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Very nice
Excellent!
yeah ok i guess. not my kind of music
Good album. Overall 3.5/5
much enjoyment
Fun and powerful in its own way but not really all that special musically
Funky!
Overall solid addition with socially conscious and straight-up enjoyable funk. Musicianship is top shelf.
I think it says a lot that while writing this review I remember literally nothing about this album.
Awesome
I wanted to like this more. Pretty repetitive, long instrumentals. 3/5
Stand! is great Next one has incredible riffs, especially the guitar solo at the end All of the songs are really enjoyable!
I was expecting to like this more than I did.
It’s fine
Honestly a lot of these songs I don’t like that much :/
Let's gooooooo. Finally. This is what I want from "1001 albums u need to hear before you die" as an exercise. Imagine dying without hearing this album? Catastrophic. Tragic. Maybe all other albums should be a 1 or a 2 so far and this is the first true 5? The scale is fucked now. But will try my best. Gonna be a lot more 4's now that even the best albums need to stack against this one. You Can Make It If You Try > Sing a Simple Song > Everyday People > Don't Call Me ****** Whitey > Stand! > Somebody's Watching You > Sex Machine > I Want to Take You Higher This should be a scale of 1-100 instead of 1-5 lol. I think this is why I don't do star ratings on Letterboxd it's just too exhausting to figure out what each star rating means to me, even with the 1/2 star steps. Anyways, this is the most 5-rated 5-star album yet, that's all I can say. I guess it's technically only 8 songs again but wooooo baby it's enough. It's a 5!
Such a fun album but really nothing hits like everyday people
Not my vibe
Damn I love that first track. Oh I'm gonna like this alright. That 3 minute instrumental outro? Yes please. Higher's great. I'm loving this. Sex machine was... wow. That ending's a tease. This last track is so good... Definitely a better overall experience... at first listen I'd day it's a very strong 8 with potencial for much much more. Loved it
Yes, well, that's a great album. Sex machine is really too long and some of the tracks are a bit too poppy, but this is clearly a great and influential piece of music.
Fun, but might be a bit too intense for me right now. Very reminiscent of the 60's post Vietnam era music that this album came from.
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.
A really fun album, The title track and Everyday people were my favourites, something that I would be happy to revisit in the future. 4 Stars.
Love the use of the talk box.
Like some of the instrumentals and a few catchy lyrics but overall not for me
Seriously funky tunes
Cool funk bits, nice psychey sections, and a thirteen minute jam? What's not to like?
I thought this was better than some others that we have had from this genre. The 15 minute instrumental was a bit too long though.
Only big drawback was the 13-15 minute song
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.
apart from the 13 minute track, it was an interesting listen. prob wouldn't seek it out again but appreciate it's sound
solid.
With Freddie Stone on the mic, Jerry Martini on the saxophone, Greg Ericco on the drums, and Larry Graham on the bass. The group stands out for their camaraderie and able to flow with each other.
Makes up for the 13 minute nonsense with some really catchy and provocative tunes.
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.
Great music, messaging, classic vibes. Amazing album all around.
Mit zu alt
Absolutely brilliant!
С этой музыкой еще надо разбираться, буду ещё слушать.
Amazing funk
Very groovy, close to a high 3, but I'll nudge it up to a 4 for groovy-ness
This is just a party start to finish. I wish I had a chance to see this band live in their hay day.
Noty thing
Groovy
Pretty good, 70s vibe for sure. Not something I would usually listen to but I really enjoyed it.
A fine little album. Can get a bit same-y by the end, but none of it is by any means bad. 6/10
I liked listening to this, good for a roadtrip perhaps!? Love a funky rock moment for some good highway driving.
Just many odd choices through out the album. Not for me
sly is awesome and been meaning to listen to more of the discog. this album is great.
One of my favorite albums ever. Sad this is what I got as my first, but I’m always happy to put Sly on.
Classic for a reason. Somehow kept missing track 2 and will need to go back.
It’s not bad just not for me. 🤷🏾♀️
não curti mto
This was great. So many tracks sampled in future hip-hop tracks. Loved it.
Sing A Simple Song was my favourite track. Funky Album.
Great stuff!
The level of creative originality is incredible.
