Sly and the Family Stone's "There's a Riot Goin On" - yay or nay?

[Taverner]

If you ask me, this is one of his best - even though fans call it a mark of his descent into drugs and reclusion.

What's your thought?

[datasuspect]

1. quadruple yay!

that album is the shit.

[Taverner]

2. The jams the band goes into on that album are awesome

And the fuzzy toned down no-treble sound they use was copied by many after this album. Of course that came from Sly dubbing and overdubbing the sound to get it just right, and was a by product, not the intended effect.

[datasuspect]

3. my fave on that album is "spaced cowboy"

and you cannot go wrong with family affair

[Taverner]

6. I also love "Time for Livin'" but that one's from Small Talk

good tune tho...

[Richard Steele]

4. Yay. it was a snaphot of a time and place that will never be again. nm

[begin_within]

5. I have the original vinyl LP, so

it's a Yay from me.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. I actually bought this last week.

It's excellent -- I especially love "Space Cowboy" and "Thank You For Talkin' To Me, Africa."

I got the new, restored edition, and it has a few bonus tracks that are great as well.