Stand!

3

not my thing

Toe tapping...but not much else.

Everyday people

I expected to like this album, but sadly it didn't live up to my expectations.

норм, но совершенно не мое

2/5 Favorite Song: You Can Make It If You Try

Basically an instrumental album

no me gusto nada y eso que es muy conocido. A ver, está bien obvio pero no sé por qué no conecté nada. Entiendo su funcion historica, nada más.

I wanted to like this. I feel like it’s an album I’m “supposed” to like, you know? Like it’s heretical not to. Still, I have to admit that it isn’t for me. Funk has been a tough genre for me to get into, and the funk I do like has a little more going on, a little more zest and movement and dynamism. Idk. This isn’t bad, I just don’t think I’m the right audience.

2.5 / 5 Best Song: Sex Machine Worst Song: I Want to Take You Higher Weirdest Song: Sex Machine Honorable Mention: Sex Machine Pretty funky with some good jams here and there. I'm sure this is contextually a classic album for black empowerment and the civil rights movement, but just not hitting musically for me on most tracks. Sex Machine is fantastic though.

Accomplished musicianship and nice grooves but I found it quite uninteresting at best and annoying at worst

Not the biggest fan

Un grupo mas o menos entretenido, la verdad que no pude escuchar todo el album porque me aburrió un poco

A little too funky for me. Very 60's. "Everyday People" was pretty enjoyable.

I was expecting a bit more from this, it was a little disappointing. Definitely not a must listen but something tells me more of their discography will crop up.

Classic rock

Maybe it was good for it's time

Wow, Psychedelic Soul-Funk from 1969. I haven't heard a wah-wah pedal being used so much for a long time. A little bit dated perhaps, but a classic example of music from my childhood. I remember their hit "Everyday People", but not much else - it was so long ago.

It wasn't terrible but not really my style

4/10

track 2 !!!!!!

4/10

Giving me a headache.

Jeg bliver simpelthen aldrig en funky gal.

idk

This was fine but no standouts

Ok

13 minute+ Sex machine track just meandering nonsense. Couple of OK tracks here and there, but most wouldn't warrant a second listen from me

I found this pretty tedious to listen to. Quite a few long songs that felt like jams.

nope

Heard some of their music before. It's a fun album, sure. I guess I'm just not into this vibe today 2/5

Not my cup of tea.

Not really my jam

Meh

I like the socially conscious lyrics but got to admit the music doesn't do that much for me. I listened twice and not that much stuck with me, and the 13 minute instrumental downgraded it from 3 to 2

Happier times for Sly and a happier listen than There's a Riot Goin' On. A brighter mix and peppier, hookier melodies too. But the funk dilemma remains: when is a groove worn out? Only a fraction of the way into Sex Machine. 2.5 Everybody’s groovin’ on this record, often all at the same time. Amid this joyful clutter of instruments and ideas sat me, the listener, not caring a bit. 1.5/5

Jeg kan rigtig godt lidt soul-funk, og tænker, at de fleste numre kunne fungere virkelig godt live med en fadøl i hånden. Men som album skuffede dette mig fælt. Det er den musikalske udgave af en møgunge, der bliver ved med at prikke en på skulderen.

This is a pretty old-sounding album, but it was actually quite chill leaving it in the background while I was doing stuff. Overall, not too bad, so I am not giving it a low raiting, even though nothing really too exciting overall happened throughout the songs.

3/10 meh, I also couldn't find the album

that was not good

Det svinger jo unægteligt, jeg kan bare ikke lide funk Derudover, er det næsten kun Pink Floyd, der må have 14 minutter lange numre 1.9

Not terrible

A creative album.

5/10. Very fun sound. Wild song titles

Regarded by some as groundbreaking. However this has dated a bit. Sly is not the most interesting aspect of this group, the instrumentation was always one to listen to. Sly's archer delivery and laboured vocals are not to be treasured sadly

iskreno? blago naporno i nepodnošljivo... al naziv druge pjesme :O

Der er et par kendte sange imellem, men generelt ikke et album, jeg har behov for at høre igen.

