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Summary: A peak experience
Comment: It is among rock's greater tragedies that Ogden's Nut Gone Flake sounds like it was mixed by drunken elves .... because the "pop" band Small Faces was truly making world-class rock n roll in 1968 --- big, exuberant, and driving. The B-side story of "Happiness Stan," told in blathering Cockney-esqe double-speak by British comedian Stanley Unwin, is a cautionary tale, full of psychedelia and suspense, of a stoner's quest ("absolutely s'mashed and flak-ed he was") in a world of small minds and timid hearts. Crashing great music carries the little story along to its joyous climax. The original Immediate LP put Ron Lane's soaring bass lines, which had only recently become reproducible ("in stereophonic sound!") at home or on the car's 8-track, front and center. It was a deficient mix, uneven and brittle sounding with a huge bass boost. But still preferable to the notchy, compressed, aural miasma of the remix issued in the '90s. Perhaps someone someday will get this right. And what a pity it all was. In the right hands, Ogden's Nut Gone Flake could have been among the 10 greatest rock albums "of all time," and maybe it is anyhow. Although the album went to #1 in the UK, the band's inability to perform Ogden on stage was ultimately a contributing factor to its breakup.
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Summary: A classic everyone should own
Comment: Fronm the opening track this is one amazing album so much talent,Late 60's British rock at it's best. I feel the best period in rock music was from 1967 to 1975 and this album is a fine example of what was great about that period, groups willing to try new things and not all sound the same and they all seem to enjoy doing it. The best tracks for me on the album are Long ago and worlds apart, rollin over, song of a baker. The addition of the live tracks is great as there is not many small faces live stuff available. I really recomend this to all lovers of rock music, and to the young generation listen to this as this is how you got the music of today. OH also go and buy The Face great albums A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse, and Long Player
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Summary: One of the Best Albums of All Time
Comment: I know that my meager descriptions couldn't possibly do this album justice. Critics have often compared "Ogden" with "Sgt. Pepper," and the comparison is apt. But "Ogden" is at once more whimsical and more satisfying musically. The second half is slightly marred by a narrated story between the songs, but the accent is so thick that it just sounds like English background noise. The rest is the Small Faces' great British mod/R&B taken to musical territory that most bands only dreamed of. Only the Beatles, Traffic, and Procol Harum have made albums in the same league."Ogden's Nut Gone Flake" is, quite simply, the greatest rock masterpiece that no one has ever heard of. If you like psychedelia, 60's rock, the British Invasion, progressive rock, etc., please - PLEASE - buy this album.
![Ogden's Nut Gone Flake. The Small Faces Tracks: Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, Afterglow (Of Your Love), Long Agos and Worlds Apart, Rene, Song of a Baker, Lazy Sunday, Happiness Stan, Rollin' Over, Hungry Intruder, Journey, Mad John, Happy Days Toy Town, Tin Soldier [Live][*]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/215C3SS534L._SL160_.jpg)
