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{{Infobox album
| Name = I'm Back! Family and Friends
| name = I'm Back! Family & Friends
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Sly Stone]]
| artist = [[Sly Stone]]
| Cover =
| cover = familyandfriendscover.jpg
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| Released = {{Start date|2011|8|16}}
| released = {{Start date|2011|8|16}}
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| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Funk]]
| recorded =
| Length =
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| Label = [[Cleopatra Records]]
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| Producer =
| genre = [[Funk]]
| length = 44:12
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| Last album = ''[[Ain't but the One Way]]''<br />(1982)
| label = [[Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra]]
| This album = '''''I'm Back! Family and Friends'''''<br />(Sly Stone)<br />(2011)
| producer = Sly Stone, Chris Lietz, Jürgen Engler
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| prev_title = [[Ain't but the One Way]]
| prev_year = 1982
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{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| noprose = yes
| noprose = yes
| rev1 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/im-back-family-friends-20110816 Rolling Stone]</ref>
| MC = 37/100<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/music/im-back!-family-friends/sylvester-sly-stone-stewart I'm Back! Family & Friends - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Review]. [[Metacritic]]. Retrieved December 10, 2013.</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[AllMusic]]'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/im-back-family-friends-r2242176/review AllMusic]</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/im-back-family-friends-r2242176/review AllMusic]</ref>
| rev2 = [[The A.V. Club]]
| rev2Score = D<ref>Hyden, Steven (August 23, 2011). [http://www.avclub.com/review/sly-stone-emim-back-family-and-friendsem-60637 Sly Stone: I’m Back! Family And Friends]. [[The A.V. Club]]. Retrieved December 18, 2013.</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = C<ref>Colter Walls, Seth (August 10, 2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20111209152129/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20517081,00.html I'm Back! Family & Friends - Sly Stone review]. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. Retrieved December 18, 2013.</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/im-back-family-friends-20110816 Rolling Stone]</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Washington Post]]''
| rev5score = (unfavorable)<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sly-stone-cd-im-back-family-and-friends-combines-collaborations-remixes-and-greatest-hits/2011/08/12/gIQAIcTlHJ_story.html Sly Stone CD ‘I’m Back! Family & Friends’ - The Washington Post]</ref>
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'''''I'm Back! Family & Friends''''' is the second solo album by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist [[Sly Stone]], released by [[Cleopatra Records]] in 2011. It contains remixes and covers of his old material, along with three new tracks.
'''''I'm Back! Family & Friends''''' is the second solo album by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist [[Sly Stone]], released by [[Cleopatra Records]] in 2011. It contains remixes and covers of his old material, along with three new tracks.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Sly Stone; except where noted
# Dance To The Music (Feat. Ray Manzarek) - 3:01
# "[[Dance to the Music (song)|Dance to the Music]]" (featuring [[Ray Manzarek]]) – 3:01
# Everyday People (Feat. Ann Wilson) - 2:58
# "[[Everyday People (song)|Everyday People]]" (featuring [[Ann Wilson]]) – 2:58
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# Family Affair - 3:19
# "[[Family Affair (Sly and the Family Stone song)|Family Affair]]" – 3:19
# Stand! (Feat. Carmine Appice And Ernie Watts) - 3:14
# "[[Stand! (song)|Stand!]]" (featuring [[Carmine Appice]] and [[Ernie Watts]]) – 3:14
# Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Feat. Johnny Winter) - 4:55
# "[[Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)]]" (featuring [[Johnny Winter]]) – 4:55
# (I Want To Take You) Higher (Feat. Jeff Beck) - 4:44
# "[[I Want to Take You Higher|(I Want to Take You) Higher]]" (featuring [[Jeff Beck]]) – 4:44
# Hot Fun In The Summertime (Feat. Bootsy Collins) - 2:54
# "[[Hot Fun in the Summertime]]" (featuring [[Bootsy Collins]]) – 2:54
# Dance To The Music (Extended Mix) - 6:39
# "Dance to the Music" (Extended Mix) – 6:39
# Plain Jane - 4:24
# "Plain Jane" – 4:24
# His Eye Is On The Sparrow - 4:18
# "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (Traditional; arranged by Sly Stone) – 4:18
# Get Away - 3:46
# "Get Away" – 3:46
# Dance To The Music (Club Mix) - 4:12
'''Bonus mixes'''
# Family Affair (Dubstep Mix) - 4:44
# Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Electro Club Mix) - 4:32
# "Dance to the Music" (Club Mix) – 4:12
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# "Family Affair" (Dubstep Mix) – 4:44
# "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (Electro Club Mix) – 4:32


