New Directions (album)

Infobox Album
Name = New Directions
Type = Album
Artist = The Meters


Released = 1977
Recorded =
Genre = Funk
Length =
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = David Rubinson, Jeffrey Cohen
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2hdsa9wgb23u link]
*Rolling Stone (N/A) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/themeters/albums/album/131254/review/5942081/new_directions link]
*Robert Christgau (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=The+Meters link]
Last album = "Trick Bag" (1976)
This album = "New Directions" (1977)

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

Track listing

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

#"No More Okey Doke"
#"I'm Gone" (Allen Toussaint)
#"Be My Lady"
#"My Name Up in Lights"
#"Funkify Your Life"
#"Stop That Train" (Peter Tosh)
#"We Got the Kind of a Love" (Michael Angelo Nocentelli)
#"Give It What You Can" (Carl Marsh, James Tarbutton, Steve Cropper)

Personnel

*Art Neville - vocals, keyboards
*Ziggy Modeliste - drums, vocals
*Cyril Neville - percussion, conga, vocals
*George Porter, Jr. - bass, background vocals
*Leo Nocentelli - bass, guitar, background vocals
*Emilio Castillo - tenor saxohone
*Mic Gillette - trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn
*Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxohone
*Kurt McGettrick - clarinet, flute, baritone & bass saxpohone, horn arrangements
*Lenny Pickett - alto flute, alto, tenor & soprano
*Swamp Tabernacle Choir - background vocals