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Time Loves a Hero

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Time Loves a Hero
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 15, 1977
Recorded1976–1977
StudioSunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
Warner Bros. Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
Length35:23
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerTed Templeman
Little Feat chronology
The Last Record Album
(1975)
Time Loves a Hero
(1977)
Waiting for Columbus
(1978)

Time Loves a Hero is the sixth studio album by the American rock band Little Feat, released in 1977.

The album's cover art is by Neon Park.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Record World called the title track "a philosophical, mid-tempo funk tune with some interesting melodic and instrumental hooks."[4]

Track listing

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Side One

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  1. "Hi Roller" (Paul Barrère) – 3:35 (lead singer: Lowell George)
  2. "Time Loves a Hero" (Barrère, Kenny Gradney, Bill Payne) – 3:47 (lead singers: Bill Payne, Paul Barrère)
  3. "Rocket in My Pocket" (Lowell George) – 3:25 (lead singer: Lowell George)
  4. "Day at the Dog Races" (instrumental) (Barrère, Sam Clayton, Gradney, Richie Hayward, Payne) – 6:27

Side Two

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  1. "Old Folks Boogie" (Barrère, Gabriel Barrère) – 3:31 (lead singer: Paul Barrère)
  2. "Red Streamliner" (Payne, Fran Tate) – 4:44 (lead singer: Bill Payne)
  3. "New Delhi Freight Train" (Terry Allen) – 3:42 (lead singer: Lowell George)
  4. "Keepin' Up with the Joneses" (Barrère, George) – 3:51 (lead singer: Paul Barrère)
  5. "Missin' You" (Barrère) – 2:21 (lead singer: Paul Barrère)

Charts

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Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 48
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) 34

Personnel

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Little Feat

Additional musicians

Note

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¹ Little Feat – Raw Tomatoes Vol.1 (2002) booklet p14: "the skunk was not on that track"

References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Time Loves a Hero at AllMusic
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 1, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 427.
  4. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. September 3, 1977. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 178. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.