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  • Artist: Sly & the Family Stone
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1974
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

A new bass player and drummer signaled a toned-down Sly & the Family Stone sound. Partially in keeping with changes in much of popular music in the early '70s, and maybe the result of marriage and a child, Sly became more introspective, quieter, and calmer, even employing a string section on various cuts. A less exhilarating album than earlier efforts, there is still much of merit here, including the Top Ten R&B hit "Time for Livin'." ~ Rob Bowman, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Small Talk Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Sly & the Family Stone (3:22)
Say You Will Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Sly & the Family Stone (3:19)
Mother Beautiful Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Sly & the Family Stone (2:01)
Time for Livin' Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Sly & the Family Stone (3:17)
Can't Strain My Brain Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Sly & the Family Stone (4:09)
Loose Booty Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Sly & the Family Stone (3:47)
Holdin' On Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Sly & the Family Stone (3:39)
Wishful Thinkin' Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Sly & the Family Stone (4:26)
Better Thee Than Me Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Sly & the Family Stone (3:35)
Livin' While I'm Livin' Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Sly & the Family Stone (2:58)
This Is Love Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart Sly & the Family Stone (2:54)

Credits

Sly & the Family Stone (Main Performer), Rose Banks (?), Sid Page (?), Tom Flye (Engineer), Bill Lordan (?), Jerry Martini (?), Pat Rizzo (?), Cynthia Robinson (?), Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart (Guitar), Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart (Keyboards), Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart (Vocals), Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart (Producer), Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart (?), Karat Faye (Engineer)
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Small Talk
Studio album by Sly & the Family Stone
Released July 1974
Recorded 1974
Genre Funk/Soul
Length 40:30
Label Epic
PE 32930
Producer Sly Stone
Professional reviews
Sly & the Family Stone chronology
Fresh
(1973)		 Small Talk
(1974)		 High on You
(Sly Stone)
(1975)

Small Talk is the seventh album by Sly & the Family Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records in 1974. This album was the final LP to feature the original Family Stone, which broke up in January 1975.

Small Talk's singles were "Time For Livin'" (the band's final Top 40 hit) and "Loose Booty", an up-tempo funk track which uses the names of Bible characters Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego as a chant. Loose Booty was sampled extensively by the Beastie Boys for the song "Shadrach" on their album Paul's Boutique. Pictured on the album cover with Sly are his then-wife Kathleen Silva and his son Sylvester, Jr. Stone and Silva would divorce within months of this album's release, after being wed at a June 5, 1974 Sly & the Family Stone concert at Madison Square Garden.

Besides its standard stereo release, Small Talk was also released in quadraphonic sound.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Sylvester Stewart, save for "Small Talk", written by Sylvester Stewart and W. Silva. All songs produced and arranged by Sly Stone for Fresh Productions.

Side one

  1. "Small Talk" – 3:22
  2. "Say You Will" – 3:19
  3. "Mother Beautiful" – 2:01
  4. "Time For Livin'" – 3:17
  5. "Can't Strain My Brain" – 4:09

Side two

  1. "Loose Booty" – 3:47
  2. "Holdin' On" – 3:39
  3. "Wishful Thinkin'" – 4:26
  4. "Better Thee Than Me" – 3:35
  5. "Livin' While I'm Livin'" – 2:58
  6. "This is Love" – 2:54

CD bonus tracks

Added for 2007 limited edition compact disc reissue:

  • "Crossword Puzzle" (early version)
  • "Time For Livin'" (alternate take)
  • "Loose Booty" (alternate take)
  • "Positive" (previously unreleased instrumental)

Personnel


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Sly & the Family Stone
Sly Stone • Freddie Stone • Rose Stone • Cynthia Robinson • Greg Errico • Jerry Martini • Larry Graham
Studio albums
Live albums
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 • Le Lo Li • Blessing in Disguise • Family Again
Additional personnel
Vet Stone • Mary McCreary • Elva Mouton • Gerry Gibson • Rusty Allen • Pat Rizzo • Andy Newmark • Bill Lordan • Vicki Blackwell • Jim Strassburg
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