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Track Listings
| 1. Luv 'n' Haight |
| 2. Just Like A Baby |
| 3. Poet |
| 4. Family Affair |
| 5. Africa Talks To You 'The Asphalt Jungle' |
| 6. There's A Riot Goin' On |
| 7. Brave And Strong |
| 8. You Caught Me Smilin' |
| 9. Time |
| 10. Spaced Cowboy |
| 11. Running Away |
| 12. Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa |
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The Civil Rights movement was undergoing a gradual, fitful death, militant Black Power factions were gaining in popularity, and Stone himself had become dangerously addicted to cocaine. There's A Riot Goin' On was marked at the time to be the start of Sly and the Family Stone's decline, but it has since proved to be their most enduring album. There's A Riot Goin' On revelled in psychedelic menace, the sweet soul once favoured by the multi-racial musical collective now corrupted by the powerful hangover that eclipsed the hedonism of the previous decade. There's still a firm grasp of soul's vitality, as on "Family Affair," but it's the slow, murky funk of "Thankyou For Talkin' To Me Africa", and the freaked, deranged yodels of "Spaced Cow Boy" that prove enduring documents of Sly's dizzying take on the nation's social unrest. There's A Riot Goin' On is the sound of the world's biggest party turning sour from the inside. --Louis Pattison
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During the late '60s, Sly and the Family Stone was the emblem of the new utopia-- celebratory, integrated, intent on breaking down walls, and full of relentlessly positive, idealistic energy. 1971's THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON directly contradicted all of these characteristics. Instead, the album represented the dark days of post-'60s disillusionment--a move from right-here/right-now ethos to reflection ("Time"), from integration to separatism ("Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa"), and from Sly's exuberant cheerleading to a weary, craggy-voiced vocal style. Many fans considered the album a "downer" at the time.
In truth, RIOT is stunningly innovative and artistically accomplished. Here Sly began playing with subtle, sophisticated rhythms, creating webs of interlocking parts and textures, foregrounding mood over pop structures. The production is murky, keeping with the dark, edgy themes of the album, yet it is packed with detail. The burbling guitars, keys, lock-pop bass, and ghostly vocals create a warm,enveloping cocoon, as on the honeyed, heavy-lidded groove of "Just Like A Baby", the percolating surge of "Family Affair" (one of Sly's finest moments), and "(You Caught Me) Smilin'", which catches a wistful flash of the old optimism. Though it may be a challenging listen for the uninitiated, THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON rewards endless repeated listens.
In truth, RIOT is stunningly innovative and artistically accomplished. Here Sly began playing with subtle, sophisticated rhythms, creating webs of interlocking parts and textures, foregrounding mood over pop structures. The production is murky, keeping with the dark, edgy themes of the album, yet it is packed with detail. The burbling guitars, keys, lock-pop bass, and ghostly vocals create a warm,enveloping cocoon, as on the honeyed, heavy-lidded groove of "Just Like A Baby", the percolating surge of "Family Affair" (one of Sly's finest moments), and "(You Caught Me) Smilin'", which catches a wistful flash of the old optimism. Though it may be a challenging listen for the uninitiated, THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON rewards endless repeated listens.
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