Album
The Essential Sly & The Family Stone
2005 · Funk / Soul
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Essential Sly & The Family Stone is a Soul & Funk album by Sly & The Family Stone, originally released in 2005. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.
About
When Sylvester Stone and his intergender and interracial Family Stone burst out of San Francisco in 1967, they appealed to both hippies and soul heads. This collection handily and chronologically wraps up Stone’s musical milieu. The tone of the psych-soul opener, “Underdog,” only intensifies through “Dance to the Music,” which nails their freaky Meters/Beatles/James Brown anthemic sounds to perfection. “Are You Ready?” begs the eternal question (why hate?), while “Stand!” and “Don’t Call Me N****r, Whitey” draw hard cultural lines for reciprocal respect. “I Want to Take You Higher” caps the '60s in a fit of spiritual (and chemical) uplift. 1975’s “I Get High on You” caps this mind-blowing, 35-song set.
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Tracklist
- 1Remember Who You Are
- 2If It's Not Addin' Up
- 3Back On The Right Track
- 4It Takes All Kinds
- 5Same Thing (Makes You Laugh Makes You Cry)
- 6Shine It On
- 7Who's To Say?
- 8Sheer Energy
- 9Lady Is A Champ
- 10Somebody To You
- 11Can't Nickname The Truth
- 12Ad Lib
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- warm
- celebratory
- psychedelic
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Packaged in jewel case with clear tray enclosed in outer cardboard sleeve.
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 2 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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