Nah, I'm sitting for this one.

Controversial song or what

Now I know where the 'different strokes for different folks' came from.

It’s not really my type of music and therefore I would normally give this a 1 or a 2 max. It’s really well produced, tho. It sounds funky and cool. So 2.5 stars

Not a bad listen, but not for me.

Funk en soul ben ik beide niet zo bekend mee. Kon het gitaarwerk wel waarderen en het leek me best dansbaar, maar met name de zang klonk ook erg gedateerd. Highlight: Sex Machine (13 min jamsessie?)

1.5/5 Just not my type of music.

I respect Sly and the Family Stone. Im not a fan of soul music. It’s very repetitive sounding. The verse, pre chorus, chorus, bridge rock n roll format is not what they go by. So the songs feel like they’re repeating themselves.

Hat mich quasi gar nicht abgeholt. Leider teilweise ziemlich nervig, vor allem der 14min-Song.

Lite för kokainigt för mig

Album felt long Favorite song was Sex Machine Was very soul funky but isn’t my style

This one probably needs a few more listens. Sure it's funky, but it didn't really stick with me. It must be a classic for a reason, I just haven't figured it out yet. Key tracks: Stand! Everyday People

Ok, but nothing that grabs me.

Ich fand Stand! ziemlich langweilig. Die Songs plätschern vor sich hin, vieles klingt gleich, und der lange Jam „Sex Machine“ hat mich eher ermüdet als mitgerissen. Mir fehlt der Biss, der Groove zündet einfach nicht. Für mich kein Album, das ich nochmal hören möchte.

It was an interesting album but not enough to be memorable

I really wasn't feeling this, had the ingredients for a good funk record but I didn't enjoy any of the songs here

I liked it, but I felt like it went on for way too long.

funky and upbeat. Fun to listen to dang hard R

;Groupe inconnu. Je n'ai pas accroché. J'ai pas apprécié la voix trafiquée sur certains morceaux. Les morceaux sont inutilement longs, même s'ils sont parfois agrémentés de chorus. Pas désagréable mais plutôt ennuyeux. Pas de seconde écoute envisagée. =>2/5

Guys, no niestety, ale bardzo odpadłem. Starałem się zacząć ten album kilka razy, ale kilka razy poddawałem się i wracałem do Radiohead. Nawet nie mam wymówki, bo słuchałem w pociągu i w trakcie nocy, i naprawdę było postarane z mojej strony. Nie mówię, że złe, ale ani ja do tego nie popiszę, ani nic. my soul wasn't clapping.

Ik ben te zuur en te wit. Het wil er voor de tweede dag op rij niet in bij me. De wat rustigere nummers vind ik wel leuk, 'Everyday People' en 'Somebody's Watching You'. De rest van het album vind ik teveel een zichzelf iets teveel waarderende bombastische Northsea Jazz act. Het is me allemaal wat te langerekt, op de grootste hit na dus. Ik wil dit graag leuk vinden maar het lukt me niet. Ik dacht dat het misschien een fase is waar ik momenteel in zit, maar als ik kijk naar m'n rating van een ander album van ze blijkt dat het dat toch niet is. Wat ik bij dat album schreef gaat ook hier grotendeels op, inclusief het feit dat Spotify er een bonusversie van een uur in wil fietsen. Geinig. 2 sterren.

not for me

Didn't like it

This was ok but not really my thing.

1/3. This just bounced right off me, not sure if I just wasn’t in the right mood, but nothing grabbed me. The title track has a good message and there are moments in Sex Machine that sound interesting, but nothing for me otherwise.

Not much to get into here

Not for me but learned where some songs originated

Straight up a vintage club music

iskreno mid, dosadno

Long in the middle. Not for me.

