Stand!

It’s a funky old album. I’ve heard Everyday People a thousand times, but never knew where it came from.

Funky classics.

Comme vous le savez désormais, nous organisons tous les 100 albums un dîner de fête en l'honneur du générateur. Celui-ci s'annonçait un peu particulier, car la barre symbolique des 500 albums était franchie. C'est donc rempli de promesses que je me dirigeais à la table du banquet. La soirée se passait plutôt bien, j'arrivais même à échanger quelques mots avec mon camarade d'écoute robgruyère sans que celui-ci ne s'urine dessus sous le coup du stress (rob est très impressionné par ma personne). C'est alors que l'on nous apporta le dessert. Nous l'attendions tous, car ce dernier devait nous faire découvrir des saveurs de Stevie Wonder, depuis longtemps oubliées de nos papilles gustatives. Seulement, au moment de croquer à pleine dents dans la pièce montée concoctée par Robert, je fus instantanément pris de nausée: à la place des pointes soul attendues sur ma langue, je découvris la musique acide et incommestible de Sly & The Family Stone. Je dus me résoudre à recracher l'intégralité de mon gâteau, sous l'oeil hilare d'un Robert qui avait encore bien gâché la fête.

Meh

Funk, soul, 1969. In my opinion this album feels quite basic and not really ambitious. It's a record which I simply don't get, but it's also far to be a bad LP. For me this is only decent, but probably it's just a matter of taste.

3.5/5. Felt more fast paced than the other funky album, which is pretty groovy. Every album should have a 13 minute song called “Sex Machine” from now on.

This album was rlly fun, some of the songs on here will definitely be on my playlists in the future! intense but overall a great experience haha, Everyday People was my fave song on here

chill, working mood

I've had quite an interesting run of funk/motown belters with a lot to say. This one whipped along fast enough, didn't grab me enough to want to come back to it though.

Didn’t excite me

I liked not loved it

Pretty decent

Everyday People is solid. Everything else was just OK

I thought I would like this more than I did; I like the SatFS songs I know and generally like this kind of music, but I found this a bit disappointing. Everyday People and You can Make it If you Try were good (also, one song that I think was an extra on the version Google Play served up) but the rest fell a bit flat.

"Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks." This is where it all started. There's just so much affirmation and positivity all over this album, and even the female vocals chanting on the all-too-short "Everyday People" sound like something they'd sing while skipping rope on the pavement. The dark side of this is that this album stands in the shadow of Sly's massive cocaine addiction. One thing this album does well is evoke the feeling of the emotions it's trying to communicate, like how the raunchy electric guitar is the exact sound a sex machine might make, complete with the increased rhythm of the pounding percussion that leads to inevitable orgasm. In the end, this album is bookended with songs meant to uplift the listener. Stand up and try! You can make it.

Me gustó un poquito más que el otro disco de este grupo pues las canciones no son taaaaan largas y repetitivas. De todos modos, mi rollo con el funk es que se pone tedioso después de un rato.

Not too spectacular

It's OK. Obviously "Everyday People" was the big hit. I looked up the date of the Doors' hit Light My Fire and that was released 2 years earlier, so it doesn't seem particularly original to be releasing a song with "Baby, light my fire - I wanna take you higher".

Some really good tracks 3/5

Respect the musicianship of Sly & The Family Stone, but I found myself getting a bit tired of this record towards the end.

Usually, when it comes to classic rock albums, the long, overdrawn solo instrumental songs in the middle of the shorter songs, usually are the weakest. Here, to me it is the opposite. The 14 minute "Sex Machine" is my favorite of the album and the strongest. Meaning to me, I guess, it was the vocals and lyrics that wasn't turning me on as other fans of the albums.

Smooth stuff

It's fun and nothing bad, but didn't grab me as much as I'd like. I can see it objectively being a 4 or 5 though.

This is a pretty cool and funky album. Faves: Stand! Everyday People, You Can Make It If You Try

