Zony Mash | |
Type: | compilation |
Artist: | The Meters |
Cover: | The-Meters-zony-mash-album-cover.jpg |
Released: | 2003 |
Recorded: | 1968–1971 |
Genre: | Funk |
Label: | Sundazed B0000BXBYF |
Producer: | Allen Toussaint, Marshall Sehorn |
Prev Title: | Fiyo at the Fillmore, Vol. 1 |
Prev Year: | 2003 |
Zony Mash is an album of vintage rarities and non-album B-sides by the funk group The Meters. The album consists of 13 tracks of the band's early works with Josie Records from 1968 to 1971. Eight tracks were originally released as singles, and five tracks were released as bonus tracks on re-issue albums.
In a review in AllMusic, Richie Unterberger wrote, "On both vocal and instrumental numbers, the band offers first-rate tight yet rubbery funk-soul." He noted stylistic influences and similarities to the music of the era and added "it's more the Meters' own funkified brand of New Orleans R&B than anything else." Steve LaBate of Paste magazine had a positive view and said the album captures the band's sound in their heyday.
Credits adapted from AllMusic.