構成数 | 1枚

合計収録時間 | 00:33:47

Personnel: Lowell George (vocals, guitar). Additional guest artists: Richie Hayward, David Paich, David Foster, Jim Gordon. Personnel: Lowell George (vocals, guitar); Roberto Gutierrez (vocals, guitar); Maxayn Lewis, Herb Pedersen, J.D. Souther, Maxine Willard Waters, Bonnie Raitt (vocals); Dean Parks, Ron Koss, Luis Damian, Stephen Bruton, Fred Tackett (guitar); Bobby Bruce (violin); John Phillips, Jerry Jumonville, Joel Peskin (saxophone); Jim Price , Darrell Leonard, Dennis Christianson (horns); Jimmy Greenspoon (piano); Gordon DeWitte, James Newton Howard, Nicky Hopkins, Bill Payne, David Foster (keyboards); Michael Baird , Chilli Charles, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Gordon , Jim Keltner, Richie Hayward, Floyd Sneed (drums). Photographers: Elizabeth George; Bobby Marks. Unknown Contributor Roles: Jim Price ; Michael Baird ; Maxayn Lewis; Chuck Rainey; Darrell Leonard; Chilli Charles; David Paich; Dean Parks; Dennis Belfield; James Howard; Maxine Dixon; John Phillips; Arthur Gerst; Gordon DeWitte; Ron Koss; Paul Stallworth; Luis Damian; Herb Pedersen; J.D. Souther; Roberto Gutierrez; The Waters; Jeff Porcaro; Jerry Jumonville; Jim Gordon ; Jim Keltner; Joel Peskin; Nicky Hopkins; Richie Hayward; Stephen Bruton; Steve Madaio; Denny Christianson; Bill Payne; Jim Self; Fred Tackett; Jimmy Greenspoon; Floyd Sneed; Peggy Sandvig; Bobby Bruce; David Foster; Bonnie Raitt; Bruce Paulson. Thanks I'll Eat it Here is strikingly different from the fusion-leanings of Little Feat's last studio album, Time Loves a Hero. Lowell George never cared for jazz-fusion, so it should be little surprise that there's none to be heard on Thanks. Instead, he picks up where Dixie Chicken left off (he even reworks that album's standout "Two Trains"), turning in a laid-back, organic collection of tunes equal parts New Orleans R&B, country, sophisticated blues, and pop. George wasn't in good health during the sessions for Thanks, which you wouldn't tell by his engaging performances, but from the lack of new tunes. Out of the nine songs on the album, only three are originals, and they're all collaborations. That's a drawback only in retrospect -- it's hard not to wish that the last album George completed had more of his own songs -- but Lowell was a first-rate interpreter, so even covers of Allen Toussaint ("What Do You Want the Girl to Do"), Ann Peebles ("I Can't Stand the Rain") and Rickie Lee Jones ("Easy Money") wind up sounding of piece with the original songs. George's music rolls so easy, the album can seem a little slight at first, but it winds up being a real charmer. Yes, a few songs drift by and, yes, Jimmy Webb's vaudevellian "Himmler's Ring" feels terribly out of place, but Lowell's style is so distinctive and his performances so soulful, it's hard not to like this record if you've ever had a fondness for Little Feat. After all, it's earthier and more satisfying than any Feat album since Feats Don't Fail Me Now and it has the absolutely gorgeous "20 Million Things," the last great song George ever wrote. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

録音 | ステレオ (Studio)