There’s just something about 'Stand!' that sounds both 1969, yet very contemporary at the same time. And remember, Sly & The Family Stone were bending and blending musical genres while Prince was still a little kid. Undergirding the whole thing is, of course, a good measure of funk, from the very first call to arms, ‘Stand!’ to the concluding, ‘You Can Make It If You Try.’ ‘Sing a Simple Song’ in particular was just pure soul, with a marvelous recording that I would describe lovingly as pork chop fat. So many of these songs- the three aforementioned, along with ‘I Want to Take You Higher’ and ‘Everyday People’- could have continued playing in perpetuity. The ‘Sex Machine’ jam at close to fourteen minutes grew a little tiresome (Sly and company don’t work quite as well as a jam band, but it was a valiant effort, and they sounded as if they were having fun, so…) And I’m not sure if I liked ‘Somebody’s Watching You’ or not. I didn’t care for the bulk of the song, but the catchy refrain kinda grew on me. Not sure what to do with that. Finally, while I wouldn’t say I enjoyed ‘Don’t Call Me Nigger, Whitey’ I do appreciate the courage of Sly Stone’s convictions in recording it. And the horn players Cynthia Robinson and Jerry Martini’s accents on the lyrics really drove the message home. Special mention goes out to the great bassist Larry Graham whose funky slap rhythms and thunderous playing throughout actually elevated the songs, one obvious example being, of course, ‘I Want to Take You Higher.’ I’m guessing that the vocoder was relatively new technology in 1969, but a sample on the second song quickly revealed that a little of it goes a long way. That said, Sly made a much better call on the sure and steady cow bell on ‘Everyday People,’ so we’ll call his arrangements a push. Sly proclaims on the opening song, ‘Stand! You’ve been sitting much too long. There’s a permanent crease in your right and wrong.’ But as long as your up and standing, I’m sure he’d want you to do a little dancing, too, and work out that other crease down your pant legs. The whole Stone family’s doing their very best to iron ‘em both out.

Bueno

Fav songs: - Stand! - Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey

I don’t know - it wasn’t an album I’d call favorite but there were songs that grabbed me. I thought I’d like it more but I think my idea of what this band’s sound was, was a bit off vs. the reality.

Pretty funky album

äh helt okej men också lite dåligt

Good jams. Great messaging and nice beats. A bit one-note at times.

This was an interesting one. I enjoyed it. Not going into heavy rotation but it didn’t suck.

No está mal pero me gustaría más en un ambiente de bar que para escucharlo sin más

Good funky album

Really good funk soul record

Insane to think this was 1969, it is still more innovative and interesting than most of the stuff from the past 40 years - they clearly had much better drugs

pretty good funky stuff, nothing stand out though.

Some uncomfortable language, but rightly so. And of course, some classics.

Politisches Gedudel der Generation Black is beautiful. Die freien, repetitiven Passagen sind schon fast krautiger Post-Rock, die einfallslosen und Refrains nerven musikalisch derb. Aber der deutliche Soulgewinn bei gleichzeitiger Abkehr vom Funk grooven dann genauso derb. Absolute Überraschung: „Everyday People“! 2.6

understand their impact, didn't completely enjoy everything.

Extended funk jams aren't really my bag. Funk in general is only occasionally my bag, as controversial as that may be. Soulful pop classics like Stand! and Everyday People are more my bag. The album certainly *feels* like a classic and I do like it for the most part. 3.5 seems about fair.

pretty ok

I don't listen to much Funk/Soul, but there were some nice moments here. I especially liked "I Want to Take You Higher". Of course I had heard "Everyday People" before, but had no idea it was these guys until now. Shows what I know, but I thought it was decent despite not knowing much about the genre. An easy 3-star album for me.

Groovy. Song #2 coming in hot with an instant classic of a chorus. 5/10

Funky, psychedelic, not really my style but fun

album started out quite rough for me. Felt too 70s cheery bologna. But then it got kind of funky, and I enjoyed it. so. 3 stars it is.

Nautinnollista funkkia. Pitää ehkä vielä kuunnella uudestaan, voi olla että ansaitsis jopa 4/5.

Kuten monissa funk-klassikoissa, muutama pirun kova biisi ja loput ihan jebaa.

Funky but also outright political. The horns are crisp and the variety in vocals (gender, race, etc) give a lot of texture an interest. When the melodies are catchy the music is brilliant. \"Everyday People\" is objectively great, showcasing all the aforementioned strengths of the band. Unfortunately, and I hate to say it, some of the other tracks are repetitive and boring. I can see all of the songs being great live or on a dance floor; this album isn't really meant for just sitting and listening to.

Unimpressive collection of middle-ranking funk songs.

A funky good time

Alright album, nice flow for the latter half of the album. Liked "Sex Machine" the most.

Not the best effort from Sly but still good.

