Sly & The Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin’ On (1971/2013)
Жанр: Funk, Pop/Rock
Носитель: SACD
Год издания: 1971/2013
Издатель: Org Music
Номер по каталогу: CORM 1079 SA
Аудиокодек: DSD64 2.0
Тип рипа: image (iso)
Продолжительность: 00:47:58
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да
Образ снят с помощью: Sony PlayStation 3 и утилиты sacd-ripper version 0.21
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01.Luv N' Haight 04:04
02.Just Like A Baby 05:13
03.Poet 03:02
04.Family Affair 03:06
05.Africa Talks To You (‘The Asphalt Jungle’) 08:44
06.There’s A Riot Goin’ On 00:04
07.Brave & Strong 03:31
08.(You Caught Me) Smilin’ 02:56
09.Time 03:05
10.Spaced Cowboy 03:59
11.Runnin’ Away 02:57
12.Thank You For Talkin’ To Me, Africa 07:18
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There’s A Riot Goin’ On
There’s a Riot Goin’ On is the fifth studio album by American funk and soul band Sly and the Family Stone, released November 20, 1971 on Epic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place primarily throughout 1970 to 1971 at Record Plant Studios in Sausalito, California.
In contrast to their previous studio work with psychedelic soul, as featured on Stand! (1969), There’s a Riot Goin’ On embraces a darker, more foreboding funk sound, while also rejecting the band’s successful melodic formula that was featured on their previous hit singles. The original title of the album was intended to be Africa Talks to You, but was retitled There’s a Riot Goin’ On in response to Marvin Gaye’s landmark album What’s Going On (1971), which was released five months prior to Riot.
There’s a Riot Goin’ On debuted at number-one on the Billboard Pop Albums and Soul Albums charts upon its release, while the album’s lead single, “Family Affair” (1971), topped the Pop Singles chart. On November 8, 1972, There’s a Riot Goin’ On was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the US. It went on to ship 1 million copies, earning a platinum certification by the RIAA on September 7, 2001.
After an ambivalent reaction upon its release, the album’s critical standing has improved significantly, leading to its praise as one of the greatest and most influential recordings of all time. There’s a Riot Goin’ On has also been ranked at or near the top of many publications’ “best album” lists in disparate genres. In 2003, the album was ranked number 99 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
All Music Review
It’s easy to write off There’s a Riot Goin’ On as one of two things — Sly Stone’s disgusted social commentary or the beginning of his slow descent into addiction. It’s both of these things, of course, but pigeonholing it as either winds up dismissing the album as a whole, since it is so bloody hard to categorize. What’s certain is that Riot is unlike any of Sly & the Family Stone’s other albums, stripped of the effervescence that flowed through even such politically aware records as Stand! This is idealism soured, as hope is slowly replaced by cynicism, joy by skepticism, enthusiasm by weariness, sex by pornography, thrills by narcotics. Joy isn’t entirely gone — it creeps through the cracks every once and awhile and, more disturbing, Sly revels in his stoned decadence. What makes Riot so remarkable is that it’s hard not to get drawn in with him, as you’re seduced by the narcotic grooves, seductive vocals slurs, leering electric pianos, and crawling guitars. As the themes surface, it’s hard not to nod in agreement, but it’s a junkie nod, induced by the comforting coma of the music. And damn if this music isn’t funk at its deepest and most impenetrable — this is dense music, nearly impenetrable, but not from its deep grooves, but its utter weariness. Sly’s songwriting remains remarkably sharp, but only when he wants to write — the foreboding opener “Luv N’ Haight,” the scarily resigned “Family Affair,” the cracked cynical blues “Time,” and “(You Caught Me) Smilin’.” Ultimately, the music is the message, and while it’s dark music, it’s not alienating — it’s seductive despair, and that’s the scariest thing about it.
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