Sly & The Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin’ On (Red LP Vinyl)
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Recorded largely in Sly Stone's home studio in Bel Air under notoriously chaotic circumstances, the album arrived in November 1971 as a direct rebuke to the utopian energy of Woodstock, where the Family Stone had delivered one of the festival's most electrifying sets just two years prior. The dense, multitrack murk Stone layered onto tracks like "Luv N' Haight" and "Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa" pointed a direct line toward what Prince, D'Angelo, and a generation of soul auteurs would later do alone in their own studios.
There’s A Riot Goin’ On, Sly And The Family Stone’s influential masterpiece of darkly psychedelic funk turns 50 in 2021 and to celebrate, there will be a new limited edition version on red vinyl. The album marked a shift in the band’s tone, striking a more political and militant vibe while showing Sly Stone’s disillusionment with the promise of the 60s. At the same time, it was also a big commercial success, hitting #1 on the album charts while the single “Family Affair” topped the singles charts. Its influence rang throughout the 70s as all of the funk innovators took their cues from this seminal album, and its songs became a favorite for hip hop artist mining sampling gold decades later. It came in at #81 on Rolling Stone’s Greatest Albums Of All Time and besides “Family Affair,” the album features the tracks “Just Like A Baby” and “Africa Talks To You (“Asphalt Jungle”).”
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Side A
Side B
UPC: 194399043516
Label: Sony Legacy
Release Date: 12.17.21
Format: LP Vinyl