Fire on the Bayou

Released

July 1975

Recorded

Length

45:55 (11 track release)

Reprise (MS 2228)

The Meters chronology

Rejuvenation
(1974)

Fire on the Bayou
(1975)

Trick Bag
(1976)

Fire on the Bayou is the sixth studio album by the funk band The Meters.

Track listing

All tracks written by The Meters (Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter, Jr.) except as noted^[1]^[4].

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Out in the Country"		3:38
2.	"Fire on the Bayou"	The Meters, Cyril Neville	4:10
3.	"Love Slip Upon Ya"		4:59
4.	"Talkin' 'Bout New Orleans"	The Meters, Cyril Neville	3:38
5.	"They All Ask'd for You"		4:12
6.	"Can You Do Without?"		3:52
7.	"Liar"	Russ Ballard	5:12
8.	"You're a Friend of Mine"		4:11
9.	"Middle of the Road"		7:57
10.	"Running Fast"		1:27
11.	"Mardi Gras Mambo"	Frankie Adams, Lou Welsch, Ken Elliot	2:39

Bonus tracks on the 2001 digitally remastered CD
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Running Fast" (Single Version)	3:26
13.	"Keep On Marching"	3:20
14.	"He Bite Me"	2:54
15.	"A Mother's Love"	2:19
16.	"Jambalaya"	2:45

Credits adapted from AllMusic.^[5]

Allen Toussaint – producer
Marshall Sehorn – executive producer, remixing
Efram Turchick – project manager
Tim Livingston – project manager
Roberta Grace – engineer
Ken Laxton – engineer, remixing
Bob Irwin – mastering
Al Quaglieri – mastering
Bunny Matthews – liner notes
Rich Russell – design
Paul Howrilla (aka Paul Andrew) – graphic design, photo courtesy of Photographique Studios, Inc.

1 2 Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Allmusic: Fire on the Bayou – review". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
↑ Ward, Ed (9 October 1975). "The Meters: Fire On The Bayou". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow (RS 197). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 2007-11-18.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Meters". RobertChristgau.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
↑ "The Meters – Fire on the Bayou". Discogs.com. 1975. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
↑ "Allmusic: Fire on the Bayou – credits". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
↑ "Mardi Gras in New Orleans – compilation album". discogs.com. 1977. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

The Meters
Russell Batiste Ziggy Modeliste Art Neville Cyril Neville Ian Neville Leo Nocentelli George Porter Brian Stoltz
Studio albums	The Meters Look-Ka Py Py Struttin' Cabbage Alley Rejuvenation Fire on the Bayou Trick Bag New Directions
Compilation albums	Cissy Strut The Best of The Meters Good Old Funky Music Funky Miracle Fundamentally Funky Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology Kickback Zony Mash
Live albums	Uptown Rulers: The Meters live on the Queen Mary Live at the Moonwalker Volume 1 Live at the Moonwalker Volume 2 Fiyo at the Fillmore Volume 1
Singles	"Cissy Strut"

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