History Music / TheSmallFaces

* 1966 - ''Small Faces'' - Not to be confused with the 1967 album of the same name, this was the band's first record for Decca records, consisting of a combination of covers and originals.
* 1967 - ''From the Beginning'' - A compilation album released without the band's consent by Decca records after they signed with Immediate, featuring tracks that had not been included on their first album as well as early versions of songs that would be included on their second.

* SequelSong: The band regarded "Lazy Sunday" as this compared to their previous hit "Itchycoo Park." The song's success chagrined them, as they preferred to be known for their harder-hitting material such as "Tin Soldier" and felt that the BlackSheepHit "Lazy Sunday" pidgeonholed them as a hippy-dippy Anglo-pop group, rather than the rock band they were maturing into.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their songs fall between a 3 and a 4, occasionally crossing over into a 5, though "Wham Bam Thank You Mam," one of their last commercially-released songs, could conceivably be classed as a 6.

[[caption-width-right:225:The classic line-up of The Small Faces, From left to right: Steve Marriott, [[Music/{{Faces}} Ronnie Lane]], [[Music/TheWho Kenney Jones]] and [[Music/{{Faces}} Ian McLagan]].]]

With the ConceptAlbum ''Music/OgdensNutGoneFlake'', the band introduced [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]] elements to their music, resulting in their [[OneHitWonder most memorable song and biggest American hit]], "Itchycoo Park". However, their success didn't last, and the band disbanded in 1969 (after Marriott infamously quit on New Years Eve 1968), and Lane, Jones and [=McLagan=] joined up with [[Music/TheRollingStones Ronnie Wood]] and [[Music/RodStewart Rod Stewart]] of The Jeff Beck Group to form a new combo called Music/{{Faces}}, while Steve Marriott teamed up with future superstar [[Music/PeterFrampton Peter Frampton]] in Humble Pie. They did partially reunite from 1975 to 1978 (with Rick Wills of Music/{{Foreigner}} and Jimmy [=McCulloch=] of Music/{{Wings}} participating), though that didn't last. Somewhat ironically, considering their rivalry, Jones would become Music/TheWho's drummer after [[AuthorExistenceFailure Keith Moon's death]]. Both groups became successful in TheSeventies and are now counted as important innovators in the BluesRock genre. [=McCulloch=] died of a heroin overdose in 1979, Marriott died in a house fire in 1991, Lane succumbed to complications from Multiple Sclerosis in 1997, and [=McLagan=] died from a massive stroke in 2014.

* AlwaysSecondBest: Thought of as this in relation to the Who, although their number one hit "All Or Nothing" is noteworthy for holding "Substitute" off the top spot in Britain.

* SignatureSong: "Itchycoo Park," though the band would likely have preferred it to be "Tin Soldier."

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their songs fall between a three and a four, occasionally crossing over into a 5, though "Wham Bam Thank You Mam," one of their last commercially-released songs, could conceivably be classed as a 6.

* AwesomeMusic: "Tin Soldier," "Itchycoo Park," "Afterglow," "Lazy Sunday," "All or Nothing," "Here Come the Nice"...the list goes on.

* FaceOfTheBand: Steve Marriott.

* OneHitWonder: In America they were this, with "Itchycoo Park," and to this day remain far more influential and beloved in their home country than across the Atlantic.

* StuckInTheirShadow: Ronnie Lane, who had contributed greatly to the catalogue as well as essentially coming up with the idea for the "Happiness Stan" storyline on Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, was largely overshadowed by the larger-than-life persona of Steve Marriott. This continued into the Faces, where Lane remained a lesser-known member than Stewart and Wood, despite writing many of the band's best-loved songs. And later his solo work was, and continues to be, very highly regarded by those who listened to it, but was not particularly successful (which was perhaps affected in part by the onset of Multiple Sclerosis, which prevented Lane from touring).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The tracks the band recorded for their shelved fourth LP (eventually released posthumously along with several live tracks as The Autumn Stone) indicate at least a partial move in a heavier direction, comparable to early Led Zeppelin. In particular, "Wham Bam Thank You Mam" and "Call it Something Nice" feature heavy riffs and distorted guitars that would not be out of place in the following decade.

* ConceptAlbum: ''Music/OgdensNutGoneFlake''.