Yeah this got off to a crawling start and never really found its feet did it… Sing a Simple Song however is an absolute banger and I did love some of the funk instrumentals so extra marks for that

Pretty milquetoast

I was bummed when I saw the genre was “funk” but this was moderately better than I was expecting. Still pretty bad though.

He has better

Massive respect. It was really the first intergrated band and their sound has influenced generations. I enjoy it but it is not something I would listen to and it felt more of a chore.

Solid but not really my jam. Mid 2s

The album sounded good. It was a nice time capsule of the late 60s.. Nothing beyond the popular songs or songs that I had heard before jumped out of me but interesting to listen to.

Boring and repetitive. 2/5

2/3

Utterly forgettable.

- puolet albumista kuuntelin sivukorvalla, ei oikein lähtenyt

Yeah this is ok I suppose.

Other than the singles, never did get in tomSly, preferred GCS, Funkadelic, and the Ohio Players, but suppose this is where it starts

So this is an album that's a different culture and a different time for me. I been appreciate a lot about it, and knowing it's context in history is fascinating, but ultimately the music isn't for me.

Der var nogle gode funk numre - men meget af det var ikke så godt.

Couldn’t get into this at all. I can see how it’s important but I found it too frenetic

My hope were high when this album popped up, and more so when i realised everyday people was on it. Unfortunately i found it a bit dull and EP was definitely the stand out track and horribly i actually prefer the Arrested Development version

I think I was expecting to like this a lot more than I did, but a lot of what’s great about it got lost in the madness. “I Want to Take You Higher” and “Everyday People” are obvious standouts but easily forgotten after a 14min instrumental, that had no business going on as long as it did. I understand that Sly was hugely influential, but I don’t think it comes across as clearly here.

Today's album, as reviewed by my teenager (minus the track full of the n word which I deemed for grown ups only): "It sounds like hold music" "It's not awful for some background noise, but they should have hired new lyricists" "There was absolutely no need for a 14 minute song with no lyrics: absolutely awful" "This sounds like Alvin and the Chipmunks" I don't disagree. I like the funkiness, and Everyday People is a classic, but all in all: 2/5

Favorite tracks: You Can Make It If You Try, Everyday People, Stand!

Får ikke helt til, men er i hvert fall fungerende takt. Kommer aldri til å høre på igjen.

Some classic tracks but then a lot of filler.

Not the vibes

É, mais o menos

Funky but not great

I've had both Sly albums now and I've both times been left underwhelmed, and slightly confused as to why I didn't enjoy them because I usually like this sort of stuff. I preferred the other album to this one. I think the production on this was an issue for me, plus it didn't quite hit the same spots that other funk does for me. I can't appreciate it's influence however, and we definitely wouldn't have had some good music if it weren't for these guys.

Unmemorable

The gem of everyday people in a mess of an album. Honestly, this is the first album that I felt was just noisy that wasn’t a rock centered album.

It was fine

Becomes a bit tedious with the wah wah microphone thingy

Favorite tracks: Everyday people Sex machine

DECENT

Still not my fav genre and for those wondering why I didn’t select specific genres ummm dk.

2,6

I am not a fan of Funk.

ok'ish

Listenable for a whie but not the entire album in one go.

🐣🤷🏻‍♂️

Only got through about half

Prawie cale przesłuchane, ciekawe i eksperymentalne, ale nie mój gust

It might've been revolutionary at some point in history. But it's not dated well. It didn't blow my mind.

Decent. I was hoping for a bit more funk, but what can you do?

I can imagine this being good at the time, but this is mostly (funky) filler. Awkward at times blasting a certain song at work

I fucking love funk and soul, but I just have no idea why Sly & The Family Stone are so popular. Maybe you had to be there. Poor mastering, even for 1960's 8-track novice recording, boring music, rescued only slightly by the progressive lyrics - the absence of which would've surely seen this album disappear into obscurity.

