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The Essential Sly & The Family Stone,Sly & the Family Stone

- The Essential Sly & The Family Stone
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Sly & the Family Stone
Released 2002

Time For Livin' (Single Version)
03:15
982 plays

Family Affair (Single Version)
03:05
5,789 plays

Everyday People
02:22
5,788 plays

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songs

- 1
- Underdog
- 03:58
- 2,375 plays

- 2
- I Cannot Make It
- 03:19
- 1,538 plays

- 3
- Dance To The Music
- 02:59
- 5,442 plays

- 4
- Are You Ready?
- 02:49
- 1,812 plays

- 5
- Fun
- 02:22
- 1,421 plays

- 6
- M'Lady
- 02:45
- 1,502 plays

- 7
- Life
- 03:00
- 1,335 plays

- 8
- Love City
- 02:43
- 1,198 plays

- 9
- Stand!
- 03:08
- 2,725 plays

- 10
- Don't Call Me N****r, Whitey
- 05:59
- 1,818 plays

- 11
- I Want To Take You Higher
- 05:23
- 3,029 plays

- 12
- Somebody's Watching You
- 03:20
- 1,250 plays

- 13
- Sing A Simple Song
- 03:56
- 1,829 plays

- 14
- Everyday People
- 02:22
- 5,788 plays

- 15
- You Can Make It If You Try
- 03:39
- 1,688 plays

- 16
- Hot Fun In The Summertime (Single Version)
- 02:37
- 13,169 plays

- 17
- Everybody Is A Star
- 03:03
- 2,299 plays

- 18
- Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
- 04:48
- 10,349 plays

- 19
- Family Affair (Single Version)
- 03:05
- 5,789 plays

- 20
- Luv N' Haight (Single Version)
- 04:01
- 1,196 plays

- 21
- Poet
- 03:01
- 1,168 plays

- 22
- (You Caught Me) Smilin' (Single Version)
- 02:53
- 1,353 plays

- 23
- Runnin' Away (Single Version)
- 02:56
- 1,368 plays

- 24
- Brave & Strong (Single Version)
- 03:30
- 1,072 plays

- 25
- Just Like A Baby
- 05:12
- 1,379 plays

- 26
- Thank You For Talkin' To Me, Africa
- 07:15
- 1,159 plays

- 27
- In Time
- 05:49
- 1,037 plays

- 28
- If You Want Me To Stay (Single Version)
- 02:58
- 5,504 plays

- 29
- Frisky (Single Version)
- 03:10
- 1,181 plays

- 30
- Skin I'm In
- 02:54
- 1,185 plays

- 31
- Babies Makin' Babies (Single Version)
- 03:36
- 1,326 plays

- 32
- If It Were Left Up To Me (Single Version)
- 01:58
- 1,002 plays

- 33
- Time For Livin' (Single Version)
- 03:15
- 982 plays

- 34
- Loose Booty
- 03:46
- 1,247 plays

- 35
- I Get High On You (Single Version)
- 03:14
- 1,123 plays

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album review

The Essential Sly & the Family Stone does what a double-CD best-of/career overview should do: it packs a lot of career highlights into a two-disc set for listeners who want more than the basic greatest hits, but don't want every last album. Of course, all of those greatest hits are here, including a few from 1970 that didn't make it onto album releases at the time. As you'd expect, the fattest slice comes from Sly & the Family Stone's late-'60s/early-'70s peak: in fact, most of the tracks from the Stand! and There's a Riot Goin' On albums are here. The fun extras come in the not-too-well-known tracks from pre-Stand! albums and Fresh (which is actually amply represented, with six cuts). This doesn't quite deserve the highest rating, as the post-There's a Riot Goin' On material doesn't keep up the momentum of the rest of the set. Small Talk and Sly Stone's 1975 solo effort, High on You, are wisely lightly plucked, though at least the hits from those albums are the three cuts selected. This deserves better annotation than the cursory liner notes, but otherwise it's an excellent summary of a major rock and soul band. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide