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The production of the album would continue to be hampered by Stewart's apparent lack of commitment to the project, and as a result of this situation, Ooh La La was, according to Ian McLagan, "Ronnie [Lane]'s album". Lane embraced the opportunity to expand his songwriting role in the band and his increased contribution set the tone of the album ...
Apr 30, 2015 · Ooh La La was ultimately "Ronnie's album," said keyboardist Ian McLagan in the liner notes to the Faces box set. "Rod wasn't there a lot, but Ronnie had his songs together already." You'd...
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Mar 3, 2023 · By the end, Ooh La La essentially become "Ronnie's album," McLagan noted. Both Faces and the earlier Small Faces had recorded at Olympic before. "Same piano, same room, same old desk,"...
As a consequence, Ronnie Lane’s influence on Ooh La La became stronger and, according to Ian McLagan, it became “Ronnie’s album”. With Lane at the helm, the record features two of his solo efforts, the ballad ‘Glad and Sorry’, with vocals by Lane, Wood and McLagan and the mid-tempo keyboard groove of ‘Just Another Honky’.
"Ooh La La" is a 1973 song by the band Faces, written by Ronnie Lane and Ronnie Wood. It is the title song of the band's last studio album, Ooh La La. The lead vocals were provided by Wood, a rarity in the band's catalogue; lead vocals were usually performed by Rod Stewart and less often by Ronnie Lane. Stewart and Lane each recorded lead ...
Aug 27, 2022 · “He continued not to like it for 25 years until he recorded a version,” he added, referring to Rod’s own take on Ooh La La, released on his 1998 covers album, When We Were The New Boys (co-writer Ronnie Lane would also cover it later).
Lane’s weighing influence on the album caused keyboardist Ian McLagan to label it “Ronnie’s album,” and given the homespun sentiment that pervaded the effort overall, it’s easy to see why the diminutive bassist was given such due credit.
