Time Loves a Hero
{{Infobox album
| name = Time Loves a Hero
| type = Album
| artist = Little Feat
| cover = Little_Feat_-_Time_Loves_a_Hero.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 15, 1977
| recorded = 1976–1977
| venue =
| studio = Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
Warner Bros. Studios, North Hollywood, CA
Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Record Plant, Sausalito, CA
| genre =
| length = 35:23
| label = Warner Bros.
| producer = Ted Templeman
| prev_title = The Last Record Album
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Waiting for Columbus
| next_year = 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
{{album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000193614|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine}}
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = B{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: L|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=L&bk=70|accessdate=March 1, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=427}}
}}
Record World called the title track "a philosophical, mid-tempo funk tune with some interesting melodic and instrumental hooks."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=September 3, 1977|accessdate=2023-02-16|title=Single Picks|page=14|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/77/RW-1977-09-03.pdf}}
Track listing
=Side one=
- "Hi Roller" (Paul Barrère) – 3:35 (lead singer: Lowell George)
- "Time Loves a Hero" (Barrère, Kenny Gradney, Bill Payne) – 3:47 (lead singers: Bill Payne, Paul Barrère)
- "Rocket in My Pocket" (Lowell George) – 3:25 (lead singer: Lowell George)
- "Day at the Dog Races" (instrumental) (Barrère, Sam Clayton, Gradney, Richie Hayward, Payne) – 6:27
=Side two=
- "Old Folks Boogie" (Barrère, Gabriel Barrère) – 3:31 (lead singer: Paul Barrère)
- "Red Streamliner" (Payne, Fran Tate) – 4:44 (lead singer: Bill Payne)
- "New Delhi Freight Train" (Terry Allen) – 3:42 (lead singer: Lowell George)
- "Keepin' Up with the Joneses" (Barrère, George) – 3:51 (lead singer: Paul Barrère)
- "Missin' You" (Barrère) – 2:21 (lead singer: Paul Barrère)
Personnel
;Little Feat
- Paul Barrère – guitar, vocals
- Sam Clayton – congas, percussion, vocals
- Lowell George – vocals, guitar
- Kenny Gradney – bass
- Richie Hayward – drums, percussion, vocals
- Bill Payne – keyboards, synthesizer, marimba, vocals
Additional musicians
- Greg Adams – trumpet
- Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – dobro ("Missin' You")¹
- Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone
- Mic Gillette – trombone, trumpet
- Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone
- Michael McDonald – vocals ("Red Streamliner")
- Lenny Pickett – alto saxophone and tenor saxophone
- Patrick Simmons – guitar ("New Delhi Freight Train"), vocals ("Red Streamliner")
- Fred Tackett – mandocello and guitar ("Time Loves a Hero") (joined band 1988)
Charts
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (1977)
!Peak |
|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=178}}
| style="text-align:center;"|48 |
| US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)
| style="text-align:center;"|34 |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
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Note
¹ Little Feat – Raw Tomatoes Vol.1 (2002) booklet p14: "the skunk was not on that track"
References
{{Little Feat}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Albums produced by Ted Templeman
Category:Warner Records albums
Category:Albums with cover art by Neon Park