Some really well done funk on here. “Everyday People” and “You Can Make it if You Try” are standouts. 3.5/5 Probably will listen again
Ouff god damn that's a stanky guitarr bweeeoom,wheeee on the organ chikachikachika hell yeah munspel go off hella funky jag är bara 3 låtar in haha Jamen jaja jaha jasså det var detta det har jag ju hört förut. It's so groovy
2.5
70s
I haven’t really been listing to Funk that much, so I‘m really excited how this plays out Stand!: solid opener, i really like the rhythm and the message of this song, it’s a vibe 3.7/5 Don’t Call Me N****r, Whitey: the guitar eats and the female voice too, also the harmonising is top tier 3.9/5 I Want to Take You Higher: vocals are eating and i love the harmonica and the different voices 3.5/5 Somebody‘s Watching You: big fan of the instrumentals, also it gives me certain TV Girl vibes, idk 4/5 Sing a Simple Song: in love with the concept behind this and how unserious this is 4.1/5 Everyday People: the message, the harmony, i loveee and fw this heavy 4.1/5 Sex Machine: very little lyrics for such a long song, but it’s a vibe, and a bit low key, great build-up 3.4/5 You Can Make It If You Try: strong intro, a bit repetitive for me tho, but i love the instrumentals 2.7/5 Soul Clappin‘ II: it’s a mood and i like the vocals here, it gets kinda boring with time 2.9/5 My Brain (Zig-Zag): idk i like that track, but i need lyrics in a song and there’s just not any😭 2.5/5
Funky/rocky/souly. Incredible wah on e.g. Dont Call Me N*****, Whitey 13 min mainly instrumental funky jam on Sex Machine Pretty interesting album
Modern music COULD NEVER! NEVER!!
Beautiful funk/soul/rock.
If you don't feel the need to get up & dance to this album, you got cement in your shoes, baby.
Great album with a little bit of everything.
Wow. This album is amazing from top to bottom. The hits and the deep tracks intertwine to make a fabulous record. Watch the documentary on HULU. This man is a genius and Stand! is confirmation.
I only liked 2-3 songs
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.
Not exactly my kind of thing but I enjoyed this. Psychedelic, funky soul with some great powerful vocals. There's a great energy to this album and you can feel it as you're listening. I'd happily add any one of these tracks to a playlist and wouldn't mind them popping up at any point.
I see the appeal but Not a fan
Overall nice project - enjoyed the funky sounds that popped up throughout!
Big 60's Wall of Sound in evidence.
Great funk album! Back to back bangers.
Lite funk-soul-rock, nice även om ingen enskild låt stack ut för mig
pretty notable cuts, some of which have been sampled til Kingdom Come and back. nice to know origin.
Almost a perfect record. IMO "Sex Machine" lasts too long and kind of loses the energetic vibe of the whole album. A masterclass in funk nonetheless
Some songs were better with others on this album. Lots of good funk vibes
I’ve never heard someone make a guitar sing like this album has. The instrumentation is insane and it’s easily one of the more dynamic rock/funk albums I’ve ever heard. inject those instrumental breaks into me fr
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.
Really like everyday people: I like the lyrics and the chugging guitar paired with the piano. Love the tone on the guitar solos! So cool how they make it sound like its talking (Sex Machine and Don't Call Me...) Very consistent sound throughout. This genre of music is perfectly neutral to me: it sounds objectively good and there are some gold nuggets in here. Overall though, there a level of sameness and I don't really gravitate towards listening to it. Favorite Tracks: I want to take you higher, Sing a Simple Song, Everyday People
没get到这类风格
Aika menevää funkkia, mutta ei ihan mitään omaa suosikkia. Parhaat: I Want To Take You Higher, Sing A Simple Song
Great. Fantastic commentary and fantastic music. In 11th grade a guy tried to bully me for liking these guys, which is absolutely insane lol.
Hearing the songs other than the singles that have been popular for a very long time was amazing. I didn't know that their musicality extended that far.
This is #day228 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here we are again with another psychedelic funky gem from the late '60s. I might have said it before, but I'll do it again: everything that has to do with Woodstock and that era is oh so appealing to me—it’s just such a special moment in time... Stand! is full of wild experimentation, wah-wahs, and historical significance. I mean, just take a look at a song title like Don't Call Me Nigga, Whitey, and it’s 1969 outside. The energy coming through this record is immense, as is the vibe. And, yeah, Sex Machine may well give you an eargasm. This is a 4 out of 5. Looking forward to #day229.
Decent funk album. I'm admittedly not the biggest fan of this kind of music, but I thought the guitar work was very impressive. Nothing too noteworthy, and the songs (especially the instrumental) do overstay their welcome a bit. Some things to like, but largely forgettable for me. Top tracks: I Want to Take You Higher, Sing a Simple Song, Everyday People
Too funky
Did I hear that right? "There's a midget standing tall…."
I rate Everyday People a 4 star because Ive listened to this before and I kinda of liked it. I rate Stand! a 4 star because Ive listened to this before and I kinda of liked it but its not for me. I rate I wanna take you highera 4 star because Ive listened to this before and I kinda of liked it but its not 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.
I don't like this song because the start is not that good. I would not recommend this song I don't like this song because the background instruments are not that good. I would not recommend this song. I don't like this song because the beat is not that good. I would not recommend this song.
Do you want to listen to some music that has a nice beat? Well in Everyday People you can! I rate this song a ⭐⭐⭐. I kind of recommend this song. Do you want to listen to some music that has a lot of guitar? Well in Stan! You can! I rate this song a ⭐⭐⭐⭐. I recommend this song. Do you want to listen to some music that has a lot of guitar? Well in I Want To Take You Higher you can! I rate this song a ⭐⭐⭐. I kind of recommend this song.
