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A Whole New Thing was the debut album from Sly & The Family Stone. They sought to combine elements of soul, rock, jazz and funk into a psychedelic whole. The group would enjoy enormous success in the early 1970s.
“Sly Stone and his Family were pioneers on all fronts, musical, social and political. They were the first fully integrated group with black and white, men and women musicians playing side by side. They were the first group to develop funk as a fully-fledged musical genre. They were one of the first pop/rock acts to use a brass section as an integral part of the group. Later on they would also spearhead political protest. The group had an immense influence on the US music scene. This debut album firmly belongs to the Flower Power movement of the San Francisco scene, mixing elements of soul, funk, psychedelic influences and jazz.”
“Very funky and groovy soul with some great melodies and very tight playing. Rather progressive and experimental at the same time as being tight, which makes the music highly enjoyable. Also the variation between the tracks is great, with some songs being fast, some slow. On the negative side some of the songs are actually annoyingly short, when they could be grooving on for some time more. Still this is a rather pleasant album, and a very nice debut album for a band.”
“This debut, A Whole New Thing, got the ball rolling in the right direction by adding fuzzed-up guitar to soulful vocals, a tasty horn section, occasional protest lyrics and just enough psychedelia to make Sly's groundbreaking work unmistakable. This revolutionary new sound wouldn't fully catch the nation's fancy until 1968, but it was already perfectly clear that A Whole New Thing was going to be nothing less than what it proclaimed to be, the harbinger of a whole new thing.”
“While their debut is a bit less ambitious and worthwhile than future albums, it certainly has all the pieces. Stone's great, hook-laden songwriting, ably performed by a band anchored by a virtually unparalleled rhythm section.”
“What Sly presents on this album is not exactly funk but a supercharged variety of soul, embellished with 60s rock touches. This style is known as psychedelic soul and this is a very early example.”
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