Dance To The Music (studio album) by Sly & The Family Stone

Dance To The Music by Sly & The Family Stone
Year: 1968
Overall rank: 4,282nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 102 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1968 (65th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (361st)
Award Best albums of all time (4,282nd)
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Sly & The Family Stone bestography

Dance To The Music is ranked 4th best out of 18 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 408 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,330.

Sly & The Family Stone album bestography « Higher ranked (2,773rd) This album (4,282nd) Lower ranked (6,139th) »
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Dance To The Music track list

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

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 102 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.

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80/100
From 02/10/2023 15:13
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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From 12/10/2021 21:04
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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From 03/03/2021 03:46
Some great songs on the first side. Loses focus once it hits the second side tho
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95/100
From 03/20/2019 05:28
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
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
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
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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