There's a Riot Goin on [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
Digipak reissue of 1971 album. 2001.

There's a Riot Goin on,Sly & Family Stone,Sony Int'l,Pop,R&B,R&B/Soul,Soul/R & B

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Average customer rating: Sly Stone's dark masterpiece. A Family Stone Affair

There's a Riot Goin' On Sly & the Family Stone Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Stand! Fresh Dance to the Music Life A Whole New Thing ASIN: B000MTFG1W Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

1. Luv N' Haight
2. Just Like A Baby
3. Poet
4. Family Affair
5. Africa Talks To You ' The Asphalt Jungle'
6. There's A Riot Goin' On
7. Brave & Strong
8. (You Caught Me) Smilin'
9. Time
10. Spaced Cowboy
11. Runnin' Away
12. Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa
13. Runnin' Away
14. My Gorilla Is My Butler
15. Do You Know What?
16. That's Pretty Clean

Amazon.com

The hazy hints of dystopia from Sly and the Family Stone's fabulously successful 1969 hit album Stand! turned full-force on its follow-up, There's a Riot Goin' On. By 1971, Sly had his Hollywood mansion and legions of droppers-by laying down parts of Riot, many of them later overdubbed by Sly himself. The resulting album is entrancing, backed often by an austere, early drum machine and featuring dope-glazed vocals, paranoid shadows and, of course, a stewing funk groove. Horns are here, thinned out so they jab harder, and the keyboards gleam and shimmer and icily coat the beats, which sound in today's parlance simply lo-fi. And the beats, they've slowed menacingly, with voices dropping in, dropping out. Drugs were flowing freely by this point, complicating Sly's sound, inadvertently making an album that indelibly matches its maker's psyche-in-time. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Sly Stone's dark masterpiece........2007-05-16

Sly and the Family Stone's "Stand!" was an album of optimism and the brightness of '60s counterculture, but creeping just below the surface on that record was a darkness and claustrophobia-- an edge that separated "Stand!" from any of its predecessors or its peers. That darkness is the sound of "There's a Riot Goin' On", Sly Stone's bleak masterpiece, in its way the sound of civil unrest and, in my assessment, the greatest funk album ever recorded.

When I speak of claustrophobia, I mean it as a production vaue, and it's something evident throughout the record. There's a density to the record, even on the looser and less arranged pieces, that really sets the tone for the album. And while not all the album's songs have a message to match this claustrophobia, it does have a tendency to make even the optimistic material sound like you're trying to remember a dream after you've woken up. Take single "Family Affair"-- it's loose, based around a gentle pop vocal hook and is presented with a smooth baritone lead, but it sounds like "Stand!" dragged through the mud. It works out fantastically. All of this is accentuated by the tendency to move towards funk vamps for everything-- sometiems as much as seven minutes of the same riff feeds into this feeling of density.

But really, it's dark funk that dominates the record throughout-- wah wah guitars, dirty basslines, snapping horns, and Sly Stone vocalizing and singing all over the map, fierce and at times nearly out of control-- opener "Luv N' Haight" and Brave & Strong" are two fine examples of this. Along the way, he manages occasional moments of delicate beauty with a hint of melancholy that keeps the album from being a bit too bleak ("Poet", "(You Caught me) Smilin'") and closes things up with a recasting of "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" as a slice of slow funk that somehow manages to be as intriguing as the original.

This reissue remasters the record, appends a handful of bonus tracks (a single mix of "Runnin' Away" and three instrumentals leftover from the sessions) and includes a nice liner notes essay. The remastering alone makes this a worthwhile pickup, all the dark beauty of the record really comes forth and the feeling of the record is, if anything accentuated by it.

Truthfully, "There's a Riot Goin' On" may not be for everyone, it's a pretty dark record, but it's also the kind of thing that can really reinvent someone's opinion of Sly & the Family Stone (it certainly reinvented mine). It also serves nicely as a companion to "Stand!", they are very much opposite sides of the same music. I give a slight edge to "There's a Riot Goin' On" as Sly Stone's masterwork. This is essential listening.

