There's A Riot Goin' On was the fifth album released by Sylvester Stewart and Funk master Sly Stone and marks a big departure form their earlier albums. In sharp contrast this album marks a much darker and more forboding soundtrack of America's culture circa 1971!
This fantastic album is my personal fav of the lot of Sly Stone releases and clearly they had something to say. There are some major deep grooves here and some truely funky moments that will keep your toes tapping and your fingers slappin!
My fav Sly Stone tune is the funk-a-fried classic "Africa Talks To You" which grooves in at almost nine minutes and features some crazy bass tones and beats (not to mention the best SACD treatment on the disc).
I am sure there are much deeper reviews of this masterpiece album, but if you are into funk then this album is in your wheelhouse!
I was surprised to find this album on SACD from Epic Records from 2013 (last year!)......i had to check a few times myself....
There are no real liner notes to show who remastered this to SACD nor literature beyond original scroll. This is definitely not an audiophile recording and I was surprised to find it on SACD format. Having said that this is not a sonic flop although not a signature disc either. I think the SACD brings out in fact many of the imperfections and mis-adventures on the original master recordings. To my ears this SACD sounds muddy and often filtered and less than dynamic. There are moments where something really stand outs as clearly defined....like a guitar lick or percussion bit. However the whole album seems pretty flat to my ears and a bit too homogenous. There is also a lot of hiss on this SACD version and distortion which much have been on the original recording.
Overall i was dissapointed in this version and am glad I only shelled out $9.99 for this recording.....a great album and a lack lustre remix to SACD.
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