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Small Faces (1966 album)

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Not to be confused with Small Faces (1967 album).

Small Faces
Studio album by
Small Faces
Released6 May 1966 (1966-5-6)
RecordedJune 1965 – February 1966
StudioDecca & IBC, London
Genre
Length32:47
LabelDecca
Producer
Small Faces chronology
Small Faces
(1966) 		From the Beginning
(1967)
Singles from Small Faces
  1. "Whatcha Gonna Do About It"
    Released: 6 August 1965
  2. "Sha-La-La-La-Lee"
    Released: 28 January 1966

Small Faces is the debut album of Small Faces, released in May 1966 by Decca Records. It includes the hit singles "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" and "Sha-La-La-La-Lee". The album was well received by music critics and was popular with the public, rising to number 3 on the UK album chart remaining at the top for several weeks.[3][4] It also reached number 8 in Finland.[5]

Background

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Small Faces in 1965. Original keyboardist Jimmy Winston (far right) is featured on roughly half of the tracks on the album.[6]

On 6 August 1965, British pop group Small Faces released their debut single "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" on Decca Records.[7]

Jimmy Winston was asked to leave after the band's second single, "I've Got Mine", released on 5 November 1965, failed to chart. He still appears on many tracks on this album, including writing contributions to "It's Too Late" and providing keyboards and vocals on various tracks. Winston's replacement, Ian McLagan, appears on the album cover and plays on various tracks as well.

Content

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Classic Rock[8]

The album was recorded at IBC Studios, Portland Place, London between June 1965 and February 1966.[9] Glyn Johns was the studio engineer. In 1966, Small Faces became the eleventh biggest selling artists of the year.[10]

In 1962, Muddy Waters recorded "You Need Love", written for him by peer Willie Dixon. "You Need Loving" is a veiled cover of "You Need Love".[11] Small Faces were never sued by Dixon, even though "You Need Loving" only credits Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott as writers. Guitarist Jimmy Page (initially of The Yardbirds and later of Led Zeppelin fame) has claimed to have been disappointed when, after coming up with a wicked guitar riff and requesting Robert Plant pen some lyrics, the singer returned with those of "You Need Loving", a tune Plant, a big Small Faces fan, had, according to Small Faces singer Steve Marriott in early '70s Canadian rock newspaper Beetle, said he had longed to record. Thus, "You Need Loving" became the basis for lyrics of Led Zeppelin's hit song "Whole Lotta Love" in 1969.

Three of the tracks had been released prior to the album. These are the two aforementioned singles, "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" and "Sha-La-La-La-Lee", along with the track "It's Too Late", which was issued as the B-side of "I've Got Mine", the group's second single, released in 1965. The band's fourth single, "Hey Girl", was released around the same time as the album; ultimately it was not included and can instead be found on their 1967 compilation album From the Beginning.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shake"Sam Cooke2:55
2."Come on Children"
4:20
3."You Better Believe It"
2:19
4."It's Too Late"
  • Jones
  • Lane
  • Marriott
  • Winston
2:37
5."One Night Stand"
  • Lane
  • Marriott
1:50
6."Whatcha Gonna Do About It"
1:59
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Sorry She's Mine"Lynch2:48
8."Own Up Time"
[nb 1]		1:47
9."You Need Loving"Willie Dixon[nb 2]3:59
10."Don't Stop What You're Doing"
  • Jones
  • Lane
  • Marriott
  • Winston
1:55
11."E Too D"
  • Lane
  • Marriott
3:02
12."Sha-La-La-La-Lee"
2:56

Personnel

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Personnel according to the 2012 deluxe edition of Small Faces.[6]

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for Small Faces
Chart (1966) Peak

position

Finnish Soumen virallinen Albums[5] 8
UK Record Retailer LPs Chart[4] 3
UK Disc and Music Echo Top Ten LPs[14] 3
UK Melody Maker Top Ten LPs[15] 3
UK New Musical Express Best Selling LPs in Britain[16] 3

References

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Citations

  1. ^ a b c AllMusic review
  2. ^ "The Small Faces – Small Faces, from the Beginning, Small Faces, Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake (Reissues)".
  3. ^ Hellier & Hewitt 2004, p. 113.
  4. ^ a b Roberts 2006, p. 508.
  5. ^ a b Nyman 2005.
  6. ^ a b Paytress 2012, p. 21.
  7. ^ Schmitt & Twelker 2002, p. 14.
  8. ^ Martin, Gavin (December 2006). "Small Faces Small Faces 40th Anniversary Edition". Classic Rock. p. 99.
  9. ^ 21st Para.IanMcLagan.com Small Faces recorded at IBC Studios. "IanMcLagan.com - the Story of the Small Faces in Their Own Words: The Songs". Archived from the original on 6 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  10. ^ Hellier & Hewitt 2004, p. 111.
  11. ^ Don Snowden (1989). I Am the Blues: The Willie Dixon Story. Perseus Books Group. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-3068-0415-1.
  12. ^ a b Bransby, Tony (1966). Small Faces (Vinyl LP). UK: Decca. LK 4790 – via MusicBrainz.
  13. ^ Hellier & Hewitt 2004, p. 78.
  14. ^ "Top Ten LPs" (PDF). Disc and Music Echo. 18 June 1966. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2025 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  15. ^ "Top Ten LPs" (PDF). Melody Maker. 2 July 1966. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2025 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  16. ^ "Best Selling LPs In Britain" (PDF). New Musical Express. 17 June 1966. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2025 – via WorldRadioHistory.

Footnotes

  1. ^ The sleeve of the original LP release credits the song as simply "Own Up".[12]
  2. ^ "You Need Loving" was an adaptation of "You Need Love", written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Muddy Waters.[13] However, the original pressing of the LP credits Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane as composers.[12]

Sources

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