# Small Faces discography

The Small Faces were an English rock band who were initially active between 1965 and 1969. During their original tenure, they released three studio albums, four compilation albums and fourteen singles in the United Kingdom. With the exception of the band's two first singles "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" and "I've Got Mine" (both 1965) that featured Jimmy Winston on guitar and keyboards, Small Faces had a consistent lineup of guitarist Steve Marriott, bassist Ronnie Lane, keyboardist Ian McLagan and drummer Kenney Jones. Between August 1965 and June 1968, Small Faces scored ten top-20 singles on the UK singles chart, including seven top-10 releases, of which "All or Nothing" reached number one. Several of their singles were featured on the UK's year-end ranking, and they became the eleventh best selling recording artist in Britain during 1966. Despite their success in Britain, the Small Faces only scored one top-20 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 with "Itchycoo Park" (1967), and has thus have been referred to as "the best English band never to hit it big in America" by AllMusic critic Bruce Eder. The Small Faces achieved success during the transition to the album era, with their third and final studio album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake reaching number one for six weeks during the summer of 1968. The band initially broke up in 1969 after Marriott formed Humble Pie with Peter Frampton.
The Small Faces debut album and eight first singles were released by Decca Records in the UK under the management of Don Arden. The band were not directly signed to Decca, but rather to Arden's production company Contemporary Music. The Small Faces signed a three-year recording contract on 10 June 1965 together with their parents, as they were underage. Throughout 1966, the Small Faces relationship with Arden soured, particularly after the single "My Mind's Eye" was released in November without the band's consent. After an incident in which Arden told the band members parents about supposed drug use, the band turned to Andrew Loog Oldham's independent record label Immediate Records, who bought the contract from Arden for £25,000 and signed the band to his label in February 1967. As a direct retaliation, Arden released the compilation album From the Beginning and the single "Patterns" in an attempt to hamper the success of the band's Immediate debut single "Here Come the Nice" (all 1967). With Immediate, the band released a further two studio albums and seven singles during their original tenure. The Small Faces reunited in the mid-1970s after a re-issue of "Itchycoo Park" had become a hit, and the band released the albums Playmates and 78 in the Shade to limited commercial and critical success while signed to Atlantic Records.
The Small Faces music has been compiled on hundreds of compilation albums following their breakup, starting with The Autumn Stone in November 1969, which contained both material the band had released on Decca and Immediate. Most subsequent compilation albums are solely bound to the material Decca or Immediate had the rights to; notable exceptions to this rule is the 2003 compilation album Ultimate Collection, released on Sanctuary Records which features tracks from both of the band's labels. Sanctuary owns the rights to the Immediate Recordings in the UK, whilst Charly Records owns the rights in the US. The multitrack tapes for the group's Immediate recordings were presumed lost after Virgin Records took over ownership of Olympic Studios in the 1970s. A few of them were salvaged, and released on the Here Come the Nice: The Immediate Years 1967-1969 box set in January 2014. The Decca Recordings are currently owned by Decca under Universal Music Group, who released The Decca Years 1965-1967 box set in 2015 from recently discovered first generation master tapes.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Year | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Year | Title | Release | UK | US | FIN | NOR | GER | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| 1966 | Small Faces | Released 6 May 1966 Label: Decca Records (LK 4790) | 3 | — | 8 | × | — | |
| 1967 | Small Faces | Released: 23 June 1967 Label: Immediate Records (IMLP 008) | 12 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1968 | Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake | Released: 24 May 1968 Label: Immediate Records (IMLP 012) | 1 | 159 | 5 | 13 | 6 | BPI: Gold |
| 1977 | Playmates | Released: 12 August 1977 Label: Atlantic Records (SD 19113) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1978 | 78 in the Shade | Released: 9 September 1978 Label: Atlantic Records (K 50468) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. "×" denotes the chart did not exist yet. |||||||||
Notes
* ↑ VG-lista published its first album chart on 1 January 1967.
* ↑ Stereo LP catalogue number was IMSP 008.
* ↑ Stereo LP catalogue number was IMSP 012.