Enjoyed some of it but the crazy edited voice was not it for me

This could be a Stevie Wonder album. Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey probably felt to parents in 1969 like gangsta rap felt to my dad in 1989, but just repeating shocking lyrics is like that song on the Limp Bizkit album where Fred Durst says "fuck" 1,000 times. I like some funk. I don't love this though. Somebody's Watching You sounds like a song from Sesame Street, and not in a good way. A lot of this album has been sampled, especially Sing a Simple Song. And Everyday People is a Toyota commercial. There are not many 13 minute songs that work. Sex Machine is definitely not one of them. It may, however, be the soundtrack to Fritz the Cat.

I might be too arab for this. But that's some good soul.

Ganske politisk ladet. Ikke bare festmusikk fra denne gjengen, som jeg trodde det var først og fremst. Albumet i lengste laget, 58 min langt. Begynner protesterende og politisk, blir mer rytmisk etter hvert. Litt langdrygt for min smak.

am asc un pic da nu i wow

Ich bin mir bei dem Album nicht ganz sicher. Der vibe bei manchen Liedern war ganz entspannt, andere fande ich wiederum nervig. Ich mag es eigentlich garnicht wenn in einem Lied die ganze Zeit der gleiche Satz gesagt wird. Das war hier sehr oft der Fall. Für mich ist es vergleichbar mit dem Album "3+3" von den Isley Brothers, weshalb ich hier auch 2/5 geben würde. Am liebsten würde ich 2.5 geben aber das geht ja nicht.

✨tropical✨

3 / 10 - I found myself getting quite bored, I could see myself potentially liking this album but it didn’t happen

It's just rock I guess. Second track threw me off.

180/1089 - This was kinda really bad. Lots of filler. I'd give it 1 star if it wasn't important to the development of progressive soul music but I decided to respect the history and can see why it was different given historical context.

I usually like them but overall this album was meh for me

Maybe the sound balance in my car isn’t optimized for this album but it just sounded flat. I feel bad for being bored by this and will definitely give it another listen on better speakers one day.

three very talented musicians distract anthony keidis from children

Not quite. 1 great song

Brotha

A lot of noise and not a great amount of substance.

I'm sorry sir I know you just died but I don't like it. It has that late 60s thing I just don't vibe with

Bit ott

Eh. While some of the songs are cool, this isn't one you have to listen to. More Vietnam War draft doging music, but from a black guy this time.

Mehhhh

Jusk ok, nothing special.

Not really my thing

Like okay!!

Funky, kinda boring though

Groovy but maybe not mainstream enough for me. The version I listened to had very much LP sound quality so maybe that affected my listening experience. Also nearly jumped out of my seat when I heard the N word, HARD R, multiple times in a song

I'm curious to know when the average Sly & The Family Stone listens to their music. Is this "driving in a car down the highway" music? Getting drunk with your friends and singing along music? I can't get into funk/soul and would just like to know how best to enjoy it.

Uinspirerande

I really wanted to enjoy this one but I feel like this might have the laziest production ever. It sounds completely flat and missing all the power that the band had. It’s funky as fuck but it sounds like it’s in a garbage can. And “Sex Machine” might be the most pointless track I’ve ever heard on an album.

"Everyday People" is quite o.k. but the rest of the album is not really my jam. 2,5

Eh?

yeah ok i guess. not my kind of music

I think it says a lot that while writing this review I remember literally nothing about this album.

I was expecting to like this more than I did.

It’s fine

Not my vibe

i just could not get behind this. i guess nothing was blatantly off but i just really did not vibe with the album. i can’t even remember liking a single song. can still respect the art though. 2/5.

I was like okay a 3, this is fine. Then track 7 hit and I was like nah. This is getting a 2. It just annoyed me and lasted way too long. Didn't like, sounds made me uncomfortable. The rest of thes songs were never better than meh, so I feel no pressure to give it a better rating than its weakest link.

