- Audio CD (26 May 1997)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Essential
- ASIN: B0000076LM
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 134,322 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Ogden's Nut Gone Flake |
| 2. Afterglow (Of Your Love) |
| 3. Long Agos and Worlds Apart |
| 4. Rene |
| 5. Song of a Baker |
| 6. Lazy Sunday |
| 7. Happiness Stan |
| 8. Rollin' Over |
| 9. Hungry Intruder |
| 10. Journey |
| 11. Mad John |
| 12. Happy Days Toy Town |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Barely qualifying as a "concept" album, the second half of this album tells the story of Happiness Stan, a young man who sees the moon turn from full to half and decides he needs to find the missing part. It's a rather odd tale that's adorned with lush, psychedelic arrangements. The spoken narrative that links each song (provided by one Stanley Unwin in barely decipherable Clockwork Orange-style English) contributes to the yarn's surrealistic atmosphere. The real gems on this recording, however, are the six songs that make up the record's first half. From the sludgy, acid-jazz feel of the title track straight through to the comic plea for peace, love and understanding ("Lazy Sunday", a song that opens with the universal sentiment "Wouldn't it be nice to get on with me neighbours ... "), the real concept at work here is based on unforgettable songwriting. --Percy Keegan
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulatastic in the everymost all-way!,
This review is from: Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (Audio CD)
I confess to being a Small Faces fan, so I may be biased, but despite the fact that I love their music, this is definitely their best album, and, as a concept album, somewhat different from the rest of their work. They seem to me to be very soulful (the only 'soul' music I have ever liked, but 'soul' like 'psychedelia' is a difficult concept to pin down, it seems), and that is still evident on this album, but here there is more, so much more!
Thanks, by the way, to gigidunnit for a fab, humorous review - the inspiration to add my own! I agree with all the positive things said about this masterpiece. The first 6 tracks are the usual excellence one might expect from the Small Faces, but then... the next 6 tracks are as trippy as you like... not so much the wonderful wailing acid guitar stuff or effects-laden trippy as much as conceptually and lyrically far out. Stanley Unwin... what can I say - I want what he's having for breakfast! His crazy, mixed up lyrics are hilariously surreal, yet never 'embarrasing' as one reviewer put it (still, I thought parts of Gong were a tad like that, though excellent mostly). Everyone is different. Personally, this is my kind of music. I thought Introspection was good, and also hilarious in parts, but I prefer The Moving Sidewalks, Country Joe, and I do like Timothy Leary (beyond life) - but this... this stands out there in a wonderfully crazy field practically on its own! This is stronly soulful and upbeat in the main, tuneful, psychedelic (in a happy way), strange, and join-in knees -up type music (again, in parts - like some of Traffic's tracks: Berkshire Poppies / You Can All Join In) - all done to perfection! My only gripe is that it isn't long enough! In short, if you're at all into psychedelia, then this is definitely worth a try - I hope it's your cup of tea!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
the bizzo,
By A Customer
This review is from: Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (Audio CD)
This CD is without doubt the finest example of the small faces you will ever purchase. If you don't buy this then you'll regret it. The first side is sing-along and lovely and the second side blows your mind with its eccentricity and oddness. OK, so on CD you don't get sides as such, but you'll understand when you play it where the crossover lies. Up The Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire ...
9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
MONO OR REMASTERED VERSION,
By Anthony Adams (Walkden Manchester) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (Audio CD)
I brought the lp of this album in 1968 on the immediate label and i thought it was a cracking album i still got the lp but it's in the loft somewhere it will be all rusty so i'll will dig it out someday and give it a good clean. Having even brought the remastered version CD of the album i think it sounds more better than the actual mono lp. Buy the odgen's nut gone flake album remastered trust me your money will be well spent on the small faces album.
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