A Family Stone Affair.......2007-04-18

For many many years after it's realese 'Theres A Riot Goin' On' has been considered Sly & The Family Stones best album.Well in the long and short,it's isn't.Sly never had a "best" album,he had a handfull of them.So this is the second of a three Sly "masterworks" that begun a year or so before with Stand! and ended a year or so after this with Fresh.One thing about a lot of the music here is that it emphasizes rather aimless grooves with Sly's chocked voice playing a more eccentric role;melody and song construction is not always the main priority.Does'nt mean that the shoppy wah wah's,organs and Sly's newfound Rhythm King drum machine don't draw you right into classic grooves such as "Luv N' Haight","Poet","Africa Talks To You","Time" and the mean "Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa" which quaotes from "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf",only drags much slower.Of course there really are some classic songs here-one being "Just Like A Baby".Musically it's almost nothing-spare spare spare but it has this quirky melody and a vocal so scorched it's as spare as the music.Then we all know "Family Affair" right?What a relevant hit-great beat,that wah wah and "bloods thicker then the mud,it's a family affair"-MY FAVORITE!!!!Just as wonderful are "Brave & Strong" and "(You Caught Me) Smilin'",three of the most melodic things here,next of course to "Runnin' Away" (the albums other hit) which is nothing but melody.And "Spaced Cowboy"-HILARIOUS,the funniest thing on the record,yodeling cowboyish funk that I am sure Sly did completely stoned but his sharp humor shined right through.The instrumental bonus cuts sound like vamps from the sessions that grew into this album,the sessions that (like the vamps) went nowhere.Okay I know;Larry Graham is credited as being on this but Sly played almost all the bass lines.About Sly's bass it's barely audible,a different style then Larry.But this really is a wonderful album,called a classic along with many others that often don't deserve the title.But "Riot" does so this is one of those musical feats worth wolfing down,no matter where you head is it.

Average customer rating: A Classic Album Marred By Poor Packaging "It's a Family Affair..." Still good 2 me the "King Lear" of funk Redunkulous album, awful remaster.

There's a Riot Goin' On Sly & the Family Stone Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Funk | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Fresh Dance to the Music A Whole New Thing Life Stand ASIN: B0000024XW Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Luv N' Haight
2. Just Like a Baby
3. Poet
4. Family Affair
5. Africa Talks to You "The Asphalt Jungle"
6. Brave and Strong
7. (You Caught Me) Smilin'
8. Time
9. Spaced Cowboy
10. Runnin' Away
11. Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa

Amazon.com

Certain albums both define a specific point in time and yet manage to be timeless. Such an album is There's A Riot Going On. After a few records of sexy, sunny, but never cavalier funk/pop, the twisted genius of Sly Stone turned dark, moody, reflective, angry, but no less funky for the contemplation. Stone created an album that spoke not only to the turmoil gripping America in 1971, but also to the chaos whirling around his increasingly druggy personal life. This is an album of dangerous beauty, where even the hit ("Family Affair") is guarded and haunting. --Amy Linden

Customer Reviews:

A Classic Album Marred By Poor Packaging.......2007-04-16

Sly Stone was marking the end of the 1960s with what essentially was a solo album that was backed through overdubs by the Family Stone and friends.

Released in November 1971 - the first release of new material in two years - this landmark funk/R&B album debuted at number one on the Billboard album chart and had a number one single, Family Affair b/w Luv 'n' Haight, though two other singles - Runnin' Away b/w Brave & Strong and (You Caught Me) Smilin' b/w Luv 'n' Haight - failed to crack the top twenty.

Sly Stone recorded the vocals and instruments, with Rose Stone as the only other vocal soloist, and then had band members individually overdub their parts, which was a departure from the group working together in the studio. Billy Preston, Ike Turner and Bobby Womack also appear on the album.

The disillusionment over pop stardom and politics is heard in Poet, Spaced Cow Boy, Thank You For Talking to Me Africa, Africa Talks to You The Asphalt Jungle and the title track (which, on the album, has no number or running time, though it "ends" side one).

But this reissue is hopelessly marred by a new cover - it replaces the classic red, white and black American flag, with suns in place of stars, and no title/text on the cover - and the exclusion of the original liner notes. It is also ironic that a concert photo is used for the cover, since the band was basically off the road at this point due to Sly Stone's battles with a variety of personal demons.

But the music is essential and overcomes the ridiculous nature of not letting the entire package from the past tell its story to future fans.