### Live albums

List of live albums :
| Year | Title | Album details |
| 2000 | The BBC Sessions | Released: 29 February 2000 Label: Strange Fruit (SFRSCD087) |
| 2021 | Live 1966 | Released: 3 September 2021 Label: Nice Records (NRCD001) |
* ↑ Archival release, recorded live in Mouscron, Belgium on 9 January 1966.

### Compilation albums

| Year | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Year | Title | Release | UK | US | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| 1967 | From the Beginning | Released 2 June 1967 Label: Decca Records (LK 4879) | 17 | — | |
| 1968 | There Are But Four Small Faces | Released: 18 March 1968 Label: Immediate Records (Z12 52 002) | — | 178 | |
| 1969 | In Memoriam | Released 1 May 1969 Label: Immediate Records (1 C 048-90 201) | — | — | |
| 1969 | The Autumn Stone | Released 14 November 1969 Label: Immediate Records (IMAL 01 IMAL 02) | — | — | |
| 1972 | Early Faces | Released: 1972 Label: Pride (PRD 0001) | — | 176 | |
| 1976 | Rock Roots | Released: 1976 Label: Decca Records (ROOTS 5) | — | — | |
| 1995 | The Best of Small Faces | Released: 26 July 1995 Label: Summit Records (SUMCD 4001) | — | — | BPI: Silver |
| 1995 | The Immediate Years | Released: 7 August 1995 Label: Charly Records (CD IMM BOX 1) | — | — | |
| 1996 | The Decca Anthology | Released: 26 April 1996 Label: Deram Records (844 583-2) | 66 | — | |
| 2000 | The Darlings of Wapping Wharf Launderette | Released: 16 May 2000 Label: Immediate Records (NEECD 311) | — | — | |
| 2003 | Ultimate Collection | Released: 26 May 2003 Label: Sanctuary Records (TDSAN 004) | 24 | — | BPI: Silver |
| 2014 | Here Come the Nice: The Immediate Years 1967-1969 | Released: 27 January 2014 Label: Charly Records (CHARLY 170 BX) | — | — | |
| 2014 | Greatest Hits: The Immediate Years 1967-1969 | Released: 27 January 2014 Label: Charly Records (CHARLY 654 X) | — | — | |
| 2015 | The Decca Years 1965-1967 | Released: 9 October 2015 Label: Universal Music Group (473 429-6) | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. "×" denotes the chart did not exist yet. ||||||
* ↑ Issued by Decca after the Small Faces had signed with Immediate Records.
* ↑ US-only release.
* ↑ West Germany, France and Australian-only release.

## Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Year | Single details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album |
| Year | Single details | UK | AUS | CAN | SWE | NL | NOR | US | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album |
| 1965 | "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" b/w "What's a Matter Baby" Released: 6 August 1965 (UK) Label: Decca Records (F.12208) | 14 | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | | non-album single |
| 1965 | "I've Got Mine" b/w "It's Too Late" (from Small Faces) Released: 5 November 1965 (UK) Label: Decca Records (F.12276) | — | x | x | — | x | x | x | | non-album single |
| 1966 | "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" b/w "Grow Your Own" Released: 28 February 1966 (UK) Label: Decca Records (F.12317) | 3 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | | Small Faces |
| 1966 | "Hey Girl" b/w "Almost Grown" Released: 6 May 1966 (UK) Label: Decca Records (F.12393) | 10 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | | non-album single |
| 1966 | "All or Nothing" b/w "Understanding" Released: 5 August 1966 (UK) Label: Decca Records (F.12470) | 1 | 15 | — | 15 | 2 | 10 | — | | non-album single |
| 1966 | "My Mind's Eye" b/w "I Can't Dance With You" Released: 11 November 1966 (UK) Label: Decca Records (F.12500) | 4 | — | — | 17 | 13 | — | — | | non-album single |
| 1967 | "I Can't Make It" b/w "Just Passing" Released: 3 March 1967 (UK) Label: Decca Records (F.12565) | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | non-album single |
| 1967 | "Patterns" b/w "E Too D" (from Small Faces) Released: 26 May 1967 (UK) Label: Decca Records (F.12619) | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | non-album single |
| 1967 | "Here Come the Nice" b/w "Talk to You" (from Small Faces) Released: 2 June 1967 (UK) Label: Immediate Records (IM 050) | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | | non-album single |
| 1967 | "Itchycoo Park" b/w "I'm Only Dreaming" Released: 4 August 1967 (UK) Label: Immediate Records (IM 057) | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 16 | BPI: Silver | non-album single |
| 1967 | "Tin Soldier" b/w "I Feel So Much Better" Released: 2 December 1967 (UK) Label: Immediate Records (IM 062) | 9 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 4 | — | 73 | | non-album single |
| 1968 | "Lazy Sunday" b/w "Rollin' Over (Part II of Happiness Stan)" (from Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake) Released: 5 April 1968 (UK) Label: Immediate Records (IM 064) | 2 | 5 | 42 | — | 1 | 7 | 114 | | Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake |
| 1968 | "The Universal" b/w "Donkey Rides, A Penny, A Glass" Released: 28 June 1968 (UK) Label: Immediate Records (IM 069) | 16 | 37 | — | — | 12 | — | — | | non-album single |
| 1969 | "Mad John" b/w "The Journey" (from Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake) Released: 1969 (US, AUS) Label: Immediate Records (IM-8561, ZS7 5012) | x | — | — | x | x | x | — | | Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake |
| 1969 | "Afterglow of Your Love" b/w "Wham Bam Thank You Mam" Released: 7 March 1969 (UK) Label: Immediate Records (IM 077) | 36 | 95 | — | — | 19 | — | — | | Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake |
| 1975 | "Itchycoo Park" b/w "My Way of Giving" (from Small Faces) Released: 22 November 1975 (UK) Label: Immediate Records (IMS 102) | 9 | — | x | x | x | x | x | | non-album single |
| 1976 | "Lazy Sunday" b/w "(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me?" (from Small Faces) Released: 19 March 1976 (UK) Label: Immediate Records (IMS 106) | 39 | x | x | x | x | x | x | | Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake |
| 1977 | "Lookin' for a Love" b/w "Kayoed (By Luv)" (from Playmates) Released: 29 July 1977 (UK) Label: Atlantic Records (K 10983) | — | — | x | x | — | x | x | | Playmates |
| 1977 | "Stand By Me, Stand By You" b/w "Hungry And Looking" Released: 12 November 1977 (UK) Label: Atlantic Records (K 11043) | — | x | x | x | x | x | x | | 78 in the Shade |
| 1978 | "Filthy Rich" b/w "Over Too Soon" (from 78 in the Shade) Released: 15 July 1978 (UK) Label: Atlantic Records (K 11173) | — | x | x | x | x | x | x | | 78 in the Shade |
| 2013 | "Green Circles (stereo)" b/w "Green Circles (mono)" (from Small Faces) Released: 20 April 2013 (UK) Label: Charly Records (CHARLY 108 S) | — | x | x | x | x | x | x | | Small Faces |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. "x" denotes single not released in that territory. |||||||||||
Notes
* ↑ Go-Set published the first Australian national chart on 7 October 1966. Charts prior to the publishing of Go-Set are taken from David Kent's Kent Music Report.
* ↑ The song was later included on the album Small Faces.
* ↑ "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" did not chart on the Dutch Single Top 100, but reached number 31 on the Dutch Top 40.
* ↑ The song was later included on the album From the Beginning.
* ↑ The song was later included on the album From the Beginning.
* ↑ The song was later included on the album From the Beginning.
* ↑ Issued by Decca after the Small Faces had signed with Immediate Records.
* ↑ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
* ↑ "Here Come the Nice" did not chart on the Dutch Single Top 100, but reached number 28 on the Dutch Top 40.
* ↑ Marriott originally titled the song "Hello The Universal", something that "escaped before we [Small Faces and Immediate Records] could put that right.
* ↑ North America and Australian-only release.
* 1 2 Re-issue sanctioned by Immediate employee Tony Calder.
* ↑ Record Store Day release by Charly Records. "Here Comes the Nice" was also re-issued on the same day.

### Year-end rankings

List of singles with selected year-end chart rankings :
| Year | Single | Year-end rankings |
| Year | Single | UK |
| 1966 | "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" | 41 |
| 1966 | "All or Nothing" | 19 |
| 1966 | "My Mind's Eye" | 73 |
| 1967 | "Itchycoo Park" | 33 |
| 1968 | "Lazy Sunday" | 38 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not rank. |||