The Essential Sly & The Family Stone
by Sly & The Family Stone
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Sly & The Family Stone bestography
The Essential Sly & The Family Stone is ranked 10th 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 411 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,429.
(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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The Essential Sly & The Family Stone track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Essential Sly & The Family Stone rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 40 Music Albums of 2002 | 40/40 | 0 |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2002 | 11/100 | 5 |
| 2019 | bluesbrew82 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 50/100 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 4 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 20 | |||
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The Essential Sly & The Family Stone ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 03/23/2026 15:10 | Tony58 | 744 | 72/100 | |
| 06/19/2025 01:29 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,221 | 74/100 | |
| 06/11/2025 05:35 | matterhornrider | 5,014 | 81/100 | |
| 12/03/2024 21:41 | mrmcrook | 1,065 | 77/100 | |
| 12/24/2023 02:44 | dylanllama | 180 | 87/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 83.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.
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I liked their set at Woodstock. But based on this, it hasn't made me compelled to venture into their studio albums. This will be enough for me
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