# Recommend more music like the Faces? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391 "2017-10-09T16:01:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/21 "2017-10-11T02:02:56Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Great question, I’d like to know the answer myself. > > You might try Ronnie Lane’s solo stuff, for a start… Ascenray: Listen to this and tell me is this the epitome of your sound or not? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Gsxnn6S-_NQ/hqdefault.jpg "Pete Townshend - My Baby Gives It Away") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsxnn6S-_NQ) Ronnie Lane and Pete Townshend My Baby Gives It Away BTW what about the Who? BTW: Aren’t the Kinks better at this stuff than the OP anyway? ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/22 "2017-10-11T02:12:06Z")
I think he wants keyboards. I love the Kinks, but they don’t sound like the Faces. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/23 "2017-10-11T02:16:20Z")
So far I’m liking the Rod Stewart stuff. It fits perfectly. I love the Who, but it’s not the same sound. I’m well acquainted with _Rough Mix_. It sounds more like a Who album to me. I’m adding the Replacements to the playlist. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/24 "2017-10-11T09:23:18Z")
[The Grease Band, Let it be Gone](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2xGmw-qlNK8) ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/25 "2017-10-11T12:05:45Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > /snip/ I listened to bits of the Dr. Feelgood concert. That feels a bit closer. Any album recommendations? Has to be [Stupidity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0bw79VI4-o). It’s a live album of them at their peak, and was the first live album to reach #1 in the charts in the UK. I saw them live at the Cambridge Corn Exchange in September 1976, after it had been recorded but before it was released, and they were incredible. One of the best gigs I’ve been to. There’s also a fun documentary about them called Oil City Confidential [(trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CZMLs8Ke40)) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/26 "2017-10-11T12:18:43Z")
Okay, Grease Band and Feelgood going on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/27 "2017-10-11T13:16:04Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > I love the Kinks, but they don’t sound like the Faces. Does something like “[Berkeley Mews](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiJIyl_bkns%5B/url)” come close at all? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/28 "2017-10-11T13:35:47Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Does something like “[Berkeley Mews](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiJIyl_bkns%5B/url)” come close at all? I like the Kinks, but to me they’re very polished and precise and cerebral, as opposed to loose and emotional, which is what I hear in the Faces. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/29 "2017-10-11T13:48:46Z")
Elf is sounding pretty good so far. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/30 "2017-10-13T00:00:27Z")
I just heard “30 Days in the Hole” by Humble Pie. This sounds promising. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/31 "2017-10-13T11:10:45Z")
I assume you’ve listened to some Small Faces stuff - Marriott left them and formed Humble Pie and the others morphed into the Faces with Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood joining them from the Jeff Beck Group… ( in the US they still used the name Small Faces initially) Anyway, here’s [Itchycoo Park](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ViwvgtvbA), probably their best known song. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/32 "2017-10-13T12:13:37Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I just heard “30 Days in the Hole” by Humble Pie. This sounds promising. Try Somebody Get Me a Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/33 "2017-10-13T17:15:01Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Try Somebody Get Me a Doctor. Or maybe even [I Don’t Need No Doctor](https://youtu.be/zWA6SOzHeCQ) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/34 "2017-10-13T17:34:08Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Or maybe even [I Don’t Need No Doctor](https://youtu.be/zWA6SOzHeCQ) My fave is “I went to the Dr but it turned out I was OK. Phew” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/35 "2017-10-13T18:44:38Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Or maybe even [I Don’t Need No Doctor](https://youtu.be/zWA6SOzHeCQ) Dammit. :smack: Thank you. Note to self: Steve Marriott was not in Van Halen. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/36 "2017-10-13T18:54:19Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I just heard “30 Days in the Hole” by Humble Pie. This sounds promising. Think Steve Marriott: Small Faces \> Humble Pie. > **[Steve Marriott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Marriott)** > > Stephen Peter Marriott (30 January 1947 – 20 April 1991), known professionally as Steve Marriott, was an English musician, guitarist, singer and songwriter. He co-founded and played in the rock bands Small Faces and Humble Pie, in a career spanning over 20 years. Marriott was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Small Faces. > In Britain, Marriott became a popular, often-photographed mod style icon. Marriott was influenced by musicians such as: Miles ... Dr Feelgood is also a good shout. A cope of decent pieces by Brinsley Schwarz/Nick Lowe, Ian Dury/Blockheads when they were Kilburn and the High Roads - a lot of early Stiff records is worth a punt. Perhaps bits of Graham Parker and the Rumour … ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/37 "2017-10-13T19:00:32Z")
What about early Slade? In the end, the Faces were a blues-based English pub-band. Slade would be a bit harder edged - and more glamily dressed - but if there was ever a pub band that punched above their weight it would be Slade. Try the LP Old, New, Borrowed and Blue from 1974. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/38 "2017-10-13T19:01:29Z")
Steve Marriott here \>\> [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rcuVamuGo8) Proper east London working class punchup, sorry gig. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/39 "2019-07-21T16:02:18Z")
Just discovered Bombay Beach Revival — [null - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxIZ6_Js8_OLYU4tbzlnUk3Eujupv1-N7) — wow! They’re a little harder edged than the Faces classic stuff but definitely have that loose bluesy bar band feel with occasional organ. Love it! ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391/40 "2019-07-22T14:44:55Z")
This thread! You might like to try **Heads, Hands and Feet** , from the early 70s. [This is their UK hit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y5BFNdSep0). The bass player went on to be one half (Chas) of extremely London rooted pup rockers Chas & Dave. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-more-music-like-the-faces/798391.md?page=3)