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The Small Faces - First Step

Primary Artist
The Small Faces
Album Title
First Step
Release Date
1970 
Time
47:13 
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The notorious sloppiness of the Faces was apparent on their debut, almost moreso on the cover than on the music, as the group was stilled billed as the Small Faces on this 1970 debut although without Steve Marriott in front, and with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood in tow, they were no longer Small. They were now larger than life, or at least mythic, because it's hard to call an album that concludes with a riotous ode to a hand-me-down suit as larger than life. That was the charm of the Faces, a group that always seemed like the boys next door made good, no matter where next door was. Read More