"It's a Family Affair...".......2006-11-21

...and a damned cool one at that. Sly was, at this point, disillusioned with the hippy culture he had once shamelessly endorsed. And as we all know, angry people make good records.
The thing that strikes me most about the record, and the thing I love most about it, is the perpetual groove. It's deep, tight and funky. NOBODY could do groove like Sly. The songs are also quite catchy, most noteably Family Affair and (You Caught Me) Smilin'. And, as I mentioned before, Sly was enraged at the state of the counterculture (the cleverly-titled Love n' Haight; Family Affair; (You Caught Me) Smilin'; Brave and Strong). But really, the whole damn thing is worth buying just for Africa Talks to You "the Asphalt Jungle" - a heavy, ominous groover, as well as the seven-minute remake of Thank You (Falettinme Be Myself Agin), here titled Thank You For Talkin' to Me Africa. I would've preferred the original, but the latter certainly suits the album better.
What can I say that hasn't been said before? If you're into funk, you simply NEED this album.

Still good 2 me.......2005-12-05

When I first got this on 8 track and wore it out. Then I got it on Cassette, then I got the album. Now I finally got my favorite Sly album on CD. The sound quality on the CD is the same that was on the 8 Track & Cassette. A little hiss but nothing to get bent out of shape over. I heard that the Inport has a better sound quality, however this album kicks butt. My favorite is "Spaced Cowboy". I do love the entire album. Rumors has it that Sly was "totally wasted" when he recorded it. He also plays more than one instrument on some of the songs. This album has the hit "Family Affiar". His lyrics are catching. "I was on my last leg, i had to borrow my friends extra peg and all".....YOLADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL. You won't be dissapointed.

There is a riot going on.

the "King Lear" of funk.......2005-10-22

"Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread..."

Oh, man.

This is one of the most black-hearted (not to mention Black-hearted) records ever made, and it's a work of undiluted genius: the sound of a man's heart breaking, possibly the sound of a man (or is it a nation?) losing his mind...

From what I understand, legend has it that Sly more or less lived in the studio for over a year while making this monstrous, blood-chilling masterpiece; if that's true, you can definitely hear the obsession. (I won't speak to the sound-quality issues that others have mentioned; buy the record in the best version you can find, but BUY the damn record!)

When you consider how upbeat and optimistic and all-embracing was so much earlier work by the Family Stone, the about-face of this record (a bit foreshadowed in "Stand!," but with nowhere near the power or totality of this one's bleakness) is all the more surprising.

In Sly's hands, warm funk rhythms become a vehicle for the frozen outer limits of sorrow and regret, teetering over the cliff towards an existential despair. There's the same kind of searing edge that you find in the greatest, bleakest works of Robert Johnson and Son House.

What Sly Stone is doing here is great Art. With a capital A, and so on. This, my friends, is the record that Samuel Beckett would have made, if he could play the bass and find the groove. You may never get over it.

Redunkulous album, awful remaster........2005-09-30

The item itself deserves no stars, but the album deserves all of them--I compromised. Such a great album with such a crap reproduction of the actual sounds made in the studio. Unless you just want to hear the songs or you don't have a very discerning ear, don't waste your money on this tinny ish. Either get a record player, or buy the UK import CD with the original flag album cover. Much better remaster there... though I urge you to go analogue.

Average customer rating: Excellent Old School Fun!! Sly's Riot Goin' On...It Was the Drugs...Man... The Dark Underbelly of 1960's Idealism... Regarding the infamous sound quality Funky and soulful

There's a Riot Goin' On Sly & the Family Stone Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Stand Fresh Live at the Apollo Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul One Nation Under a Groove ASIN: B00005QVHK Release Date: 2006-01-09

Tracks:

1. Luv N' Haight
2. Just Like a Baby
3. Poet
4. Family Affair
5. Africa Talks to You "The Asphalt Jungle"
6. Brave & Strong
7. (You Caught Me) Smilin'
8. Time
9. Spaced Cow Boy
10. Runnin' Away
11. Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa

Album Description

Digipak reissue of 1971 album. 2001.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of the Sly Stone Classic Manifesto for the Black Power Movement to Start the 1970's. Unlike the Politically Aware, Forward Looking Recordings He Had Released Up to this Time, "Riot" Begins his Descent Into Cynicism, Addiction, Resignation and Malaise...but All in a Blazing Infectious Funk that Stands as One of the Great Recordings of the Era. Includes the Chart Topping "Family Affair".

