Feats Don't Fail Me Now

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
Released	August 9, 1974
Recorded	Early 1974
Studio	Blue Seas Recording Studio in Hunt Valley, Maryland The Sound Factory, Los Angeles Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood Sunset Sound, Los Angeles
Genre	Country-funk [1]
Length	34:18
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Lowell 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)
Singles from Feats Don't Fail Me Now
"Oh Atlanta" Released: 1974 "Spanish Moon" Released: 1975

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]

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. ^[5]

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 the 2000 boxed set Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years Of Little Feat. ^[6]

In 2000 the album was voted number 718 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums . ^[7]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Rock & Roll Doctor"	Lowell George, Martin Kibbee		2:57
2.	"Oh Atlanta"	Bill Payne	Bill Payne	3:26
3.	"Skin it Back"	Paul Barrère	Paul Barrère	4:11
4.	"Down the Road"	George		3:46
5.	"Spanish Moon"	George		3:01

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Feats Don't Fail Me Now"	Barrère, George, Martin Kibbee	2:27
2.	"The Fan"	George, Payne	4:30
3.	"Medley: Cold Cold Cold/Tripe Face Boogie"	George, Richie Hayward, Payne	10:00

Note: All songs are sung by Lowell George, except where noted.

Deluxe edition

A remastered and expanded edition of Feats Don't Fail Me Now was released on June 14, 2024. This new edition is a 3-CD set, with the original album on disc one, bonus material on disc two, labeled as Hotcakes, Outtakes & Rarities, and live content on disc three, labeled as If You Bought It, A Truck Brought It.

Disc one - Original Album 2024 Remaster

No.	Title	Length

Disc two - Hotcakes, Outtakes & Rarities

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Brickyard Blues"	Allen Toussaint	3:00
2.	"Brickyard Blues" (Alternate Version)	George, Kibbee, Barrère	2:30
3.	"Rock and Roll Doctor" (Alternate Version)	George, Kibbee	3:24
4.	"Spanish Moon" (Alternate Version)	George	3:44
5.	"Skin It Back" (Alternate Version)	Barrère	4:34
6.	"Oh Atlanta" (Alternate Version)	Payne	3:36
7.	"All That You Dream" (Outtake)	Barrère, Payne	3:33
8.	"Front Page News" (Alternate Version)	Payne	4:57
9.	"Long Distance Love" (Outtake)	George	2:53
10.	"Lonesome Whistle" (Alternate Version)	Hank Williams, Jimmie Davis	3:47
11.	"Day at the Dog Races" (Outtake)	Payne, Kenny Gradney, Barrère, Richie Hayward, Sam Clayton	3:12
12.	"Spanish Moon" (Single Version)	George	2:41

Disc three - If You Bought It, A Truck Brought It: Live at L’Olympia, Paris, FR, February 3, 1975

No.	Title	Length
1.	"On Your Way Down"	6:51
2.	"Skin It Back"	5:30
3.	"Fat Man In The Bathtub"	5:55
4.	"Rock And Roll Doctor"	4:05
5.	"Oh Atlanta"	3:55
6.	"Medley: Cold Cold Cold / Dixie Chicken / Tripe Face Boogie"	19:52
7.	"Willin’"	4:15
8.	"Teenage Nervous Breakdown"	3:44

Charts

Chart (1974–75)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [8]	73
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)	36

Personnel

Little Feat

• Paul Barrere – backing vocals, guitar, lead vocals on "Skin It Back"
• Sam Clayton – backing vocals, percussion
• Lowell George – vocals, guitar
• Kenny Gradney – bass
• Richie Hayward – backing vocals, drums
• Bill Payne – backing vocals, keyboards, lead vocals on "Oh Atlanta"

Additional

• Gordon DeWitty – clavinet ("Spanish Moon")
• Fred White – drums ("Spanish Moon")
• Emmylou Harris – backing vocals
• Bonnie Raitt – backing vocals
• Fran Tate – backing vocals
• Tower of Power – horns

Notes

1. Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. p. 60. ISBN   0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021.
2. Feats Don't Fail Me Now at AllMusic
3. 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.
4. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
5. "Neon Park". Comiclopedia . Retrieved September 27, 2021.
6. Robyn Flans (October 21, 2010). "Richie Hayward: The MD Interviews, Part 1". Modern Drummer. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
7. Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 230. ISBN   0-7535-0493-6.
8. 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.

External links

• Feats Don't Fail Me Now album review at Rolling Stone
• "Rock And Roll Doctor" on YouTube – provided by Warner Music Group
• "Skin It Back" on YouTube – provided by Warner Music Group