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(12 customer reviews) 19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Unbelievable,
April 21, 2004 Keith Kidston (Hinsdale, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Meters (Audio CD)
If you're even remotely interested in funk, then you HAVE to buy this album. The Meters are the godfathers of funk. People like James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone list The Meters as a major influence on their own music. The songs on this album are some of the strongest, funkiest grooves I've ever heard. The drumming is superb, the guitar is the raw funk at its best, the bass is thick and the keyboard is great. Funky perfection. By the way, all the songs are instrumental.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
The Meters' Funk Manifesto,
July 9, 2006 J P Ryan (Waltham, Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Meters (Audio CD)
With the passage of decades, the importance of The Meters, who broke out nationally at a period when their hometown's influence on popular music seemed to be diminishing, seems more obvious than ever. With five hits in 1969 alone, each an excercise in uncompromising, hard funk, The Meters' astonishing musical telepathy ensured the band's place in the evolution of soul into funk and the continued vitality of New Orleans music. Bill Dahl's excellent notes for the Sundazed label's remaster of the band's 1969 debut outline the history leading up to this seminal album. The band was formed by Art Neville during 1966 - 67, following Art's participation in a tour with Aaron Neville when Aaron's late '66 single "Tell It Like It Is" became a unexpected smash hit. Back in New Orleans after the tour Art gathered his band under the name Neville Sounds, but original members Aaron and Cyril Neville, as well as a sax player, were dropped when the group was offered a residency by a club owner who...Read more
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5 stars for the first 6 Meters albums,
November 25, 2003 Daddy-o "paintfink" (Beatsville, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Meters (Audio CD)
If you like Funk music, Jazz or Soul/Jazz you need the first six Meters albums in your collection. Forget about the best of's, you miss out on to many great cuts. Get this one- s/t, Struttin', Look-ka-py-py, Cabbage alley, Rejuvenation and Fire on the Bayou. Now that you have those get the first seven FUNKADELIC albums. Now were talkin'!!!!!!!!!!!!!
