- Back on the Right Track
Infobox Album | Name = Back on the Right Track
Type =Album
Artist =Sly & the Family Stone
Released =November 3 ,1979
Recorded = 1979
Genre =Funk
Length = 26:56
Label =Warner Bros. Records
BSK 3303
Producer =Mark Davis
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ev6xlfae0cqu link]
Last album = "Heard You Missed Me, Well I'm Back "
(1976)
This album = "Back on the Right Track"
(1979)
Next album = "Ain't But the One Way "
(1983)"Back on the Right Track" is the tenth album by
Sly & the Family Stone , released byWarner Bros. Records in 1979. The album was, as its title alludes to, an overtcomeback attempt forSly Stone . However, the album and its singles, "Remember Who You Are" and "The Same Thing (Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry)", failed to live up to expectations.Some of the original Family Stone members, including
Cynthia Robinson ,Pat Rizzo ,Freddie Stone , andRose Stone , make contributions to this album. "Back on the Right Track" is the first Sly Stone album not to be produced by the artist;Mark Davis was in charge of the project."Back on the Right Track" and the following studio release, "
Ain't But the One Way ", were combined byRhino Records into a compilation called "Who in the Funk Do You Think You Are: The Warner Bros. Recordings" in 1994.Track listing
"All songs credit Sly Stone as songwriter except "Remember Who You Are", written by Stone and Hamp Banks. All tracks produced by
Mark Davis ."ide A
*1. "Remember Who You Are"
*2. "Back On The Right Track"
*3. "If It's Not Addin' Up..."
*4. "The Same Thing (Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry)"ide B
*5. "Shine It On"
*6. "It Takes All Kinds"
*7. "Who's To Say"
*8. "Sheer Energy"Credits
*
Sylvester Stewart : vocals, keyboards, harmonica
*Mark Davis: keyboards
*Walter Downing: keyboards
*Alvin Taylor: drums
*Keni Burke: bass
*Hamp Banks: guitar
*Joseph Baker: guitar
*Freddie Stewart : guitar
*Ollie E. Brown: percussion
*Cynthia Robinson : trumpet
*Pat Rizzo : saxophone
* Steve Madaio, Gary Herbig, and Fred Smith: horns
*Rose Banks, Lisa Banks, Joe Baker, and Freddie Stewart: background vocals
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