* IAmTheBand: Averted. Many first-time listeners perceive Steve Marriott to be this; however, all of the other members were essential to the band's sound (particularly Ian [=McLagan=]'s keyboards) and Ronnie Lane was the driving force behind several of their hits. In fact, on the band's self-titled 1967 LP, Lane handles lead vocals on five songs.

* 1968 - ''There Are But Four Small Faces'' - Released in the US only as the substitute to their 1967 album ''Small Faces''. It changed the track-listing, omitted ''Something I Want To Tell You'', ''Feeling Lonely'', ''Happy Boys Happy'', ''Things Are Going To Get Better'', ''Become Like You'', ''All Our Yesterdays'' and ''Eddie's Dreaming'', and added ''Itchycoo Park'', ''I'm Only Dreaming'', ''I Feel Much Better'', ''Tin Soldier'' and ''Here Comes The Nice.''

* 1966 - ''Small Faces'' [[note]]Not to be confused with the 1967 album of the same name[[/note]]
* 1967 - ''Small Faces'' [[note]]Not to be confused with the 1966 album of the same name[[/note]]
* 1967 - ''There Are But Four Small Faces'' [[note]]Released in the US only as the substitute to their 1967 album ''Small Faces''. It changed the track-listing, omitted ''Something I Want To Tell You'', ''Feeling Lonely'', ''Happy Boys Happy'', ''Things Are Going To Get Better'', ''Become Like You'', ''All Our Yesterdays'' and ''Eddie's Dreaming'', and added ''Itchycoo Park'', ''I'm Only Dreaming'', ''I Feel Much Better'', ''Tin Soldier'' and ''Here Comes The Nice''[[/note]]
* 1968 - ''Music/OgdensNutGoneFlake''

* TheRival: The chief rivals to the Who in the British mod scene. After 1966, this largely ended, as both bands had largely abandoned the mod scene for a more psychedelic sound.

* TheBandMinusTheFace: When Steve Marriott left, Ronnie Lane, Ian [=McLagan=] and Kenney Jones replaced him with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood. However, the new-look band had such a different sound that they elected to change their name to simply the Faces, partly because as Stewart and Wood were 5'10", they were no longer all "Small."

* GenreShift: Started off as a beat group, then switched to PsychedelicRock at the end of the sixties.
* IAmTheBand: Averted. Many first-time listeners perceive Steve Marriott to be this; however, all of the other members were essential to the band's sound (particularly Ian [=McLagan=]'s keyboards) and Ronnie Lane was the driving force behind several of their most well-remembered songs. In fact, on the band's self-titled 1967 LP, Lane handles lead vocals on five songs.

* TheRival: The chief rivals to the Who in the British mod scene.

* StuckInTheirShadow: Ronnie Lane, who had contributed many songs to the catalogue as well as essentially coming up with the idea for the "Happiness Stan" storyline on Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, was largely overshadowed by the larger-than-life persona of Steve Marriott. This continued into the Faces, where Lane remained a lesser-known member than Stewart and Wood, despite writing many of the band's best-loved songs. And later his solo work was, and continues to be, very highly regarded by those who listened to it, but it was not particularly successful (which was perhaps affected in part by his onset of Multiple Sclerosis, which prevented him from touring).
* VocalDissonance: Steve Marriott was 5'5" and had soft boyish features, but his voice is commonly regarded as being one of the finest and most powerful in '60s rock, so much so that much hard rock and metal singing can be traced back to him in some way, as Robert Plant was a huge fan and the influence of Marriott's style is clearly audible on his vocals with Led Zeppelin.

* AllOrNothing: literally so: this was the title of a classic ObsessionSong which was a hit in 1966 where the narrator stakes everything on one last try at getting the girl.

* CallandResponseSong: "Itchycoo Park."

* IAmTheBand: Averted. Many first-time listeners perceive Steve Marriott to be this; however, all of the other members were essential to the band's sound (particularly Ian McLagan's keyboards) and Ronnie Lane was the driving force behind several of their most well-remembered songs. In fact, on the band's self-titled 1967 LP, Lane handles lead vocals on five songs.

* CallandResponseSong: "Itchykoo Park."

* IAmTheBand: Steve Marriott.

The Small Faces was a British mod group that started up in London back in 1965, and went on to become one of the most influential bands of the 60's. They started out as a [[Main/ScooterRidingMod Mod]] band playing raunchy music influenced by RAndB and {{Soul}}. They were the East London counterpart to West London's Music/TheWho. Indeed, if any band was ever "number two to the Who" in the ScooterRidingMod scene, it would be this one. Yet, frustratingly for them, they failed to crack the US market in the way so many of their contemporaries like Music/TheWho and Music/TheKinks had.

