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The reunited Little Feat surprised listeners with the smooth assurance of 1988’s Let It Roll, a slick update of their loose-limbed boogie that managed to be faithful to their past while belonging to the present, but their 1989 follow-up, Representing the Mambo, tipped the scales in the direction of the modern, encasing every one of their signatures under layers of glossy varnish. It’s easily their clearest stab at a commercial crossover, a distinction that’s glaringly obvious when the synthesized grind of “Teenage Warrior” is contrasted with the abandon of their early classic “Teenage Nervous Breakdown,” but most of Representing the Mambo is delivered with this stiff, synthesized sheen, which only becomes more apparent when they delve into jazzy sub-Steely Dan territory, as they do with a pair of Hollywood tales at the end of the record. Neither are especially sharp, either lyrically or musically, and the dull songwriting suggests that this record was cobbled together quickly after the success of Let It Roll; apart from the New Orleans stomp of “Rad Gumbo,” the songs are limp grooves that never catch hold because they’re dampened by that immaculate production, the one thing that was meant to be modern and now only makes Representing the Mambo feel like a forgotten artifact preserved in amber.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Craig Fuller, Guitar, Vocals - Bill Payne, Engineer, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Fred Tackett, Guitar, Trumpet, Writer - Richie Hayward, Drums, Vocals - Paul Barrere, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - George Massenburg, Producer, Engineer - Little Feat, MainArtist - Martin Kibbee, Writer - Kenny Gradney, Bass Guitar - Sam Clayton, Percussion, Vocals
© 1990 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Craig Fuller, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Bill Payne, Engineer, Keyboards, Vocals, Writer - Fred Tackett, Guitar, Trumpet - Richie Hayward, Drums, Vocals - Paul Barrere, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - George Massenburg, Producer, Engineer - Little Feat, MainArtist - Kenny Gradney, Bass Guitar - Sam Clayton, Percussion, Vocals
© 1990 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Bill Payne, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Writer - Fred Tackett, Acoustic Guitar, Writer - Richie Hayward, Drums - Paul Barrere, Guitar, Writer - George Massenburg, Producer, Engineer - Sharon Celani, Background Vocals - Marilyn Martin, Background Vocals - Little Feat, MainArtist - Kenny Gradney, Bass Guitar - Sam Clayton, Percussion - Neon Park, Writer
© 1990 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Craig Fuller, Guitar, Background Vocals - Bill Payne, Engineer, Keyboards, Writer - Fred Tackett, Guitar, Trumpet, Writer - Richie Hayward, Drums, Background Vocals - Paul Barrere, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Massenburg, Producer, Engineer - Little Feat, MainArtist - Kenny Gradney, Bass Guitar - Sam Clayton, Percussion, Background Vocals
© 1990 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Bill Payne, Producer, Piano, Writer - Fred Tackett, Guitar - Richie Hayward, Drums, Background Vocals - Paul Barrere, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Massenburg, Producer, Engineer - Little Feat, MainArtist - Martin Kibbee, Writer - Kenny Gradney, Bass Guitar - Ken Gradney, Writer - Sam Clayton, Percussion, Writer, Background Vocals - Neon Park, Writer
© 1990 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Craig Fuller, Lead Vocals, Writer - Bill Payne, Producer, Keyboards, Writer - Fred Tackett, Writer, Lead Guitar - Richie Hayward, Drums - Paul Barrere, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Massenburg, Producer, Engineer - Little Feat, MainArtist - Kenny Gradney, Bass Guitar - Sam Clayton, Percussion
© 1990 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Bill Payne, Producer, Piano, Writer - Fred Tackett, Guitar - Richie Hayward, Drums - Paul Barrere, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Massenburg, Producer, Engineer - Little Feat, MainArtist - Kenny Gradney, Bass Guitar - Sam Clayton, Percussion, Writer
© 1990 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Craig Fuller, Writer - Bill Payne, Producer, Keyboards - Fred Tackett, Acoustic Guitar - Richie Hayward, Drums - Paul Barrere, Guitar - George Massenburg, Producer, Engineer - Little Feat, MainArtist - Kenny Gradney, Bass Guitar - Sam Clayton, Percussion
© 1990 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Craig Fuller, Writer - Bill Payne, Producer, Piano, Writer - Fred Tackett, Guitar, Writer - Richie Hayward, Drums, Background Vocals - Paul Barrere, Guitar, Writer - George Massenburg, Producer, Engineer - Little Feat, MainArtist - Kenny Gradney, Bass Guitar - Sam Clayton, Percussion, Background Vocals - Renee Armand, Background Vocals
© 1990 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Craig Fuller, Writer - Bill Payne, Producer, Keyboards, Writer, Background Vocals - Michael Brecker, Saxophone - Fred Tackett, Guitar, Trumpet, Writer - Richie Hayward, Drums - Paul Barrere, Lead Vocals, Writer - George Massenburg, Producer, Engineer - Little Feat, MainArtist - Kenny Gradney, Bass Guitar - Sam Clayton, Percussion, Lead Vocals
© 1990 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1988 Warner Records Inc.
Bill Payne, Producer, Keyboards, Lead Vocals, Writer - Michael Brecker, Saxophone - Fred Tackett, Guitar, Writer - Richie Hayward, Drums - Paul Barrere, Guitar, Writer - George Massenburg, Producer, Engineer - Marilyn Martin, Background Vocals - Little Feat, MainArtist - Kenny Gradney, Bass Guitar - Sam Clayton, Percussion
© 1990 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
The reunited Little Feat surprised listeners with the smooth assurance of 1988’s Let It Roll, a slick update of their loose-limbed boogie that managed to be faithful to their past while belonging to the present, but their 1989 follow-up, Representing the Mambo, tipped the scales in the direction of the modern, encasing every one of their signatures under layers of glossy varnish. It’s easily their clearest stab at a commercial crossover, a distinction that’s glaringly obvious when the synthesized grind of “Teenage Warrior” is contrasted with the abandon of their early classic “Teenage Nervous Breakdown,” but most of Representing the Mambo is delivered with this stiff, synthesized sheen, which only becomes more apparent when they delve into jazzy sub-Steely Dan territory, as they do with a pair of Hollywood tales at the end of the record. Neither are especially sharp, either lyrically or musically, and the dull songwriting suggests that this record was cobbled together quickly after the success of Let It Roll; apart from the New Orleans stomp of “Rad Gumbo,” the songs are limp grooves that never catch hold because they’re dampened by that immaculate production, the one thing that was meant to be modern and now only makes Representing the Mambo feel like a forgotten artifact preserved in amber.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:01
- Main artists: Little Feat
- Label: Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1990 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1990 Warner Records Inc.
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