Stand!

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Stand! is the fourth album by Sly and the Family Stone and came out on 3 May 1969 on Epic Records, shortly before the Woodstock performance. Sly Stone wrote and produced it himself. It followed Life, which had not worked commercially: none of the first three albums had got above position 100 on the Billboard chart. A large part was recorded at Pacific High Recording Studios in San Francisco. Stephen Paley remembered how concentrated Sly was at the time.

The record contains Stand!, I Want to Take You Higher, Sing a Simple Song and Everyday People, already a number 1 when the album came out. In Everyday People, Larry Graham introduces the slap-pop bass. Sex Machine is a thirteen-minute jam in which every band member gets a solo. The album reached number 13 and became one of the most successful of the 1960s. It mixes rock, funk and soul, and white and Black voices.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Stand!3:08Apple Music ↗
2. 2Don't Call Me N****r, Whitey5:58Apple Music ↗
3. 3I Want to Take You Higher5:22Apple Music ↗
4. 4Somebody's Watching You3:20Apple Music ↗
5. 5Sing a Simple Song3:56Apple Music ↗
6. 6Everyday People2:22Apple Music ↗
7. 7Sex Machine13:46Apple Music ↗
8. 8You Can Make It If You Try3:38Apple Music ↗
9. 9Stand! (Single Version)3:08Apple Music ↗
10. 10I Want to Take You Higher (Single Version)3:01Apple Music ↗
11. 11You Can Make It If You Try (Single Version)3:38Apple Music ↗
12. 12Soul Clappin' II3:26Apple Music ↗
13. 13My Brain (Zig-Zag)3:19Apple Music ↗

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