A Whole New Thing
by Sly & The Family Stone

A Whole New Thing by Sly & The Family Stone
Year: 1967
Overall rank: 11,969th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 57 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1967 (119th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (835th)
Award Best albums of all time (11,969th)

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Sly & The Family Stone bestography

A Whole New Thing is ranked 7th 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 406 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,062.

Sly & The Family Stone album bestography « Higher ranked (8,208th)
Life
This album (11,969th)
A Whole New Thing
Lower ranked (16,401st) »
Anthology

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A Whole New Thing rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 11,969th | 1960s rank: 835th | 1967 rank: 119th

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A Whole New Thing ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 57 votes)
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06/24/2026 16:13 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  13,37270/100
 
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09/07/2025 18:55 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,21983/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.4.

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From 04/17/2024 10:26 | #303020
Drummer ??
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From 02/01/2023 16:25 | #293476
A promising album, but not kickin my ass.
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From 06/30/2020 15:43 | #254811
Fun debut. Boring to start but much better towards the end. Flamboyant and funky.
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