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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Cissy Strut
| name = Cissy Strut
| cover = The-meters-cissy-strut-song-cover.jpg
| cover = The-meters-cissy-strut-song-cover.jpg
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| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[The Meters]]
| artist = [[The Meters]]
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| released = {{Start date|1969}}
| released = {{Start date|1969}}
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| recorded = 1969
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Funk]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/7511389/best-funk-songs-of-all-time-dance-music |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401044326/https://www.billboard.com/photos/7511389/best-funk-songs-of-all-time-dance-music |title=The 30 Best Funk Songs Ever |author=[[Big Gigantic]] |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |date=September 20, 2016 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |access-date=October 4, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>|[[swamp rock]]<ref>{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2022/10/funk-gave-70s-pop-a-new-groove|title=Give Up the Funk Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=October 15, 2022|access-date=October 31, 2022}}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Funk]]
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=59}}
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=59}}
| label = [[Josie Records|Josie]]
| label = [[Josie Records|Josie]]
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* [[Zigaboo Modeliste]]
* [[Zigaboo Modeliste]]
* [[Leo Nocentelli]]
* [[Leo Nocentelli]]
* [[George Porter, Jr.]]
* [[George Porter Jr.]]
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| producer = {{plainlist}}
| producer = {{plainlist}}
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* [[Marshall E. Sehorn]]
* [[Marshall E. Sehorn]]
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{{endplainlist}}
| prev_title =
| prev_title = Sophisticated Cissy
| prev_year =
| prev_year = 1968
| next_title =
| next_title = Ease Back
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| next_year = 1969
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"'''Cissy Strut'''" is a 1969 [[funk]] instrumental by [[The Meters]]. Released as a single from their [[The Meters (album)|eponymous debut album]], it reached No. 4 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B chart]] and No. 23 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="cs-allmusic-awards" /> The tune was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2011, which honors "recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old".<ref name="cs-grammy-hof" /><ref name="cs-grammy-denver" /> ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' called the song a "classic" deeply rooted in New Orleans music tradition.<ref name="cs-avclub" />


The Meters also released another single, "Sophisticated Cissy", from the same album.
"'''Cissy Strut'''" is a 1969 [[funk]] [[instrumental]] by [[The Meters]]. Released as a [[Single (music)|single]] from their [[The Meters (album)|eponymous debut album]], it reached No. 4 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B chart]] and No. 23 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="cs-allmusic-awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-meters-mw0000261353/awards |title=AllMusic – The Meters album – awards |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=October 15, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117044711/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-meters-mw0000261353/awards |archivedate=November 17, 2015 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> The Meters recorded a follow-up, "Sophisticated Cissy", which was included on the same album. The song was also featured in the 1997 film [[Jackie Brown (film)|Jackie Brown]].<ref name="cs-imdb-sound">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119396/soundtrack/|title=IMDb – Jackie Brown (1997) – Soundtracks|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=October 15, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017140119/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119396/soundtrack/|archivedate=October 17, 2015 |deadurl=no}}</ref> ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' called the song a ''classic'' deeply rooted in New Orleans music tradition.<ref name="cs-avclub">{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/meters-remain-measure-new-orleans-funk-201810|title=The Meters remain the measure of New Orleans funk |publisher=A.V. Club|date=March 5, 2014|accessdate=October 20, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919232400/http://www.avclub.com/article/meters-remain-measure-new-orleans-funk-201810|archivedate=September 19, 2015|deadurl=no}}</ref>


