Small Faces - Hungry Intruder

July 30, 2007

Small Faces -

From Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake (1968)

The Song of a Baker was inspired by both a book of Sufi wisdom given to Ronnie Lane by Pete Townshend of The Who that addressed, “how hard you’ll work if you’re hungry”, and also by Lane’s visits to Ibiza where a neighbour used to bake bread in his traditional Balearic bread oven.

Small Faces

Steve Marriott − lead, harmony, and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica, piano on "Happiness Stan" and "Every Little Bit Hurts", Hammond organ on "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake", bass guitar on "The Journey", co-lead vocals on "The Hungry Intruder" and "HappyDaysToyTown"
Ronnie Lane − harmony and backing vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar on "The Journey", upright bass on "Mad John", lead vocals on "Song of a Baker" and "The Journey", co-lead vocals on "The Hungry Intruder" and "HappyDaysToyTown"
Ian McLagan − backing vocals, organ, piano, harpsichord, Mellotron,[25][26] electric guitar and bass guitar on "Long Agos and Worlds Apart", lead vocals on "Long Agos and Worlds Apart"
Kenney Jones − drums, percussion

with:

Stanley Unwin – "looney links" (narration)
Glyn Johns – recording engineer

And featuring uncredited contributions from:

P. P. Arnold – backing vocals
Billy Nicholls – backing vocals
Lyn Dobson – flute
unidentified string section conducted by David McCallum Sr.

Charts Chart (1968) Peak position Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[27] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)ERROR in “Germany”: Missing parameters: id.[28] 6 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[29] 13 UK Record Retailer LPs Chart[3] 1 US Billboard 200[30] 159 Chart (2014) Peak position French Albums (SNEP)[31] 132 Chart (2018) Peak position UK Independent Albums (OCC)[32] 6 Scottish Albums (OCC)[33] 53 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United Kingdom (BPI)[34] 2012 release Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Explanatory notes

The Song of a Baker was inspired by both a book of Sufi wisdom given to Ronnie Lane by Pete Townshend of The Who that addressed, "how hard you'll work if you're hungry", and also by Lane's visits to Ibiza where a neighbour used to bake bread in his traditional Balearic bread oven.[6][7][8]

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