Sly & the Family Stone discography

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This is a discography for the American band Sly & the Family Stone.

Contents

[edit] Loadstone release

Year A-side / B-side Album US Hot 100 US R&B UK Chart
1972 (recorded in January 1967) "I Ain't Got Nobody"/
"I Can't Turn You Loose"
none

[edit] Epic Records releases

[edit] Albums

Year Album US Top 200 US R&B UK Chart
1967 A Whole New Thing
1968 Dance to the Music 142 11
1968 Life 1 195
1969 Stand! 13 3
1971 There's a Riot Goin' On 1 1
1973 Fresh 7 1
1974 Small Talk 15
1975 High on You 2 45 11
1976 Heard You Missed Me, Well I'm Back 33
Notes:
  1. Issued as M'Lady in Europe
  1. Issued as by "Sly Stone".

[edit] Singles

All B-sides are also listed. Chart positions generally apply to the A-side only; if a B-side charted as well, its position is listed below the position of the A-side.

Year A-side / B-side Album US Hot 100 US R&B UK Chart
1967 "Underdog"/
"Bad Risk" & some copies "Higher"
Dance to the Music/
A Whole New Thing
1967 "Dance To The Music"/
"Let Me Hear it From You"
Dance to the Music/
A Whole New Thing
8 9 7
1968 "Dance A La Musique" 1/
"Small Fries"
none
1968 "Life"/
"M'Lady"
Life 98 37
1968 "Everyday People"/
"Sing a Simple Song"
Stand! 1
89
1
29
1969 "Stand!"/
"I Want to Take You Higher"
Stand! 22
60
14
24
1969 "Hot Fun in the Summertime"/
"Fun"
Greatest Hits/
Life
2 3
1969 "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"2/
"Everybody is a Star"*2
Greatest Hits 1
F
1
-
1970 "I Want to Take You Higher"3/
"Stand!"
Stand! 38
1971 "Family Affair"/
"Luv 'N' Haight"
There's a Riot Goin' On 1 1 14
1972 "Runnin' Away"/
"Brave & Strong"
There's a Riot Goin' On 23 15 17
1972 "(You Caught Me) Smilin'"/
"Luv 'N' Haight"
There's a Riot Goin' On 42
1973 "If You Want Me to Stay"/
"Thankful N' Thoughtful"4
Fresh 12 3
1973 "Frisky"/
"If It Were Left Up to Me"
Fresh 79
-
28
57
1974 "Time for Livin'"/
"Small Talk"
Small Talk 32 10
1974 "Loose Booty"/
"Can't Strain My Brain"
Small Talk 79 22
1975 "I Get High on You"5/
"That's Lovin' You"5
High on You 52 3
1975 "Le Lo Li"5/
"Who Do You Love"5
High on You 75
1976 "Crossword Puzzle"5/
"Greed"5
High on You
1976 "Family Again"/
"Nothing Less Than Happiness"
Heard You Missed Me, Well I'm Back
Notes:
  1. Issued as by "The French Fries", a sped-up alternate version of "Dance to the Music"
  1. "Everybody is a Star" charted as F, for "flipside," but the release was marketed as a double A-sided single.
  1. Re-release of 1969 single, with sides reversed.
  1. Some copies issued with "Babies Makin' Babies" as the b-side.
  1. Issued as by "Sly Stone".

[edit] Warner Bros. Records releases

[edit] Albums

Year Album US Top 200 US R&B UK Chart
1979 Back on the Right Track 152 31
1983 Ain't But the Right Way

[edit] Singles

Year A-side / B-side Album US Hot 100 US R&B UK Chart
1979 "Remember Who You Are"/
"Sheer Energy"
Back on the Right Track 38
1980 "Who's to Say"/
"Same Thing"
Back on the Right Track
1983 "High Y'all"/
"Ha Ha He He"
Ain't But the Right Way

[edit] Compilations

  • 1970: Greatest Hits
  • 1979: Ten Years Too Soon (Epic, disco remix album)
  • 1981: Sly & the Family Stone Anthology (Epic)
  • 1994: Who in the Funk Do You Think You Are: The Warner Bros. Recordings (compiles Back on the Right Track and Ain't But the One Way)
  • 1994: Rock and Roll (KRB Music/compilation of rare pre-Epic recordings, including "I Ain't Got Nobody")
  • 2002: The Essential Sly & the Family Stone (Epic, double-disc, digitally remastered)
  • 2005: Different Strokes by Different Folks (Starbucks Music/remix and cover album by various artists, extended version issued in 2006 by Epic)
  • 2005: Higher! (Starbucks Music)
  • 2007: The Collection (compiles A Whole New Thing, Dance to the Music, Life, Stand!, There's a Riot Goin' On, Fresh, and Small Talk)

[edit] See also