Kickback

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For completists of these quintessential Crescent City funksters, this collection of mid-1970s outtakes and alternate takes will fill in some important gaps. Rock covers rule the day here, including a wonderfully nasty nine-minute reading of Neil Young's "Down by the River." Stephen Stills, the Stones, and the Beatles also get the Meters treatment, and the program is filled out by several New Orleans favorites such as "Big Chief," Hank Williams's "Jambalaya," and a rock & roll medley that includes cuts associated with Huey Smith and Fats Domino. For an album of leftovers, Kick Back is actually about as good as the albums whose sessions it comes from--1975's Fire on the Bayou and 1976's Trick Bag. Like those two records, this one is far from prime Meters, but has just enough high points and low-down grooves to be a worthwhile listen. --Marc Greilsamer

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'Kickback' is a first time compilation that gathers precious rarities from the Meters' mid-'70's 'Fire On The Bayou/Trick Bag' period, including previously unissued gems and newly unearthed alternate versions. 14 classic funk tracks rediscovered. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

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Sundazed is usually great, but with this one they can make like the dragon...
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Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005A0BE
Release Date: 2001-03-20

Tracks:

Big Chief
Come Together
Hang 'Em High (Previously Unissued Version)
What More Can I Do
Keep On Marching (Funky Soldier)
Jambalaya
Down By The River
Honky Tonk Woman
He Bite Me
Easy (Trip)
Rock And Rock Medley: Rockin' Pneumonia/Something You Got/I Know/Everybody Loves A Lover
All I Do Everyday
Love The One You're With (Previously Unissued)
A Mother's Love (Previously Unissued)

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For completists of these quintessential Crescent City funksters, this collection of mid-1970s outtakes and alternate takes will fill in some important gaps. Rock covers rule the day here, including a wonderfully nasty nine-minute reading of Neil Young's "Down by the River." Stephen Stills, the Stones, and the Beatles also get the Meters treatment, and the program is filled out by several New Orleans favorites such as "Big Chief," Hank Williams's "Jambalaya," and a rock & roll medley that includes cuts associated with Huey Smith and Fats Domino. For an album of leftovers, Kick Back is actually about as good as the albums whose sessions it comes from--1975's Fire on the Bayou and 1976's Trick Bag. Like those two records, this one is far from prime Meters, but has just enough high points and low-down grooves to be a worthwhile listen. --Marc Greilsamer

Album Description

'Kickback' is a first time compilation that gathers precious rarities from the Meters' mid-'70's 'Fire On The Bayou/Trick Bag' period, including previously unissued gems and newly unearthed alternate versions. 14 classic funk tracks rediscovered. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

Sundazed is usually great, but with this one they can make like the dragon..........2007-06-06

Sundazed has done a great job reissuing each Meters album, but with this one they can make like the dragon. All but two of these 'rarities' have been released elsewhere in some form, while two of these titles are keepers as they're significantly longer versions of the more common ones. The KICKBACK version of "He Bite Me" is so excellent it's nearly worth the price of admission. A faster, more harmonized, less electrified guitar version with extra lyrics and devastatingly supreme "dragon breath" keyboards. Wow! Though not as different as say; Funkadelic's two different versions of "Red Hot Mamma", these two are just as essential for any geeked out funkophile. Both "Honky Tonk Woman" and "Hang 'Em High" were featured on the 1976 album TRICK BAG, as they are here; though if all you have is the trimmed version of "Hang 'Em High" found on the second disc of the FUNKIFY YOUR LIFE compilation, you'll find this original far superior. "Love The One You're With" only ever appeared on the LIVE ON THE QUEEN MARY album, so this studio version is a nice treat. "Easy (Trip)" and "Big Chief" were both featured on the album THE METERS JAM in identical form; while "All I Do Everyday" is 31 more seconds of the same undeveloped demo that appeared on that album. Yawn. Admitedly the versions on KICKBACK are mastered slightly hotter, but if you own THE METERS JAM, just turn up your bass EQ 2 clicks and you've got the same song. Those I've not mentioned, are similar carbon copies of material most Meters fans will already have. One song; "A Mother's Love", is entirely new to KICKBACK and to my knowledge, never been released in any form. As such, it's a nice mellow Blues number worthy of attention, but though an admittedly fine addition with wonderful lyrics; not essential to their body of work. It's not blisteringly funky or mindblowingly different; which is actually a good summation of this compilation. If it weren't for "He Bite Me" and "A Mother's Love" I wouldn't recommend this set at all; so it gets one star for each song. As has happened before, Meters fans are expected to dish out big bucks for 1 new song, 1 great revision, and 1 nice studio version. What a rip-off. He Bite Me.

Funky Outtakes.......2005-12-08

For anybody interested in more than a 'best of' from New Orleans' seminal funk band, the Sundazed reissues are the way to go. The label issued all of the group's studio albums in expanded editions as well as two volumes of singles and outtakes. Sonically they are superior to both the 1995 comp on Rhino and the Rounder collections from the early '90s. Start with any of the Josie material (recorded 1968 - 71)including the original albums "Look-Ka-Py-Py"('70), the slightly harder-edged "Struttin'('70)", "The Meters('69)" and the superb collection of non-lp singles and outtakes "Zony Mash". By the time the group signed with Reprise they had begun to integrate more vocals and a broader array of influences. The first two Reprise/Warner Bros. discs - "Cabbage Alley" ('72)and the classic "Rejuvenation" ('74)- are their best for the label, and the uneven "Fire On The Bayou" ('75) also has some very strong material. "Kickback", compiled from mid-70s outtakes, is much better than the Rounder collection covering the same era, and better than the last couple of official albums, "Trick Bag" ('76) and the David Rubinson-produced "New Directions" ('77).

Rumpshakin' outtakes.......2001-11-18

Anyone who really likes the Meters will have most of these tracks on The Meters Jam and Good Ol' Funky Music. But the tracks that are not on those discs are well worth the price, and some of the duplicated tracks are alternate mixes ("He Bite Me," for instance, has got a lot more vocal action!). Sweet stuff--not for completists only. Meters rejects are funkier than most folks' master takes!

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Manufacturer: Whirled Werks Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007G8RWA
Release Date: 2005-02-05

Tracks:

Watch Yourself
Give and Take
A Girl Like You
Count On Me
Ashes
Everyday Life
Big Sand Furnace
Three Weeks
Sips of You
Punch In the Nose
Since You Been Gone
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Sweet Embrace

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Kjell

Manufacturer: Shawn Alexis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CADDRA
Release Date: 2003-10-21

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It's hard to come up with something better than "Cornered"!

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Kickback
Manufacturer: Nbr
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B00000B7D8
Release Date: 1997-10-26

Customer Reviews:

It's hard to come up with something better than "Cornered"!.......1998-12-06

"Cornered" was excellent, and it was obviously difficult for Kickback to come up with something better. Some tracks are absolutely excellent (Kingdom, Triumph, ...), others are just uninspired copies from the previous album or long intros. If you liked the first album, you'll like this one.