Small Talk (Sly and the Family Stone album)

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"Time for Livin'" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Time for Living.
Small Talk
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Studio album by Sly and the Family Stone
Released July 1974 (1974-07)
Recorded 1974
Genre Funk/Soul
Length 40:30
Label Epic (PE 32930)
Producer Sly Stone
Sly and the Family Stone chronology
Fresh
(1973)Fresh1973		 Small Talk
(1974)		 High on You
(Sly Stone)
(1975)High on You1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Austin Chronicle 2/5 stars[2]
Robert Christgau (C)[3]
Džuboks (mixed) [4]
The Guardian 2/5 stars[5]
Let It Rock (favorable)[6]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[7]
Uncut 2/5 stars[8]

Small Talk is the seventh album by Sly and the Family Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records in 1974. This album was the final LP to feature the original Family Stone, which broke up in January 1975.

Small Talk's singles were "Time For Livin'" (the band's final Top 40 hit) and "Loose Booty", an up-tempo funk track which uses the names of Bible characters Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego as a chant. Pictured on the album cover with Sly in a photograph by Norman Seeff are his then-wife Kathleen Silva and his son Sylvester, Jr.

In addition to its standard stereo release, Small Talk was also released in quadraphonic sound.

Beastie Boys sampled the words Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego on the track Shadrach which came out on the album Paul's Boutique in 1989. Beastie Boys covered Time For Livin which was released on the album Check Your Head in 1992 along with a live music video.[9]

Track listing

All songs written by Sylvester Stewart, save for "Small Talk", written by Sylvester Stewart and W. Silva. All songs produced and arranged by Sly Stone for Fresh Productions.

Side one

  1. "Small Talk" – 3:22
  2. "Say You Will" – 3:19
  3. "Mother Beautiful" – 2:01
  4. "Time For Livin'" – 3:17
  5. "Can't Strain My Brain" – 4:09

Side two

  1. "Loose Booty" – 3:47
  2. "Holdin' On" – 3:39
  3. "Wishful Thinkin'" – 4:26
  4. "Better Thee Than Me" – 3:35
  5. "Livin' While I'm Livin'" – 2:58
  6. "This is Love" – 2:54

CD bonus tracks

Added for 2007 limited edition compact disc reissue:

  • "Crossword Puzzle" (early version)
  • "Time For Livin'" (alternate take)
  • "Loose Booty" (alternate take)
  • "Positive" (previously unreleased instrumental)

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Small Talk at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Austin Chronicle
  3. ↑ Robert Christgau
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ The Guardian
  6. ↑ Let It Rock
  7. ↑ Rolling Stone
  8. ↑ Uncut
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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