I dont realy like the beat but i like what he is saying . the second song was good but i dont realy like the beat . i like the harmonica in the song . i recomend this album
I don't like this album because I don't like the genre of music that they play and because I don't like the beat it is in the music. I would not recommend this album to someone else because I feel like this type of music is not very popular and not a lot of people are into this type of music right now so I wouldn't waste someones time by telling them to listen to this album. If I know that they like this type of music then I might recommend this to someone else but for the most part knowing what music is popular I wouldn't be recommending this to another person. I would give the album "Stand!" 3 stars out of 5.
the cover looks cool i like the cover its colorful the first song i like the beat of it they all had a nice and cool beat to them i liked the songs very much i would probaly have listen to themn again
I think the cover is interesting. I like that this band is very diverse. "Everyday People" was great. I liked how the lyrics talked about diversity. "I want to take you higher" was good. The harmonica was really good. I would recommend this album.
the first song is good i kinda like it i like the sounds of the instruments and how the song sounds overall. the next song is okay i still like the sounds and stuff but its slower and not as good. the next song is still okay not much to say its the same as the rest. the last song is okay too it has a really weird start i dont really like it. overall i wouldn't really recommend it
I really like this song becuase how jazzy it is and the beats and drums and its kinda awsome becuase its all mixed up into one song with singers and other intrumenst Stand! i really like this song becuase its has choir! i really like the other singers in the background and it makes this song a 4.5 and the album is 4.5 too i wanna take you higher song i like but not too much its a fast paced song with the harmanica is pretty good in the song and i will give this album a 5 starsss
I knew "Everyday People" but not the rest, and none of the other tracks really grabbed my attention. It's a decent funk album.
When this was good, it was really good. But a few tracks, like the 14-minute-long Sex Machine killed some of the positive momentum.
SO many classics - I Want to Take You Higher, Everyday People, You Can Make it if You Try - and many of the deeper cuts are equally great: Sing a Simple Song, Stand!, Don't Call Me N*gger, Whitey. The melding of soul, funk, rock, gospel feels familiar but also groundbreaking. Absolute classic.
it was neat
One of my favorite Sly albums, capturing a trail blazing band at their peak. Their Woodstock performance a few months later is one of my favorites and makes a great companion to this.
Seems fitting to finally get a Sly & The Family Stone album not longer after Questlove's "Sly Lives!" tribute got released (in February 2025). I'm not sure I've ever heard a full album by the band, certainly not this one, so everything but the two iconic singles ("Sing a simple song" and "Everyday people") are new to me. A few of the tracks seemed pretty flat (the title track especially--strange to read that was a hit single--but also the strangely uneven "Somebody's watching you" and the overly long and rambling "Sex machine"), but overall it's pretty entertaining, and pretty wild to have such an explicit song title as "Don't call me n****, whitey" (with a fairly strong song to match its title and a crazy amount of wah-wah going on); the version of this song by Ice-T, Body Count and Jane's Addiction at the 1991 Lollapalooza doesn't really add much musically to this song but is a great and uncomfortable performance. The centerpieces of the album are clearly those fantastic singles, with honorable mention to "I want to take you higher". There have been so many great covers of those songs, yet the originals hold up to all of them extremely well, and they make this album a classic. (My favorite "Sing a simple song" cover/adaptation is the one by D'Angelo/Chuck D/Isaac Hayes, well worth checking out on the tribute album "Different Strokes by Different Folks", which also has a fun and faithful cover of "Everyday people" by Maroon 5.)
Great album! "Everyday People" is genius and "Sex Machine" had a wonderful guitar jam that reminded me a lot of Prince's great concert guitar jams.
They had everything. Innovative but commercial, joyful and angry, the best short pop tunes and blasted stretched out improvs.
Anche se nelle canzoni do molto peso al testo, grande scoperta delle sonorità black
Really really enjoyed it. Great album to sit and chill and work to. Had me dancing at certain points too! Not my usual got to album but I loved it!
Not for me, this was quite a hard listen. Musicianship is excellent, but stylistically I could gel with theses songs.
Good funky album. Song about racial tension was entertaining
Repetitive but fun medium-energy instrumental drum/guitar tracks carried by some great vocals. Halfway between soul and funk. Track 3 and 6 could be on the cowboy bebop soundtrack, but this album does feel slightly sauceless otherwise. Some tracks are in there twice as singles.
Good hits. Funky sound
- Sly ..... -
Funky! Smooth as hell as well.
There's cool, and there's cool, and this was cool.
A bit disappointed after hearing some of their other albums years ago. There are superb tracks like Sex Machine, but the consistency in quality of tracks is lesser than I expected. Groovy shit nevertheless!
I wanted to like this album more than I did.
