Small Faces is the debut album of Small Faces, released in May 1966 by Decca Records. It includes the hit singles "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" and "Sha-La-La-La-Lee". The album was well received by music critics and was popular with the public, rising to number 3 on the UK album chart remaining at the top for several weeks.[3][4] It also reached number 8 in Finland.[5]
Jimmy Winston was asked to leave after the band's second single, "I've Got Mine", released on 5 November 1965, failed to chart. He still appears on many tracks on this album, including writing contributions to "It's Too Late" and providing keyboards and vocals on various tracks. Winston's replacement, Ian McLagan, appears on the album cover and plays on various tracks as well.
The album was recorded at IBC Studios, Portland Place, London between June 1965 and February 1966.[9]Glyn Johns was the studio engineer. In 1966, Small Faces became the eleventh biggest selling artists of the year.[10]
In 1962, Muddy Waters recorded "You Need Love", written for him by peer Willie Dixon. "You Need Loving" is a veiled cover of "You Need Love".[11] Small Faces were never sued by Dixon, even though "You Need Loving" only credits Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriott as writers. Guitarist Jimmy Page (initially of The Yardbirds and later of Led Zeppelin fame) has claimed to have been disappointed when, after coming up with a wicked guitar riff and requesting Robert Plant pen some lyrics, the singer returned with those of "You Need Loving", a tune Plant, a big Small Faces fan, had, according to Small Faces singer Steve Marriott in early '70s Canadian rock newspaper Beetle, said he had longed to record. Thus, "You Need Loving" became the basis for lyrics of Led Zeppelin's hit song "Whole Lotta Love" in 1969.
Three of the tracks had been released prior to the album. These are the two aforementioned singles, "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" and "Sha-La-La-La-Lee", along with the track "It's Too Late", which was issued as the B-side of "I've Got Mine", the group's second single, released in 1965. The band's fourth single, "Hey Girl", was released around the same time as the album; ultimately it was not included and can instead be found on their 1967 compilation album From the Beginning.
↑ The sleeve of the original LP release credits the song as simply "Own Up".[12]
↑ "You Need Loving" was an adaptation of "You Need Love", written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Muddy Waters.[13] However, the original pressing of the LP credits Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane as composers.[12]
Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja[Finland is Calling 4: The Great Finnish Chart Book] (in Finnish). Finland: Tammi. ISBN978-951-31-2503-5. OCLC936866988.
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