Stewart's raspy, vocal prowess. The album also includes a cover of Chuck Berry's "Memphis," providing a glimpse of the inspiration for Faces and British rock of the time.

Not bad, just a little too Rod Stewarty for me. A couple good songs but most of them just blend together.

I didnt know Rod Stewart was in a band before

I hate every version of Rod Stewart, but I tried to give this a fair listen. The piano and instrumentation of Love Lives Here makes Stewart's singing bearable. Debris was a pleasant listen (despite Stewart's backing vocals). The rest of the album is skippable.

This was fairly forgettable but not terrible.

One vastly prefers the mellower cuts – "Love Lives Here" and "Debris" – to the raggedy, bell-bottom-y rockers, such as the sturdy but stupid "Stay with Me." Did someone spill booze or other liquids on the tape for "Memphis, TN"? To be fair, the cut does trail off pretty enjoyably, with some rollicking roadhouse-y piano and woozy-warbly guitar action. One likes the simplicity of attack -- this was natural to the point of organic rock, almost free-range in its conception and execution. Highly accruate artifact of the early '70s, too. And there are just enough fun flourishes (the ttile, say, and the generally larky-winky tone of the whole thing and is that a steel drum on the closer?) to get it above repalacement level (if not by a mile). It sort of all comes down to Hot Rod, who's something of a love-him-or-hate-him figure –a lightning Rod, if you will. One's always had a soft spot for him (even liking the outputs from some of his dodgiest decisions – boater hats, disco, American songbook) plus nobody ever did the basic rock "whoo" more persuasively or smoothly than RS. Net-net, one mostly digs this record, even with its considerable1971-y limitations, though likely won't ever go too terribly far out of one's way to listen again, it being Stones-lite as much as it's anything at all.

Standout: Stay With Me Others: Miss Judy's Farm, Love Lives Here, You're So Rude, 4/5

Pretty cool

HL: "Stay With Me", "Debris", "That's All You Need" December 7, 2023

Completely new album/band for me and I gotta say I was very pleased with it! I’m a big fan of that bluesy rock sound. Every track hit the mark for me and I think I’ve found a few new tracks to put into my regular rotation!!

Architected beautifully. Very well put together album, with some high level songs but mostly 70s era rock calling. Not bad but not incredible 3.5/5

Solid

Pretty standard boomer rock. It's something you'd find on at the shop for sure. Not the greatest thing I've ever listened to, but not offensive either.

the hit is the worst song here… but i dug it! the last song i really liked i think….

Good listen but nothing stood out to me. Liked the bluesy rocky vibe. Light 4.

Rod is great on this album and there’s lots of great rock songs on here. Very enjoyable listen

Good bluesy rock and roll. You can see why Ron Wood fit into the Rolling Stones so seamlessly. Rod Stewart does a really good job here as well.

After hearing this I understand why Ron Wood was such an obvious fit for The Rolling Stones after Mick Taylor’s departure. The guitar on “you’re so rude" is awesome, and I expected to be bored by the Chuck Berry cover, but their jam took the song to a really interesting place for me. Not quite a 5 but overall a very good album and one I'm glad I heard.

Classic blue-eyed blues. Ronnie Wood is a master of the blues guitar. Rod sings so roughly that I’m surprised he hasn’t lost his voice.

Generic solid rock n roll. It was totally fine

I love Faces. Yeah it's just classic rock 'n' roll but it's great fun. Rod Stewart's voice is so good in this. Funny we had one of his albums just the other day.

Fuzzed out British blues rock. Good stuff!

Average 3 per track. Pretty decent but didn’t seem to groundbreaking.

Cool

A rollocking bit of rock fun

Not bad

Cool album, side 2 is especially good. Ronnie Lane doesn’t need to sing when you have Rod Stewart in your band. I liked it more than I thought I would. Love the guitar.

It was just entirely unremarkable music to me. The album title is cool though

Smiley

solid, could go 3.5

I wanted to like this, but I don't think it has aged well. 😕

Does Rod Stewart get some award for being featured in three "1001" albums released in a two-year-period? (Or even four albums in a four year period if you could the Jeff Beck album.) Hmmm. This was good, I'll freely admit, but I didn't love it lots, or feel that I was getting something I hadn't gotten before.

Although I was not familiar with this album, it really didn’t hold any surprises. It sounded like what I expected.

Matched my expectations. It's good, possibly my favorite way to listen to Rod Stewart. I think the blues-rock category, as much as I like it, is perhaps overrepresented on this list. This is good, but not much of a revelation.

I like Rod Stewart, so I liked this album too. Some good early 70s guitar driven rock band music.

Memphis! Such a good song. Solid album all the way.

Good sound. Solid rock n roll

i've already listened to two rod stewart albums as part of this project, and i of course already knew the song "stay with me." but this felt rather lackluster! i didn't get a sense of the creativity i was used to on those two stewart albums. and i'm sure part of it is that i enjoy stewart's crackly voice more than i realized! that must be why i've always enjoyed "stay with me." but there's more of a focus on the instruments here, not just the vocals. all in all, this album really is just fine, but i wish it was more. a low 3.

A quick album, but really quite good! This album is a little bluesy, a little psychedelic, a little hard rock, but it packs a nice punch! I had not heard this album in its entirety, but I'm a long time lover of Faces' song, "Stay With Me". I have always loved how scratchy Rod Stewart sounds on that track, and I was pleased to hear that carry through the whole album. During a transition period between psychedelic and hard rock, this album sits squarely between the two, and just simply makes for good listening. I'd do 3.5 if I could!

