Down on the Farm (album) explained

Down on the Farm
Type:Studio album
Artist:Little Feat
Cover:Little_Feat_-_Down_on_the_Farm.jpg
Released:November 14, 1979[1]
Genre:Rock
Length:37:28
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:Lowell George
Prev Title:Waiting for Columbus
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Hoy-Hoy!
Next Year:1981

Down on the Farm is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Little Feat. The album was completed and released shortly after the death of the band's founder and frontman, Lowell George, in 1979. It was their last original work for nine years. The band had announced their break-up in June 1979 during the making of the album. Little Feat would reform in 1987.

The cover shows one of Neon Park's several duck-girls—an allusion to "The Finishing Touch" by painter Gil Elvgren.[2] [3]

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that "it's very much an album of songs, with none of the longish solos and other experiments that often seemed out of place on Little Feat albums in the past."[4]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Down on the Farm" (Paul Barrère) – 4:16 (lead singer: Paul Barrère)
  2. "Six Feet of Snow" (Lowell George, Keith Godchaux) – 2:30 (lead singer: Lowell George)
  3. "Perfect Imperfection" (Barrère, Tom Snow) – 3:46 (lead singer: Lowell George)
  4. "Kokomo" (George) – 2:58 (lead singer: Lowell George)
  5. "Be One Now" (George, Fred Tackett) – 4:05 (lead singer: Lowell George)

Side Two

  1. "Straight from the Heart" (George, Payne) – 4:59 (lead singer: Lowell George)
  2. "Front Page News" (George, Payne) – 5:57 (lead singer: Lowell George)
  3. "Wake up Dreaming" (Payne, Fran Payne) – 4:09 (lead singer: Bill Payne)
  4. "Feel the Groove" (Clayton, Gordon DeWitty) – 4:49 (lead singer: Sam Clayton)

Charts

Chart (1979–80)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 41
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)29

Personnel

Band Members

Additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Annotated Grateful Dead Discography: Guest Appearances . David Dodd . ucsc.edu . July 15, 2011.
  2. Web site: Neon Park.
  3. http://www.thepinupfiles.com/images/elv00373.jpg Gil Elvgren – "The Finishing Touch" (1960)
  4. News: Palmer . Robert . The Pop Life . The New York Times . 30 Nov 1979 . C12.
  5. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 178.