Shake Me Up

Little Feat | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 1995)
• Original Release Date: September 24, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Morgan Creek
• ASIN: B0000042MM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #176,653 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Spider's Blues (Might Need It Sometime)

2. Shake Me Up

3. Things Happen

4. Mojo Haiku

5. Loved and Lied To

6. Don't Try So Hard

7. Boom Box Car

8. Fast & Furious

9. Livin' on Dreams

10. Clownin'

11. Down in Flames

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent CD - suffered from poor promotion, March 1, 2000

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Red Miller (Normal, Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shake Me Up (Audio CD)

The last CD from Little Feat with Craig Fuller on lead vocals. The band jokingly refers to this CD as their "stealth album". While a solid collection of classic Little Feat originals, the band's label at the time, Morgan Creek, was struggling, and subsequently got out of the music business. The band occasionally plays songs from this CD at live shows, especially "Spiders Blues" and the title cut.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Feat, February 22, 2003

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Dan Bobinski (Boise, Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shake Me Up (Audio CD)

My main exposure to Little Feat was Waiting For Columbus -- perhaps the greatest live rock album of all time. Time Loves a Hero is another great feat. LF are definitely musician's musicians. For some strange reason, I never came across Shake Me Up earlier in my life, but a few years ago I stumbled across it in a used-record-and-tape store. Anything by LF had to be worth trying, and I was right--this work is fantastic.

Tired of the old used tape, I purchased the CD here off Amazon. In one word, this album is "versatile."

Spider's Blues - Fun story song in typical LF style.
Shake Me Up - Straighforward rock and roll.
Things Happen - An introspective tune. It's all gonna work out!
Mojo Haiku - Gripping rock funk - "in your face" ... quite dynamic w/ a great drum line.
Loved and Lied To - Catchy love-gone-wrong song w/ great slide guitar.
Don't Try So Hard - Well placed in order - ties to previous track. concept. Great vocal syntax & musical dynamics.
Boom Box Car - Another fun LF story song - Somewhat simplistic musically, but fun.
Fast and Furious - A straighforward driving rock number.
Livin' On Dreams - Musically intricate: Lots of 2/4 measures slipped in creating catchy hooks. One of my favs.
Clownin' - Fun, upbeat, and engaging, makes you wanna dance.
Down In Flames - an absolutely beautiful composition with intricate harmonies and lyrics. A golden river of music.

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. If you like true musicianship with riffs and lyrics that catch and hold you, you will love this CD.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some Quality Material, April 11, 2000

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G. J Wiener (Westchester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shake Me Up (Audio CD)

Whereas this recording is not one the same level as Let It Roll or Representing The Mambo, there plenty of snappy tunes that will get your toes tapping. Spiders Blues and Clowning have spunky rhythms that will catch your listening ear and have you saying,"Thats pretty grooving material". Mojo Haiku and Loved and Lied To feature some strong vocals by Craig Fuller. Whereas Shaun Murphy was an excellent replacement, Craig added alot to the Little Feat sound when he was on board. This collection has a nice balance of songs. I rate it 3 1/2 stars to distinguish it from the ordinary three stars in my previous reviews.