Pop music genius is probably an insult to reflect Sly's work, and the Fam of course. And to watch Questlove's doc on Sly's work, truly shows what immense music knowledge and instincts he has/had. He made something incredibly difficult, look elementary.
Neat
Didn’t think I’d like it initially but it definitely won me over. Very soulful
Fun and soulful album. Lots that I recognized with some that I didn’t know was them
I think I would have enjoyed this album a lot if I had picked it up in the 70's. Stand is a great song, I knew it from Pump up the Volume soundtrack but didn't realize it was Sly's
Mix of blues and funk.
Jeez!This album was proper dull. Felt like I was stuck in slow-mo, just waiting for something to pop. The tunes didn't really hit, and the whole vibe was just flat. Could've been way more exciting, to be honest!
I think I gotta go 5 on this. I probably like There's a Riot Goin' On a little more, but this is about as classic as funk rock gets.
-a Definite age-old 'MOOD' album. Works just as well today thou. -Loved that Jams never felt like they went on tooo long. -Influence felt.
A lot wiggier than I remember this being. The last four minutes of "Don't Call Me..." could go, as could all of that fill-the-album-time-with-cocaine of "Sex Machine" but the rest are all hits for a reason.
This album is a banger that never fails to put a smile on my face. In a turbulent era, Sly managed to make protest music that made you feel good: Affirmative, funky as hell, and a band comprised of Black, white and female musicians. It's a joyous revolution.
I've listened to this album at least five times, and my favorite songs are the last two: Soul Clappin' II and My Brain. Followed by Sex Machine. Not sure why?
This feels a bit too uneven for me to rate more highly. The funky bits can hit hard, but there are turns that just feel too... AM radio? for me.
Some timeless singles and some egregious padding here. "Don't call me N$%&&, Whitey" did not need to be 5+ minutes when it only has one verse. I also didnt need 15 minutes of the Sex Machine jam. But you cannot deny how good their pop songs are when they stay in that lane.
What's not to love about Sly and the Family? Glad to see the recognition he and the band has been getting as of late thanks to Questlove. Fun, danceable album with some pretty heavy themes. And the 14min Sex Machine is epic, of course.
Ok I'm gonna be less forgiving from now on. This is by no means a bad album - same as the previous one, it's fun, but I'm not sure it has a place within the 1001 greatest albums of all time, as it does have quite some tracks with no real merit, to my feeling.
BEST SONGS: - Somebody's Watching You - Sing a Simple Song - Sex Machine
Has not held up the best.
There's some bangers on here that must have been awesome to hear/see live back in the day.
Great album. Sounds more essential to me than their other record on the list. Favorite song: everyday people.
Very good album, funky 4/5
solid 3 stars
Good. They were the finish line band at a R&R marathon about 10 years ago.
Not my stuff...
I liked this about the same amount as the last Sly album we got, which is to say, enough to score it a high three but not quite four. Funky fun, but doesn't reach the heights of (e.g.) Funkadelic
I enjoyed it quite a bit. You could hear a lot of the themes that served as the transition between pop, funk, jazz, blues, etc. It's not my favorite albums of it's kind. But still worth a listen.
Great tunes
4/5 actually really enjoyed this
Didn't really care for it, couple of good songs though.
exactly what I expect from this kind of album. well-done mix of soul and funk
Absolutely fantastic
Sly Stone is a genius.
Pretty funky and fun.
Top 200 album for me.
A little too much talkbox jamming in the second half for my liking, but has some great songs on it
Groovy
Knew a few of the hits. Really enjoyed Stand.
Vibey, woooho
Wonderful album. Funky, righteous and radical. Top notch playing and musicianship and passion. No notes! Must listen #84 I think? Maybe 85… anyway yeah it’s amazing
Funkrock masterpiece. Innovators. And Greg Errico killed it on the drums. Perfect album with bangers only.
Fun and funky! Love Stand! and Everyday People.
Now we're cooking. What a great record! All killer no filler and the home of a thousand samples. Its a soul record and a funk record and it rocks. You can feel the influences it wears throughout and how well it stands up today is testament to the blenidng of those influences. And it makes you want to dance. And dance you will
Really enjoying this one more than I expected! I'd heard Everyday People before and liked it. I particularly loved Sing a Simple Song, Sex Machine, and I want to Take you higher.
Lot more rock n roll than I imagined. Standouts were: Sex Machine (12 min instrumental beast) , i want to take you higher, don’t call me nigger, Whitey. I feel like parts of album don’t have much variation, the songs sound the same. Also it’s such a short album, two of the songs repeat. The building up of the music it the songs was very cool. Such a funky sounds
I’ve heard better Sly and The family stone album, but it’s allright
Amazing. In a wild coincidence I just watched the new Sly Lives documentary the day before this album popped up for this project. Hopefully my enjoyment of this album would still be as big without having watched that documentary, but this was an amazing listen in the context of everything in that documentary.
