Album Description
This wonderful 19 track collection includes all their hits and favourites including Stay With Me, Cindy Incidentally, You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything, Pool Hall Richard and ‘Ooh La La’.Amazon.com essential recording
Best known for their alumni (Rod Stewart, the Stones’ Ron Wood, the Who’s Kenny Jones), the Faces’ brief early ’70s run was as musically rewarding as it was boozy and sideshow spectacular. A revamped, bluesier edition of ’60s English pop … More >>
The Best of Faces: Good Boys When They’re Asleep
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#1 by D. Wilson on March 2, 2010 - 2:28 am
I can’t even begin to say how bad this compilation is. Just another piece of evidence against any rock and roll post 1971 or 2. If this is what gave Rod Steward “credibility” then he can go to hell. That’s my opinion.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Anonymous on March 2, 2010 - 3:51 am
As a huge fan of the Jeff Beck Groups’ “Truth”, I purchased this with high hopes, but apart from Ooh La La, I was not impressed with this collection. Despite what the liner notes say, this sounds like your standard boogie band, the tracks all sound the same. I have a feeling that this material would shine live, but not here. Take a listen to some tracks before you purchase this. A good gift for my dad.
Rating: 2 / 5
#3 by Mike on March 2, 2010 - 6:09 am
Before you take exception with the three stars I gave this one, please realize that I’m rating the single-disc compilation and not the music. In terms of the songs presented here, we’re talking an easy five stars (even the sloppy tracks…that’s what made this band great, a mixture of virtuosity and “How can they still be standing when they’re that drunk?”). In terms of satisfying anyone other than the most casual or cash-strapped Faces fan, three stars is overly generous. The four-disc “Five Guys Walk Into A Bar…” box set is the way to go, not to mention owning each of the 4 Faces CDs and the Wood-era Stewart solo discs. Forget the “Great American Songbook” Rod Stewart you see in 2007. In the 70s, these guys were serious challengers to the throne occupied by the Rolling Stones in terms of songwriting and rocking attitude. That said, “Good Boys” DOES include one of the single greatest songs produced by the band, the late great Ronnie Lane’s “Debris” (with powerful backing vocals from Stewart and some of Wood’s most poignant playing). The hits are here (”Miss Judy’s Farm,” “Stay With Me”) as well as key album tracks like “Borstal Boys” (their last great, crunchy, stomping Chuck Berry-derived rocker) and the transcendent “Ooh La La.” It’s just not enough…period. A good intro? Yeah, of course, like “The Beatles Ones” is a good intro to The Beatles. Listen to the BBC live tracks on “Five guys…” and you’ll see what you’re missing.
Rating: 3 / 5
#4 by Davy on March 2, 2010 - 7:07 am
very impressive stuff! i bought this because i’ve always loved rod stewart’s voice but been more or less indifferent to his music (aside from “maggie may” that is; never could resist that one). this is rod’s first musical endeavor, a sloppy-as-hell, balls-to-the-wall, hotel-trashin’ RAWK band. the guitarist ronnie wood would go on to replace what’s-his-face in the rolling stones, and the other one, ronnie lane, wrote some of the best tunes, namely “ooh la la,” which you movie buffs will recognize as the song that so perfectly and triumphantly closes out the film _rushmore_. silkworm covered it on _lifestyle_ and that was the first version i heard: i thought it was a silkworm original until i saw the movie, but i never knew it was a faces track (not even when i ordered it). not to mention “glad and sorry,” which was my favorite song on golden smog’s first album (golden smog was something of an alt.country supergroup featuring jeff tweedy and that guy from soul asylum). again, i thought it was a golden smog-penned tune, but turns out it was a faces song. wow. great stuff, here. i knew you had it in you, rod.
since listening to this, i’ve gone back and rediscovered some of the early rod stewart albums like _gasoline alley_, _never a dull moment_, and _every picture tells a story_. it’s all really great stuff!
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by J. Carroll on March 2, 2010 - 9:17 am
What great talent! Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLaglin, and Kenny Jones, all talented performers, who created for a short while, the world’s greatest bar band. Rocking hard and playing loosely this band just seemed to throw things together and hope for the best. Not just a back up band for Stewart, Faces created music for a Saturday night, out on the town, hitting the clubs, and having a real good time doing it. Listening to songs like “Cindy Incidentally,” “Pool Hall Richard” and “Borstal Boys,” you can hear the skill of the band, but Faces always seemed to be more about having fun. This collection is more complete than Snakes and Ladders and you will be hard pressed to find a band that better epitomizes the swagger of good old-fashioned rock and roll. There are many bands that have created more memorable music, but few that sound like they are having more fun doing it.
Rating: 4 / 5