Track 01 - 2.75/5 Track 02 - 3/5 Track 03 - 3.25/5 Track 04 - 2.75/5 Track 05 - 3.25/5 Track 06 - 4.25/5 Track 07 - 2.5/5 Track 08 - 3.25/5 Track 09 - 2.75/5 Track 10 - 3.25/5 Track 11 - 3.25/5 Track 12 - 3/5 Track 13 - 2.75/5 Overall: 3.25/5 Album Art: 3.25/5

Funky and a little repetitive

Pretty fun, nice grooves. 3.5/5

6/10

Goed zeg! Deze soul beviel me eigenlijk best goed...

This album has a little bit of everything. It’s got a long instrumental track and groovy tune pop hit and an activist song. It’s an alright album. Probably be better without the long instrumental one. 5.8/10

Meh for me. Hit & miss pieces. Loved Stand! but it was the high mark. Hated the 14-minute long Sex Machine.

Lo escuché distraido

Cool funky grooves. Everyday People and I Want To Take You Higher are absolute classics, welcome additions to any party playlist. Sex Machine is so self-indulgent. I don't need to groove to the same instrumental number for over 13 minutes, that doesn't do it for me. One of those tracks where the people who are really high on the dance floor can zone out and go all night, but the rest of us roll our eyes after 3 minutes and want the DJ to move on.

Enough creative moments to know that there's something real here, but perhaps hampered by an overall lack of "musical-ness" and average lyric writing. Close to great, but just short. Exception is EDP, which makes me wonder if the writing is different on that track?

Heard it before. It's pretty good if you're into funk.

Only half listened to this. I really like a couple of songs by this band but this album as a whole didn’t really do it for me.

Very funky. Just okay.

Some electric funk hits. Some electric funk duds.

Mezcla de soul, rockabilly, rock suave, funk,... Canciones con ritmo y estilo, suaves y fáciles de escuchar. Igualmente psicodelia asociada a la época de la procede.

Nice songs to passively listen to, I knew some of them.

I'm a bit split on this one. Some parts I liked quite a lot and others were very 'meh'. So while I give this a 3, it's actually a 2 for half of the songs and a 4 for the other half. My favorite was the pretty intense instrumental guitar track Sex Machine.

Not yet the funkiness of the 70s, still carries stronger blues/rock n roll influence. Good album

funky

Okeeee

goede listen, veel toffe geluiden. somebody's watching you pak ik mee Sex machine begin klinkt als splatoons (nintendo game) die praten.

decent

That's some funky mediocrity!

New one. Soul, chill, some bluesy notes

Funky for sure. But got bored

Good souly vibe

Mixed bag. Some songs are funkylicious and some are meh. Overall pretty good, though.

It's ok. It's dated and reminds me of curtis mayfield. There's a couple of great tracks, but overall whilst I like this type of music, it wasn't as gripping as other black artists. 6/10 That's a bit generous.

Love "Dance to the Music", "Everyday People", and "Thank You", but the rest of the album doesn't do that much for me. This would probably be 3.5 for me normally but the regular issue with half stars applies. Today I'm feeling like rounding this down.

moui

Just OK. A lot of it way too indulgent. Must have been a fun live band though.

meh

I started off really enjoying this, it was heading for a 5 but as it moved along I fell out of love with it. I loved the energy of it but there was just a bit too much going on in this party for me to focus in on one thing. Much like the brave lions’ midfield trying to cope with the dominant azzuri in the centre of the park, I just couldn’t keep up and the thing passed me by.

Can clearly see that the band have influenced many funk artists with their sound. Enjoyed the album, 'Everyday People' and 'I want to take you higher' were the standouts for me but not my favourite genre and found the album as a whole a bit of a challenge to get through.

I awoke on this Wednesday morning, believing that perforce I had shaken off the sorrow and melancholy of witnessing the most talented and likeable set of England players in my lifetime lose on penalties (why did it have to be penalties? Why?). Reader, I had not. The cloud had not lifted, only temporarily allowed the sun (of optimism for the world cup, of appreciation for the incredible effort) to peep through. I needed something to get me out of my head and into my body, and the timeless grooves of Sly & The Family Stone did just that. They got me grooving such that I could forget the sickening feeling of watching penalties (!!!) from behind my hands and prevent my remembrances of the cruel, bittersweet hope of Jordan Pickford saving from Jorginho, that master trickster of the penalty spot. This was also timely, given the vicious, and sadly predictable racist abuse of the three exceptional players who missed by people who have no doubt spent the whole tournament cheering them. The title of track two tells you all you need to know about how long that senseless battle has been fought. It’s hard not to feel inspired by Sly’s groovable exhortations to action. Quite the tonic.

Totalmente desconocidos por mi parte. Grupo de San Francisco que, junto a James Brown y otros cuantos, desarrollaron el funk a lo que hoy día conocemos.

