Small Faces 1966 Album

Small Faces

Doomed to second-league status thanks to events out of their control, in reality, the Small Faces were an immensely important group in their short lifetime, with everyone (except for orginal Face Jimmy Winston) moving onto bigger and better gigs. An innumerable amount of lead singers owe a huge debt to Steve Marriott, while the band's upbeat garage rock crossed-with R&B style has had countless imitators, and very few that matched up with the original item. Their debut album is often pooh-poohed by snooty critics as a second-rate Mod copy-cat document, but that misses the point. The key selling point is unadulterated energy, as typified by their rowdy interpretation of Muddy Waters' "You Need Loving". If this sounds familiar to you, it's because Led Zeppelin directly nicked it for their huge hit "Whole Lotta Love". There's nothing second-rate about this album, or subsequent releases.