I have head the band name before but couldn't give you a song name at all. Some of the song names sure are a sign of the time it was written. All that being said the album is a funk/soul album with a few pretty good songs a bunch of songs that makes me want to listen more to the genre. Just not this album or band. There is definitely great things happening in the songs, the brass and singing is really good. It just sort of falls flat for me a lot of the time.

não curti mto

They lost me once during the thirteen minute long sex machine, and then again during my brain. The instrumentals just didn’t hit for me. It was repetitive background music at best. But for the more active songs I could groove a bit, just not realllly my thing

The second track, holyyyy. This really was not my thing though at all. I couldn’t get with it, I didn’t find it fun, or entertaining, and certainly not meaningful or emotional. Or even really that quality. I can understand if this was maybe an influential record and that adding to its merit but it just didn’t do it for me. I will say though, I did groove with sex machine.

I see the appeal but Not a fan

Reading through the reviews; I feel like I'm missing something. I don't get it, and I don't like it. I thought I would. I'm sorry but this doesn't do it for me at all. I understand I'm in the minority, but I'm afraid it's a 2 for me.

Song: Everyday people this song sounds kind of good but not my favorite a lot is going on here like there are so many instruments which makes it sounds good Song: Stand! this song sounds good but not my favorite again because it kind of does not match with the instruments Song: i want to take you higher this song is good this time it actually matches and i also noticed that there is a harmonica in there.

Mix of blues and funk.

Has not held up the best.

Not my stuff...

Didn't really care for it, couple of good songs though.

I didn't liked because i don't understand the concept of the disc. A

Yeah I dont know about this one.

That was definitely not for me. I appreciate the music as technically good but it just didn’t feel interesting at all to me. I’m so surprised by these overwhelmingly positive reviews and I feel like I’m missing something. Well, it’s not the first funk album I can’t get into.

Can see why it was so good, not my style though

Some great songs but nothing really caught me.

Good funky stuff

Not very interesting. Don't recall anything about it, really.

I lack historical and musical awareness to appreciate this. I’ve heard Everyday People and it just doesn’t resonate with me. Sex Machine is making me laugh.

Some good songs but nothing grabbed me.

Wouldn't listen for second time

Funky.

It hasn’t grabbed me as a classic. Not helped by the slightly cheesy title track.

Me ritëm. 4/10

Ilmestymisvuosi on yllättävän varhainen (niin hyvä musavuosi 69!). Toimii, selvä suunnannäyttäjä. Ei kyl mun ominta genreä, joten en osaa fiilistellä kauheesti.

Not bad, pleasant surprise. First song was amazing.

I'm more of a Curtis Mayfield guy

The sound is clearly ahead of its time, and the highs are great, but for whatever reason I was underwhelmed.

Mouldy grandpa funk from the 60s with some supercharged phases but also muffled production, corny pocketful of posies pop melodies and vocals and some absolutely atrocious extended jamming which means that it doesn’t really stand up as a full decent album.

Do you like soul/funk music? Then this album is for you. The only thing I don´t like about this album is the lyrics. Everything else is good they have great beat, they have a great singer and the album cover is pretty cool. I would recommend this album just don´t look at the lyrics.

1st song:it sound so good i really like it i rate like 7/10 2nd song: it sound soo good i rate like 8/10 3rd song:its so nice it sound so good and it always right

Not gif me, found it a bit boring

When I was 16, I took a school trip to France, and the one teacher bought by a crepe because he was impressed that a 16 year old knew 'I Want To Take You Higher' was performed by Sly & The Family Stone (which I knew only because I owned and loved Duran Duran's 'Thank You' album). Anyway, this is a bit too noisy at parts for my tastes. I much prefer Duran Duran. 'Everyday People' is a classic, though.

