The Definitive Rock Collection (Faces album)


The Definitive Rock Collection is a two-disc retrospective of the British rock group Faces released in 2007, collecting thirty tracks from among the group's four studio albums, various single A and B-sides, and an outtake from the sessions for a proposed but ultimately abandoned 1975 album.
The collection includes six of ten tracks from 1970's First Step ; four of nine from 1971's Long Player, including the studio-recorded US-only single version of their cover of Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed"; eight of nine from 1971's A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse; and seven of ten tracks from 1973's Ooh La La.
The liner notes are written by Sean Egan.
The Definitive Rock Collection has received a largely positive response from critics since its release. It's the AllMusic "album pick" for compilations of the band. Thom Jurek wrote for AllMusic that "this baby replaces the previous collection in sound and content."

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Wicked Messenger" – from First Step
  2. "Shake, Shudder, Shiver" – from First Step
  3. "Around the Plynth" – from First Step
  4. "Flying" – from First Step
  5. "Pineapple and the Monkey" – from First Step
  6. "Three Button Hand Me Down" – from First Step
  7. "Bad 'N' Ruin" –from First Step
  8. "Sweet Lady Mary" – from Long Player
  9. "Had Me a Real Good Time" – from Long Player
  10. "(I Know) I'm Losing You" – from Every Picture Tells A Story and a US-only single A-side
  11. "Maybe I'm Amazed" –
  12. "Miss Judy's Farm" – from A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse
  13. "You're So Rude" – from A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse
  14. "Love Lives Here" – from A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse
  15. "Last Orders Please" – from ''A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse''

Disc 2

  1. "Stay With Me" – from A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse
  2. "Debris" – from A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse
  3. "Memphis, Tennessee" – from A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse
  4. "Too Bad" – from A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse
  5. "Silicone Grown" from Ooh La La
  6. "Cindy Incidentally" – from Ooh La La
  7. "My Fault" – from Ooh La La
  8. "Glad and Sorry" – from Ooh La La
  9. "Borstal Boys" – from Ooh La La
  10. "Just Another Honky" – from Ooh La La
  11. "Ooh La La" – from Ooh La La
  12. "Jodie" –
  13. "Pool Hall Richard" –
  14. "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything " –
  15. "Open to Ideas" from The Faces' Last Sessions –

Personnel

Featuring: