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]

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. TitleWriter(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. TitleWriter(s) Length
9. "Be My Lady" (Single version)  3:25
10. "All I Do Every Day" (Previously unreleased demo)Porter, Modeliste 4:57

Personnel

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "New Directions - The Meters" at AllMusic. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  2. 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.
  3. Christgau, Robert. "The Meters". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 4 October 2011.