Back on the Right Track

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Artist: Sly & the Family Stone
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Release Date: November 03, 1979
Total Time: 26:28
Type: Lyrics are included with the album
Genre: Rhythm & Blues

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By the late '70s, Sly Stone had been so thoroughly written off as a has-been that few listeners checked out Back on the Right Track. Nor have listeners been inspired to rediscover the album, since his late-'60s/early-'70s classics cast such a huge shadow over his subsequent work. It comes as somewhat of a surprise, then, to find the basic Stone soul/rock/funk foundation still firmly in place here. There were two problems: the foundation didn't make any notable advancements on the territory he'd already mapped out by the early '70s, and the songs themselves weren't that special, sounding more like basic vamps or promising scraps than fully baked ideas. Judged solely on its own terms, it's actually a respectable slice of funk; it's only when stacked against Stone's other works that the disappointment becomes intense. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi

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Back on the Right Track

Studio album by Sly and the Family Stone

Released

November 3, 1979

Recorded

1979

Genre

Funk

Length

26:56

Label

Warner Bros. (BSK 3303)

Producer

Mark Davis

Sly and the Family Stone chronology

Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back
(1976)

Back on the Right Track
(1979)

Ain't But the One Way
(1983)

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Allmusic	^[1]

Back on the Right Track is the ninth album by Sly and the Family Stone, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1979. The album was, as its title alludes to, an overt comeback attempt for Sly Stone. However, the album and its singles, "Remember Who You Are" and "The Same Thing (Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry)", failed to live up to expectations.

Some of the original Family Stone members, including Cynthia Robinson, Pat Rizzo, Freddie Stone, and Rose Stone, make contributions to this album. Back on the Right Track is the first Sly Stone album not to be produced by the artist; Mark Davis was in charge of the project.

Back on the Right Track and the following studio release, Ain't But the One Way, were combined by Rhino Records into a compilation called Who in the Funk Do You Think You Are: The Warner Bros. Recordings in 1994.

Contents

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Side A
- 1.2 Side B
2 Personnel
3 References

Track listing

All songs credit Sly Stone as songwriter; except "Remember Who You Are", written by Sly Stone and Hamp Banks

Side A

"Remember Who You Are"
"Back On The Right Track"
"If It's Not Addin' Up..."
"The Same Thing (Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry)"

Side B

"Shine It On"
"It Takes All Kinds"
"Who's To Say"
"Sheer Energy"

Personnel

Sylvester Stewart: vocals, keyboards, harmonica
Mark Davis: keyboards
Walter Downing: keyboards
Alvin Taylor: drums
Keni Burke: bass
Hamp Banks: guitar
Joseph Baker: guitar
Roscoe Peterson: guitar
Ollie E. Brown: percussion
Cynthia Robinson: trumpet
Tom DeCourcey: trombone
Pat Rizzo: saxophone
Steve Madaio, Gary Herbig, Fred Smith: horns
Rose Banks, Lisa Banks, Joe Baker, Freddie Stewart: background vocals
Karat Faye: Engineer

v t e Sly and the Family Stone

Sly Stone Freddie Stone Rose Stone Cynthia Robinson Greg Errico Jerry Martini Larry Graham

Studio albums	A Whole New Thing (1967) Dance to the Music (1968) Life (1968) Stand! (1969) There's a Riot Goin' On (1971) Fresh (1973) Small Talk (1974) High on You (Sly Stone, 1975) Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back (1976) Back on the Right Track (1979) Ain't But the One Way (1982) I'm Back! Family & Friends (Sly Stone, 2011)

Live albums	The Woodstock Experience (2009)

Compilations	Greatest Hits Ten Years Too Soon Sly & the Family Stone Anthology Who in the Funk Do You Think You Are: The Warner Bros. Recordings Rock and Roll The Essential Sly & the Family Stone Different Strokes by Different Folks Higher! The Collection

Singles	"Underdog" "Dance to the Music" "Dance à la Musique" "Life" "Everyday People" "Stand!" "Hot Fun in the Summertime" "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" "I Want to Take You Higher" "Family Affair" "Runnin' Away" "(You Caught Me) Smilin'" "I Ain't Got Nobody" "If You Want Me to Stay" "Frisky" "Time for Livin'" "Loose Booty" "I Get High on You" "Le Lo Li" "Crossword Puzzle" "Blessing in Disguise" "Family Again"

Additional personnel	Vet Stone Mary McCreary Elva Mouton Gerry Gibson Rustee Allen Pat Rizzo Andy Newmark Bill Lordan Vicki Blackwell Jim Strassburg Dennis Marcellino

Related articles	Awards Discography Sly Stone solo discography Members Little Sister

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References

^ Back on the Right Track at Allmusic

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