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Little Feat
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
2.7022
Little Feat Album Rankings
1
Sometimes, discovering greatness takes more than one look.The first time I ever heard of Little Feat was when Van Halen covered "A Apolitical Blues" on a B-side.
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2
FollowingRoy Estrada's departure during the supporting tour forSailin' Shoes,Lowell Georgebecame infatuated with New Orleans R&B and mellow jamming, all of which came to a head on their third album, 1
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3
Little Feat was one of the legendary live bands of the '70s, showered with praise by not only their small, fiercely dedicated cult of fans, but such fellow musicians asBonnie Raitt,Robert Palmer, andJ
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4
As Time Goes By: The Very Best of Little Featis an extraordinary collection that contains almost every essential Little Feat song from their '70s heyday withLowell George, plus the two hits ("Let It R
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5
IfDixie Chickenrepresented a pinnacle ofLowell Georgeas a songwriter and band leader, its sequelFeats Don't Fail Me Nowis the pinnacle of Little Feat as a group, showcasing each member at their finest
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6
Little Feat were the archetypal cult band: inspired, turbulent, smart, experimental, deserving – and accident-prone.
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7
It sold poorly (around 11,000 copies) and the band never cut anything like it again, but Little Feat's eponymous debut isn't just one of their finest records, it's one of the great lost rock & roll al
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8
As I write this review, Chicago is being hit by the first big snowstorm of the year. It took me over an hour to get to work, and I know that I'm probably looking at a 90-minute drive home.
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9
Rhino's four-disc box setHotcakes & Outtakestreats all of Little Feat's incarnations with equal respect. This even-handed approach has advantages, even ifLowell Georgedominates the proceedings.
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10
Wow, they're back. And this ongoing comeback — unlike Fleetwood Mac's — really deserves a ''wow.'' Until their resurgence two years ago, Little Feat hadn't recorded an album since 1979.
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12
That ex- Pure Prairie Leaguer Craig Fuller could add life to Little Feat says more about how tired the band had grown than compliment Fuller.
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13
Little Feat's first album for CMC International, Under the Radar, finds the group's new lineup fully assimilated, with Shaun Murphy sharing many of the lead vocals with mainstays Paul Barrere and Bil
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14
Adding session vocalist Shaun Murphy makes for the most potent lineup since Feats Don't Fail Me . The difference is, back in 1975, the band was breaking new ground, now it's just treading water.
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15
Live From Neon Park is an exhaustive double-disc live set recorded on the tour supporting Ain't Had Enough Fun, the first Little Feat album that featured vocalist Shaun Murphy.
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20
Little Feat are on the verge of being too proficient for their own good.
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22
To enjoyTime Loves a Hero—in fact to enjoy Little Feat at all these days—involves a trick of perspective.
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23
As Little Feat were working on their seventh studio album, Lowell George was just marginally part of the group, spending much of his time completing his solo album, Thanks I'll Eat It Here.
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26
The companion volume to Hot Tomato/RedEye's Raw Tomatos, Vol. 1, Ripe Tomatos, Vol.
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29
As the fourth release on Little Feat's Hot Tomato Records -- think of it as their own personal Dick's Picks -- Down Upon the Suwannee River offers another 2000s-era vintage performance of the reunite
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30
Ask the common music epicure, and Little Feat reached their zenith with 1978's Waiting for Columbus .
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31
Essentially, this double-disc set is the soundtrack to the DVD of the same name. Sonically, it is sublime; the subtleties of a live performance are all left in.
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