Sly & The Family Stone - Stand (1969) flac

Tracklist:

[3:08] 01. Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! (Album Version)
[5:58] 02. Sly & The Family Stone - Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey (Album Version)
[5:22] 03. Sly & The Family Stone - I Want to Take You Higher (Album Version)
[3:20] 04. Sly & The Family Stone - Somebody's Watching You (Album Version)
[3:56] 05. Sly & The Family Stone - Sing a Simple Song (Single Version)
[2:22] 06. Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People (Single Version)
[13:46] 07. Sly & The Family Stone - Sex Machine (Album Version)
[3:38] 08. Sly & The Family Stone - You Can Make It If You Try (Album Version)
[3:08] 09. Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! (Single Version)
[3:01] 10. Sly & The Family Stone - I Want to Take You Higher (Single Version)
[3:38] 11. Sly & The Family Stone - You Can Make It If You Try (Single Version)
[3:26] 12. Sly & The Family Stone - Soul Clappin' II (Album Version)
[3:19] 13. Sly & The Family Stone - My Brain (Zig-Zag) (Instrumental)

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
Total length: 00:57:55
Main artist: Sly & The Family Stone
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Epic / Legacy
Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B, R&B
1969. All rights reserved by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

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 /TiVo


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