Ooh La La by The Faces

Ooh La La, the fourth and last studio album from Faces, came out on Warner Bros. in 1973 and by 28 April it was sitting on top of the UK albums chart. Glyn Johns produced, and the lineup was the one that rose out of Small Faces: Rod Stewart singing, Ronnie Wood on guitar, Ronnie Lane on bass, Ian McLagan on keyboards and Kenney Jones on drums.

It's a boozy, loose-limbed stew of boogie, blues and country rock, the sound of five blokes who'd rather be down the pub than polishing takes. Stewart's solo career was already running alongside the band, and this was the end of the road for Lane, whose bass spot went to Tetsu Yamauchi soon after. The original LP came in an 'animated' cover, which the vinyl edition of the 2015 box set reproduced.

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