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Small Talk (CD)

By: Sly & The Family Stone (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Small Talk (CD) Album By Sly & The Family Stone (Artist...
1   Small Talk
2   Say You Will
3   Mother Beautiful
4   Time For Livin'
5   Can't Strain My Brain
6   Loose Booty
7   Holdin' On
8   Wishful Thinkin'
9   Better Thee Than Me
10   Livin' While I'm Livin'
11   This Is Love
12   Crossword Puzzle - (previously unreleased, Bonus Track/Early Version)
13   Time For Livin' - (previously unreleased, alternate take, Bonus Track)
14   Loose Booty - (previously unreleased, alternate take, Bonus Track)
15   Positive - (previously unreleased, instrumental, Bonus Track)
 

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Review

Down Beat (p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here's an overall reflective tone as Stone toys more with balladry."

Title Note

Sly & The Family Stone: Freddie Stone (guitar); Sid Page (violin); Pat Rizzo (flute); Jerry Martini (saxophone); Cynthia Robinson (trumpet); Rose Stone Banks, Vet Stewart (keyboards); Sly Stone, Rusty Allen (bass guitar); Bill Lordan (drums).

Recording information: Paramount Studio, Hollywood, California.

First released in 1974, by which time the name Sly Stone had become a byword for missed shows and drug dependency, SMALL TALK nevertheless contains some sparks of life. The album's sound is very much in the FRESH mold, with tightly recorded bass and keyboards to the fore, while Stone's vocals, though increasingly wasted-sounding and bolstered by the Little Sister vocal group, still have moments of authority..

As evidenced by the cover picture, and song titles like "Mother Beautiful" and "Time For Livin'," this is one of the artist's mellowest sets, and his gift for assembling uniquely funky tracks is evident on the vintage-sounding "Loose Booty" and the sing-song "Can't Strain My Brain," which carries echoes of FRESH's "If You Want Me to Stay." There's also the fine doo-wop-era throwback of "This Is Love," with Little Sister's vocals recalling a more innocent era, and though the title track's attempts at cutesiness sound a little creepy, there's still enough of the old Sly in these grooves for diehard fans to latch on to.

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