Gave this one an honest go, and there are some interesting things and a real feeling of time and place. It is chaotic at times. I think I would have loved it if I were around back then. Today…it is all over the place.

Blind album, know the artist and the hit. I'm not sure if I'm just in a bad mood but half this album was fin and the other half sucked. No flow and I was flipping between bopping and wanting to skip tracks.

Cool but clearly not my thang.

For the first half, it sounds like they had written a great album then accidentally released the first draft instead. Empty soundscapes, lyrics that seem like placeholders. Like a jam session, but produced, which means it doesn't have the charm an actual jam session has. The 13 minute long track is taking the mick. Then it hits the single versions. Why aren't these the only versions! They actually sound finished!

Late 60s funk. Pretty standard. Just not my thing. Some interesting instrumentals. Boring.

The instrumentals are clearly meant to be the highlight for Sly, and they are good in some parts, but I can’t say I’ll be returning to this album again.

Jarring at times and funky at other times. Thematically I thought it was all over the place. Musically I thought it was fine and pleasant to listen to. Definitely some recognizable songs here and there. Mid, but not to the level of some of the 3 stars we’ve had on the list thus far.

There’s a lot of funk here, but the times that the beat continuously repeats along with the length is what does it in for me. A couple good songs that could boost this to a three, but I don’t think it’s in that tier as a whole.

I like a few songs from Sly and the family Stone, so I was hoping this album would introduce me to some more. Unfortunately, that's not the case. I still like "I Want to Take You Higher" and "Everyday People", but I really didn't like the rest of the album. This will be a weird one to score.

By repo was excited for this, but really failed to live up to what I’d expected.

This wasn't my favorite. Maybe one or two nice songs but nothing special to me.

I thought I would enjoy this more because I love funk and the album art but not as in love as expectdd

I remember some of these songs as singles when I was a kid. The whole album has that thin late 60s production sound. Album was just okay for me.

Eh, just wasn't that into it.

My favourite line is: "there's a midget, standing tall." I don't like this album. Some grooves that sound cool but last 8 minutes too long. Just doesn't feel like a cohesive album. And the singles are strong. Meh and the family stone.

Meh...giving it a 2

Starting off, I didn't think, "I bet this will turn into a Toyota commercial." But it did. I wouldn't imagine that would be the best song on a funk album. But it was. They picked the singles well, but this is otherwise a really noisy album for me, and I found it wholly unenjoyable.

Það vantar dálítið upp á að þetta smelli, finnst mér.

Interesting but dated.

funky way to start the morning

Funk ist nicht so meins

This was fine, was hoping to like it better. The 13 minute jam Sex Machine was pretty dull. I liked the two unreleased tracks at the end of the album version on Apple Music. Their performance at Woodstock was excellent, and Hot Fun in the Summertime is a great track, from another album. Their greatest hits album is worth checking out.

2.5

Soul und Funk.

Ok, some odd songs, oddish lyrics

mokay

无感

Some good tracks a couple do terrible ones.

Эээ... Итс окэй, но не настолько, насколько обычно окэй. Лучшая песня - Sing a Simple Song.

Mucha ercusión. Para escuchar de vez en cuando. Me gusta

Too old of a sound for me but the words were definitely something.

It’s not bad necessarily, just really not for me.

Was not feeling it. Felt a bit dated.

Vintage

The Spotify radio playlist that plays following this album is better than the album 2.4

Ich konnte mit dem Album nicht warm werden. Abgesehen von Everyday People ist es nicht meine Musik.

A couple of the songs I knew were okay. I just didn’t enjoy the album all that much. I probably should because Sly and the Family Stone are classic, but I just didn’t.

Not feeling this at all, pretty derivative with no hits

Soul and funk from 69.

2.5 Fun but a little boring.

It was okay, couldn't get into it like other funk albums.

Funky. Stopped paying attention a few songs in.

It's got some good songs and some stuff I hated. Sort of hovers between 2 and 3 for me. I don't like the good songs enough to outweigh the bad I suppose.

