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| 4.0 excellent | BillyBrill | August 19th 23 |
I must not have been in the ?right mood? but I loved a few tracks here, but ultimately I just do not see the ?top 100 albums of all time? accolades this thing receives. If you want a stronger conceptual theme around this, there?s Marvin Gaye, and in my opinion, Parliament are a go to for funk an echelon above this. Very interesting and influential combination and album though, without a doubt, and still absolutely fantastic
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| 5.0 classic | bthirteen | October 10th 14 |
this Album is pure Gold, especially when you're in the right mood.
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| 4.0 excellent | Muskmellon | September 6th 07 |
There's A Riot Goin' on is one of those albums that has paled with the passage of time. Released during the height of the Vietnam War plus Kent State and riots and protests across the United States it maintains an edge between love and hate. Rare at the time especially for an intergraded group. The historical lesson is just as important as the music.
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | October 31st 22 |
Idk man, I can see how this is better than their prior albums, but I am still not clicking with this band. Something about the lack of real hooks, the somewhat flat song structures, the held back prod on the vocals, makes it impossible for my mind to latch onto the music. That being said, I will concede there is a fair degree of bum shaking goodness foundation here, see tracks like 5,7 or 8, and I did really likethe guitar riff at the end of 11. But 10 really bored me and got weird. I'll give a tame 3.8
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| 5.0 classic | derho | January 23rd 13 |
Frustrated, exhausted, paranoid, and pained, "There's a Riot Goin' On" channels the deepest downs of human emotion through a soupy-thick sheeth of funk guitar, compressed vocals, and creeping Hammond-organ pulsings. Some of that late-60's bombast can be felt (see astounding opener "Luv N' Haight"), but it's all more wary... down to earth... dark. At this point, there wasn't much of a family at all. Sly was essentially a junky. Caught up in organized crime and megalomania, he managed to alienate himself from close friends and collaborators. The brotherhood and unity he spoke so fervently for on 1969's "Stand!" seemed a childish fantasy. "There's a Riot" is thus more reserved, almost a retreat. But when it explodes, like around midway through "Time", it knocks you over. It gets harrowing, but it demands attention, the way the overdubbing and the improvisation and the psychosis mix to bring harmony to the discord. It's a study of humanity in the dregs, but heals as much as it hurts. Damn. 10/10
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| 4.5 superb | Paxster | November 3rd 10 |
After listening to the album again I think my initial rating (2.5) was harsh. I still don't think it is as good as the other Sly albums, a lot of the songs are encased with drugged up, political themes and they lose the fun displayed on the earlier albums, even 'stand!' had moments of optomism but this is full on apocalyptic funk. Encased in these social themes are some excellent songs, 'Luv 'n' Haight is funky genius, 'Family Affair' is the only song that appears fully upbeat and 'You Caught Me Smilin'' is the only personal song in the overall universal theme of the album. This is still a great album, but a classic? Maybe, there is something I'm just not hearing.
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| 4.5 superb | Myri | April 12th 24 |
| 3.5 great | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | October 3rd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | CRX | March 5th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | MvdW | October 19th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | RVA101 | March 29th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Corney | November 19th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flomink | June 17th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryus | May 10th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | February 5th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | hel9000 | November 26th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Yay | November 25th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | KuyJuk | October 18th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | TOBD | March 19th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Enzx | June 14th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | May 2nd 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Onater | April 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | EdIsOff | August 20th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | CGayda | June 20th 18 |
| 3.5 great | boleyn2 | September 18th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | December 19th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | lumucc | October 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Noakesy | September 28th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | TwigTW | July 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hodges5 | April 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | BeeRyan | March 12th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Fort23 | March 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | March 9th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | timmy36 | February 11th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | p4p | January 27th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Sacul | September 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rumsiac | August 13th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | random | June 7th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | FunkyR | May 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nigtwig | January 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Roargh | September 4th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | dan2309 | July 22nd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | SgtPepper EMERITUS | August 16th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Bsloth | July 11th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kiran EMERITUS | March 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sowilei | January 24th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Peluca | January 7th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Melanin | October 13th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | WooHa | July 18th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | April 12th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sharenge | February 24th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Skyler | November 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | porch | November 10th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Skipdog | September 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mmadden | July 20th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | ntoman | January 3rd 11 |
| 3.5 great | SlyJak | June 25th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mendigo | March 6th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Apoc93 | January 22nd 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Fuff24 | November 15th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pointro | April 19th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | kingsoby1 EMERITUS | January 8th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | lewser | April 17th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Bak | November 27th 07 |
| 4.0 excellent | Iai EMERITUS | January 16th 05 |
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