#1343 Faces - Long Player

Mostly identical to its just-mentioned contemporary Rod Stewart solo album, with those raspy vocals way up front, everything simmering with patience over basic bar rock backing. The only real standout is the live cover of I Feel So Good that really does manage to rock, convincing you that maybe their live legend had some truth to it. The much-vaunted cover of Maybe I'm Amazed is inspiring only here and there. Still a better track record than the rest of this oversimple, trudgy album 2.5/5