8.21.2007

If You Can't Sit Through 6 Hours of Funk-dified Madness...


The final entry in the 40th anniversary restoration campaign of the great album discography of the first golden decade of Sly & The Family Stone – which kicked off with the spring release of the expanded editions of their seven original studio albums on Epic Records (1967-1974) – now comes full circle as Greatest Hits arrives in stores Aug 28th on Epic/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAIN¬MENT.
With no new studio album shaping up for Sly in the crucial year-end tonnage, the creation of Greatest Hits quickly took on a life of its own that fall. The track choices were virtually pre-ordained – every one of Sly & The Family Stone’s ten sides that made the pop and R&B charts were on the menu, plus “Fun” (from Life) and “You Can Make It If You Try” (from Stand!), one of the Woodstock favorites. Greatest Hits was a runaway Christmas best-seller, hit # 1 R&B and # 2 pop, has sold in excess of 5-times RIAA platinum to date, and is listed at # 60 on the Rolling Stone 500.

"Everyday People" (AKA The Toyota Themesong)

BUY ME! (Though I think you should sit your ass down and listen to those 6 hours, son).

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