- The Very Best of The Meters · 1997
- The Meters · 1969
- Struttin' · 1970
- Struttin' · 1970
- Struttin' · 1970
- Look-Ka Py Py · 1969
- Rejuvenation · 1974
- Fire On the Bayou · 1975
- Rejuvenation · 1974
- Rejuvenation · 1974
- The Meters · 1969
- Rejuvenation · 1974
- Look-Ka Py Py · 1969
Essential Albums
- The Meters’ laid-back yet intense style of funk continued evolving on 1974’s Rejuvenation, their fifth album and second for Reprise. Co-producing with the great Allen Toussaint, the quartet filled out their sound with the subtle deployment of horns and female backing singers — not to mention the increasing use of guitarist Leo Nocentelli’s own lead vocals. The result helped them fit in a little more comfortably with the rest of the funk pack, but didn’t alter the group’s interplay, which remained as singular as that of the JB’s. And New Orleans stuck to Nocentelli’s vowels on tracks like the midtempo assertion of blackness “Jungle Man” and the lovely ballad “Love is for Me” as surely as it did Art Neville’s Longhair-style piano on “Hey Pocky-a-Way.”
- Released mere months after their bracing 1969 debut, the paradigm-shifting New Orleans quartet's second dozen instrumental meditations—on as many catchy riffs—enjoy enhanced Allen Toussaint production values. Slowing down James Brown's hyper-funk to a relaxed second-line amble, The Meters jam exquisitely to the soulful "This Is My Last Affair," the spacious "Funky Miracle," and the Mardi Gras tom-tom thump of "The Mob." Drummer Zigaboo Modeliste again earns an MVP award for his ceaselessly inventive patterns.
Albums
- 1974
Artist Playlists
- Their spare, slinky New Orleans funk made high art out of syncopation.
Singles & EPs
Compilations
- 1974
Appears On
- Farees, Leo Nocentelli & The Meters
- The Wild Tchoupitoulas
- Dr. John
About The Meters
Formed in New Orleans in the late 1960s, the Meters injected a potent dose of funk into the era's R&B. Propelled by Art Neville's infectious keyboard playing and Leo Nocentelli's tight guitar work, the quartet was held together by George Porter's fluid bass lines and Ziggy Modeliste's syncopated drumming. In addition to their own albums, the group recorded with Dr. John, Paul McCartney, Robert Palmer, and many others. Though the band members have pursued a variety of other outlets over the years (including the Neville Brothers), the Meters remain a venerable musical institution.
- ORIGIN
- New Orleans, LA, United States
- FORMED
- 1965
- GENRE
- R&B/Soul