"Cissy Strut" was featured in the films ''[[Jackie Brown (film)|Jackie Brown]]'',<ref name="cs-imdb-sound-JB" /> ''[[Red (2010 film)|Red]]'',<ref name="cs-imdb-sound-RED" /> ''[[King Richard (film)|King Richard]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title=The soundtrack from King Richard, a 2021 movie | date=December 9, 2021| url=https://soundtracki.com/king-richard-soundtrack-2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210071525/https://soundtracki.com/king-richard-soundtrack-2021 |archive-date=December 10, 2021 }}</ref> and ''[[Another Round (film)|Another Round]]''<ref name="cs-imdb-sound-AR" /> as well as in the BBC television series ''[[The Pursuit of Love (TV series)|The Pursuit of Love]]''.
"Cissy Strut" was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2011, which honors "recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/hall-of-fame#c |title=Grammy Hall of Fame |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2018 |website=www.grammy.com |publisher=The Recording Academy |access-date=6 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/01/15/the-meters-lifetime-achievement-grammys/ |title=The Meters To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award At The Grammys |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=January 15, 2018 |website=denver.cbslocal.com |publisher=CBS Denver |access-date=6 February 2018}}</ref>

In 2021, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked "Cissy Strut" at number 158 on their [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|"500 Greatest Songs of All Time"]] list, one of the handful of instrumentals to make the list.<ref name="stone">{{Cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=September 15, 2021|title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=September 16, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Covers==
==Covers==
According to a compilation set by [[WRTC-FM]] Digital Archive Project the song has been covered by {{Interlanguage link multi|Los Holy's|es}}, Johnny Lewis Quartet, [[Sunny & the Sunliners]], [[KVHW]], [[Dirty Dozen Brass Band]] with [[Robert Randolph and the Family Band|Robert Randolph]], [[Dennis Chambers]] with [[John Scofield]], [[U.S. Army Band]] with [[Steve Gadd]], Los Masters, [[The Butch Cassidy Sound System]], Joe Bravo, [[Earl Van Dyke]], Willard Posey Reunion, [[Derek Trucks Band]], King Herbert & The Knights, [[Lotus (American band)|Lotus]], [[Zero (American band)|Zero]], and [[Steve Kimock Band]].<ref name="cs-wrtc-archive">{{cite web|url=http://wrtc.streamrewind.com/bookmarks/listen/124766 |title=WRTC Digital Archive Project – All sorts of versions of 'Cissy Strut' |publisher=wrtc.streamrewind.com |date=September 12, 2015 |accessdate=October 15, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011190206/http://wrtc.streamrewind.com/bookmarks/listen/124766 |archivedate=October 11, 2016 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> Other bands that have covered the song are Big [[John Patton (musician)|John Patton]], Hypnotic Willie, [[Dave Matthews Band]]<ref>http://www.dmbalmanac.com/TourShowSet.aspx?id=453056640&tid=106&where=2009</ref>, [[Slightly Stoopid]] and Oz Noy.{{Citation needed|date=November 2016}}
According to a compilation set by [[WRTC-FM]] Digital Archive Project the song has been covered by [[:es:Los Holy's|Los Holy's]], Johnny Lewis Quartet, [[Sunny & the Sunliners]], [[KVHW]], [[Dirty Dozen Brass Band]] with [[Robert Randolph and the Family Band|Robert Randolph]], [[Dennis Chambers]] with [[John Scofield]], [[U.S. Army Band]] with [[Steve Gadd]], Los Masters, [[The Butch Cassidy Sound System]], Joe Bravo, [[Earl Van Dyke]], Willard Posey Reunion, [[Derek Trucks Band]], King Herbert & The Knights, [[Lotus (American band)|Lotus]], [[Zero (American band)|Zero]], and [[Steve Kimock Band]].<ref name="cs-wrtc-archive" /> Other bands that have covered the song are [[Dave Matthews Band]],<ref name="cs-dmb-cover" /> Big [[John Patton (musician)|John Patton]], Hypnotic Willie, [[Slightly Stoopid]], [[Free Creek]] and [[Oz Noy]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2016}}


==''Cissy Strut'' album==
==''Cissy Strut'' album==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
|rev1=[[AllMusic]]
|rev1=[[AllMusic]]
|rev1score={{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="cs-allmusic-rating" />
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|rev1score={{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="cs-allmusic-rating">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cissy-strut-mw0000843979|title=AllMusic – The Meters – Cissy Strut|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=October 15, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024061245/http://www.allmusic.com/album/cissy-strut-mw0000843979|archivedate=October 24, 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = A−<ref name="cs-christgau" />
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|rev2Score = A–<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|accessdate=March 7, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
}}
}}


