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Faces came together in London in 1969 when Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood joined the remaining members of the Small Faces after Steve Marriott's departure. They made loose, good-natured rock with a scruffy folk edge, the kind of band that sounded like five friends playing in a pub, and their best-known song, "Stay with Me," captured that spirit perfectly. The band ran until 1975, when Wood left to join the Rolling Stones and Stewart's solo career took over for good.
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A Nod Is as Good as a Wink… to a Blind Horse (1971). It's their strongest album, with the hit "Stay with Me" plus "Miss Judy's Farm" and "Too Bad," and it shows off both their rowdy side and Ronnie Lane's gentler writing.
Biography
Faces are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. They formed after Small Faces lead singer and guitarist Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie, and the remaining Small Faces—bassist Ronnie Lane, drummer Kenney Jones, and keyboardist Ian McLagan—recruited lead singer Rod Stewart and guitarist Ronnie Wood, both formerly of the Jeff Beck Group, and shortened the band's name to Faces.
Their first two albums, First Step (1970) and Long Player (1971), were modest successes, while their third album, A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse (1971), bolstered by the success of Stewart's parallel solo career, became a worldwide hit, peaking at number 2 in the UK and number 6 in the US, and spawning a hit single with "Stay with Me". After releasing their fourth and final studio album Ooh La La (1973), Lane was replaced by Tetsu Yamauchi on bass. This line-up released two non-album singles—"Pool Hall Richard" (1973) and "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything" (1974)—and a live album, Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners (1973), before the band officially split in 1975, with a greatest hits album, Snakes and Ladders / The Best of Faces, appearing the following year.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 1973Ooh La LaAlbum
- 1971A Nod Is as Good as a Wink… to a Blind HorseAlbum
- 1971Long PlayerAlbum
- 1970First StepAlbum
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