''There Are But Four Small Faces'' is a studio album by the English rock band

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, released in February1968 through

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and distributed by

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. It was the band's first LP release in the

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, and is a modified version of the UK album ''

'', which came out the previous year. ''There Are But Four'' combines tracks from the UK album with the standalone singles "

Itchycoo Park "Itchycoo Park" is a song by English rock band Small Faces, written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. Largely written by Lane, it was among a number of pop songs of the era to make use of flanging, an effect involving, at that time, electro-mec ...

" (the group's only US hit), "

Here Come the Nice "Here Come the Nice" is a song by English rock band Small Faces. Written by guitarist Steve Marriott and bass guitarist Ronnie Lane, it was released as a single on 2 June 1967, through Immediate Records. The song, which was the band's debut on ...

" and "

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", and their respective

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Album profile

The album 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", which were all found on the ''Small Faces'' album in the

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. Since these tracks weren't featured on another album issued in the US at the time, they became rare collectibles until

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issued a double album titled ''The Immediate Story'' in 1975. On CD, these tracks were issued on deluxe editions of ''Small Faces'' in the 1980s. These tracks were substituted by the singles "

", "

" and "

", all of which had seen releases as singles in both the US and the UK to various success. The album also features the B-Sides "I'm Only Dreaming" and "I Feel Much Better", which backed "Itchycoo Park" and "Tin Soldier" respectively. ''There Are'' remains the sole Small Faces album that was released exclusively in

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; the follow-up ''

Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake ''Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake'' is the third studio album, and only concept album by the English rock band Small Faces. Released on 24 May 1968, the LP peaked at number one in the UK on the ''Record Retailer'' LPs Chart, where it remained for six w ...

'' remains the same as the UK issue, although with lacking sound quality.

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' debut album ''

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'' is credited to Small Faces on its USA release, but credited to Faces in the UK; however, the track listings on both these releases are the same (although there ''are'' brief edits to two tracks on the USA version). Upon its initial release, the record failed to reach the charts; however, it charted very briefly after the song "Itchycoo Park" was a top 20 hit on the

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in January 1968. The album consequently became a moderate success, managed to reach the

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for three weeks, and peaked at number 178 in March 1968. It was the first of two Small Faces albums to chart in the US; the other one was ''Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake'' which reached number 159. During the success of "Itchycoo Park", stickers stating 'Includes Itchycoo Park' were added to the album sleeve, something that hadn't been present on earlier pressings. The album was published in

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in the year 1968 on the Odeon label. This version had a remarkably different running order than the versions released in the US, most notably the inclusion of " Lazy Sunday", a single released in April 1968.

Track listing

All tracks written by

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and

Ronnie Lane Ronald Frederick Lane (1 April 1946 – 4 June 1997) was an English musician and songwriter who was the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Small Faces (1965–69) and Faces (band), Faces (1969–73). Lane formed Small Faces in 1965 afte ...

unless noted. The track listing below is adapted from initial US pressings. *The song was titled 'Up the Wooden Hills to Bedfordshire' on the group's 1967 album; On the US album the 'to Bedfordshire' part is absent.

Personnel

Small Faces *

– lead, harmony, and backing vocals, guitars, piano on "Show Me the Way" *

– lead, harmony, and backing vocals, bass guitar *

Ian McLagan Ian Patrick McLagan (; 12 May 1945 – 3 December 2014) was an English keyboardist, best known as a member of the rock bands Small Faces and Faces. He also collaborated with the Rolling Stones and led his own band from the late 1970s. He was i ...

– lead, harmony, and backing vocals, keyboards, bass guitar on "Show Me the Way", guitar and bass guitar on "Up the Wooden Hills" *

Kenney Jones Kenneth Thomas Jones (born 16 September 1948) is an English drummer best known for his work in the groups Small Faces, Faces and the Who. Jones was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Small Faces/Faces. Biograp ...

– drums, percussion ; Additional appearances: *

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– backing vocals on "

", "I Feel Much Better" and "

Charts

References

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Album profile

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

See also

References