'There's a Riot Going On'? Stand? Fresh?

Which one is the funkiest and a good starting point for my collection? Can some Sly fox please let me know

I've tasted just about everything that these guys spawned, but never the chief source.

Listening/acquiring in this order...



...will take you progressively further down the Sly Stone rabbit hole.



tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Take TAs advice, and then add their first album Whole New Thing and their third album Life. Their first 3 albums are sooo underrated

jacktheimprovident said:

For sure.

The title tune kicks my a$$ everytime...

You might get-ta angry sometime
But don't let it turn you around
All you gotta do
Is get your livin'down

...


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

yup


Chicken & Jane Is A Groupee are my two favorites off that album..



Oh!!! And Love City too....
[Edited 5/6/06 18:03pm]

start at the beginning....

1967: A Whole New Thing Side A
1. "Underdog"
2. "If This Room Could Talk"
3. "Run, Run, Run"
4. "Turn Me Loose"
5. "Let Me Hear It From You"
6. "Advice"
[edit]
Side B
7. "I Cannot Make It"
8. "Trip To Your Heart"
9. "I Hate To Love Her"
10. "Bad Risk"
11. "That Kind Of Person"
12. "Dog"

1968: Dance to the Music
Side A
1. "Dance To The Music" (3:00)
2. "Higher" (2:49)
3. "I Ain't Nobody (For Real)" (4:26)
4. "Dance To The Medley: Music Is Alive / Dance In / Music Lover" (12:12)
[edit]
Side B
5. "Ride The Rhythm" (2:48)
7. "Color Me True" (3:10)
8. "Are You Ready" (2:50)
9. "Don't Burn Baby" (3:14)
10. "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" (3:25)

1968: Life
Side A
1. "Dynamite!"
2. "Chicken"
3. Plastic Jim"
4. "Fun"
5. "Into My Own Thing"
6. "Harmony"
[edit]
Side B
7. "Life"
8. "Love City"
9. "I'm An Animal"
10. "M'Lady"
11. "Jane Is A Groupee

1969: Stand!
Side A
1. "Stand!" (3:08)
2. "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" (5:58) * (real)
3. "I Want to Take You Higher" (5:22)
4. "Somebody's Watching You" (3:20) *(fun)
5. "Sing a Simple Song" (3:56)
[edit]
Side B
6. "Everyday People" (2:21)
7. "Sex Machine" (13:45) *(awesome creative freedom)
8. "You Can Make It If You Try" (3:37)

1970: Greatest Hits
Side A
1. "I Want to Take You Higher" (5:23)
2. "Everybody is a Star" (3:00) * (my personal favorite)
3. "Stand!" (3:06)
4. "Life" (300)
5. "Fun" (2:21)
6. "You Can Make It If You Try" (3:38)
[edit]
Side B
7. "Dance To The Music" (2:59) *(timeless)
8. "Everyday People" (2:22)
9. "Hot Fun in the Summertime" (2:38) *(something to listen to every summer)
10. "M'Lady" (2:45)
11. "Sing a Simple Song" (3:56)
12. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (4:48)

1971: There's a Riot Goin' On
Side A
1. "Luv n' Haight" (4:01)
2. "Just Like a Baby" (5:11)
3."Poet" (3:01)
4. "Family Affair" (3:04)
5. "Africa Talks to You 'The Asphalt Jungle'" (8:45)
(no number) "There's a Riot Goin' On" (0:00)
[edit]
Side B
6. "Brave & Strong" (3:29)
7. "(You Caught Me) Smilin'" (2:54)
8. "Time" (3:01)
9. "Spaced Cow Boy" (3:59)
10. "Runnin' Away" (2:56)
11. "Thank You For Talkin' to Me Africa" (7:12)

1973: Fresh
1. "In Time"
2. "If You Want Me to Stay"
3. "Let Me Have It All"
4. "Frisky
5. "Thankful N' Thoughful"
6. "Skin I'm In"
[edit]
Side B
7. "I Don't Know (Satisfaction)"
8. "Keep On Dancin'"
9. "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"
10. "If It Were Left Up To Me"
11. "Babies Makin' Babies

1974: Small Talk
Small Talk was the seventh album by Sly & the Family Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records in 1974. This album was the final LP to feature the original Family Stone, which broke up in January 1975. Small Talk's singles were "If It Were Left Up to Me", "Time For Livin'" (the band's final Top 40 hit), and "Loose Booty", an up-tempo funk track which uses the names of Bible characters Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego as a chant.
Besides its standard stereo release, Small Talk was also released in quadraphonic sound.
Side A
1. "Small Talk"
2. "Say You Will"
3. "Mother Beautiful"
4. "Time For Livin'"
5. "Can't Strain My Brain"
[edit]
Side B
6. "Loose Booty"
7. "Holdin' On"
8. "Wishful Thinkin'"
9. "Better Thee Than Me"
10. "Livin' While I'm Livin'"
11. "This Is Love"

1975: High on You (credited only to "Sly Stone")
Side A
1. "I Get High On You"
2. "Crossword Puzzle"
3. "That's Lovin' You"
4. "Who Do You Love?"
5. "Green Eyed Monster Girl"
[edit]
Side B
6. "Organize"
7. "Le Lo Li"
8. "My World"
9. "So Good To Me"
10. "Greed"

1976: Heard You Missed Me, Well I'm Back
Side A
1. "Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back"
2. "What Was I Thinking In My Head"
3. "Nothing Less Than Happiness"
4. "Sexy Situation"
5. "Blessing In Disguise"
[edit]
Side B
6. "Everything In You"
7. "Mother Is A Hippie"
8. "Let's Be Together"
9. "The Thing"
10. "Family Again"

such a creative spirit and so missed..... i hope this will enhance your musical library....
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