Soul, Funk, und Psychedelicmusic. Gefurt von Sanger, Produzent und Multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone wechselte die Band standig ihre Mitglieder und beinhaltete Bruder, Freunde
von Sly. Die Gruppe gilt als erste Multikultiband mit schwarzen, wei?en, Mannern und Frauen in einer Band.
Bedeutende Kunstler, wie Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Prince, Chuck D, und John Mayer fuhlten sich von Sly and the Family Stone inspiriert.
Life is the third studio album by funk/soul band Sly and the Family Stone, released in September 1968
Heavier reliance on psychedelics and fuzz guitars, plus a sharpening of songcraft that extends to even throwaways like "Chicken." As it turned out, Life didn't have any hits -- the double A-sided single "Life"/"M'Lady" barely cracked the Top 100 -- yet this feels considerably more song-oriented than its predecessor, as each track is a concise slice of tightly wound dance-funk. All the more impressive is that the group is able to strut their stuff within this context, trading off vocals and blending into an unstoppable force where it's impossible to separate the instruments, even as they solo. The songwriting might still be perfunctory or derivative in spots -- listen to how they appropriate "Eleanor Rigby" on "Plastic Jim" -- but what's impressive is how even the borrowed or recycled moments sound fresh in context. And then there are the cuts that work on their own, whether it's the aforementioned double-sided single, "Fun," "Dynamite!," or several other cuts here -- these are brilliant, intoxicating slices of funk-pop that get by as much on sound as song, and they're hard to resist.
"Dynamite!" - 2:46
"Chicken" - 2:14
"Plastic Jim" - 3:31
"Fun" - 2:23
"Into My Own Thing" - 2:15
"Harmony" - 2:52
"Life" - 3:02
"Love City" - 2:44
"I'm an Animal" - 3:20
"M'Lady" - 2:46
Sly and the Family Stone
Sly Stone - vocals, organ, guitar, piano, harmonica, and more
Freddie Stone - vocals, guitar
Larry Graham - vocals, bass guitar
Rosie Stone - vocals, piano, keyboard
Cynthia Robinson - trumpet, vocal ad-libs
Jerry Martini - saxophone
Greg Errico - drums
Little Sister (Vet Stone, Mary McCreary, Elva Mouton) - background vocals
mp3 320
**Enjoy**
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