Chinese Work Songs Explained

Chinese Work Songs
Type:	studio
Artist:	Little Feat
Cover:	Little_Feat_-_Chinese_Work_Songs.jpg
Released:	June 20, 2000
Length:	61:23
Label:	CMC International
Producer:	Paul Barrere Bill Payne
Prev Title:	Under the Radar
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Live at the Rams Head
Next Year:	2002

Chinese Work Songs is the 13th studio album by the American rock band Little Feat, released in 2000.

Four of the album's songs are covers; of "Rag Mama Rag" by The Band, "Sample in a Jar" by Phish, "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" by Bob Dylan and "Gimme a Stone" from the concept album Largo. "Gimme a Stone" marked the only time drummer Richie Hayward sang lead vocals with the group.

Track listing

1. "Rag Mama Rag" (J. R. Robertson) – 4:38
2. "Eula" (Barrère, Tackett) – 4:26
3. "Bed of Roses" (Murphy, Payne) – 4:48
4. "Sample in a Jar" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 4:54
5. "Just Another Sunday" (Murphy, Payne) – 7:52
6. "Gimme a Stone" (Hyman, Chertoff, Forman, Bazilian) – 5:06
7. "Rio Esperenza" (Murphy, Payne) – 4:54
8. "Tattoo Heart" (Barrère, Murphy) – 6:55
9. "Marginal Creatures" (Barrère, Tackett) – 5:16
10. "Chinese Work Songs" (Payne, Tackett) – 6:27
11. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Bob Dylan) – 6:07

Personnel

Little Feat

• Paul Barrère – vocals, guitar, dobro, bicycle bells
• Sam Clayton – percussion, backing vocals
• Kenny Gradney – bass, backing vocals
• Richie Hayward – drums, vocals
• Shaun Murphy – vocals, percussion
• Bill Payne – keyboards, vocals
• Fred Tackett – guitar, dobro, backing vocals

Texicali Horns

• Darrell Leonard – trumpet, trombonium
• Joe Sublett – saxophone

Additional personnel

• Béla Fleck – banjo on Gimme A Stone
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• Piero Mariani – percussion