Excited

Funky. Powerful

This music made me shake my booty

Pretty decent. Almost of the verge of being too funky.

Fine for what it is.

Fun funky listen but didn't blow me away

'racism bad' the album

I mean I didn’t hate this album. It’s ultra funky and the use of the wah wah pedal is something else. I couldn’t choose any real stand out track though. Each one has its own uniqueness without blowing me away. I’ll give it a very cool.. 3 Stars!

funky, but a little much in places. A 14 minute track seems excessive

Good length, very funky, like the gospel elements Saved: Sex Machine

Not really my type of music but quite enjoyable nonetheless

.

Classic funk songs. Still groovin!

Jeg kan se hvorfor den er influential men det er ikke min stil

Good music, though not really my genre. “Everyday people” is a great song.

Boogie woogie! Liked this

The first song really gave me 70's sitcom theme song vibes. After that, it was kinda just like Earth, Wind, and Fire, but not as good. Probably wouldn't listen to it again, and none of the songs really stood out to me, but I liked it okay.

Some strong extended jam sessions, especially "Sex Machine" which clocks in around 10 minutes. Plenty of surprising guitar and organ sounds and Sly sounds great with the Vocoder. Not quite the hits or fire power of There's a Riot...

Bien, pero sin más.

It's got style and it's got funk. I mean, other than 13 minutes of... whatever you call it.

Don't call me nigger, whitey is a Jam! Stand outs: sex machine, you can make it if you try

Not quite my cup of tea, but nothing offensive about this album. Think Liam will like it more than me. Found some of the tracks quite repetitive.

Some good funky funk funk tracks but some a bit repetitive/indulgent.

Didn’t finish. Fresh use of wah pedals. Interesting but felt slow.

it's...listenable?!

Don't call me the n word, whitey! Don't call me whitey, the n word! This album remastered for 2021

5

Semibängeri Bra funk fiilis men ganska lång

tykkään, mutta ei toisaalta herätä missään kohtaa kovin suuria tunteita

Funky!

good to know

Not really my thing, but I can appreciate it and liked it at times.

Funk som aldrig helt lyfter för mej. Bra? Absolut, men fastnar lixom inte. Stundtals mkt bra groove, men inte så minnesvärt.

classic sly and the family stone!

Deserves a 3.5. Very smooth throughout with some great songs. Very relevant racial messages even from a 1969 album. At times sounds a bit repetitive.

groovy stuff, some experimental stuff too

Funkig. En del coola instrumentala partier. Några hits man kände igen.

Groovy.

+

Kinda wish it was Sly Stallone

Ok but not my type

all the funky for your daily needs.

I haven’t had a chance to listen to the album in its entirety, but from what I’ve heard, I feel like I will like it.

3

Favorite songs: I Want to Take You Higher, Everyday People, You Can Make It If You Try

Interesting to listen to but not mine.

2/5

Classic 70s pop/funk album. There is some great harmonies and rich smooth vocals. Slap bass and horns that give the mental images of some undercover vice cop show. Sly and the family stone have a really soulful and funky sound that ruled the world in the Saturday Night Fever era of disco. Its a really good album and fantastic example of this genre. But it's not my favorite. I enjoyed each of the tracks individually, but as a collection it is a bit much for me. I would probably return to this album to get inspiration for a particular style of music, rather than to relisten. (2.333)

Eh, not the greatest

More less.

This psychedelic funk sound does absolutely nothing for me. I remember the NME trying to guilt-trip their readership in to listening to black American music in the 80s. I fell for it and bought a load of records I didn't enjoy and never played. Just to prove to the NME that I wasn't racist. Well, not enjoying black American music isn't racist! I just don't relate to the world they describe. And I wouldn't expect a poor black guy in Detroit to listen to and feel the jingly jangly indie that I like. Such nonsense. I still feel a pang of guilt about not liking music like this. The NME was no different to the Catholic church with its ridiculous diktats. Fuck you, NME! I'll like what I like. You like what you like and we'll respect each other's choices. Fin.

Day 7: eh

This one was in that gray area between 2 and 3, where I don't like it, but don't hate it either. And then the nearly 14 minute long "Sex Machine" started with the annoying vocal noises. True, some of that song is a jam, but it's also just too long. While I liked Stand! more than There's a Riot Goin' On, it's still not something I enjoy listening to, so it's going to slide down into the ranks of 2/5.

umm... i liked sex machine.... 2/5

Not bad but nothing great.

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.

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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