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Time Loves a Hero by Little Feat
Time Loves a Hero is an album by Little Feat, released in 1977. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Red Streamliner”, on 1 list with a best position of #733.
Time Loves a Hero, Little Feat's sixth studio album, rolled out on Warner Bros. in 1977 with Ted Templeman producing and Neon Park's artwork on the sleeve. The Los Angeles outfit Lowell George had started in 1969 was by now running its classic lineup: George on guitar, Bill Payne on keys, Paul Barrère on guitar and vocals, Kenny Gradney on bass, Sam Clayton on percussion and Richie Hayward behind the kit.
And the swamp boogie is getting slicker. These grooves lean hard into jazz-funk and fusion, so hard that Robert Christgau decided they'd quit being a boogie band and turned into a funk band, while Record World heard the title track as a thoughtful mid-tempo funk tune. Christgau still singled out "Old Folks Boogie", and heard "Rocket In My Pocket", the cut that made the countdowns, as proof George could still toss off a readymade. Within two years George would break the band up over creative differences, shortly before he died.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Time Loves a Hero on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Streamliner | 1 | #733 | – | 2010 | |
| 2 | Rocket In My Pocket | 1 | #60 | – | 1977 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.