Look-Ka Py Py

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Look-Ka Py Py
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Studio album by
The Meters
ReleasedDecember 1969
Studio LeFevre Sound Studios, [1] Atlanta, Georgia
Genre Funk
Length32:33
Label Josie
Producer Allen Toussaint, Marshall Sehorn
The Meters chronology
The Meters
(1969)		Look-Ka Py Py
(1969)		 Struttin'
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 10/10 [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Look-Ka Py Py is the second studio album by the American funk group The Meters. The instrumental album was ranked number 218 on the Rolling Stone list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, [5] 220 on the 2012 revised list and 415 on the 2020 revised list. [6]

Contents

Reception

Cub Koda of AllMusic said of the album and the band: "The second album by The Meters continues the sound that made them New Orleans legends." [2] Ted Drozdowski of Rolling Stone characterized the album's sound as "clear, unhurried and certain". He characterized the guitar sound as "brief, precise", the organ sound as "free of the rhythm", the bass sound as "fat, saw-tooth grooves", and the drum sound as "dry and up front". [4] In ranking the album for its greatest-all-time list, the magazine noted the bass riffs and the off-beat drumming. [5]

The album's title track "Look-Ka Py Py" reached #11 on the US R&B Singles chart and the album reached #23 on the US R&B Albums chart. [7]

Style

In his 2008 book, Tom Moon wrote: "the key characteristic is restraint. Nobody works too hard on Meters records. The rhythm is built on a loose-tight axis, with some elements (usually Zigaboo Modeliste's snappish drumming) pushing forward and other forces (the carefully articulated guitar lines of Leo Nocentelli or spare jabs from Art Neville's B3 organ) pulling back." [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter, Jr., except as noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Look-Ka Py Py" 3:20
2."Rigor Mortis" 2:38
3."Pungee" 3:01
4."Thinking" 1:45
5."This Is My Last Affair" 2:55
6."Funky Miracle" 2:28
7."Yeah, You're Right" 2:46
8."Little Old Money Maker" 2:42
9."Oh, Calcutta!" Stanley Walden 2:45
10."The Mob" 2:49
11."9 'Til 5" 2:51
12."Dry Spell" 2:33
2001 digitally remastered CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Grass"2:42
14."Borro"2:12

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [9]

The Meters

Production

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Allmusic: Look-Ka Py Py – review". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  3. ↑ Abdurraqib, Hanif (September 19, 2021). "The Meters: Look-Ka Py Py Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Ted Drozdowski (November 1, 1990). "The Meters: Look-Ka Py Py". Rolling Stone. No. RS 590. Straight Arrow. ISSN   0035-791X. Archived from the original on November 18, 2007.
  5. 1 2 "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. No. Special Issue. Straight Arrow. November 2003. 218 | Look-Ka Py Py - The Meters. ISSN   0035-791X. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  6. ↑ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone . 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  7. ↑ Thompson, Dave (2001). Funk, Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion. Hal Leonard. pp. 167–168. ISBN   9780879306298 . Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  8. ↑ Tom Moon (2008). 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die . Workman Publishing. pp.  500. ISBN   9780761139638 . Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Allmusic: Look-Ka Py Py – credits". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
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