Greatest Hits (Sly and the Family Stone album)
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| Greatest hits album by Sly and the Family Stone | ||||
| Released | November 21, 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1967–69 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic soul, funk, rock | |||
| Length | 39:56 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Sly Stone | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| All Music Guide |  |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A+ |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  |
| PopMatters | 8/10 |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American recording group Sly and the Family Stone, released on November 21, 1970, by Epic Records. Comprising five singles and their b-sides along with one additional single and one album track, it includes all of the singles from the albums Dance to the Music (1968), Life (1968), and Stand! (1969), and all of their charting B-sides. Three tracks released as singles in 1969 appear on album for the first time here: "Hot Fun in the Summertime", "Everybody Is a Star", and "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)". The versions on this compilation are not the single mixes in all cases; some songs appear here in their album lengths and mixes.
Greatest Hits was certified quintuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having shipped five million copies in the United States. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album number 60 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Released in the midst of an eighteen-month stretch from late 1969 to late 1971, during which Sly & the Family Stone released no new material, Greatest Hits was designed by Epic Records to appease consumer demand and keep the band's name and music in the public's eye. Greatest Hits peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200, and was the band's most successful album sales-wise.
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