Meters : Kickback

CD [Cover Art for Meters / Kickback]

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Sell date: 11/2002
Label: Sundazed Records
Mfg's Catalog#: 11081
CDC Part#: 530939
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 Notes & Reviews
 
Full title is: Kickback


Not for one minute will you mistake this collection of unreleased recordings as a proper album. It isn't just the preponderance of covers, it's the subtle shifts in production and tone, lending a general unevenness to this record, even if it's culled just from 1975 and 1976 (meaning they're leftovers from Fire on the Bayou and Trick Bag ). That doesn't mean it's a bad listen by any stretch, since even if Kickback is second-rate and leftover Meters, they're still an incredibly supple, engaging band that can take such bad choice of material like Neil Young's 'Down by the River' and turn it into something listenable. Such cover choices as that, the Beatles' 'Come Together,' and Stephen Stills' 'Love the One You're With' all sound intriguing, particularly to the record geek that's this album's core audience, but apart from the latter (and a fine, surprisingly hard-rocking alternate version of 'Honky Tonk Women' ), these kind of choices play better in theory than in actuality. The rest of the record may not have as distinctive a calling card, but they're better, finding the band laying back and doing what they do best, which is laying down a solid, irresistible groove. No, there's not much here that's essential, but it's fine second-tier stuff that will satisfy the dedicated. And, truth be told, second-tier Meters still sounds pretty good to the unconverted, too. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

 
 Tracks and Sound Clips   Click here for the Windows Media player
 
Big Chief - 3:00 Play the Windows Media clip
Come Together - 3:09 Play the Windows Media clip
Hang 'Em High [#] - 3:29 Play the Windows Media clip
What More Can I Do - 2:52 Play the Windows Media clip
Keep on Marching (Funky Soldier) - 3:23 Play the Windows Media clip
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - 2:47 Play the Windows Media clip
Down by the River [#] - 9:02 Play the Windows Media clip
Honky Tonk Women - 4:16 Play the Windows Media clip
He Bite Me - 2:58 Play the Windows Media clip
Easy (Thp) - 5:58 Play the Windows Media clip
Rock & Roll Medley: Rockin' Pneumonia/Something You Got/I ... - 5:08 Play the Windows Media clip
All I Do Everyday - 4:59 Play the Windows Media clip
Love the One You're With [#] - 3:34 Play the Windows Media clip
Mother's Love [#] - 2:21 Play the Windows Media clip
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