Waiting For Columbus
by Little Feat

Waiting For Columbus by Little Feat
(Live album)
Year: 1978
Release date: 1978-02-10
Overall rank: 3,334th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 144 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (63rd)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (575th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,334th)

Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY
Product Details
Availability

eBay
eBay
Waiting for Columbus - Audio CD By LITTLE FEAT - GOOD
Condition: Good


eBay
eBay
Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus-Double LP-33RPM-Warner 2BS-3140
Condition: Used


eBay
eBay
Little Feat : Waiting For Columbus Double Live Gatefold 1st Press 1978 Ex-Crisp
Condition: Used


  My favourite store:  

Little Feat bestography

Waiting For Columbus is ranked 2nd best out of 27 albums by Little Feat on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Little Feat is Dixie Chicken which is ranked number 2832 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 549.

Little Feat album bestography « Higher ranked (2,832nd)
Dixie Chicken
This album (3,334th)
Waiting For Columbus
Lower ranked (3,808th) »
Sailin' Shoes

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Listen to Waiting For Columbus on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

Waiting For Columbus track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

Sort Sort by

Waiting For Columbus rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,334th | 1970s rank: 575th | 1978 rank: 63rd

Waiting For Columbus collection

Waiting For Columbus ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 144 votes)
  Ratings distribution Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 5 ratings for this album.  | Show all 144 ratings for this album.

Sort Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
75/100
 !
01/16/2026 08:53 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  12,85870/100
 
75/100
 !
10/13/2025 12:55 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,11769/100
 
60/100
 !
08/17/2025 11:20 cicadelic  Ratings distribution  13,14573/100
 
80/100
 !
06/17/2025 14:12 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distribution  7,09584/100
 
65/100
 !
05/15/2025 16:59 dukeboxkool  Ratings distribution  2,20772/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.

Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating

Waiting For Columbus comments

Showing all 6 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)

Rating:  
100/100
From 03/05/2022 04:38 | #282295 | TOP COMMENT
I try hard to not reward live albums that function as hits packages, because it sort of doesn't feel fair to the studio efforts. But once in a while, you simply have to deal with one that does that but also offers new angles on band and music-- and this, with the fabulous horn parts, does that sufficiently to make it the exception that suspends the rule, at least...
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
75/100
From 12/18/2020 22:27 | #262902 | TOP COMMENT
If you dig the Little Feat blend, you'll really enjoy this double-LP live album. If you're less enthralled with this group's sound, the live context and sheer volume of music might prove too grand a 'Feat' to accept.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
100/100
From 12/06/2020 15:11 | #262129
Simply the live album that I listen to the most often. It's just that good. Lowell George at the height of his powers.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
100/100
From 06/05/2019 12:09 | #237139 | TOP COMMENT
they were so perfectly integrated..it was almost like they combined boogie, black blues, R/B country, folk, gospel, soul, jazz fusion, and came up with what i would call "white blues", such great musicians
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
85/100
From 12/03/2015 07:58 | #153844 | TOP COMMENT
This record shows what a live album is about.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
100/100
From 12/12/2009 21:36 | #7618 | TOP COMMENT
This was their biggest album by far (2BS 3140), it came out when Queen, "News of the world" and "Aja" were out..at the height of 70s album sales..this was a huge album and got a lot of airplay that Little Feat hadn't had before. This album was our chain's biggest selling album for 1977, just beating out Queen's "News of the world" and Kenny Loggins "Celebrate me Home"..all three albums got so much airplay in Cincinnati.
but "Last Record album" is my favorite little feat album, "long distance love', a classic love song.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for Waiting For Columbus

Anonymous
Let us know what you think of this album by adding a comment or assigning a rating below.
The top comments are featured on our aggregated charts!
Log in or create a FREE account to assign a rating or leave a comment for this album.