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Old School Fun!!.......2006-08-29

Sly is the Man.If originality is what you seek.You'll never go wrong with this one. Whether it's dance or lessons learned get ready to enjoy!!

Sly's Riot Goin' On...It Was the Drugs...Man..........2006-08-18

Kapke74's 10/03 review here hit it on the head: Syl's "There's a Riot Goin' On" indeed has a relaxing, hypnotic, totally narcotic quality to it.

The heavy bass, slowed down drugged out jams...tempos and melodies...it's like being on drugs without taking them yourself. The musical freestylin' indulgence...just jammin' man...

A note about the sound. The import version indeed has a very good sound quality to it. It may not be "a 20-bit SuperAudio remaster," but one might attribute it to something much simpler:

Perhaps it's just a better Master Tape. My CD copy was Made in Germany and we all knew that the UK/Euro/Japan versions of vinyl pressings were always clearly superior to the US version, so why not the CD product? But back to the review...

The hits here were of course "Family Affair," "(You Caught Me) Smilin'" and "Runnin' Away"...pretty autobiographical stuff if you know Syl's story and can read (& snort) between the lines.

Sorry I just had to write that.

Still the genius prevails. Sly & the Family Stone's first foray into the dark side of the '70s...the post-Summer of Love/end-of-the-'60s hangover thang. Dig it.

The Dark Underbelly of 1960's Idealism..........2006-02-16

This is one of my favorite CD's of all time. If you are considering buying this do yourself a favor and get this version (the import) rather than the U.S. version available for $9.99. Sonically I didn't notice too much of a difference between the two, but it's worth the extra few bucks for the packaging alone: this edition has a glossy cardboard case with the original cover, photos, and liner notes. The other version has an alternate cover (a live shot of the band onstage) and NO information of any kind offered aside from the track listing. This album has a famously muddy sound. I've heard several theories as to why, most seem to center around Sly Stone's increasing drug use at the time this album was recorded. However, the dark quality of the production fits the music and never affected my opinion of the album. I was not alive when this was released in the early seventies, but I can imagine the shock that listeners must have experienced upon absorbing this release as a whole. The optimistic anthems of Sly's music in the sixties were replaced by grinding funk with a bleak and bitter tone. As one looks back at the period in which this music was recorded, the sense of disillusion was not just Sly's; a general sense that many of the ideals of the 1960's had died with the end of the decade was prevalent among many of the "flower power" generation. (As far as Sly's drug intake at this point was concerned, I'm sure that didn't help either. I read that he sank over a million dollars into building his infamous "Pit", the creation of which was to give users a place to use and hang out.) Regardless of the circumstances, this disc is addictive. Every song is bass heavy and funky, which often makes me forget about the bleakness of the lyrics altogether. The unbelievably heavy bass line on "Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa" (a slowed down remake of "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin") would probably blow the speakers out in your car stereo if cranked to the max. (I never had the guts to try.) And only Sly could write a song as weird and desperate as "Just Like A Baby" and still keep my foot tapping. This disc has been in my car for the last 15 years and will stay there for good. Many theorize that this album began the slow and sad decline of the creative force that was Sly Stone, but I also enjoyed later releases like "High On You" and "Small Talk", which are worth searching for if you like this one.

Regarding the infamous sound quality.......2006-02-08

This essential Sly & The Family Stone recording, as has been noted elsewhere, has muddy sound that defies the usual crisp remastering (in other words, this is as good as it gets.) The reason? Mr. Stewart invited a long series of wannabe-singers (all young and attractive) into the studio to add backing tracks, and from there to thank him for the opportunity. Once they were gone, he wiped their tracks. The result of running the master tapes (!) through the machines dozens (if not hundreds) of times is the dull sound quality evident even after remastering. AND YET! It is an indispensible slice of the early 70's popular culture, reflected even in the sound of progressive musical genius compromised by the usual vices.