Very terrific and timely, for a few reasons. Mainly what I meant was that a little birdie just told me there was a documentary about Sly Stone. List, have you been reading my texts?
The Sly Stone doc comes out, I watch it, I listen to Sly and the Family Stone all weekend, I even think to myself while preparing dinner yesterday “Wouldn’t it be funny if we got a Sly album tomorrow?” And we did. I do wonder if they pushed a Sly album to everyone that hadn’t listened to them all yet just because of the doc. Some really good stuff on here. This is a group I always look for when I’m record shopping.
“Stand!” is a powerful and vibrant album that evokes aspects of social consciousness often associated with Marvin Gaye or Curtis Mayfield. This feels like a real ensemble piece, with a wide range of numerous vocalists mixed with thumping bass lines, punctuating keyboards, joyful sax and horns, reverberating guitar solos, and some Latin inspired percussion, all wrapped up in (a mostly controlled) psychedelic chaos. The more structured tracks are exceptional, including "Stand!", "You Can Make It If You Try", and the classic "Everyday People". In contrast, some of the less structured pieces resemble jam sessions, and for the most part, mix in well with the rest of the album. However, "Sex Machine" is overly lengthy and chaotic to the point of self-indulgence, which detracts from the album's quality. Overall, this album is a highly enjoyable, brimming with energy.
1. ztand - 0 2. nigger - 1 3. higher - 1 4. uuatching - 0 5. zimple - 1.5 6. people - 1.5 7. zez - 1.5 8. try - 1 9. ztand - 1 10. higher - 0 11. try - 1 12. zoul - 0 13. brain - 1
First time listen (and second and third). A great album 👍
I didn't liked because i don't understand the concept of the disc. A
Listened: 24/02/2025 Album no: 24 % rating: 69% Fave Song: Sex Machine Not my first Sly and the family stone experience and it won’t be my last. Lots of funky bangers on this one which is a nice welcome change. I can also imagine that this band were quite controversial back in the day, but love that for them. The instrument on Sex Machine sounded like someone scatting which was super cool. Yeah, enjoyed!
funky asf
What can I say? It's Sly! Without Sly, there would be a much different Prince...
irritating funk
Not bad
p good !!
I always heard this band named as one of the pioneers of funk. But I never really heard them before. This is fun music, great grooves. The song Stand is my favorite so far. Apparently some of the songs from this album are very popular. But not where I come from. All the songs were new to me. Let's just say that in the early 70s my country wasn't in any shape to receive optimistic music. It was probably banned too. Isn't this the kind of music that later derived into "jam music"? the ones where they just play on a groove and each instrument solo for a long time?. It sounds like that to me.
Yeah I dont know about this one.
So good wow. Every song is so catchy and unique and the grooves are amazing. Also love the constant rotation of vocal textures. So good
Fiiire. Short and sweet, with enough funk and rock and lovely songwriting to keep me happy.
5 old time favourite
funky soul
Another great 60’s album. Somebody’s watching you a 60’s song about consumerism?
Great old funk.
Pretty pretty alright
This is a fucking fun album. I don't have a huge amount to say about it, but Sly and the Family Stone brought some excellent early funk to the 70s scene 4/5
I was not very familiar with Sly & The Family Stone, like I had heard of them but I never heard their music. Well this album is a great jumping off point cause it’s super funky and powerful. There’s some songs in this album with VERY powerful lyrics and topics. But the thing that grabbed my attention the most was the music. The music is so good I would’ve been cool with the second half of the album being instrumental versions of all the songs on the album. Even though it wasn’t like a perfect 5, I’d still recommend this album to someone unfamiliar with it.
So many bangers, and then Sex Machine...
Yes
pretty good stuff
Good
Yeah excellent. Would never listen normally. Sound is superb and the instrumentation fantastic, classic funk but with without the need for chic-esque guitar attack, still lots of energy through the rhythm and the horns. Loved the overall vibe, huge influences from RnB and psychadelia. The only downside for me is the show-tuneyness, it was predictable in a sense that the sound is so familiar, but often melodies would follow a more musical, show-tune-esque path that the psychadelia I was expecting. This kid of reduced the cool factor that's brimming in the funk and soul elements but still very highly rated album if not totally fitting with what I was expecting. 'You can make it if you try' probably the standout track for me.
Wauw, dit album was iets hoor! Stand is een soort funky protest song, en dan nummer 2... Dit is een soort funky protest album? Een soort van als je sex zou willen hebben maar ook Public Enemy wilt luisteren. En dan is dit volgens mij nog ouder dan PE ook! Ja dit is gewoon keiharde funk, met nog eens een boodschap er in ook. Keihard, en natuurlijk fijn dat het 7e nummer voor mij zo bekend is, een 13 minuten durende funky jazzy interlude. Perfect man! Enige reden dat het niet 5 sterren krijgt is toch omdat sommige stukken helemaal doodvallen en minder hard funken dan ik toch wel van een 5 sterren funk album verwacht. Maar een absoluut verdiende 4 sterren! FAVO: Stand, Everyday People, Sex Machine, You can make it if you try
It was pleasant
Sounds like a more fancy Jackson 5 at times, with much better instruments and guitar solos especially, but altogether it was a pretty boring album. Maybe the woodstock performance was better, but the recording was just average.
