Chinese Work Songs

Chinese Work Songs is the 13th studio album by the American rock band Little Feat, released in 2000.

Four of the album's songs are covers; of "Rag Mama Rag" by The Band, "Sample in a Jar" by Phish, "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" by Bob Dylan and "Gimme a Stone" from the concept album Largo. "Gimme a Stone" marked the only time drummer Richie Hayward sang lead vocals with the group.

Track listing

 * 1) "Rag Mama Rag" (J. R. Robertson) – 4:38
 * 2) "Eula" (Barrère, Tackett) – 4:26
 * 3) "Bed of Roses" (Murphy, Payne) – 4:48
 * 4) "Sample in a Jar" (Anastasio, Marshall) – 4:54
 * 5) "Just Another Sunday" (Murphy, Payne) – 7:52
 * 6) "Gimme a Stone" (Hyman, Chertoff, Forman, Bazilian) – 5:06
 * 7) "Rio Esperenza" (Murphy, Payne) – 4:54
 * 8) "Tattoo Heart" (Barrère, Murphy) – 6:55
 * 9) "Marginal Creatures" (Barrère, Tackett) – 5:16
 * 10) "Chinese Work Songs" (Payne, Tackett) – 6:27
 * 11) "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (Bob Dylan) – 6:07

Little Feat

 * Paul Barrère – vocals, guitar, dobro, bicycle bells
 * Sam Clayton – percussion, backing vocals
 * Kenny Gradney – bass, backing vocals
 * Richie Hayward – drums, vocals
 * Shaun Murphy – vocals, percussion
 * Bill Payne – keyboards, vocals
 * Fred Tackett – guitar, dobro, backing vocals

Texicali Horns

 * Darrell Leonard – trumpet, trombonium
 * Joe Sublett – saxophone

Additional personnel

 * Béla Fleck – banjo on Gimme A Stone
 * Lenny Castro – percussion
 * Piero Mariani – percussion