A Nod Is as Good as a Wink… to a Blind Horse

Forgot Rod Stewart was in a band before going solo.

Anyways, solid blues rock album. Some really good tracks, but mostly falling into being burnt out on this type of blues rock.

Play Maggie Mae

These songs were very catchy, and I love this style of music. I added most of the songs to my library, so I can definitely say this was an album I enjoyed.

With that being said, however, I don't really understand it's inclusion on this list. Was it a really influential album during it's time? My opinion is biased since I wasn't alive when it was released; but there's nothing in here that really sounds unique to me. After all, how influential could this band have been if this is my first time ever hearing about them? I don't know, is that a bad position to have?

In conclusion, I liked it, but I also think I could have died without hearing it and I wouldn't be missing out on anything. So it's a 3/5.

Boring blues rock that doesn't even have the benefit of Rod Stewart's good bad voice - he just sounds normal.

The propulsive, good natured boogie from the band drives the record along nicely and won me over in the end. They sound like a very polished blues bar band. The vocals and lyrics are foregrounded and unignorable which is fine when they suit my sensibilities but at points sound hokey or harsh. As long as the vocals are pointed towards lifting spirits and keeping things fun I tend to be on board!

Seems very mid, I get that the Faces is part of rock history, but really not sure if this one deserves the spot on the list. Very average sounding blues rock album, not terrible, bit definitely not great, at most can be 3 stars.

better than any rod stewart album I've ever heard. guess that's not saying a lot though. seriously. why was that guy famous? is it a harry styles twink thing that I don't get?

Don't mind it

The balance was awful, my left ear got all the guitars. But that's production's fault, not the artists'.
Bland and uninteresting, like most albums on here.

3.5 Southern Rock from the UK? Finally figured it out when I heard TennERsee.

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse is a mouthful of a title for a really darn good blues rock album. I am pretty familiar with the style of music Rod Stewart does from his two solo albums and that one Jeff Beck album here so i still expected this to be a good one. The music here is very fun despite suffering a bit from same face syndrome at points (especially with the first two songs) and the vocals, be they from Rod Stewart or Ronnie Lane or the other members' backing vocals, were all really good here. I was initally thinking of giving this album a high 3 stars but those last few tracks were enough to push it to a 4.
Best Song: Stay With Me
Worst Song: Miss Judy's Farm

I enjoyed it but it wouldn’t go in my regular rotation. I’d maybe like to hear it again from time to time.

Nice! I only knew one song but this was a good find

4 ⭐️

Good guitar. Bluesy.

I’ve always liked Rod Stewart a little more than I’ve thought I should. This was pretty great.

There was really nothing enjoyable about this. The songs were so basic and tasteless. Not a fan. 1.4/5 - 1/5

Really fantastic album

This was much better than expected. I don't know why, but I expected this to be trash and it was definitely not. I could listen to this again. 4/5

Generic Rock Sounds

Wow, this is certainly an album by British rock band, Faces! I thought it was definitely music and also rock. Instruments were present, as well as vocals. I would absolutely say this is an album!