In general nice to listen to, but not very unique and thus a bit forgettable.

Except for the one standout single and Rod’s voice (which later launched his solo career), this seems like a pretty average British rock album typical of the era.

I had a wrong image of this band. I thought they were uninspired, a little boring and cheesy. A water down version of the Stones. This album kind of changed my mind.

Meh

Best wel enjoyable ngl

Sweet album! I’m not a huge Rod Stewart fan, but in Faces I dig his role a bit more rather than being the main singer. It’s a great musical album and it features some classic songs! 7,5 out of 10

You know what, The Faces are an amazing Greatest Hits band. Can’t put together a good album though.

What a boring album. There was nothing remarkable about it. I found myself counting down the songs until it was all over, and it wasn't even a long album. Just absolute boring boomer music.

Honestly unmemorable. Interesting I think? I liked the length though I just don’t really have much to say 😁 Pretty average but not terrible!

Decent bluesy-grimy rock very much akin to Stones - not the best but still in that very brief but excellent peak of Rod Stewart's; whether with Jeff Beck, solo, or here with the Faces, his output from c1969-1972 was generally top shelf. I often wonder why The Faces as a band didn't stick in the consciousness as much as other short-lived bands, like Free for example - similar blues-based gritty rock. This has always felt to me like - blasphemy alert - better Stones-type-music for people who didn't really get into the Stones (guilty). I guess we do have the [guitarist] Ron Wood connection between the two bands. Anyways it's not perfect, a little dated, and can get a little dull at times but overall a non-complex and fun listen, but the lack of more good actual songs has me wavering this down to a 3. More of a ... you're at a party and someone says "we need a soundtrack for early 70s music, whattya got?" and this is the answer. 6/10 3 stars.

Pretty good rock album, the first half was pretty great A lot of interesting riffs and musical ideas... 3.5 probably it doesn't all land

touche top review.... touche.....

Early Rod Stewart is amazing

“Stay With Me” is probably the pinnacle of Faces along with “Oh La La”. With that being said, I didn’t really like any of the tracks here, but I still respect it.

Not a fan but rod’s voice is great. Standout track: Miss Judy’s Farm

Solid rock album. I really like the keyboard parts.

Raunchy blues from Rod Stewart and his band. It's not going to change anyone's life but it's fun for what it is.

Very dad rock, of the previous generation. Funky, but not my jam.

Elton John if he leaned into a more southern bluegrass thing. Stay with me is great, the rest of it is goodish. 2.5/5

Good Album overall. Not a huge fan of Rod Stewart, but some of the songs had high points.

Early rockin' Rod is good Rod. And this is a very good album. Stay with me is the obvious standout, but it all has a Rolling Stonesy early '70s rock vibe.

Just a good rock album. 9 songs, over in 36 minutes. Good mix of Rod’s iconic voice mixed with Ronnie Lane’s softer touch. A good rock band making a fun album to listen to.

Very good sounding record! Lyrics less impressive.

Need to listen again.

Fun and bluesy, lyrics meh

I mean... it's no Ooh La La.

I really enjoyed how jam-y these songs were, like Stay With Me and Memphis, Tennessee. And Rod’s voice just fits so perfectly. I almost couldn’t believe these guys were British.

Idk kind of blues played by old English dudes. Just don’t care.

One shares Nick Hornby's sense of Hot Rod as a guilty (occasionally embarrassing) pleasure. Stones-Lite is the obvious knock against it, but the essential 1971ness feels perfectly executed. One quite likes the more organic and soulful bits ("Love Lives Here" and " "). Unfortunately, "Stay with Me" is a best-of-breed when it comes to ragged, raffish sexist rocker. "Memphis" is a pretty forgettable cover; were they playing in their sleep? Like the whole thing, it's so laddish that it comes off as mostly fun, with the odd touches (like the steel drums toward the end of the closer) playing pretty close to charming.

Timeless classic

I'd never heard of this band and didn't know Rod Stewart was originally in an influential band. Though, I was never a big enough Rod Stewart fan to really follow his career. His voice has become familiar to me over the years though so it definitely helped the music overall having that familiarity to latch onto. It was also pretty cool to discover all the other bands these guys eventually made there way into as well. The Who, The Rolling Stones and Pete Townsend were all influenced by individual band members on some level. Pretty neat! On a musical level this is just good wholesome classic rock. Its groovy music with some solid riffs. There's not much to complain about here other than the fact that it's all pretty par for course here. None of these songs do anything that really seperate it from the rest of the music of this era. Despite having never heard of faces I finished this album feeling like I had heard all these songs before. It was good but I probably won't be returning to it anytime soon. Feels like I just need to turn on the classic rock station to get my fix of this genre of rock. It's a 3.5 for me but I'll probably round down to a 3 to really exemplify how plain this sounded in my opinion.

The "Stay With Me" album. Vocals sound a bit like Steven Tyler so I always thought it was an Aerosmith song. The other standout is "Memphis". Overall a decent rock album.

Apart from the massive "Stay with Me", I wasn't a big fan back in the day, even though a lot of my friends raved about this album. I'm still not a really big fan.

Ignoring what Rod became, I do love the swagger on The Faces records. Unchallenging blues rock, perhaps, but enjoyable.