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The Meters: Trick Bag

Cliff White, New Musical Express, 2 October 1976

DAY ONE: can't get past the third track. Before reaching it, 4.08 mins of 'Disco Is The Thing Today' revealed a commercial, characterless leap onto an already overladen bandwagon, portending a dog of an album that was immediately redeemed by 'Find Yourself' – lazy, chunky rhythm supporting phased vocal that rightly observes "A jealous mind, all it does is rob your time."

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