Track Listing

1. Romance Dance
2. All That You Dream
3. Long Distance Love
4. Day or Night
5. One Love Stand
6. Down Below the Borderline
7. Somebody's Leavin'
8. Mercenary Territory
9. Bonus Announcement
10. Don't Bogart That Joint [*]
11. Apolitical Blues

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44684 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Details
Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Customer Reviews

THE ULTIMATE RECORD ALBUM
i guess one should write this review entirely in lowercase as per the original lp sleeve which was covered with hospital bills (ENTIRELY IN UPPERCASE) following richie hayward's near-fatal car accident.

Or maybe not. Lowercase is wearing on the writer as well as the reader. I need to say that this is one of the finest rock albums yet made -- certainly in my Top 20 -- along with their earlier DIXIE CHICKEN. Everything came together perfectly with this album, and the rock critics -- certainly here in the UK -- went ecstatic about it. It has more dimensions to it than its predecessor, FEATS DON'T FAIL ME NOW, which is a more straightforward boogie album. Keyboardsman Bill Payne had been listening to a lot of jazz prior to recording this, and it shows. 'Day or Night', which one of the reviewers here slams, is one of the best tracks on the record. The reference point for the electric piano here is Chick Corea on NO MYSTERY (another excellent CD, by the way).

George's vocals never sounded sweeter than they do here -- e.g. on 'Long Distance Love' -- but it is the instrumental strength of Feat that stuns. Barrere's guitar-playing is just so weird, it's cool. (He failed his original audition, but that was on bass!)

All the tracks are outstanding, and the original recording was excellent too, so the remasterer could do little to improve it. It was a very short LP -- not much more than 32 minutes -- and the addition of a couple of tracks from the double-LP version of WAITING FOR COLUMBUS doesn't really match the mood of the rest of the LP.

This was undoubtedly the band's finest hour. I saw them at an open-air concert at a London soccer ground in 77. Within two years, George died of a heart attack at the age of 34. A total tragedy. This is the CD to remember him by.

Their finest studio album
I remember it like it was yesterday. Of course, it wasn't. But, when this album was released, it was supposed to mark the end of Little Feat. Of course, it didn't. This is their finest studio album as all the members really came together to form a complete unit. There's no finer slinky- Feat than "Romance Dance"; no more touching Lowell George ballad than "Long Distance Love" and no better Bill Payne tune than "Somebody's Leavin'". A must for anyone interested in fine music. Period.

The best album from phase two
I have always thought of Little Feat as three different bands. Phase one was the original four man band when George was most creative. Sailin Shoes is my favorite from that era.

Phase two was the six man band that produced the group's best live music. This album is the best studio work of that era.

Phase three was what the band became without George - a collection of talented session musicians.

I prefer the early years when George was on top of his game. All that music had edge - it was different. Even the worst of it commanded attention. This album is smooth, refined, and well mixed but lacks that original phase one edge.

I would recommend this album though. It might not be Little Feat's best work but it is a close second.