'''''Cissy Strut''''' is a compilation album of thirteen songs released by [[Island Records]] in 1974.<ref name="cs-allmusic-rating" /> All songs were originally released by [[Josie Records]] on [[The Meters]]' first three albums from 1969 to 1970. [[Robert Christgau]] had a positive review and called Ziggy Modeliste's drumming "The secret" adding "it's almost as if he's the lead."<ref name="CG"/>
'''''Cissy Strut''''' is a compilation album of thirteen songs released by [[Island Records]] in 1974.<ref name="cs-allmusic-rating" /> All songs were originally released by [[Josie Records]] on [[The Meters]]' first three albums from 1969 to 1970. [[Robert Christgau]] had a positive review and called [[Ziggy Modeliste]]'s drumming "the secret", adding "it's almost as if he's the lead".<ref name="cs-christgau" />


{{Track listing
{{Track listing
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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<ref name="cs-allmusic-awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-meters-mw0000261353/awards|title=AllMusic – The Meters album – awards|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=October 15, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117044711/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-meters-mw0000261353/awards|archivedate=November 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="cs-imdb-sound-JB">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119396/soundtrack/|title=IMDb – Jackie Brown (1997) – Soundtracks|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=October 15, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017140119/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119396/soundtrack/|archivedate=October 17, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="cs-imdb-sound-RED">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1245526/soundtrack|title=RED (2010) - Soundtracks - IMDb|publisher=IMDb.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025054008/http://www.imdb.com:80/title/tt1245526/soundtrack |archive-date=October 25, 2010 }}</ref>

<ref name="cs-imdb-sound-AR">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10288566/soundtrack|title=Another Round (2020) - Soundtracks - IMDb|publisher=IMDb.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303182032/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10288566/soundtrack |archive-date=March 3, 2021 }}</ref>

<ref name="cs-avclub">{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/meters-remain-measure-new-orleans-funk-201810|title=The Meters remain the measure of New Orleans funk |publisher=A.V. Club|date=March 5, 2014|accessdate=October 20, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919232400/http://www.avclub.com/article/meters-remain-measure-new-orleans-funk-201810|archivedate=September 19, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="cs-grammy-hof">{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/hall-of-fame#c|title=Grammy Hall of Fame|date=2018|website=grammy.com|publisher=The Recording Academy|accessdate=February 6, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626221355/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/hall-of-fame|archivedate=June 26, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="cs-grammy-denver">{{cite web|url=http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/01/15/the-meters-lifetime-achievement-grammys/|title=The Meters to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys|date=January 15, 2018|website=denver.cbslocal.com|publisher=CBS Denver|accessdate=February 6, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207122144/https://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/01/15/the-meters-lifetime-achievement-grammys/|archivedate=February 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="cs-wrtc-archive">{{cite web|url=http://wrtc.streamrewind.com/bookmarks/listen/124766|title=WRTC Digital Archive Project – All sorts of versions of 'Cissy Strut'|publisher=wrtc.streamrewind.com|date=September 12, 2015|accessdate=October 15, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011190206/http://wrtc.streamrewind.com/bookmarks/listen/124766|archivedate=October 11, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="cs-dmb-cover">{{cite web|url=http://www.dmbalmanac.com/TourShowSet.aspx?id=453056640&tid=106&where=2009|title=DMB Almanac: 2009 International Summer Tour|publisher=dmbalmanac.com|accessdate=August 10, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608211126/http://www.dmbalmanac.com/TourShowSet.aspx?id=453056640&tid=106&where=2009|archivedate=June 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

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<ref name="cs-allmusic-rating">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cissy-strut-mw0000843979|title=AllMusic – The Meters – Cissy Strut|publisher=Allmusic.com|accessdate=October 15, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024061245/http://www.allmusic.com/album/cissy-strut-mw0000843979|archivedate=October 24, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

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<ref name="cs-christgau">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|accessdate=March 7, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com|archive-date=June 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629053222/https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

