New Directions (The Meters album)

New Directions (The Meters album): New Directions

Studio album by The Meters

Released 1977

Genre Funk

Label Warner Bros.

Producer David Rubinson, Jeffrey Cohen

The Meters chronology

Trick Bag
(1976) New Directions
(1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores

Source Rating

Allmusic ^[1]

Rolling Stone (mixed) ^[2]

Robert Christgau (B+) ^[3]

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New Directions is the eighth and final album by the funk group The Meters.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Cyril Neville, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter, Jr.; except where indicated.

No. Title Writer(s) Length

1. "No More Okey Doke" 4:20

2. "I'm Gone" Allen Toussaint 4:30

3. "Be My Lady" Modeliste, Neville, Neville, Porter 6:25

4. "My Name up in Lights" 5:23

5. "Funkify Your Life" 5:40

6. "Stop That Train" Peter Tosh 4:50

7. "We Got the Kind of a Love" Michael Angelo Nocentelli 5:20

8. "Give It What You Can" Carl Marsh, James Tarbutton, Steve Cropper 4:34

2001 digitally remastered CD bonus tracks

No. Title Writer(s) Length

9. "Be My Lady" (Single version) 3:25

10. "All I Do Every Day" (Previously unreleased demo) Porter, Modeliste 4:57

Personnel

Art Neville - vocals, keyboards

Ziggy Modeliste - drums, vocals

Cyril Neville - percussion, conga, vocals

George Porter, Jr. - bass guitar, background vocals

Leo Nocentelli - bass guitar, guitar, background vocals

Emilio Castillo - tenor saxohone

Mic Gillette- trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn

Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxohone

Kurt McGettrick - clarinet, flute, baritone & bass saxophone, horn arrangements

Lenny Pickett - alto flute, alto, tenor & soprano

Swamp Tabernacle Choir - background vocals

References

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "New Directions - The Meters" at Allmusic. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

^ Swenson, John (8 September 1977). "The Meters: New Directions". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (RS 247). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071001202646/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/themeters/albums/album/131254/review/5942081/new_directions.

^ Christgau, Robert. "The Meters". RobertChristgau.com. http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=The+Meters. Retrieved 4 October 2011.

Categories:
1977 albums
The Meters albums
Warner Bros. Records albums
1970s rock album stubs

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	(mixed) ^[2]
Robert Christgau	(B+) ^[3]
This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"No More Okey Doke"		4:20
2.	"I'm Gone"	Allen Toussaint	4:30
3.	"Be My Lady"	Modeliste, Neville, Neville, Porter	6:25
4.	"My Name up in Lights"		5:23
5.	"Funkify Your Life"		5:40
6.	"Stop That Train"	Peter Tosh	4:50
7.	"We Got the Kind of a Love"	Michael Angelo Nocentelli	5:20
8.	"Give It What You Can"	Carl Marsh, James Tarbutton, Steve Cropper	4:34

2001 digitally remastered CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"Be My Lady" (Single version)		3:25
10.	"All I Do Every Day" (Previously unreleased demo)	Porter, Modeliste	4:57

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