Was enjoying the vibe but nothing outstanding until Sex Machine started! 13.46 worthy minutes
Sex Machine отлично подойдет для секса! как раз идет 13 минут - мне на два раза хватит!!
A pretty good album, I liked Stand! and You Can Make It If You Try.
Thundercat, RHCP etc. wouldn’t exist without Sly.
This funk I can get behind.
Great
Loved this, super funky and energetic. Favourite tracks: Stand!, I Want to Take You Higher & Sex Machine. Will definitely be revisiting. 4/5
4.5/5, first two tracks took me a minute to get into but by the time I was at track 3 I was in all the way. Bumped up to 5. This is fantastic
Stand! is an album i actually really enjoyed. I felt that the first Sly & The Family Stone album i listened to (There's A Riot Goin' On) was good but a little boring as the album could get really samey. This one is a lot better because it does not feel nearly as samey and still had all the cool elements that album did. The songs actually were pretty cool sounding with all the things they did and the lyrics could be a fairly mixed bag ranging from pretty smart to pretty dumb. There were only a few parts i could consider annoying but none of them were ever enough to detract from my enjoyment of this album. Best Song: Sing a Simple Song Worst Song: Sex Machine
This is the second Sly and The Family Stone albums I've gotten and it's pretty consistent with the last album. It's pretty solid throughout with a lot of great songs. The second song was a little jarring to hear and felt a out of place on the album. Otherwise just another great addition to the list.
I thought it was interesting but didn’t really connect with.
Funky and soulful, fun listen.
This one was alright!
This was good. Some of the language hasn't aged well... Of it's time!
War mir etwas zu stressig.
Just an incredible display of psychedelic soul and funk, with only a slight problem with album flow. Anyone that likes funk will love this.
it’s kind of messy and too long but I simply do not care it’s soooo god damn funky!
I understand the cultural significance of this band and album, but in my opinion the majority of the music doesn’t resonate with me. There are some great songs and great funky grooves. A solid album.
3.5*
Amazing album. A great mix of funk, psychedelia rock, soul... just outstanding. Everyday People is by far the best song on this album, but don't sleep on Stand, and I Want To Take You Higher. 4.25/5 which goes to a 4. Sex Machine is a bit too long and boring.
I jus
Wow! Was für ein Banger! Dieses Album sprüht nur so vor Lebensfreude und guter Laune und lässt keinen Fuß stillstehen. Die Dudes sind mit so viel Enthusiasmus bei der Sache, dass das Album mit seiner Mischung aus Rock, Funk und Soul nie langweilig wird. Wahrscheinlich eher eine 4, aber das Album hat mich total begeistert, deshalb die erste 5, auch wenn es zeitgeschichtlich wahrscheinlich nicht so wichtig war. Hammerplatte. Mein Favorit: I Want to Take You Higher (und auch ein bisschen das knapp 14-minütige Sex Machine, und Sing a Simple Song ist auch cool).
One of the smartest records of the 20th century, and one of the tastiest to listen to. For me, it ever so slightly edges out Curtis Mayfield's and Marvin Gaye's socially aware masterpieces b/c it incorporates gravity w/ humor, and connects our psychic lives with upfront realities: 'shady as a lady with a mustache'; 'You're in trouble when you find it's hard for you to smile / A simple song might make it better for a little while'; 'I am everyday people.' You gotta etch out a special place for albums that make you feel good like no other. This is one of those informed blisses; groove-daring answers to our problems. You throw it on and may as well have a great day. Why not? You may also pick up a copy of Das Kapital and scold a landlord. Hell yeah.
Excellent production, great musicianship, boring bollocks.
It’s ok
Good album, I imagine at the time some of this would have been pretty groundbreaking. Hard to ding it for anything but not sure how often I'll be coming back
All killer no filler. Hits harder than a lot of later funk albums but also brings a sense of euphoria and bliss that won't be seen again until rave in the 90s. Stand! opens the album with a call to action and breaks down into a dj-ready funky coda which was sampled multiple times in the 90s. Don't Call me Nigger, Whitey continues the socially conscious lyrics with p-funk style noodling punctuated by intense build-ups powered by lung popping horn scales. I Want to Take You Higher is quintessential '69 with punchy blues inspired guitars and organs, euphoric vocals and a great harmonica solo. Somebody's Watching You is a nice piece of soul with a great message but its let down by weird mixing (why do they have the backing vocals running through a drivethru speaker?) Sing a Simple Song recovers the otherwise excellent production with hard hitting drums and horn stabs and a highly differentiated stereo image. I can't do justice to Everyday People in words. Sex Machine is a blues instrumental number which gradually picks up pace with double-time high hats being joined by increasingly intense solos, culminating in a highly processed guitar solo at the end (at times sounding like a neurofunk bassline!) You Can Make it If You Try ends the album with a positive message and an infectious (and rythmically clever) hooks. Bonus points for being the defining sample for the Jungle Brother's album. This album is the whole package - it carries a strong message about unity that's lived by the band itself. It's driven by the rythym section. The performances are tight and the mixing (with the exception above) finds a place for every part. Not a single second of its 41 minute run time is wasted.
