• 1. Melting Pot
      • 2. Back Home
      • 3. Chicken Pox
      • 4. Fuquawi
      • 5. Kinda Easy Like
      • 6. Hi Ride
      • 7. L.A. Jazz Song
      • 8. Sunny Monday

      'Melting Pot' is the last album to feature the group's classic lineup of Jones, Cropper, Dunn, and Jackson, and features longer jam-oriented songs for the first time on an MG's album.

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