Some good 60s funk. A couple pretty good songs. Not my absolute favorite, but fun to listen to.

Monotonous funk jams.

trop inégal des sons fantastiques, d'autres oubliables

It's okay. Sec Machine made me feel like I had tinnitus.

Not listened yet

Everyday People See Machine I Want To Take You Higher

Didn't really do too much for me

I wish I liked this more but it was kind of a bit tedious to listen to, especially the 14-minute Sex Machine.. I'm glad I listened to this record because it paved a lot of ways for what was to come in soul and rock and roll but I don't think it aged super well and sounds very much of its time.

Ok…disappointing to an extent. Thought I would like this better than I did.

If you’re familiar with any of their songs (which you are, because of commercials) you could consider yourself familiar with this album and go ahead and skip it, if you were toying with that idea. Unless you really like the song you sort of know, and then you might love this! I don’t know your heart.

I love me a brass section. I'm not a huge fan of this era of soul/funk music, it often sort of blends into the background like some good coffee shop jazz, which isn't here nor there. Reading the history, The Family Stone was the first ever integrated black/white band in rock history, which is sick. I can imagine this being a blast live, apparently they killed at Woodstock, and I believe it. The second half is just radio edits of the first half, I did find myself betting bored. Top songs: Stand! Somebody's watching you Sing a simple song

Recognised the popular songs, didn't know it was this band. But they're not my thing, got bored and a bit irritated by the end.

Eh..it was ok

Just couldn't get into this

It's not my cup of tea

Meh.

Funky, thunky, jazzy. Some very out there albums too. I hate to say it but this album was boring.

Ni bien ni mal. Un disco escuchable, de los que no cambian vidas

2,5

Är inte mycket för den här typen av musik.

Prefer the older albums. Stand - bit trumpety, but decent Ok, 5 tracks in and this is not as good as expected. It's like it's over-experimental. Best tracks: Sing a simple song; Sex Machine

If I wanted jams this funky, I would have just gone to the Sea Monster lounge on December 15 with Jason, Dom, and Jim

Endsechziger R&B.

Solid funk/soul music from the late 60's. I recognize several of these songs. Everyday People the most familiar to me. My favorite line "..shady as a lady with a mustache" from Somebody's Watching You. Priceless. Can someone explain the lyrics from Sex Machine please.

Not as good as I remembered, pretty groovy in parts. Vocoder thing in Sex Machine is highly annoying.

Funk has a weird place with me, I sometimes enjoy it and sometimes i find it boring, jammy and meandering. I have never quite pinpointed what makes me feel either way. This one fell to the latter, if it is due to just my mood today or not i don't know. It sounds good just wasn't feeling it today. Some good some bad songs.

I'm not diggin' the vibe on this one. It has this uplifting "Come on everyone, let's all sing some effin' songs together! WOO! Come on, baby gurl!" vibe -- it gets seriously grating after a bit. I'm also sensitive to treble, trumpets, symbols and groovy ass piano/synth/organs. Some voices felt a bit shrill to me, too. That being said, I did recognize "You Can Make It If You Try", "Stand!" and "Everyday People", and recognize they're really nice songs. I just can't Stand! them for long periods of time. Ha. Super personal rating: 2/5 - "Nothing wrong with it, I'm just never going to listen to this album ever again."

Some interesting stuff, but not my style.

Not my type of music

I wanted to like this album a lot more than I did. I know why it's included in the 1001, but it just... didn't do anything for me. Like technically, it's great. Just not for me. It's very background for me, not one song really caught my attention or held it (minus the talk box on the second). Sing a simple song was probably my fav of the bunch. Also this may look like it has the same star rating as kraftwerk but I'd actually go back and give kraftwerk one star sooo....

