1001 Other Albums on Nostr: Sly & The Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971, US) As randomly chosen ...
Sly & The Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971, US)
As randomly chosen by survey[1] on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 476 on The List, submitted by myself (buffyleigh).
I added both this album and the previous Sly & The Family Stone release (Stand!) to The List, thinking we’d do the spotlights in chronological order. The – I don’t know what word to use – progression? development? deconstruction? disintegration? of the band’s sound between the two albums (a span of just 1 or 2 years) is rather shocking. Like, the whole vibe is so different that I wouldn’t blame someone for thinking these albums are from two entirely different bands. Ideally, I would like to suggest that the two albums should be listened to chronologically in a single listening session for ultimate juxtaposition. But, given everything currently going on right now, I personally am not in the mood for the overall uplifting, optimistic energy of Stand!. The rather dark, pessimistic, disillusioned outlook of There’s a Riot though? Well, that seems like a perfect fit, tbh.
And so, since this album has come up first due to my random survey selection process, we’re going to take a listen to this one today, and hope a better mood will turn up soon that will fit Stand!. Music critic Jon Pareles said that this album was “about turning away from the post-1960s turbulence of the Nixon presidency and withdrawing into music as a hazy refuge.”[2] I don’t know about you, but I will most definitely be withdrawing into my music in search of a hazy refuge this year/the next 4 years. And this album – essentially 48 minutes of ennui – is a great place to start that search.
Songlink: Sly & The Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
Discogs: Sly & The Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ OnThe survey choices that initially led to this spotlight were “Well, I don’t want no Abba Zabba”, “Don’t want no Almond Joy”, “There ain’t nothing better”, and “Suitable for this boy”. The third option was the winning selection, and so the survey result was translated as picking the third album in The List that contained a word in the phrase – in this case, “there”. ↩︎Via the Wikipedia page. ↩︎
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As randomly chosen by survey[1] on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 476 on The List, submitted by myself (buffyleigh).
I added both this album and the previous Sly & The Family Stone release (Stand!) to The List, thinking we’d do the spotlights in chronological order. The – I don’t know what word to use – progression? development? deconstruction? disintegration? of the band’s sound between the two albums (a span of just 1 or 2 years) is rather shocking. Like, the whole vibe is so different that I wouldn’t blame someone for thinking these albums are from two entirely different bands. Ideally, I would like to suggest that the two albums should be listened to chronologically in a single listening session for ultimate juxtaposition. But, given everything currently going on right now, I personally am not in the mood for the overall uplifting, optimistic energy of Stand!. The rather dark, pessimistic, disillusioned outlook of There’s a Riot though? Well, that seems like a perfect fit, tbh.
And so, since this album has come up first due to my random survey selection process, we’re going to take a listen to this one today, and hope a better mood will turn up soon that will fit Stand!. Music critic Jon Pareles said that this album was “about turning away from the post-1960s turbulence of the Nixon presidency and withdrawing into music as a hazy refuge.”[2] I don’t know about you, but I will most definitely be withdrawing into my music in search of a hazy refuge this year/the next 4 years. And this album – essentially 48 minutes of ennui – is a great place to start that search.
Songlink: Sly & The Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
Discogs: Sly & The Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ OnThe survey choices that initially led to this spotlight were “Well, I don’t want no Abba Zabba”, “Don’t want no Almond Joy”, “There ain’t nothing better”, and “Suitable for this boy”. The third option was the winning selection, and so the survey result was translated as picking the third album in The List that contained a word in the phrase – in this case, “there”. ↩︎Via the Wikipedia page. ↩︎
#1001OtherAlbums #1970s #funk #ListenToThis #music #musicDiscovery #Musodon #SlyAndTheFamilyStone #soul