Small Faces - Ultimate Collection - Album - streams

The Small Faces define the 1960s mod spirit. These four diminutive, stylish, plucky, talented, passionate 'east enders' boasted (in guitarist Steve Marriott) arguably the greatest blue-eyed soul singer in rock history. His background as a child actor lent him enormous on-stage charisma, which belied his size. Moreover, his burgeoning songwriting skills with bassist Ronnie Lane was, at its best, a match for Lennon or McCartney, laced with similarly arch humour.

Between 1965 and 1969 they scored 12 hits, evolving swiftly from a fast-touring, high octane teeny-bop sensation into the mature rock outfit behind the classic No. 1 album, Ogden's Nut Gone Flake. Their music, like that of the Who, the Kinks and the 'Stones, both defined the era while, somehow, remaining timeless. Together with their cult status and mod credentials, their music has been profoundly influential ever since, most famously being cited in the 1990s by the britpop/dadrock crowd (Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, Blur, Paul Weller et al).

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