Big funk vibes kinda jazzy. I’m very confused by the second track but it isnt horrible? Still don’t love it though I want to take your higher has a good vibe quick music you can rock to. Fucking 15 minute long Guitar solo 2.3/5

I don't know why, but this album didn't catch much my attention, it's funk and i felt the vibe in some songs, but it's definitely not the best album i've listen.

I thought I was down with the funk. Turns out I straight up hate some of it (mostly the wailing vocal and guitars solos) and tolerate the rest.

there were a couple songs i liked like stand! and i wanna take you higher but overall not really my vibe

Thought the first song was the best, didn’t love that one n didn’t love the rest of the album either. 4/10

4/10 - Stand! Somebody's watching you and My Brain were the only decent songs. The rest really did not hit for me. Plus the 13+ minute guitar solo was not my cup of tea.

Nothing bad but nothing really stood out to me. Wouldn’t revisit. 4.5/10

A couple groovy tunes that capture the essence of soul but otherwise pretty weird overall, not a huge fan of the psychedelic aspects

I respect the effort here, and I'm sure this was remarkable for the time, but it's not a generally appealing listen. A lot of repetition and too-long efforts. Not awful, but not an album I'd put on again. Fav tracks: Everyday People, My Brain (Zig-Zag)

Feel very wonky and iffy about this album didn't feel all to good

I generally like soul music, so I thought I should like this especially given the history. It didn't really hit the spot for me.

Bit too 60's

I see where the Jackson’s sound came from, and where Prince heard funky. Not my go to sound but I appreciate the music being so different from the end of the Beatles and the beginning of Led Zeppelin.

Didn't really enjoy this one, the music was a little too simple I think.

Något för bögigt för min smak

Funky, but missing the fun. Nothing stands out and I don't really get it. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: I Want To Take You Higher Date listened: 22/11/23

not vibing it

‘Sing A Simple Song’ was awesome. It had the funk turned right up. ‘Everyday People’ just great, although I only really knew it from the Arrested Development sample. ‘I Want To Take You Higher’, and ‘You Can Make It If You Try’ was also good enough to get me throwing some funky shapes at breakfast time. The rest of the album underwhelmed.

I did not like this, was funny and very meh

some alright tracks but most of them are lousy stand! somebody's watching you everyday people

Wasn't really my jam

You can tell they put a lot of effort in. Not my particular taste, but I definitely respect it.

Funky stuff, interesting

nononono, no me ha gustado nada

Wasn't really in the mood for listening to this, didn't really enjoy it too much. Can appreciate it though.

not for me really can understand other people enjoying it

its definitely growing my listening history. I think I might need to be in a very specific mood for this album to hit the right spot and currently as I sit hating physics I kind of dislike the distinct sounds of the 13 minutes of "Sex Machine" I am consuming. I understand why many tracks have been genre defining at the time, but retrospectively and with the context of modern culture some songs from this album just sound like a goldmember backing track or an overproduced porno music.

Pre-funk Not my favorite band. It seems like they’re constantly on the verge of making some good music but they keep coming up a little short. Sure, they have some classics and this album has the track which shall not be named.. but it’s all pretty mid. Ultimately, this is stuff that other bands picked up and carried over the finish line.

Whatever. Some funk thing. Ill not go at it again I guess. I like funk, but nothing memorable. Soooo sorry

I didn't enjoy this much at all. Some songs were torture and I ended up skipping it entirely (looking at you, Track 2). Some of it was good soul music, I enjoyed the song "Sex Machine" a bit, the vibes were good. But this just isn't my thing overall. Some songs reminded me of The Who who I know were popular in this era. Not something I would listen to again.

I enjoyed it.

2 A few good tracks on here that I'm glad I checked out

Si bien puedo reconocer que es buena música, con sonidos pegajosos y upbeat, además de considerar las temáticas que presentan, no es mi estilo.

ok

It was weird and “experimental”. I wasn’t the biggest fan, the instrumentals were good but I wasn’t a fan of the vocals.