Feats Don't Fail Me Now

Feats Don't Fail Me Now is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Little Feat, released in 1974, on the Warner Bros. label. The cover was designed by Neon Park.[4]

This article is about the Little Feat album. For similar phrases, see Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (disambiguation).
Feats Don't Fail Me Now
Studio album by
Little Feat
ReleasedAugust 9, 1974
RecordedEarly 1974
StudioBlue Seas Recording Studio in Hunt Valley, Maryland
The Sound Factory, Los Angeles
Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood
Sunset Sound, Los Angeles
GenreSouthern rock, swamp rock
Length34:18
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerLowell George (tracks 1-4 and 6-8),
Van Dyke Parks (track 5)
Little Feat chronology
Dixie Chicken
(1973)		 Feats Don't Fail Me Now
(1974)		 The Last Record Album
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

According to Richie Hayward, "Wait Till the Shit Hits the Fan" dates back to their debut but the band had had trouble recording it on the previous two albums, due to its irregular 7
8 meter. It was scrapped until the sessions for this album when it was recorded live in the studio as "The Fan"; the original version appeared on Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years Of Little Feat.[5]

In 2000 the album was voted number 718 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.[6]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Rock & Roll Doctor" (Lowell George, Martin Kibbee) – 2:57 (lead singer: Lowell George)
  2. "Oh Atlanta" (Bill Payne) – 3:26 (lead singer: Bill Payne)
  3. "Skin it Back" (Paul Barrère) – 4:11 (lead singer: Paul Barrère)
  4. "Down the Road" (George) – 3:46 (lead singer: Lowell George)
  5. "Spanish Moon" (George) – 3:01 (lead singer: Lowell George)

Side Two

  1. "Feats Don't Fail Me Now" (Barrère, George, Martin Kibbee) – 2:27 (lead singer: Lowell George)
  2. "The Fan" (George, Payne) – 4:30 (lead singer: Lowell George)
  3. "Medley: Cold Cold Cold/Tripe Face Boogie" (George/Richie Hayward, Payne) – 10:00 (lead singer: Lowell George)

Charts
Chart (1974/75) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 73
USA (Billboard 200) 36

Personnel

Little Feat

Additional

Notes
  1. Feats Don't Fail Me Now at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 1, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/park_neon.htm
  5. Robyn Flans. "Richie Hayward: The MD Interviews, Part 1". Modern Drummer. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  6. Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 230. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 178. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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