Dance To The Music
by Sly & The Family Stone

Dance To The Music by Sly & The Family Stone
Year: 1968
Release date: 1968-04-00
Overall rank: 5,103rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 112 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (70th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (400th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,103rd)

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Sly & The Family Stone bestography

Dance To The Music is ranked 4th best out of 19 albums by Sly & The Family Stone on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sly & The Family Stone is There's A Riot Goin' On which is ranked number 410 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,043.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 5,103rd | 1960s rank: 400th | 1968 rank: 70th

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 112 votes)
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05/06/2026 16:31 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43470/100
 
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03/23/2026 15:08 Tony58  Ratings distribution  74472/100
 
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02/15/2026 03:30 Proto  Ratings distribution  4,16133/100
 
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08/22/2025 10:14 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distribution  1,76682/100

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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

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80/100
From 02/10/2023 15:13 | #293873
This album is a clear departure from the ole style R&B and soul sound. This is heavier, complicated, rockier, and funkier.
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60/100
From 12/10/2021 21:04 | #277336
Some good songs but not very adventurous. "Dance to the Music" is a classic and the medley isn't bad either.
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80/100
From 03/03/2021 03:46 | #266905
Some great songs on the first side. Loses focus once it hits the second side tho
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From 03/20/2019 05:28 | #233779
Some of the greatest American musicians have been, primarily, bandleaders. Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Bob Wills, James Brown, Zappa, George Clinton, this guy. He's playing with the tone colors that his musicians can put together, layering combinations, and keeping it shifting. In 1968, a lot of music was getting pretty wordy, this is all about sound. George Clinton is a genius for sure, but I'm not sure we get P-Funk without Sly Stone showing the way. The first album was good, but this is the album where he laid the cornerstone for all that. Funk masterpiece right here.
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85/100
From 03/15/2016 00:10 | #161942
I miss funky soul music. This is of course a great record not their best but pretty damn good.
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65/100
From 02/28/2016 23:30 | #160993
I consider myself a big fan of Sly, yet this album fell pretty flat except for the first track of course.
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75/100
From 02/21/2014 22:08 | #103920
Pretty cool album, I wouldný say it's as good as Stand! or There's a riot going on but it's not that far of. It was a really influential album on funk and listening to it today still makes you wanne dance.
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