(Psychedelic, Funk, Soul) [LP] [24/192] Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! - 1969, FLAC (tracks)

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foobar2000 1.6.13 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Sly & The Family Stone / Stand!
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -3.56 dB -17.41 dB 3:09 01-Stand!
DR13 -1.63 dB -17.59 dB 5:59 02-Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
DR12 -1.56 dB -17.67 dB 5:23 03-I Want to Take You Higher
DR13 -4.25 dB -20.07 dB 3:21 04-Somebody's Watching You
DR12 -4.58 dB -19.89 dB 3:56 05-Sing a Simple Song
DR12 -3.14 dB -17.18 dB 2:22 06-Everyday People
DR16 0.00 dB -18.18 dB 13:45 07-Sex Machine
DR12 -3.56 dB -18.95 dB 3:38 08-You Can Make It If You Try
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 4899 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Stand! is the pinnacle of Sly & the Family Stone's early work, a record that represents a culmination of the group's musical vision and accomplishment. Life hinted at this record's boundless enthusiasm and blurred stylistic boundaries, yet everything simply gels here, resulting in no separation between the astounding funk, effervescent irresistible melodies, psychedelicized guitars, and deep rhythms. Add to this a sharpened sense of pop songcraft, elastic band interplay, and a flowering of Sly's social consciousness, and the result is utterly stunning. Yes, the jams ("Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey," "Sex Machine") wind up meandering ever so slightly, but they're surrounded by utter brilliance, from the rousing call to arms of "Stand!" to the unification anthem "Everyday People" to the unstoppable "I Want to Take You Higher." All of it sounds like the Family Stone, thanks not just to the communal lead vocals but to the brilliant interplay, but each track is distinct, emphasizing a different side of their musical personality. As a result, Stand! winds up infectious and informative, invigorating and thought-provoking -- stimulating in every sense of the word. Few records of its time touched it, and Sly topped it only by offering its opposite the next time out.