}}


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[[Category:1960s instrumentals]]
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[[Category:1969 songs]]
[[Category:Funk songs]]
[[Category:Swamp rock songs]]
[[Category:Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients]]
[[Category:Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients]]


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Latest revision as of 22:07, 22 March 2024

"Cissy Strut"
Single by The Meters
from the album The Meters
B-side"Here Comes the Meter Man"
Released1969 (1969)
Recorded1969
Genre
Length2:59
LabelJosie
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Meters singles chronology
"Sophisticated Cissy"
(1968) 		"Cissy Strut"
(1969) 		"Ease Back"
(1969)

"Cissy Strut" is a 1969 funk instrumental by The Meters. Released as a single from their eponymous debut album, it reached No. 4 on the R&B chart and No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3] The tune was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011, which honors "recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance that are at least 25 years old".[4][5] The A.V. Club called the song a "classic" deeply rooted in New Orleans music tradition.[6]

The Meters also released another single, "Sophisticated Cissy", from the same album.

"Cissy Strut" was featured in the films Jackie Brown,[7] Red,[8] King Richard[9] and Another Round[10] as well as in the BBC television series The Pursuit of Love.

In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked "Cissy Strut" at number 158 on their "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list, one of the handful of instrumentals to make the list.[11]

Covers

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According to a compilation set by WRTC-FM Digital Archive Project the song has been covered by Los Holy's, Johnny Lewis Quartet, Sunny & the Sunliners, KVHW, Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Robert Randolph, Dennis Chambers with John Scofield, U.S. Army Band with Steve Gadd, Los Masters, The Butch Cassidy Sound System, Joe Bravo, Earl Van Dyke, Willard Posey Reunion, Derek Trucks Band, King Herbert & The Knights, Lotus, Zero, and Steve Kimock Band.[12] Other bands that have covered the song are Dave Matthews Band,[13] Big John Patton, Hypnotic Willie, Slightly Stoopid, Free Creek and Oz Noy.[citation needed]

Cissy Strut album

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[14]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[15]

Cissy Strut is a compilation album of thirteen songs released by Island Records in 1974.[14] All songs were originally released by Josie Records on The Meters' first three albums from 1969 to 1970. Robert Christgau had a positive review and called Ziggy Modeliste's drumming "the secret", adding "it's almost as if he's the lead".[15]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Look-Ka Py Py"3:20
2."Tippi-Toes"2:29
3."Darlin' Darlin'"2:54
4."9 'Til 5"2:51
5."Thinking"1:45
6."Funky Miracle"2:28
7."Cissy Strut"3:04
8."Chicken Strut"3:14
9."Live Wire"2:38
10."Here Comes the Meter Man"2:54
11."Ease Back"3:13
12."Ride Your Pony"3:22
13."Sophisticated Cissy"2:55

References

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  1. ^ Big Gigantic (September 20, 2016). "The 30 Best Funk Songs Ever". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Molanphy, Chris (October 15, 2022). "Give Up the Funk Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  3. ^ "AllMusic – The Meters album – awards". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  4. ^ "Grammy Hall of Fame". grammy.com. The Recording Academy. 2018. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  5. ^ "The Meters to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys". denver.cbslocal.com. CBS Denver. January 15, 2018. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  6. ^ "The Meters remain the measure of New Orleans funk". A.V. Club. March 5, 2014. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  7. ^ "IMDb – Jackie Brown (1997) – Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  8. ^ "RED (2010) - Soundtracks - IMDb". IMDb.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2010.
  9. ^ "The soundtrack from King Richard, a 2021 movie". December 9, 2021. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021.
  10. ^ "Another Round (2020) - Soundtracks - IMDb". IMDb.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021.
  11. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  12. ^ "WRTC Digital Archive Project – All sorts of versions of 'Cissy Strut'". wrtc.streamrewind.com. September 12, 2015. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  13. ^ "DMB Almanac: 2009 International Summer Tour". dmbalmanac.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  14. ^ a b "AllMusic – The Meters – Cissy Strut". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  15. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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