Chinese Work Songs

2000 studio album by Little Feat

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

References

1. Henderson, Alex. Chinese Work Songs at AllMusic