Dance To The Music
by Sly & The Family Stone
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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 407 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,047.
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Dance To The Music track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/06/2026 16:31 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/23/2026 15:08 | Tony58 | 744 | 72/100 |
| ! | 02/15/2026 03:30 | Proto | 4,188 | 33/100 |
| ! | 10/23/2025 16:08 |  rambleon80 | 2,666 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 10:14 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,774 | 82/100 |
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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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Jboy56 02/10/2023 15:13 | #293873 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is a clear departure from the ole style R&B and soul sound. This is heavier, complicated, rockier, and funkier.
mdbaxter 12/10/2021 21:04 | #277336 | TOP COMMENT
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Some good songs but not very adventurous. "Dance to the Music" is a classic and the medley isn't bad either.
seb7 03/03/2021 03:46 | #266905
Some great songs on the first side. Loses focus once it hits the second side tho
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.
I miss funky soul music. This is of course a great record not their best but pretty damn good.
RoundTheBend 02/28/2016 23:30 | #160993 | TOP COMMENT
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I consider myself a big fan of Sly, yet this album fell pretty flat except for the first track of course.
tgarritsen 02/21/2014 22:08 | #103920 | TOP COMMENT
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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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