Chinese Work Songs

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

Chinese Work Songs
Studio album by Little Feat
Released	June 20, 2000
Genre	Southern rock
Length	61:23
Label	CMC International
Producer	Paul Barrere Bill Payne
Little Feat chronology
Under the Radar (1998) Chinese Work Songs (2000) Live at the Rams Head (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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