Fresh [sound recording] / Sly & the Family Stone.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 82796 90275 2 | EpicPublication details: New York : Epic, p2007.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unp. : ill. ; 12 cm.)Subject(s): | Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD
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Main Library | CD | POP/ROCK Sly & the Family Stone | Available | 33111005450925 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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
Compact disc.
Previously released material 1973 except bonus tracks previously unreleased.
Program notes and lyrics in accompanying booklet.
In time -- If you want me to stay -- Let me have it all -- Frisky -- Thankful n' thoughtful -- Skin I'm in -- I don't know (satisfaction) -- Keep on dancin' -- Que será será = (Whatever will be, will be) -- If it were left up to me -- Babies makin' babies -- Bonus tracks: Let me have it all (alternate mix) ; Frisky (alternate mix) -- Skin I'm in (alternate mix) ; Keep on dancin' (alternate mix) -- Babies makin' babies (alternate take).
Sly & The Family Stone; with vocal and instrumental acc.