Fresh (Sly and the Family Stone album)

Fresh
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1973 (1973-06)
Recorded1972–73
StudioRecord Plant (Sausalito, California)
Genre
Length39:39
LabelEpic
ProducerSly Stone
Sly and the Family Stone chronology
There's a Riot Goin' On
(1971)
Fresh
(1973)
Small Talk
(1974)
Singles from Fresh
  1. "If You Want Me to Stay"
    Released: 1973
  2. "Frisky"
    Released: 1973

Fresh is the sixth album by American funk band Sly and the Family Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records in June 1973. Written and produced by Sly Stone over two years, Fresh has been described as a lighter and more accessible take on the dense, drum machine-driven sound of its landmark 1971 predecessor There's a Riot Goin' On.[4] It was the band's final album to reach the US Top 10, entering the Billboard Album Chart on June 30,[5] and their last of three consecutive number-one albums on the R&B chart. In 2003, the album was ranked number 186 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

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