★★★★★
Not much one can say about this release, as it was without a doubt the New Orleans music event of this millennium. Many of the Meters funk anthems are here, "Fayo [sic] On The Bayou," "People Say," "Look-Ka Py Py," "Cissy Strut," "Hey Pocky Way," "Africa," and "Be My Lady." The lyrics have slightly changed over the years, and the band has rightly become more politically aware, but its soulful intensity has only aged and amplified...
- www.offbeat.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
"You don't need to go to James Brown!" Art Neville, who's just introduced himself as "Art The Grinder," is leading the charge as the Meters lay down one of their most instantly unforgettable songs, and strangely, one the world might never hear. "You don't need to go to Wilson Pickett!" he testifies. "You don't need Booker T. and the M.G.'s! Talkin' about the Meter men right now!...
- www.offbeat.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
Certainly The Meters were a group ahead of their time. With the release of this recording, they are once again in the musical vanguard. Recorded live in December 1976 in New Orleans, LA." Paste-on mini-LP jacket packaging with Japanese obi-strip.
- www.forcedexposure.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
A groove isn't, of itself, normally enough to make a song. There's all that harmony and melody stuff to consider, too. But that didn't stop The Meters, the New Orleans counterparts of Booker T & The MG's...
- www.mojo4music.com
2010-08-23
★★★★★
By the mid-70s, The Meters, who had risen to prominence as Allen Toussaint's backing band, were stretching out their grooves. Rejuvenation, their fifth album, marks the point when the New Orleans four-piece became simply unassailable as a tight funk unit. Their dense, repetitive sound, which placed the rhythm section at its very centre, had earned them a mighty reputation. Mick Jagger, no less, was to say that they were "the best motherf****** band in the world"...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2010-08-22
★★★★★
Sound: The Meters. In my opinion they are one of the many legendary bands to come out of New Orleans. I stumbled upon their album "A Message From The Meters" about a week ago and had my hair blown back for the first time without there being any heavy distortion involved. They are one of the Fathers of true funk music, but a rather unsung hero of a band. Their music is soulful and funky from inside out (including the musicians who don't have a Rock or Metal bone in their whole body)...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2010-06-19
★★★★★
"Certainly The Meters were a group ahead of their time. With the release of this recording, they are once again in the musical vanguard. Recorded live in December 1976 in New Orleans, LA." Paste-on mini-LP jacket packaging with Japanese obi-strip.
- www.forcedexposure.com
2009-11-26
★★★★★
Unless you happen to be dancing, it takes a slightly inappropriate aesthetic concentration to, er, appreciate a whole album of party instrumentals. But this compilation of thirteen turn-of-the-decade r&b hits (plus album tracks) the Meters cut for Josie is worth the strain. The secret: listen to Ziggy Modeliste. He plays more off-beats and eccentric patterns than any soul drummer you ever heard, yet never breaks up the band's spare, clever riff structures; it's almost as if he's the lead...
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-17
★★★★★
Thanks to new conga player Cyril Neville, the singing has gotten better, but no matter how much I love "They All Ask'd for You," I'm not sure that's good. Distracts us from the drummer. And maybe it distracts the drummer, too.
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-17
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