A powerful album by a great composer and band leader who lets his musicians shine. I like the start and the end of the album, some tracks in the middle are not as great which is why I wouldn't rank it amongst the big soul albums - still very good.
Not entirely sure it needed all ofthe 13 minute song, and this is from a Godspeed fan. Opening song was good - actually it’s amazing, but the next few didn’t really grab me until the singles. I’m glad I listened to it, but I didn’t love most of it.
Crazy Production for the 60's, and above that the songs are ridiculously catchy and powerful.
fun.
***An ok album
Early funk from the late 1960's. It is not that I necessarily love all the songs on this album, but it certainly oozes fun and creativity (particularly loved the almost 14' of Sex Machine and the groove of I Want to Take you Higher). Excellent musicianship too.
Good funk sound. Some great songs.
Funk. Starts. Here.
31/01/25 The album grew on me the more I got into it.
3, 4
Great but my word the jams drag on
Stone cold classic! Track 2 is certainly… interesting.
This is probably Sly and the Family Stone’s greatest album, combining heartfelt soul, funk and gospel with some searing social commentary. The transition from the first track ‘Stand!’ into ‘Don’t Call Me N****r, Whitey’ is shocking, and justifiably so, especially to a comfortably off, middle class white man like myself. Apart from this, the highlights are the drum break on the instrumental Sex Machine and the joyous Everyday People.
Really entertaining funk/soul/pop, and not just fun (track 2 is something). Perfect to brighten the day.
It was good, but it didn’t strike me in the same way that the other albums have so far. I can enjoy some of these songs but others kind of lose me in the later parts of the album.
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.
Normally I love some soul but some songs were a little too much for me. Still there were enough highlights (everyday people) for me to give it a 3/5
This was awesome. This album was full of life great lyrics and a guitar that was singing from front to back. I'll add this album to my personal library!
I didn't really love this. It wasn't horrible, but I wont be giving it a re-listen.
Unique
this was kinda boring to me, not nearly as engaging as the other sly stone music i’ve listened to…a bit too easy on the ear…
this was pretty interesting. very funky and lively. I'm not sure I would choose this over any of the other soul we've heard so far (some of it reminded me of James Brown and I kinda wished I was just listening to James Brown). but this definitely has a different kind of melodic flair that I did enjoy. Fav tracks: Everyday People, My Brain (Zig-Zag)
The best songs of Sly & the Family Stone are great and the others are just okay. All in all 4 stars or B+ for this album.
This album turned out to be way more upbeat and exciting than I was expecting. I’ve never really had a chance to dive deep into old funk albums, but this one definitely had a huge influence on where music is today. I recognized so many elements that have been sampled in more modern music. This album also highlights just how influential music from the 60s was, showcasing the creativity and originality that defined that era
Gostei desse álbum. Soul, psicodelic, funk, já me ganha. Mas esse eu gostei bastante de Stand!, Don't Call Me N*****, Whitey e Somebody's Watching You. Além de Sex Machine, claro!
rock psicodélico maneiro demais. 3,5
Great musicianship and dig the funk and political lyrics. The hits are classics, of course, but Sex Machine is a slog and half the album.
I really liked this. There are the two big hits and the long instrumental that I liked. Nothing bad here.
scuffed....
Can see why it was so good, not my style though
A good album to chuck on in the morning. Interesting fusion of blues, rock, funk, r&b with some psychedelic influences which didn't ascend past being merely interesting for myself personally. Favourite songs - Sex Machine, I want to take you higher
Some of the greatest funky shit of all time on here. The switch up in Stand! is pure magic. Instant head bobbing. However, I'm going to be harsh here. There is 13 minute jam that doesn't do much for me. Without that, this would be 5 stars.
Stand! is an ebullient romp that lifts my spirits. https://open.substack.com/pub/richcain/p/project-1001-stand-by-sly-and-the?r=4ztyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
funky, just as i expected it to be not to sound like an old man but modern musicians should go back to fucking around with panning effects again. why don't we experimental with stereo sound anymore. this album has so many parts in it where a single instrument is panned to one ear and like background vocal is panned to the other side. it weird aid the in the groove and rhythm of the music its kind of fun.
Effortlessly cool and jammy, influential on so much of what was to come. There are some sounds on it I don’t particularly enjoy (like production-wise) but obviously you can’t help but groove along. Made me want to rewatch the documentary ‘Summer of Soul’.
