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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.
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This proverbial saying sounds as if it might be quite modern but it is in fact a 16th century phrase originating in England. The longer version of the phrase is ‘a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse’.
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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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.
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...
Nov 17, 2021 · By Doug Collette. One Comment. 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.
Feb 5, 2022 · February 5, 2022. By. This Day In Music. Given a preference, The Faces always chose to be onstage or in a pub (ideally on stage in a pub) rather than inside a studio. However, A Nod… comes very, very close to capturing the band’s loose-limbed live spirit. It’s messy but cohesive at the same time.
