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Faces - A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse

Primary Artist
Faces
Album Title
A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse
Release Date
1971 
Time
36:08 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The Faces' third album, A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...to A Blind Horse, finally gave the group their long-awaited hit single in "Stay with Me," helping send the album into the Billboard Top Ten, which is certainly a testament to both the song and the album, but it's hard to separate its success from that of Rod Stewart's sudden solo stardom. In the mere months that separated Long Player and A Nod, Rod had a phenomenal hit with "Maggie May" and Every Picture Tells A Story, his third solo album, something that would soon irreparably damage the band, but at the time it was mere good fortune, helping bring them some collateral success that they deserved. Read More