Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake

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Small Faces
Which were in the studios
Hallowed by thy name
Thy music come
Thy songs be sung
On this album as they came from your heads
We give you this day our daily bread
Give us thy album in a round cover as we give thee 37/9d
Lead us into the record stores
And deliver us Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
For nice is the music
The sleeve and the story
For ever and ever, Immediate

Regarding the advert, Steve Marriott said, "We didn't know a thing about the ad until we saw it in the music papers. And frankly we got the horrors at first. We realize that it could be taken as a serious knock against religion. But on thinking it over, we don't feel it is particularly good or bad. It's just another form of advertising. We're not all that concerned about it. We're more concerned in writing our music and producing our records." [14]

Vinyl and CD versions

The original vinyl album includes a segue between the end of "Afterglow" and the beginning of "Long Agos And Worlds Apart". Most CD editions have a different stereo mix, and use a version of "Afterglow" without the segue. There is also a segue between "Long Agos and Worlds Apart" and "Rene", and this is retained on the CD. Some CD editions also include one or more bonus tracks.

The US Immediate vinyl LP looked the same as the British original, but was printed on flimsy paper stock. The CBS/Immediate issue was always sold in a plastic bag with a foldover snap. The sound on the US release was not as bright as the UK release or most subsequent CD issues.

In 1989, Castle Communications released a single disc commemorative "tobacco tin" version that included a 'live' version of Tin Soldier as well as several table coasters replicating the cover.

The 2006 Castle Music/Sanctuary Records 3-disc "tobacco tin" Special Edition includes fully remastered mono and stereo mixes complete with segue, plus an episode of the BBC Radio documentary series Classic Albums in which the band discuss the making of the album. A second 3-disc Deluxe Edition was released in 2012 on Charly Records, this time, overseen by surviving band members Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones, and featured newly remastered mono and stereo mixes complete with segue, with the third disc full of outtakes and alternative takes, versions and mixes, including some specially mixed from newly discovered original session tapes. In countries other than the UK, however, the 2012 3-disc version was a limited edition and was replaced a year later by a two CD version with conventional packaging, and the stereo mix is omitted completely from the package.

In 2018 the album was reissued in a deluxe 50th anniversary edition that included the full 2012 3-disc version and a DVD that included the Colour Me Pop performance.

On many reissues, the cover design still spells the title as Ogdens' , but the label and sleeve copy gives it as Ogden's.

The vinyl LP was reissued in 2015 for Record Store Day. [15]

Reception

Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
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Studio album by
Released24 May 1968 (1968-05-24)
Studio Olympic and Trident, London
Genre Psychedelia [1]
Length38:27
Label Immediate
Producer
Small Faces chronology
Small Faces
(1967)
Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
(1968)
In Memoriam
(1969)
Small Faces North American chronology
There Are But Four Small Faces
(1968)
Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
(1968)
Playmates
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [16]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide (1st ed, 1979)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide (2nd ed, 1983)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg
The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed, 1992)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg
Rolling Stone (favourable) [17]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [19]

In 2000 Q magazine placed Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake at number 59 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. [20] The album was featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [21] Rolling Stone gave the album a positive review. [22]

It was voted number 337 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). [23]

In other media

The title track was played during the debut trailer for the video game Grand Theft Auto V and was later featured on the in-game Los Santos Rock Radio station. [24]

Track listing

All songs written by Marriott and Lane, except where noted.

Discs one and three of the deluxe edition contain the original album in stereo and mono, respectively.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake"Marriott, Lane, McLagan, Jones 2:26
2."Afterglow" 3:31
3."Long Agos and Worlds Apart"McLagan2:35
4."Rene" 4:29
5."Song of a Baker" 3:15
6."Lazy Sunday" 3:05
Side two (titled "Happiness Stan")
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Happiness Stan" 2:35
2."Rollin' Over" 2:50
3."The Hungry Intruder"Marriott, Lane, McLagan2:15
4."The Journey"Marriott, Lane, McLagan, Jones4:12
5."Mad John" 2:48
6."HappyDaysToyTown"Marriott, Lane, McLagan, Jones4:17
Immediate Deluxe edition disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake" (early session version)2:29
2."Afterglow" (alternate USA mix)3:01
3."Long Agos and Worlds Apart" (alternate USA mix)2:33
4."Rene, the Docker's Delight" (early session mix)4:28
5."Song of a Baker" (alternate USA mix)2:58
6."Lazy Sunday" (alternate USA mix)3:04
7."Happiness Stan" (backing track)2:58
8."Bun in the Oven" (early session mix)2:12
9."The Fly" (take 4 instrumental version)2:00
10."Mad John" (take 7 session version)2:18
11."HappyDaysToyTown" (alternate USA mix)4:17
12."Kamikhazi" (take 7 backing track)2:15
13."Every Little Bit Hurts" (early session mix)3:56
14."Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake" (alternate take phased mix)2:25
2007 Charly Records re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Here Come the Nice" 3:02
14."Talk to You" (Marriot, Lane, O'Sullivan) 2:05
15."My Way of Giving" 1:57
16."The Universal" 2:40
17."Donkey Rides, a Penny a Glass" (Alternate mix with brass)Marriott, Lane, McLagan3:08
18."Itchycoo Park" 2:48
19."I'm Only Dreaming" 2:23
20."(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me" 2:12
21."The Autumn Stone" (Marriott) 3:56
22."Wham Bam, Thank You Mam" (with guide vocal) 3:21
23."(If You Think You're) Groovy" (with P.P. Arnold) 2:56
24."Don't Burst My Bubble" 2:24
25."All or Nothing" (Live) 3:43
26."Tin Soldier" (Live) 3:22

Personnel

Small Faces

with:

And featuring uncredited contributions from:

Charts

Chart (1968)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [27] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [28] 6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [29] 13
UK Record Retailer LPs Chart [3] 1
US Billboard 200 [30] 159
Chart (2014)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [31] 132
Chart (2018)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [32] 6
Scottish Albums (OCC) [33] 53

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [34]
2012 release
Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Explanatory notes

  1. The Song of a Baker was inspired by both a book of Sufi wisdom given to Ronnie Lane by Pete Townshend of The Who that addressed, "how hard you'll work if you're hungry", and also by Lane's visits to Ibiza where a neighbour used to bake bread in his traditional Balearic bread oven. [6] [7] [8]

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  17. Pomeroy, James (12 October 1968). "Records". Rolling Stone .
  18. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0857125958.
  19. Staunton, Terry (June 1997). "The Small Faces: The Small Faces/Ogden's Nut Gone Flake/The Autumn Stone". Uncut . No. 1. p. 113.
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  23. Colin Larkin (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 135. ISBN   0-7535-0493-6.
  24. Totilo, Stephen (2 November 2011). "The GTA V Trailer Song is a 1968 Tune by The Small Faces". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  25. "Planet Mellotron Album Reviews: S12". www.planetmellotron.com. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
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  27. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN   978-951-1-21053-5.
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