- Audio CD (11 July 2011)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: CD
- Label: Gadfly
- ASIN: B00004HYO5
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 296,383 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Best Of British |
| 2. I Only Wanna Be With You |
| 3. She Stole It! |
| 4. Warm Rain |
| 5. Hope Street |
| 6. Hello Old Friend |
| 7. Big Love |
| 8. Don't Let Him Out Of Your Sight |
| 9. Suzie Gotta Sweet Face |
| 10. Barking Dogs |
| 11. I Will Follow |
| 12. This Time |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Held in high affection because of his days as keyboard player in the Small Faces and its boozy descendant, the Faces, McLagan has spent the better of two decades lending his unique support to such legends as Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and Taj Mahal. While his former frontman Rod Stewart went on to AOR platinum status, McLagan has kept it real, continuing the spirit of ramshackle, good-time glory that made his first two bands (and band-mate Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance) so memorable. "She Stole It!", a broken-hearted rant against a girlfriend who nicked his collection of Hank Williams, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles records, tells McLagan's whole story. His heart beats faster for pure soul, R&B and country, but he has enough sense to know he is a Londoner, so he delivers quintessentially English rock like "Suzie Got A Sweet Face" or lost-love songs like "Warm Rain". In short, if you are longing to hear a record just like Rod used to make, Best Of British is it. --Johnny Black
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Mac's voice is surprisingly excellent throughout this mix of music - I didn't know he could sing so well!. You'd expect some great Hammond work and you get it. Warm Rain is exquisite and mellow. There are numerous rousing Faces style tracks to sing along to as well. When are you makin' another Mac old boy?
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4 reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Pure fun and rock attitude
8 Nov 2001
Format:Audio CD
Highly recomended, I really enjoyed this rocker CD which
features Ronnie Wood on some tracks. Obviously aside "Mac's"
great vocals, his work on the piano and keyboards is brilliant.
"Warm rain" stands as one of the most beautiful ballads I've
ever heard, "Hello old friend" is pure fun with a great
accustic guitar solo with slide. "She stole it" is typical
Faces or Stones Rocker. Great CD.
features Ronnie Wood on some tracks. Obviously aside "Mac's"
great vocals, his work on the piano and keyboards is brilliant.
"Warm rain" stands as one of the most beautiful ballads I've
ever heard, "Hello old friend" is pure fun with a great
accustic guitar solo with slide. "She stole it" is typical
Faces or Stones Rocker. Great CD.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Great, unpretentious record!
11 Oct 2000
Format:Audio CD
. . .infinitely more invigorating, articulate, and immediate (no pun intendended) than the critically-lauded junk that seems to clog the pipeline these days, this album is funky, raw, and just TOO MUCH FUN! Ian's a great singer, raspy and full of character, and the songs chug along in the classic Faces/Stones manner. Check it out before it slips out of print!!!!! The other album ("Turn Faces") is an import version of this album, FYI. . .
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
RONNIE LANE WOULDA LOVED IT!
10 Oct 2001
Format:Audio CD
Ian Mclagan went and got a few of his old friends together, including his old Small Faces mate Ronnie Wood, to make this good old fashioned rock and roll record. It's a nice album that sounds as if they had a great time making. Mclagan's a very good keyboard player who's first album "Troublemaker" I remember owning back in the late 70's. As for his sound, he hasn't changed a whole lot in these last 20 years between solo albums. But his songwriting is a little better on here. Some of my faves are the opener "Best Of British", which lays the foundation for the rest of the album and says "we're not goin' to get very serious here". Just play and have fun. I also like the rockin' closer "This Time", where Ronnie Wood offers up some old Faces style guitar work. A couple of honorable mentions go to "Don't Let Him Out Of Your Sight" and the hilarious "She Stole It", about a girlfriend who steals his record collection because he couldn't choose between having his music or her. Like I said, this is pretty much straight ahead good time music that fans of Mclagan's old bandmate Ronnie Lane, who he dedicates this album to, should enjoy. It's similar in style in some ways to Lane's carefree music of the 70's. Nice stuff.
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