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Little Feat - Under The Radar (1998)

Track listing:
  1. Home Ground 4:04
  2. Eden's Wall 6:30
  3. A Distant Thunder 5:32
  4. Hoy Hoy 4:02
  5. Under The Radar 7:13
  6. Vale Of Tears 6:08
  7. Loco Motives 5:15
  8. Ferocious Morning 5:59
  9. Voiceless Territory (Intro To Falling Through The Worlds) 0:49
  10. Falling Through The Worlds 6:10
  11. The Blues Don't Tell It All 4:30
  12. I Got Happiness 7:46
  13. Calling The Children Home 5:52

Notes

Little Feat's first album for CMC International, Under the Radar, finds the group's new lineup fully assimilated, with Shaun Murphy sharing many of the lead vocals with mainstays Paul Barrere and Bill Payne. While the record is not as instantly accessible and spontaneous as the last record with Murphy, Ain't Had Enough Fun, there is a confidence that permeates every cut. Feat's slightly trippy Southern-fried music has made an amazing leap into the 1990s, and Under the Radar continues their rebirth. Tracks such as Barrere's "Home Ground" and "Loco-Motives" are good-time funky rockers, driven by Barrere's excellent slide guitar. Payne's title cut and "Eden's Wall" have a slightly dark hopefulness that has become a big part of the band's style. The final cut, "Calling the Children Home," is one of the group's greatest records, closing the album out in joyous New Orleans style.