Vinyl Me, Please said that while vocals were more prominent, "the grooves were still there — anchored with a Caribbean flavor from a trip to Trinidad and Tobago". He also noted that while the Meters tentatively incorporated pop elements into the album's jams, they "perfected" the pop aspect on Rejuvenation. Less impressed, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that Cabbage Alley was less gritty than the band's previous works, finding them "sacrificing feel for texture", and complained that the group had no memorable songs to adapt to their new style. He qualified this by saying that that while the Meters had "gotten a little softer than necessary", it remained pleasurable to hear a "remarkably sympathetic, supple group" play. In Christgau's Record Guide (1981), critic Robert Christgau questioned whether the album's stylistic variation, or ambiguity, hinted at an identity crisis for the band. In The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (1997), writer Colin Larkin notes that Cabbage Alley began a series of "critically acclaimed albums" for the Meters that "reinforced their distinctive, sinewy rhythms." Terry Perkins of St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote that Cabbage Alley and its two follow-ups "clearly mark the band's high point as a unit", and further highlighted "Gettin' Funkier All the Time", while Steve MacQueen of Tallahassee Democrat recommended them alongside "Cissy Strut" (1969) for defining the group's "stripped-down, choppy, syncopated funk style of the early 70s". In a 2015 interview, Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys called Cabbage Alley the "maddest" find in his record collection. Track listing Side one Side two 2001 CD bonus tracks Personnel Credits adapted from AllMusic. Ziggy Modeliste – drums, cowbell, gourd, wood block Art Neville – organ, tambourine; vocals (tracks 3, 6, 8) Leo Nocentelli – guitar, tambourine George Porter, Jr – bass Cyril Neville – congas Squirell – congas Production Tim Livingston – project manager Bunny Matthews – liner notes Barry Hansen – liner notes Bob Irwin – mastering Al Quaglieri – mastering Rich Russell – design Ed Thrasher – art direction David Willardson – cover art References External links . 1972 albums The Meters albums Albums produced by Allen Toussaint Reprise Records albums Albums produced by Marshall Sehorn Reggae albums by American artists