Coming as it did on the heels of the utterly whacked There's a Riot Goin' On, 1973's Fresh surprised a lot of Sly fans by actually living up to its name. The weariness and paranoia of Riot are totally missing in action, replaced by a relaxed optimism that seems to shine from every note of tracks like "If You Want Me to Stay" and "In Time." The band--newly buttressed by the rhythm section of Rusty Allen and Andy Newmark--plays it loose and funky, and Sly's oddball sense of humor resurfaces on a cover of Doris Day's "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)." Sadly, Sly would never again make a record even half as fresh as Fresh. --Dan Epstein
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- Full Circle
- Gold Coast
- Greatest Hits [Import]
- Hardcore Jollies [Original recording remastered]
- Here, My Dear
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back Soundtrack: Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack]
- I Can't Stop
- I Know
- I'm Sprung [Explicit Lyrics]
- I Will Survive: The Anthology
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Strictly From Hunger! & The Lost Album
John Pickard: String Quartets 2, 3 & 4
bill88.com Music: 15 Down Home Gospel Classics
Country Picks Apr. 1998, Vol. 1 [Karaoke]
Love Is the Devil [Soundtrack]
Music of the Caribbean [Import]