New Directions (The Meters album)

New Directions
Studio album by The Meters
Released 1977
Genre Funk
Length 41:02
Label Warner Bros.
Producer David Rubinson, Jeffrey Cohen
The Meters chronology
Trick Bag
(1976)
New Directions
(1977)
Good Old Funky Music
(compilation)
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone(mixed) [2]
Robert ChristgauB+ [3]

New Directions is the eighth and final studio 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 as noted. 

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "No More Okey Doke"    4:20
2. "I'm Gone"  Allen Toussaint 4:30
3. "Be My Lady"    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"  Leo 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

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[4]

Primary artist
Performance
Additional composition
Production

References

  1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Allmusic: New Direction – review". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  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. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  4. "Allmusic: New Direction – credits". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.


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