no, guy.

i'm talking about professional reviewers, for the most part.

back when i was researching Sly before i had bought most of his albums, i read several reviews of both of these albums. every single review i read gave both albums 4 or 5 stars. after i'd read enough i decided to start w/these 2 albums. but then i saw that the Anthology album had all of the Stand! tracks except 'Sex Machine' and 'Somebody's Watching You', while only 'Family Affair', 'Smilin', 'Thank You', and 'Runnin Away' from Riot were included. so i went w/Anthology and Riot, skipping Stand for the time being. i knew that w/those 2 purchases i'd have what those in the know agreed was the best of Sly's middle period.

anyway, i have not noticed ppl shitting on Stand in favor of Riot as you say you have. again, outside of a few contrarian OKPs, whose opinions are easily dismissed.