Trick Bag

Trick Bag
Studio album by The Meters
Released	July 1976
Genre	Funk
Length	42:11
Label	Reprise MS 2252
Producer	Allen Toussaint, The Meters
The Meters chronology
Fire on the Bayou (1975) Trick Bag (1976) New Directions (1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(unfavorable) [2]
Robert Christgau	C+ [3]

Trick Bag is the seventh studio album by the funk group The Meters. The name comes from their cover of the Earl King single of the same name.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Meters, except as noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Disco Is the Thing Today"		4:21
2.	"Find Yourself"		4:12
3.	"All These Things"	Naomi Neville	3:32
4.	"I Want to Be Loved by You"		5:24
5.	"Suite for 20 G"	James Taylor	4:32
6.	"(The World Is a Bit Under the Weather) Doodle-Oop"	Leo Nocentelli, Vincent Toussaint	3:52
7.	"Trick Bag"	Earl King	3:21
8.	"Mr. Moon"		4:02
9.	"Chug-A-Lug"		3:22
10.	"Hang 'Em High"	Dominic Frontiere	2:17
11.	"Honky Tonk Women"	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	3:16

2001 digitally remastered CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Love the One You're With"	Stephen Stills	3:31
13.	"What More Can I Do?"		2:47
14.	"Down by the River"	Neil Young	9:02
15.	"Come Together"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	3:08
16.	"Big Chief"	Earl King	2:57

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.^[4]

• Ziggy Modeliste – drums, composer
• Art Neville – keyboards, vocals, composer
• Cyril Neville – congas, percussion, vocals, composer
• Leo Nocentelli – guitar, vocals, composer
• George Porter, Jr. – bass guitar, composer
• Kenneth "Afro" Williams – percussion
• Tony Owens – background vocals
• Terry Smith – background vocals

Additional composition

• Earl King – composer, vocals (track 7)
• Dominic Frontiere – composer (track 10)
• Mick Jagger – composer (track 11)
• Keith Richards – composer (track 11)
• Naomi Neville – composer (track 3)
• Vincent Toussaint – composer (track 6)
• James Taylor – composer (track 5)

Production

• The Meters – producer
• Allen Toussaint – producer
• Bob Irwin – mastering
• Bill Dahl – liner notes
• Rich Russell – design
• Ed Thrasher – art direction
• Michael P. Smith – photography
• Tom Copi – photography

References

1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Allmusic: Trick Bag – review". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
2. McEwen, Joe (October 7, 1976). "The Meters: Trick Bag". Rolling Stone (Straight Arrow) (RS 223). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
3. Christgau, Robert. "The Meters". RobertChristgau.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
4. "Allmusic: Trick Bag – credits". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.