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- Fresh
- - 12,167 plays
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Sly & the Family Stone
Released 1973

Thankful N' Thoughtful
04:49
905 plays

Skin I'm In
02:45
905 plays

If It Were Left Up to Me
01:55
736 plays

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songs

- 1
- In Time
- 05:45
- 1,335 plays

- 2
- If You Want Me to Stay
- 02:39
- 3,049 plays

- 3
- Let Me Have It All
- 02:13
- 1,104 plays

- 4
- Frisky
- 03:26
- 1,052 plays

- 5
- Thankful N' Thoughtful
- 04:49
- 905 plays

- 6
- Skin I'm In
- 02:45
- 905 plays

- 7
- I Don't Know (Satisfaction)
- 03:33
- 704 plays

- 8
- Keep on Dancin'
- 02:42
- 724 plays

- 9
- Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
- 05:12
- 1,018 plays

- 10
- If It Were Left Up to Me
- 01:55
- 736 plays

- 11
- Babies Makin' Babies
- 04:19
- 728 plays

album review

Fresh expands and brightens the slow grooves of There's a Riot Goin' On, turning them, for the most part, into friendly, welcoming rhythms. There are still traces of the narcotic haze of Riot, particularly on the brilliant, crawling inversion of "Que Sera, Sera," yet this never feels like an invitation into a junkie's lair. Still, this isn't necessarily lighter than Riot -- in fact, his social commentary is more explicit, and while the music doesn't telegraph his resignation the way Riot did, it comes from the same source. So, Fresh winds up more varied, musically and lyrically, which may not make it as unified, but it does result in more traditional funk that certainly is appealing in its own right. Besides, this isn't conventional funk -- it's eccentric, where even concise catchy tunes like "If You Want Me to Stay" seem as elastic as the opener, "In Time." That's the album's ultimate charm -- it finds Sly precisely at the point where he's balancing funk and pop, about to fall into the brink, but creating an utterly individual album that wound up being his last masterwork and one of the great funk albums of its era. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide