A Whole New Thing
by Sly & The Family Stone

A Whole New Thing by Sly & The Family Stone
Year: 1967
Overall rank: 11,919th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 55 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1967 (122nd)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (851st)
Award Best albums of all time (11,919th)

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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 410 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,084.

Sly & The Family Stone album bestography « Higher ranked (9,839th)
Life
This album (11,919th)
A Whole New Thing
Lower ranked (15,701st) »
Anthology

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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A Whole New Thing rankings

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Overall rank: 11,919th | 1960s rank: 851st | 1967 rank: 122nd

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 55 votes)
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02/22/2026 23:57 Trooper44  Ratings distribution  12776/100
 
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09/07/2025 18:55 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,15082/100
 
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06/18/2025 15:04 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,38669/100
 
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06/11/2025 04:37 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  4,94481/100
 
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11/25/2024 04:59 slatsheit  Ratings distribution  2,04181/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.5.

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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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