The song "There´s a riot going on" on Sly & THe Family Stone´s 1971 album is not on the CD. i don´t understand, how can they delete the title-track? where do i get the complete album- would like to hear that song!

Phenomenal album, insulting CD, December 3, 2001

Reviewer: A music fan (the other side of California)
No cute or curt additions to the reviews here: this album was as fantastic and ground-breaking as soul music ever got in America, for sure. None of the reviews below are "incorrect" when it comes to the music. But as a CD package, and I'm talking the big picture here, anyone who shells out even a dime for this CD is shorting themselves. Why hasn't this CD undergone the same white-glove remaster and artwork restoration treatment as other, less worthy albums? The cover art needs to be restored to its actual glory, including the amazing original liner notes and commentary, which are equally as important as the songs. The sound needs to be elevated beyond tin-can-and-string status, as it is on this woeful "digitized" recording. Putting on this CD, one wants to go buy a turntable. On this CD the bass guitar sounds like a fish slapping on a wet counter top. The drums are about as powerful and "up front" as the whine of a broken appliance in the middle of the night. I have the vinyl album of "There's A Riot Goin' On", and believe me, it's NOT the way the music is supposed to sound.

One of the great injustices of modern technology as it relates to our musical heritage is that certain artists haven't realized the need to reconfigure their catalogs out of respect for the current medium. Neil Young's catalog languishes on the shelf, untouched; U2 and REM haven't even started considering what to do with their masterpieces. Meanwhile, we get Flock of Seagulls, Bread, and the Bay City Rollers "remastered with the original cover art"!!! What is the deal, people? Isn't anyone going to step forward, claim this masterpiece by Sly, and do something with it that does the music, the package, and its fans proud? Until then, it's merely another record company insult to call this "good". The music rules, but the CD itself is appalling.

quiet riot?..umm..like quiet storm?

"There"s A Riot Goin' On" is listed as the sixth and last track of side 1 on the original album, The time is listed as (0:00) because Sly felt there should be no riots.

SLY!!!