With the ConceptAlbum ''Music/OgdensNutGoneFlake'', the band introduced [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]] elements to their music, resulting in their [[OneHitWonder most memorable song and biggest American hit]], "Itchycoo Park". However, their success didn't last, and the band disbanded in 1969 (after Marriott infamously quit on New Years Eve 1968), and Lane, Jones and [=McLagan=] joined up with [[Music/TheRollingStones Ronnie Wood]] and [[Music/RodStewart Rod Stewart]] of The Jeff Beck Group to form a new combo called Music/{{Faces}}, while Steve Marriott teamed up with future superstar [[Music/PeterFrampton Peter Frampton]] in Humble Pie. They did partially reunite from 1975 to 1978 (with Rick Wills of Music/{{Foreigner}} and Jimmy [=McCulloch=] of Music/{{Wings}} participating), though that didn't last. Somewhat ironically, considering their rivalry, Jones would become [[Music/TheWho The Who's]] drummer after [[AuthorExistenceFailure Keith Moon's death]]. Both groups became successful in TheSeventies and are now counted as important innovators in the BluesRock genre. [=McCulloch=] died of a heroin overdose in 1979, Marriott died in a house fire in 1991, Lane succumbed to complications from Multiple Sclerosis in 1997, and [=McLagan=] died from a massive stroke in 2014.

Like Music/TheBeatles and TheWho, a major influence on the late seventies/early eighties ModRevival and the {{Britpop}} genre in TheNineties.

'''The Small Faces''' was a British mod group that started up in London back in 1965, and went on to become one of the most influential bands of the 60's. They started out as a [[Main/ScooterRidingMod Mod]] band playing raunchy music influenced by RAndB and {{Soul}}. They were the East London counterpart to West London's Music/TheWho. Indeed, if any band was ever "number two to the Who" in the ScooterRidingMod scene, it would be this one. Yet, frustratingly for them, they failed to crack the US market in the way so many of their contemporaries like Music/TheWho and Music/TheKinks had.

'''The Small Faces''' was a British mod group that started up in London back in 1965, and went on to become one of the most influential bands of the 60's. Their sound was rooted in American R&B, {{Blues}} and SoulMusic and overall they sounded not dissimilar to Music/TheWho. Indeed, if any band was ever "number two to the Who" in the ScooterRidingMod scene, it would be this one.

With the ConceptAlbum ''Ogden's Nut Gone Flake'', the band introduced [[PsychedelicRock psychedelic]] elements to their music, resulting in their [[OneHitWonder most memorable song and biggest American hit]], "Itchycoo Park". However, their success didn't last, and the band disbanded in 1969 (after Marriott infamously quit on New Years Eve 1968), and Lane, Jones and [=McLagan=] joined up with [[Music/TheRollingStones Ronnie Wood]] and [[Music/RodStewart Rod Stewart]] of The Jeff Beck Group to form a new combo called Music/{{Faces}}, while Steve Marriott teamed up with future superstar [[Music/PeterFrampton Peter Frampton]] in Humble Pie. They did partially reunite from 1975 to 1978 (with Rick Wills of Music/{{Foreigner}} and Jimmy [=McCulloch=] of Music/{{Wings}} participating), though that didn't last. Somewhat ironically, considering their rivalry, Jones would become [[Music/TheWho The Who's]] drummer after [[AuthorExistenceFailure Keith Moon's death]]. Both groups became successful in TheSeventies and are now counted as important innovators in the BluesRock genre. [=McCulloch=] died of a heroin overdose in 1979, Marriott died in a house fire in 1991, Lane succumbed to complications from Multiple Sclerosis in 1997, and [=McLagan=] died from a massive stroke in 2014.

* 1968 - ''[[Music/OgdensNutGoneFlake Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake]]''

* ConceptAlbum: ''Ogden's Nut Gone Flake''.

* 1968 - ''[[Music/OgdensNutGoneFlake]]Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake''

* 1968 - ''Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake''

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Steve Marriott
* BlackSheepHit: "Itchycoo Park", which was one of their less bluesy numbers.
** Also "Lazy Sunday" which was probably influenced by TheKinks, and was a probable influence ''on'' Music/{{Blur}}'s "Parklife".

* OneHitWonder: In America, "Itchycoo Park" was the band's only notable hit.