Funky and soulful.......2005-08-28

This is another Family Stone album that my dad burned for me I love the whole album. Luv n Haight has that funk sound to it as Sly sings "Feel so good inside myself don't wanna move feel so good inside myself don't need to move". Towards the end of the song back-up singers sing "Feel so good,wanna move (which is probably backed by Little Sister). Just Like A Baby has a slow beat to it and you can hear Sly go into a low deep voice. Poet is the song that has that funk beat to it and Sly sings on it about being a songwriter and Poet. Family Affair is another song with a slow beat but not really slow. And if you hear it don't think that that's Larry Graham singing it's really Sly singing along with sister Rosemary in a low deep voice. Afica Talks To You The Asphalt Jungle has a guitar line in it. At the end of the song they sing "Timber"!The song is about 8 minutes long. (You Caught Me) Smilin' isn't really a slow beat song but it's still nice. Time is another song that you just hear Sly sing on. Spaced Cowboy is like a laid back song where everybody sings in low voices and Sly yodels and someone makes a cowboy sound. On Runnin' Away you can hear the trumpet and Saxophone and at the end of a verse you hear them say "Ha,ha" or "Hee,hee". Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa is the slower longer version of Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin). The song is about 7 minutes long. The whole album is great and trust my word go buy this album.

Average customer rating: Truly Funky!!! THE LAST STAND

There's a Riot Goin' On George Howard Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Attitude Adjustment A Home Far Away When Summer Comes Midnight Mood Do I Ever Cross Your Mind? ASIN: B000006DFN Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

1. Brave & Strong
2. Africa Talks To You 'The Asphalt Jungle'
3. Time
4. Poet
5. (You Caught Me) Smilin'
6. Runnin' Away
7. Just Like A Baby
8. Family Affair
9. Luv N' Haight
10. Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa

Customer Reviews:

Truly Funky!!!.......2005-10-25

George Howard's last work of his lifetime was one of the funkiest sax sounds around. An artist and a master, this tribute to Sly Stone was well ahead of it's time in the smooth jazz genre. One of the more gifted musicians, his work lives on in the wonderful recordings that he left us. You are missed, George.

THE LAST STAND.......2000-03-16

George Howard a very talented brother.. was on top of things before his death.. his music will always be left in my heart .. His final stand was this release a very funky version of Sly and the Family Stone's classic There is a Riot goin on album .. he remain pretty true to the orginial work in keeping the same arrangements on most of the songs.. there might be a couple of songs on here that he added his own little touch making it more danceable

Fav.. Cuts

Brave & Soul

Family Affiar

You got me Smiling (again)

This is a pretty nice last effort from a talented musician

Average customer rating:

There's a Riot Goin' On Sly & the Family Stone Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Stand! ASIN: B000NVL956 Release Date: 2007-05-05

Tracks:

1. Luv N' Haight
2. Just Like a Baby
3. Poet
4. Family Affair
5. Africa Talks to You "The Asphalt Jungle"
6. Brave & Strong
7. (You Caught Me) Smilin'
8. Time
9. Spaced Cow Boy
10. Runnin' Away
11. Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Average customer rating:

Stand!/There's a Riot Goin' On Sly & the Family Stone Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000075AJZ Release Date: 2006-05-02

Average customer rating:

Stand!/There's a Riot Goin' On Sly & the Family Stone Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002HN0TY Release Date: 2006-05-02

Tracks:

1. Stand
2. Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
3. I Want To Take You Higher
4. Somebody's Watching You
5. Sing A Simple Song
6. Everyday People
7. Sex Machine
8. You Can Make It If You Try
9. Luv N' Haight
10. Just Like A Baby
11. Poet
12. Family Affair
13. There's A Riot Goin' On
14. Africa Talks To You (The Asphalt Jungle)
15. Brave & Strong
16. (You Caught Me) Smilin'
17. Time
18. Spaced Cowboy
19. Runnin' Away
20. Thank You For Talkin' To Me, Africa

Album Description

Import only two-disc set features their ace albums, Stand (out-of-print in the US) and There's a Riot Goin' On. Two standard jewel cases packaged in an exclusive slipcase. Sony.

Album Details

Double CD Set with Both Complete Albums Packaged in a Slipcase.

Average customer rating: Good noise

Revolution M.A.S.S. Manufacturer: There's A Riot Goin' On ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002476MO Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

1. Testify
2. Live a Little
3. Get Ready
4. Don't Wanna Wait Anymore
5. Fake Talk
6. Give Me a Break
7. Revolution
8. Deaf to Your Answers
9. Hey Gravity
10. Something Tells Me

Customer Reviews:

