[.ca] Down on the Farm

The Feats Hit Rock Bottom:
This is where the music dies - at least as far as Lowell George's once-great group is concerned. Don't waste your money. There's nothing to see here - please hit "Back" on your browser and don't come back...

Some gems with a couple of misfires... but what gems!:
Many people are bit hard on this album, Lowell George's last with the group before his untimely death. While it may not be as brilliant as "Dixie Chicken" or "Feats Don't Fail Me Now," it is a definite improvement over "Time Loves A Hero." This is largely because Lowell contributions to this album are much greater than the previous one. And the songs he has written or co-written are great. "Kokomo" and "Be One Now" are the George standouts and Barrere contributes one of his best songs, "Perfect Imperfection." "Six Feet of Snow" is the band's one foray into Zydeco and is pretty good, too. The only real misfires on this album are the overlong closer, "Feel the Groove," and "Wake Up Dreaming." "Front Page News" is alright and the title track is solid. This is maybe not the best Feat album but it ranks pretty closely with "Last Record Album" and even the weaker tracks are quite listenable. And, as always, Lowell's voice and slide guitar playing are gorgeous and the entire band plays brilliantly.

Perfect Imperfection:
Folks debate over the "importance" of Down on the Farm as this was George's last studio album with the group before he passed on. Listening to the album then (late 70's) and now (yesterday), I still get the feeling that this was not meant to be the record the band wanted to present to its fans. Any saving grace here?...well, "Perfect Imperfection" by any accounts - has to be one of the coolest & slickest break-up songs of all time.

Hey ! It`s a good album !:
Perfect imperfection, Kokomo, Wake up dreaming and Be one now are great Feat songs as any. And this album sounds every time better when play it

Classic:
An old time classic pretty much says it all. Good music.

• Down on the Farm
• Six Feet of Snow
• Perfect Imperfection
• Kokomo
• Be One Now
• Straight from the Heart
• Front Page News
• Wake up Dreaming
• Feel the Groove