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A Nod's as Good as a Wink... To a Blind Horse is the third album by British rock group Faces, and their second album of 1971. Bolstered by lead singer Rod Stewart 's recent solo success with "Maggie May", it was their most successful album worldwide, peaking at No. 6 in the US, [2] and reaching No. 2 in the UK.
‘A nod is as good as a wink’ expresses the idea that, to a person who is ready to understand or undertake something, any subtle signalling of it is sufficient. The context is usually of some undertaking that is borderline illegal or of sexual innuendo.
Aug 8, 2017 · There is a common Proverb that a Nod to a blind Horse is as good as a Wink. According to the anonymous author of The Englishman in Paris; A Satirical Novel (London, 1819), an Irish variant was a beck is as good as a wink to a blind man.
Feb 5, 2018 · A Nod’s As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse was released in November 1971, the Face’s third album (and second in that year). Singer Rod Stewart, meanwhile, had also had his own number 1 solo album that summer, backed for the most part by the very same band.
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Nov 17, 2016 · A Nod Is as Good as a Wink ... To a Blind Horse continued the Faces' commercial ascension, breaking the Top 10 in the U.S. and U.K. and racking up half a million sales in...
Feb 5, 2022 · A Nod’s As Good As A Wink… To A Blind Horse was The Faces’ most successful album, featuring the classic line up of Stewart, Lane, Wood, McLagan and Jones.
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Nov 17, 2021 · With a half-century of hindsight, Faces’ Glyn John-produced third album ‘A Nod Is As Good As a Wink… to a Blind Horse’ (released 11/17/71, and second in ’71) accurately quantifies perception of the band as ersatz Rolling Stones.
