"Funkify Your Life" The Meters Anthology; The Reprise-Warner Years 72-77 (Rhino) CD2

Rhino's Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology was the first truly comprehensive and widely available CD retrospective of the groundbreaking New Orleans funk band's work. These two chronologically arranged discs run down virtually every important track the band recorded under its own name, finally allowing a more general audience to hear why the Meters had earned such a stellar reputation among die-hard funk collectors and sample-minded hip-hoppers...
...Group vocals and wah-wah guitars start to pop up over the second half of the disc, setting the stage for their more ambitious major-label sound, which is documented on the second disc ("The Reprise/Warner Bros. Years"). Nearly all of these tracks are vocal numbers, "songs" in the more traditional sense, but the group also opens its sound up, allowing the members to show off their individual chops as soloists. There's more flash in this music, including plenty of nimble-fingered unison passages demonstrating that the band can be as tight as they are loose. It's more proof that the Meters were the most telepathic funk ensemble this side of the J.B.'s. Those with a casual interest can safely content themselves with the fine single-disc Very Best of the Meters, but for devoted funk fans, Funkify Your Life should be considered essential listening. - Review by Steve Huey

trax:
01 Stay Away 02 Soul Island 03 Do The Dirt 04 Cabbage Alley 05 People Say 06 Hey Pocky A-Way 07 Africa 08 Fire On The Bayou 09 Talkin' 'Bout New Orleans 10 They All Ask'd For You 11 Running Fast (Single Version) 12 (Doodle Loop) The World Is A Little Bit Under The Weather 13 Trick Bag 14 Hang 'Em High 15 Be My Lady 6 Funkify Your Life 17 Give It What You Can
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