Cabbage Alley
| Cabbage Alley | ||||
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| Studio album by The Meters | ||||
| Released | May 11, 1972 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 47:10 | |||
| Label |
Reprise MS 2076 | |||
| Producer | Allen Toussaint, Marshall Sehorn | |||
| The Meters chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) [2] |
| Robert Christgau | B [3] |
Cabbage Alley is the fourth studio album by the funk group The Meters, inspired in part by Professor Longhair's "Hey Now Baby".[4] It is the band's first album with Reprise Records after leaving Josie Records which went bankrupt in 1971.
Interviewed in 2001, the 69-year-old New Orleans bass drummer Lionel Batiste Sr. described the old neighborhood: "Cabbage Alley was around Perdido Street. They had a lot of musicians down there—it was almost like a [red light] district—fast women. Near the battlefield. They had a whole lot of pimps, too, in there."[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You've Got to Change (You've Got to Reform)" | Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli | 5:15 |
| 2. | "Stay Away" | Nocentelli | 5:22 |
| 3. | "Birds" | Neil Young | 4:23 |
| 4. | "The Flower Song" | Nocentelli | 4:51 |
| 5. | "Soul Island" | Modeliste, Art Neville, Nocentelli, George Porter, Jr. | 3:10 |
| 6. | "Do the Dirt" | Nocentelli | 2:36 |
| 7. | "Smiling" | Neville | 3:09 |
| 8. | "Lonesome and Unwanted People" | Nocentelli | 4:39 |
| 9. | "Gettin' Funkier All the Time" | Modeliste, Nocentelli, Porter | 3:19 |
| 10. | "Cabbage Alley" | Neville | 3:30 |
| 2001 digitally remastered CD bonus tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 11. | "Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug (Push and Shove) Part I" | Modeliste, Nocentelli | 3:30 |
| 12. | "Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug (Push and Shove) Part II" | Modeliste, Nocentelli | 3:26 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.[6]
- Ziggy Modeliste – composer, cowbell, drums, gourd, wood block
- Art Neville – composer, keyboards, organ, piano, tambourine, cowbell, vocals
- Leo Nocentelli – composer, guitar, tambourine, vocals
- George Porter, Jr – bass, composer
- Cyril Neville – congas
- Johnny Squirell – congas
- Production
- Tim Livingston – project manager
- Bunny Matthews – liner notes
- Barry Hansen – liner notes
- Bob Irwin – mastering
- Al Quaglieri – mastering
- Rich Russell – design
- Ed Thrasher – art direction
- David Willardson – cover art
References
- ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Allmusic: Cabbage Alley – review". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- ↑ Palmer, Bob (3 August 1972). "The Meters: Cabbage Alley". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow (RS 114). ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on 2007-11-18.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Meters". RobertChristgau.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ Dave Thompson (2001). Funk, Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. pp. 57, 168. ISBN 0879306297. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ↑ Mick Burns (2006). Keeping the Beat on the Street: The New Orleans Brass Band Renaissance. Baton Rouge: LSU Press. p. 89. ISBN 9780807133330. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Allmusic: Cabbage Alley – credits". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
External links
- Stewart, Jon (14 May 2015), "Adam Horovitz", The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, New York: Comedy Central.
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