| Down on the Farm | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 14, 1979[1] | |||
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| Genre | Rock[2] | |||
| Length | 37:28 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Lowell George | |||
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Down on the Farm is the seventh studio album by the American rock bandLittle Feat. The album was completed and released shortly after the death of the band's founder and frontman,Lowell George, in 1979. It was their last original work for nine years. The band had announced their break-up in June 1979 during the making of the album. Little Feat would reform in 1987.
The cover shows one ofNeon Park's severalduck-girls—an allusion to "The Finishing Touch" by painterGil Elvgren.[3][4]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[5] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
The New York Times wrote that "it's very much an album of songs, with none of the longish solos and other experiments that often seemed out of place on Little Feat albums in the past."[7]
Side one
Side two
| Chart (1979–80) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] | 41 |
| USTop LPs & Tape (Billboard) | 29 |
