>Anyone who's read a brief bio of Sly Stone would realize that
>"Stand!", not "Riot", was the height of his creativity. If
>nothing else, certainly of his sanity, his applied effort, and
>his cohesiveness. And what of the rest of the band?
>

Yeah I've read multiply bios on Sly. I tend to prefer his experimental
and more "artistically free" work over Stand! This would be the albums
AWNT and Life. They actually make for more entertaining listens for me.
When I read why these albums were so different, it made complete sense
to me why I preferred them.


>I'm not talking about personal favorites so much as general
>consensus/musical evaluation.

Oh ok. See, I have a hard time separating aesthetics from music discussion.
We can say "Freddie had the greatest guitar solo ever on Take You Higher"
but that doesn't mean people want to hear the song (though in this case
it does because it's a great song). I'm just saying, you seem a bit
surprised that Stand! isn't universally considered the Opus of Sly
albums. Great mixing and awesome solos don't make songs more relatable.
Other Sly albums just seem to resonate with people more in spite of
Stand! being an awesome album. It could also have something to do with
it being so huge, giving people a reason to feel like they're truly
"down" by being more into the more obscure shit. ionno.