Good noise.......2006-03-02

Their first single, Hey Gravity, a one-off for the Radiate label, made it to number 6 in the 2002 Festive Fifty, and its follow up, Live A Little, reached 35 in the same chart of listener's votes the following year. Both songs from this useful twin-guitar indie five-piece from Camden Town occur on this debut album, although Hey Gravity does not benefit for having been re-recorded for their new label, Tréma (and has a guitar segue from the previous track). Live A Little, formerly on both Mandita and Purr labels, seems to be the same version as here, as is their third single, Testify, which makes a powerful opening track. MASS seem to be an uncomplicated (in a good way) guitar band, led by their founder and singer Justine, and the album replicates their live sound with clarity and volume

Average customer rating: That ain't no freight train that you hear You might not know Lieber & Stoller but you know their songs

There's a Riot Goin' On! : The Rock 'N' Roll Classics of Leiber & Stoller Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Doo Wop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music 1950s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music 1950-1959 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Back to Mono (1958-1969) ASIN: B0000032I7 Release Date: 1991-11-19

Tracks:

1. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
2. Riot in Cell Block #9 - The Robins
3. Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots [*] - The Cheers
4. Love Me - Elvis Presley
5. Charlie Brown - The Coasters
6. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
7. Saved - LaVern Baker
8. Love Potion No. 9 - The Clovers
9. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
10. On Broadway - The Drifters
11. I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) [*] - Chuck Jackson
12. I'm a Woman - Peggy Lee
13. Ruby Baby - Dion
14. Only in America [*] - Jay & the Americans
15. Along Came Jones - Ray Stevens
16. I (Who Have Nothing) - Tom Jones
17. Drip Drop [*] - Dion
18. Stand by Me - Ben E. King

Customer Reviews:

That ain't no freight train that you hear.......2004-04-26

This CD spotlights the songwriting of Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller. They were one of the top non-performing songwriting teams of the rock and roll era. The were well known for writing humorous songs, but they were equally capable of writing serious songs. Many of their best known songs are featured here, although with a mere 18 songs, it covers a small fraction of their great songs. Most of these songs have been recorded by several artists, so they had a variety of performances to choose from. Some of the performances that are here aren't the best choices, in my opinion, but they are still good. I do find it a bit odd that there is only one song here by The Coasters, but this is still a solid CD. Recommended to fans of the early rock and roll era.

You might not know Lieber & Stoller but you know their songs.......2003-06-01

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller went into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and while you may well not recognize the names of this song writing team, you most definitely know their music. These were the guys who wrote "Hound Dog" (originally for Big Mama Thornton before Elvis covered it), "Charlie Brown," "Kansas City," "Love Potion No. 9," "Jailhouse Rock," "On Broadway," "(I) Who Have Nothing," and "Stand By Me." In the early days of rock 'n' roll Leiber and Stoller were two of the most important songwriters who changed the sound of American music by fusing R&B with pop. They even added string arrangements on "There Goes My Baby" by the Drifters, the first time that was done with R&B. They gave Phil Spector his start in the music business and even started Red Bird records, where they hired Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich as the main songwriting team writing for some of the best girl groups of the Sixties like the Dixie Cups and the Shangrai-Las. With "There's A Riot Goin' On! The Rock 'n' Roll Classics of Lieber and Stoller" you can get the best of the songs they wrote performed by some of the artists of the period. I like the idea of having a disc with 18 songs written by the same pair of songwriters rather than having to go through various albums by the Coasters, Drifters and others to come up with the same result. I am surprised there are not comparable collections but together for Barry & Greenwich, King & Goeffin, and so forth.

Christian Music:

1. What's Going On [Original recording remastered] [Deluxe Edition]
2. Wild and Peaceful [Original recording remastered]
3. Yeah [CD-single]
4. You Make It Easy
5. Young, Gifted and Black
6. 1, 2 Step/Goodies [CD-single] [Import]
7. 187: Music From The Motion Picture [Soundtrack]
8. 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection [Original recording remastered]
9. A Little Deeper [Explicit Lyrics]
10. Adriana Evans

Christian Music

christian music

Christian Music

The Memorial Album/Your Cheatin' Heart [Original recording remastered]

Dawn American Treasures By Cornish Colony Composers

Complete Aladdin & Imperial Recordings [Import]

Waiting For A Train [Import]

Crazy in Love, Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Fantasia Classica

Celtic Gospel

Destination Unknown

Breakdown Barrier [Explicit Lyrics]

Chimes of Freedom [CD-single]

Dookie

Bambinis

Can't Hold Me Back [Explicit Lyrics]

Jamaica Say You Will

Time Traveler