Some great songs but nothing really caught me.
This is a pretty good soul/proto-funk album. There are some well-known tracks, like Everyday People and I Want To Take You Higher. Some of the lyrics are a miss for me (track 2), but overall it's a good album. I would listen to it again.
Haunted and persecuted by the second track('s name) It's fine
Good
Would be better live
I love the songs Family Affair and If You Want Me To Stay, so it was cool to hear some more of their work. Stand and Everyday People were real highlights of this album and ones that I'll listen to in the future. However, Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey was a pretty full on listen and not only for the lyrics! The repetition was grating quite quickly and a few other songs on the album went in that general direction too. Overall it was a good listen and I picked up a couple of great tracks to add to my knowledge of what was a very cool band
Perfect antidote to The Eagles
Pretty cool stuff
Good funky stuff
Funk in the trunk
Racy and thought provokin
Amazing, really enjoyed this album especially sex machine
very nice, funky style
A great combination of funk and civic duty
Classic but not really for me right now
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.
This album was a surprise. I was expecting something more soul-y but it had a lot more funk. “Don’t call me ****** whitey” was a revelation and I have tried to look at o see if there was a story behind it because it seems powerful but I found nothing yet. A fun album.
Some pretty catchy songs, not bad
Some good songs but nothing grabbed me.
Faultless funk. Bollocks blues.
my legs got tired
Shagadelic baby
3 out of 5 stars. Overall, an uneven album. Stand out classic tracks, Stand!, I Want To Take You Higher, and Everyday People help prop the album up, around what I feel was a lot of filler. You Can Make It If You Try was a decent stand out as well.
Listened to whilst driving so no track by track. I expected this album to click straight away and to enjoy it from the get go but for me the first 3 tracks just didn’t really connect. I can’t really put my finger on why at the moment but will definitely be revisiting this to try and get a better understanding of them. That being said after the first 3 tracks, the album starts to find its feet and each song continues to improve on its predecessor. For me the peak of the album and as far as I can tell the climax and centre point is Sex Machine. What an incredibly funk filled sprawling epic! A hypnotic instrumental masterpiece that borders on prog rock in the best way possible. The album ends on a great note with You can make it if you try being short (by comparison) and sweet. Overall enjoyed this album will definitely be coming back for future listens, unsure if the first handful of songs will click. 3.5/5
Sztosik funk. Mega pozytywna płytka, a jednocześnie bardzo skillowa, ciekawa technicznie/technologicznie (cały czas nie wiem, czy pewne dźwięki to była bardzo ciekawa technika grania na gitarze, czy głos wokalisty przepuszczony przez milion efektów). Plus mega postępowe treści, znak czasów pokolenia dzieci kwiatów i końca walki o koniec segregacji rasowej w Stanach. Bardzo mi się to podobało. Teksty super, muzyka bardzo fajna, ogólnie mega dobre doświadczenie.
Album is good but not spectacular it's 3,5/5 for me. Customary joke was censored by me because phonetic simillarity of slay and slave doesn't look good in writing.
Favourite songs: Stand!, somebody’s watching you, sex machine, you can make it if you try and my brain (zig zig). The albums alright, there’s some catchy stuff but not the best overall. 3 stars
Wouldn't listen for second time
would never listen again
Funk soul album the guitar has a unique sound that feels alive
i want to take you higher is nice you can make it if you try is a classic overall nice and groovy, not my usual genre but got some bangers!
nice fav track: You Can Make It If You Try - Somebody's Watching You
At least three all-time classic songs on this album, including the title track and "Everyday People." Though much of the rest feels like funkadelic filler, those tracks alone make this a great album.
Very soul filled
in comparison with There's a Riot Goin' On, the S&TFS album I got assigned for this list about two dozen days ago, Stand! is much more exuberant. Riot was borne out of isolation and drug-addled pessimism, whereas this record feels much more like a clear-headed plea for empathy and understanding. the band is insanely tight, and it's great to actually get to hear them together more! Sly's solo experimentations reap their own rewards, but this feels much more like a "Family Affair". personal note as someone who regularly plays in horn sections like the Family Stone's: I really started to sweat as I heard that horn line get so, so high on track 2 (the one I'm not going to type the name of)! half the fun here for me is listening to Cynthia Robinson and Jerry Martini work. from the jammier cuts to the more carefully constructed numbers, there's not a weak link across any of the eight songs presented in this tracklist, and some of them (especially "I Want to Take You Higher", "Everyday People" and the title track) rank among the best Black American music ever made. the pop, prog, and psych contingents of the soul and funk music movements all win here, and in pretty big ways. light 9/10.
Funky.
Well made and innovative. Varied and provocative. Still not what I want to listen to regularly.
Almost lost me during the 14 minute blues song but overall really good.
Great jam! This is really good funk. Love the base, the harmonies, the soul!
это реально вайб слушая такую музыку и проникаясь такими людьми вот прям хочется жить