Fresh
by Sly & The Family Stone

Fresh by Sly & The Family Stone
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-06-30
Overall rank: 2,606th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 158 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (50th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (460th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,606th)

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Sly & The Family Stone bestography

Fresh is ranked 3rd 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 418 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,939.

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Overall rank: 2,606th | 1970s rank: 460th | 1973 rank: 50th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 158 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.


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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1963) 2. by (1970) 3. by (1965) 4. (1973) 5. by (2005) 6. (1966) 7. by by (1969) 9. (1974) 10. by (1977) 11. by (1985) 12. by (1983) 13. by (1972) 14. by (1969) 15. by (2013) 16. by (1971) 17. (1968) 18. (1958) 19. by (1967) 20. by…”
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Rating:  
95/100
Amazingly funky album. The cover of Que Sera, Sera, among others, is astonishing!
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Rating:  
55/100
There's a few good songs, buts I find it a bit patchy to be honest. A step down from the last two albums. And his work after this seems even more lucklustre. (Edited)
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80/100
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This group had such a unique sound. The production is great but this album is missing something. It's still a great funky album from a great band.
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Rating:  
90/100
The production is definitely cleaner on this then on Riot. Solid and consistent album. Probably an A. Might be an A+.... I'll give it time.
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65/100
Still funky, but lacking focus. Perhaps the drugs were taking a toll.
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