==Personnel==
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==Critical Reception==
*Sly Stone - vocals
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An early review from [[Rolling Stone]] praised the new elements of the album: ''a brass-and-organ-driven take on the gospel standard "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" and two originals: the gutbucket funk of "Plain Jane" and "Get Away," a gorgeous soul vamp with a refrain – "Keep singin' that melody!" – that whets the appetite for a full-fledged Sly comeback.''<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/im-back-family-friends-20110816</ref>. [[AllMusic]]'s [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] was less positive, noting of the new tracks that they were ''saddled with the same awful production that hobbles the re-creations, the same sticky, tacky, desperate replication of the past that only underscores just how long ago Sly’s golden years were.''<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/im-back-family-friends-r2242176/review</ref>
*[[Ava Cherry]], Eugene Henderson - backing vocals
*Jürgen Engler - additional instruments
*Chris Lietz - additional instruments

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==Critical reception==
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Although expressing disappointment that most of the tracks were remakes of previous hits, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' praised the new elements of the album: "a brass-and-organ-driven take on the gospel standard "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" and two originals: the gutbucket funk of "Plain Jane" and "Get Away," a gorgeous soul vamp with a refrain – "Keep singin' that melody!" – that whets the appetite for a full-fledged Sly comeback."<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/im-back-family-friends-20110816 I'm Back Family Friends | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone]</ref>

[[AllMusic]]'s [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] was less positive, noting of the new tracks that they were "saddled with the same awful production that hobbles the re-creations, the same sticky, tacky, desperate replication of the past that only underscores just how long ago Sly's golden years were."<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/im-back-family-friends-r2242176/review I'm Back! Family & Friends - Sly Stone, Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic]</ref>

''[[The Washington Post]]'''s [[Allison Stewart (music critic)|Allison Stewart]] was also unfavourable towards the release, stating that "Stone seems more like a visitor to these tracks, like somebody assembled them and he showed up sometimes. He sounds tired."<ref name=autogenerated1 />


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 02:47, 13 July 2024

I'm Back! Family & Friends
Studio album by
Sly Stone
ReleasedAugust 16, 2011 (2011-08-16)
GenreFunk
Length44:12
LabelCleopatra
ProducerSly Stone, Chris Lietz, Jürgen Engler
Sly Stone chronology
Ain't but the One Way
(1982) 		I'm Back! Family & Friends
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic37/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubD[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
The Washington Post(unfavorable)[6]

I'm Back! Family & Friends is the second solo album by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, released by Cleopatra Records in 2011. It contains remixes and covers of his old material, along with three new tracks.

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks composed by Sly Stone; except where noted

  1. "Dance to the Music" (featuring Ray Manzarek) – 3:01
  2. "Everyday People" (featuring Ann Wilson) – 2:58
  3. "Family Affair" – 3:19
  4. "Stand!" (featuring Carmine Appice and Ernie Watts) – 3:14
  5. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (featuring Johnny Winter) – 4:55
  6. "(I Want to Take You) Higher" (featuring Jeff Beck) – 4:44
  7. "Hot Fun in the Summertime" (featuring Bootsy Collins) – 2:54
  8. "Dance to the Music" (Extended Mix) – 6:39
  9. "Plain Jane" – 4:24
  10. "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (Traditional; arranged by Sly Stone) – 4:18
  11. "Get Away" – 3:46

Bonus mixes

  1. "Dance to the Music" (Club Mix) – 4:12
  2. "Family Affair" (Dubstep Mix) – 4:44
  3. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (Electro Club Mix) – 4:32

Personnel

[edit]
  • Sly Stone - vocals
  • Ava Cherry, Eugene Henderson - backing vocals
  • Jürgen Engler - additional instruments
  • Chris Lietz - additional instruments

Critical reception

[edit]

Although expressing disappointment that most of the tracks were remakes of previous hits, Rolling Stone praised the new elements of the album: "a brass-and-organ-driven take on the gospel standard "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" and two originals: the gutbucket funk of "Plain Jane" and "Get Away," a gorgeous soul vamp with a refrain – "Keep singin' that melody!" – that whets the appetite for a full-fledged Sly comeback."[7]

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine was less positive, noting of the new tracks that they were "saddled with the same awful production that hobbles the re-creations, the same sticky, tacky, desperate replication of the past that only underscores just how long ago Sly's golden years were."[8]

The Washington Post's Allison Stewart was also unfavourable towards the release, stating that "Stone seems more like a visitor to these tracks, like somebody assembled them and he showed up sometimes. He sounds tired."[6]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ I'm Back! Family & Friends - Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Review. Metacritic. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  2. ^ AllMusic
  3. ^ Hyden, Steven (August 23, 2011). Sly Stone: I’m Back! Family And Friends. The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  4. ^ Colter Walls, Seth (August 10, 2011). I'm Back! Family & Friends - Sly Stone review. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  5. ^ Rolling Stone
  6. ^ a b Sly Stone CD ‘I’m Back! Family & Friends’ - The Washington Post
  7. ^ I'm Back Family Friends | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone
  8. ^ I'm Back! Family & Friends - Sly Stone, Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic
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