The Last Record Album

Artist: Little Feat
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075992729628
EAN: 0075992729628
ASIN: B000002KG1

Release Date: 1990-10-25

The Last Record Album

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Tracks:

Romance Dance
All That You Dream
Long Distance Love
Day Or Night
One Love Stand
Down Below The Borderline
Somebody's Leavin'
Mercenary Territory
'Bonus Announcement'
Don't Bogart That Joint
A Apolitical Blues

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Customer Reviews:

A Change of Style!.......2006-08-03

The sound and style of Little Feat gradually changed during their early Lowell George years from southern blues-rock towards the refined funky jazzy sound that the band has been known for in recent years.

Their most radical change probably happened with the release this album, which at a point obviously was thought to be their last. Its predecessor was "Feats Don't Fail Me Now" ,their roughest sounding album, with Lowell George's vocals and slideguitar as the most dominating elements.

Here the sound is polished and George isn't the dominant figure he used to be. It's a very homogeneous album with few obvious stand-out tracks. Keyboards and synthesizers are pretting dominating throughout the album and acoustic guitars are apparently totally absent.

George was unquestionably their most important songwriter (member), but here he only contributes three songs of which only "Long Distance Love" and "Mercenary Territory" are up to his usual high standards. Surprisingly Paul Barrére's "All That You Dream" is probably the most catchy track on the album.

A step down from their earlier work.......2006-05-07

The Last Record Album would be the first Little Feat release where Paul Barrere and Bill Payne would become more dominant in the songwriting process. Although George contributed many of the vocals here as well as produced the album, his hard living was taking its toll on his work. In addition, while Barrere and Payne were taking the band in a more eclectic direction, their songs weren't as consistent as they'd be on future releases.

The best tunes here would later appear on the band's seminal live release, Waiting for Columbus. Paul Barrere's "All That You Dream" is the catchiest track and continues to be one of their most enduring songs. "Mercenary Territory", the best of the Lowell George tunes, is also very good. Bill Payne's "Day or Night" would be the band's first true slice of fusion. Although bassist Kenny Gradney and drummer Richard Hayward really shine here, the outer space sounds courtesy of Payne's synthesizer near the track's conclusion don't work very well. As for George's other tracks, "Long Distance Love" and "Down Below the Borderline", are both decent but don't touch his old stuff. Furthermore, his vocals throughout the album sound very tired, like he's going through the motions. "Romance Dance" and "One Love Stand" follow the same pattern, showing glimpses of the old magic with some great harmonies and slide guitar but not matching anything from their earlier work. Payne's "Somebody's Leavin'" starts out as a fine piano ballad but then enters new age territory and it just doesn't sound like Little Feat. The album also features live versions of "Don't Bogart That Joint" and "A Apolitical Blues", both of which were originally on Waiting for Columbus but were absent from the CD version until it was re-released as a two disc collection. All told, while there are some good songs here, The Last Record Album is a step down from their previous four albums.

The best album from phase two.......2005-06-04

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.

The best of the best.......2005-02-15

I'm shocked that this album has received anything less than five stars from anyone. It's easily my favorite Feats album. Not to denigrate the other songs, but with "Long Distance Love", "One Love Stand" and, especially, "All That You Dream", the other songs could be covers of the 1910 Fruitgum Company and it would still be a great album. "All That You Dream" is not only my favorite Little Feat song, it's possibly my favorite song, period.

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