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| 1. Dance To The Music |
| 2. Higher (Single Version) |
| 3. I Ain't Got Nobody (For Real) |
| 4. Dance To The Medley: |
| 5. Ride the Rhythm |
| 6. Color Me True |
| 7. Are You Ready |
| 8. Don't Burn Baby |
| 9. I'll Never Fall in Love Again |
| 10. Dance To The Music (Single Version) |
| 11. Higher (Single Version) |
| 12. Soul Clappin' |
| 13. We Love All |
| 14. I Can't Turn You Loose |
| 15. Never Do Your Woman Wrong (Instrumental) |
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This release is given four stars due to the excellent bonus tracks which feature single versions and previously unreleased recordings such as the dramatic slow burning 'We Love All'. The actual 1968 release of 'Dance to the Music' is a 3-star album mainly due to its length and depth of material. Larry Graham is the dominant force on this album and his funky basslines lay down an upbeat groove throughout a very upbeat and positive album, the title track 'Dance to the Music' being the major hit. This album hasn't dated well and the song structures are all to familiar however it is worth remembering that Sly probably came up with the ideas in the first place.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
GET UP AND DANCE TO THE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!
21 April 2007
Format:Audio CD
In my humble opinion,the title track that starts off this album is one of the most perfect pop and soul songs ever recorded!!!It blasts right into existance,spotlights each musician and who can't sing it?It's a MUSICAL DIRECTIVE that's been going on for generation after generation.Obviously one doesn't expect the rest of this album to be able to keep up.But BY GOLLY IT DOES and with plenty more to burn;as an album,but purely a single 'Dance To The Music' is leaps ahead of A Whole New Thing in terms of songwriting and even energym,plenty of which is present on that debut.So what exactly does Sly do here?He just makes sure people who loved the classic single and bought this album hoping to hear more got JUST THAT!"Higher" is also enormous fun-so fresh,bouncy and carnavalesqe that Sly elected to UTTERLY transform it for another big hit on Stand! (you know the one).Then there's "Dance To The Medley"-the title track fleshed out and extended into a KILLER twelve minutes jam where the musicians don't just get spotlighted but DISTINCT SOLOS (Larry Graham's crackling fuzz bass being the highlite of course)and what comes next?Yet MORE catchy,hook filled funky tunes to make you DANCE "Ride The Rhythm",Color Me True","Are You Ready",the more creeping psychedelia of "Don't Burn Baby" and "I'll Never Fall In Love Again".And the bonus cuts?Well aside from th single edit of the title song and "Higher" you get "Soul Clappin","We Love All", the amazing "I Can't Turn You Loose" (don't know why it didn't make the final cut) and 'Never Do Your Woman Wrong",so it's all more more MORE!!!!So 'Dance To The Music' is not only Sly's greatest early album but actually not a bad place to get an introduction to his music.And try to listen to this album,stay still and NOT BE ABLE to avoid breaking out in a sweat!If Amazon let me give this twenty stars,that wouldn't be enough!!!Amazing!!
Love it!
18 Mar 2012
Format:Audio CD
Get up and dance! Don't analyze too much just enjoy the grooves.Fantastic sophomore album.Pure funk!
I got first five albums and this one stands tall.
I got first five albums and this one stands tall.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Not bad as far as record company cash-ins go
17 Nov 2007
Format:Audio CD
The title song was a breakthrough, not just for the group (though it was their first hit), but for the world of popular music in general: it was an early example of a funk song, and it has some elements of rap (the percussion-and-voice part in particular). And then there's, um, a lot of recycling: good as it is, the twelve-minute "Dance to the Medley" is pretty much a twelve-minute rewrite of "Dance to the Music"; "Ride the Rhythm" and "Are You Ready" are similar, only lame: unlike "Medley", they don't work as dance tracks, so all their flaws (simplistic lyrics; predictable chord progressions; dull melodies) come to the fore. And "Higher" is notable only for being an ancestor of "I Want to Take You Higher" - it's truly a boring song outside of its minor historical importance. And "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" is a pained soul ballad. That leaves a couple pretty good songs: the soulful "I Ain't Got No One (for Real)", and the group's first pro-integration anthem, "Color Me True".
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