Nod Is As Good As a Wink

Faces | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Audio Fidelity
• ASIN: B0006UYOJM
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,573 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Miss Judy's Farm

2. You're So Rude

3. Love Lives Here

4. Last Orders Please

5. Stay With Me

6. Debris

7. Memphis

8. Too Bad

9. That's All You Need

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The Faces scored their only real hit in America with the raucous and brilliant "Stay With Me," and the rest of this long player from 1971 is deliriously good. In fact, it’s a wonder that "All You Need"--a visceral, Delta slide-heavy song--is not at the very top of the classic rock canon as well. Quite a few early ‘70s acts played straight-ahead rock and roll with the kind of good time attitude displayed here by Ronnie Lane, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, and friends. What makes the group stand out, especially on this, their best album, is how willfully sloppy, raucous and a little strange these songs are--qualities particularly valued with post-punk hindsight. There are shaggy dog jokes disguised as songs ("You’re So Rude"), one of the only Chuck Berry covers that approaches the original ("Memphis, Tennessee"), and truly sappy and maudlin numbers that do not suck ("Love Lives Here," "Debris"). One listen and it’s easy to see why a group of boys from Georgia would dedicate their career to rewriting this album. This "Audio Fidelity" version of the album packs full, analog-style wallop. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top Notch Engineering, March 20, 2005

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G. Kok "Tenderfoot Audiophile" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nod Is As Good As a Wink (Audio CD)

This album has been around for a long time. What makes this one different?
It's the sound quality. Steve Hoffman of DCC fame has continued his legacy of audiophile quality remastering.
It's like you've never really heard this lp before. It's that well done. The sound quality will blow you away.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best version Great Album!, March 29, 2005

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DanG (SE Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nod Is As Good As a Wink (Audio CD)

That Ron Wood slide guitar on the last track, That's All You Need, so big and beefy, you can hear every nuance. Just great guitar, another wonderful example of classic Ron Wood guitar licks on some of the best classic rock 'n roll of all time.

The whole ablum is filled with great vocals, and great instrumental tone. Really a treat.

The great mastering, cutting, production- it lets you get swept away by the great music! Audio Fidelity 24K Plus is a success, if you love this album you must hear this version!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album from an underrated band, GREAT sounding disc, March 24, 2005

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M. McM "AOTT-TMF" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nod Is As Good As a Wink (Audio CD)

The Faces were underappreciated in their time, so much that their records were allowed to fall in and out of print. This album is arguably their best. It includes their biggest hit, "Stay With Me," but tracks like "You're So Rude" and "Memphis" are every bit as good.

This was a great, rollicking band, with a reputation built on raucous, sloppy, and fun rock n' roll; the Faces often backed Rod Stewart on his own solo albums, particularly Rod's first four classic albums, but on their own records, they cut loose even more. On A NOD IS AS A GOOD AS A WINK...TO A BLIND HORSE, their playing is actually a bit tighter compared to other Faces albums, but it's still got the right amount of slop, and they play GREAT.

Ronnie Lane does a fine job singing lead on some of the tracks, but Rod is even better. In the early days, his singing was described as the male-equivalent of Janis Joplin, and this album is further proof of what he could accomplish before turning to mainstream, adult contemporary pop.

This gold CD is better than WEA's budget CD issue, and at $19.98 retail, it's not a bad deal (most gold CD's run about $30). The CD is HDCD encoded, so if you have an HDCD decoder in your CD player, it'll sound ever better, but even if you don't, this disc will sound GREAT. It sounds even better than Rhino's remastered box set, FIVE GUYS WALK INTO A BAR..., and like I said, this is a great album.