Funky Miracle

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Funky Miracle
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Released1991
Recorded1968–1977
Genre Funk
Label Charly
Producer Allen Toussaint, Marshall Sehorn
The Meters chronology
Good Old Funky Music
(1990)
Funky Miracle
(1991)
Uptown Rulers: The Meters live on the Queen Mary
(1992)
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Funky Miracle is a compilation album from the funk group The Meters on the Charly Records label, containing re-issued material mainly from their first three albums with Josie Records: The Meters (1969), Look-Ka Py Py (1969) and Struttin' (1970). In fact, 35 of the 36 tracks from these albums are present on Funky Miracle with only "Wichita Lineman" from Struttin' missing.

Contents

Track listing

Track list adapted from Discogs. [2]

Disc 1
No.TitleLength
1."Look-Ka Py Py"3:15
2."9 Till 5"2:45
3."Cissy Strut"3:00
4."I Need More Time"3:10
5."Pungee"2:38
6."Ease Back"2:35
7."Cardova"4:30
8."Yeah You're Right"2:41
9."Tippi-Toes"2:26
10."Chicken Strut"2:48
11."Sassy Lady"2:34
12."Little Old Money Maker"2:38
13."Rigor Mortis"2:35
14."Live Wire"2:35
15."A Message from the Meters"2:42
16."Hey! Last Minute"2:59
17."This is my Last Affair"2:50
18."Darling Darling Darling"2:53
19."Go for yourself"3:10
Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Sophisticated Cissy"2:50
2."Here Comes the Meterman"2:40
3."The Mob"2:44
4."Funky Miracle"2:25
5."Ride Your Pony"3:19
6."Art"2:30
7."Dry Spell"2:27
8."Thinking"1:38
9."Handclapping Song"2:55
10."Britches"2:50
11."Liver Splash"2:40
12."Joog"2:12
13."Same Old Thing"2:52
14."6V6 LA"2:20
15."Sehorns Farm"2:25
16."Sing a Simple Song"2:56
17."Stormy"3:34
18."Ann"2:40
19."Oh, Calcutta!"2:45

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.

Primary artist

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References

  1. "Allmusic: Funky Miracle – review". AllMusic. 1991. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  2. "Discogs: The Meters – Funky Miracle". discogs.com. 1991. Archived from the original on September 12, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2017.