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- Stand!
- - 32,445 plays
  - 15 favs
  - 17 shares
Sly & the Family Stone
Released 1969

I Want to Take You Higher
05:22
2,935 plays

Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
05:59
2,480 plays

Sex Machine
13:48
2,278 plays

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- 1
- Stand!
- 03:08
- 1,972 plays

- 2
- Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
- 05:59
- 2,480 plays

- 3
- I Want to Take You Higher
- 05:22
- 2,935 plays

- 4
- Somebody's Watching You
- 03:29
- 1,230 plays

- 5
- Sing a Simple Song
- 03:55
- 1,580 plays

- 6
- Everyday People
- 02:20
- 18,906 plays

- 7
- Sex Machine
- 13:48
- 2,278 plays

- 8
- You Can Make It If You Try
- 03:39
- 1,065 plays

album review

Stand! is the pinnacle of Sly & the Family Stone's early work, a record that represents a culmination of the group's musical vision and accomplishment. Life hinted at this record's boundless enthusiasm and blurred stylistic boundaries, yet everything simply gels here, resulting in no separation between the astounding funk, effervescent irresistible melodies, psychedelicized guitars, and deep rhythms. Add to this a sharpened sense of pop songcraft, elastic band interplay, and a flowering of Sly's social consciousness, and the result is utterly stunning. Yes, the jams ("Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey," "Sex Machine") wind up meandering ever so slightly, but they're surrounded by utter brilliance, from the rousing call to arms of "Stand!" to the unification anthem "Everyday People" to the unstoppable "I Want to Take You Higher." All of it sounds like the Family Stone, thanks not just to the communal lead vocals but to the brilliant interplay, but each track is distinct, emphasizing a different side of their musical personality. As a result, Stand! winds up infectious and informative, invigorating and thought-provoking -- stimulating in every sense of the word. Few records of its time touched it, and Sly topped it only by offering its opposite the next time out. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide