New Directions is the eighth and final studio album by the funk band the Meters, released in 1977.

[1] Produced by David Rubinson in California, it is the band's only album recorded outside New Orleans.

[2] John Swenson of Rolling Stone said the album "attempts to consolidate the group's style" and noted an overreliance on arrangement rather than the band's musical instinct.

[6] Stephen Erlewine of AllMusic called the music gritty and a move in the right direction as compared to the band's previous album Trick Bag.

[3] Robert Christgau called the album "a very good commercial funk record.