Snakes and Ladders / The Best of Faces

Infobox Album |
Name = Snakes and Ladders / The Best of Faces
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Faces


Released = 1976
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 49:05
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nsrz283c05ja~T1 link]
Last album = "" (1974)
This album = "Snakes And Ladders / The Best of Faces" (1976)
Next album = "Good Boys... When They're Asleep" (1999)

"Snakes and Ladders / The Best of Faces" was an October 1976 best-of album by the British rock group Faces, an attempt to collect all of the popular songs from the group that had disbanded the previous year. Featuring photography by Tom Wright and cover art by guitarist Ronnie Wood, it was superseded by the far superior "Good Boys... When They're Asleep" in 1999.

The selections are biased in favour of Rod Stewart's lead vocals, with only one track featuring Ronnie Wood on vocals, and none featuring Ronnie Lane, the group's secondary vocalist, who sang on several tracks on each of the group's four studio albums.

Track listing

#"Pool Hall Richard" (R. Stewart-R. Wood)
#"Cindy Incidentally" (I. McLagan-R. Stewart-R. Wood)
#"Ooh La La" (R. Lane-R. Wood)
#"Sweet Lady Mary" (R. Lane-R. Stewart-R. Wood)
#"Flying" (R. Lane-R. Stewart-R. Wood)
#"Pineapple and the Monkey" (R. Wood)
#"You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything (Even Take the Dog For a Walk, Mend a Fuse, Fold Away the Ironing Board, or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings)" (K. Jones-I. McLagan-R. Stewart-R. Wood-T. Yamauchi)
#"Had Me A Real Good Time" (R. Lane-R. Stewart-R. Wood)
#"Stay With Me" (R. Stewart-R. Wood)
#"Miss Judy's Farm" (R. Stewart-R. Wood)
#"Silicone Grown" (R. Stewart-R. Wood)
#"Around The Plynth" (R. Stewart-R. Wood)

Group Members and Other Participants

*Kenney Jones- drums
*Ronnie Lane- bass, guitar and vocal (except on tracks 1 and 7)
*Ian McLagan- piano and organ
*Rod Stewart- vocals
*Ronnie Wood- guitars and vocal
*Tetsu Yamauchi- bass on tracks 1 and 7
*Harry Beckett and Bobby Keyes- horns on track 8

Additional information

*Tracks 5, 6 and 12 from "First Step" (1970), and produced by the Faces.
*Tracks 4 and 8 from "Long Player" (1971), and produced by the Faces.
*Tracks 9 and 10 from "A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse" (1971), and produced by the Faces with Glyn Johns.
*Tracks 2, 3 and 11 from "Ooh La La" (1973), and produced by Glyn Johns.
*Track 1 from the 1973 single, and produced by the Faces.
*Track 7 from the 1975 single, and produced by the Faces.