The Faces: Ooh La La
Dave Marsh, Creem, July 1973
SOMETIME ROD STEWART or the Faces (or both) should make a record that is enjoyable without being enervating. The effect of each of their records is at first disappointing, then frustrating, and finally (and sometimes inexplicably) exhilirating. So it is with Ooh La La.
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