“Ain't But The One Way” is the tenth and final album by Sly & the Family Stone, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1982. The album began its existence as a collaborative project between Sly Stone and George Clinton, a sequel to Stone's appearance on the 1981 Funkadelic album The Electric Spanking of War Babies. While working on Ain't But the One Way, Clinton and Funkadelic quarreled with and eventually left Warner Bros. Records, and Sly Stone went into self-seclusion and could not be found. Producer Stewart Levine was assigned to take control of the project, and do what he could to complete an album. Upon its 1982 release, Ain't But The One Way underperformed and marked the end of Sly Stone's career with Warner Bros Records. First of all, this album was recorded in the beginning of the 80's, when Sly was trying a new formula, just like everyone else, due to the latest crash of the disco era. Even in the cover art he seems like being skating, flying in a jump. Modern, and shinning bright like in "Fresh". He bounces like a new gifted artist in "Ha Ha Hee Hee" in a kool groove line. He surprises in "You Really Got Me". This song, that was a trade mark from the Kinks and Van Halen, always dressed as a heavy rock, gains a new funky stomp here, something that seemed almost impossible before. In "Who In The Funk Do You Think You Are" he question this new situation in a nice drive around the old funky disco beat.
Track List
01. "L.O.V.I.N.U." (Stewart) (4:39)
02. "One Way" (Stewart) (4:26)
03. "Ha Ha Hee Hee" (Pat Rizzo) (3:53)
04. "Hobo Ken" (Stewart) (2:38)
05. "Who In The Funk Do You Think You Are" (Stewart) (4:34)
06. "You Really Got Me" (Ray Davies) (3:51)
07. "Sylvester" (Stewart) (0:44)
09. "We Can Do It" (Stewart) (3:45)
10. "High, Y'all" (Stewart) (5:45)
Released: 1982
Recorded: from 1974 to 1981
Label: Warner Bros.
Genre: Psychedelic, Funk
Length: 34:17
Engineered By: Frank Nadasdy, Rik Pekkonen, Roger Dollarhide
Mastered By: Bernie Grundman
Mixed By: Rik Pekkonen
Produced By: Sly Stone, Stewart Levine
Co-producer: Pat Rizzo
Personnel:
* Larry Graham
* Sly Stone
* Little Sister
* Frederick Stewart
* Cynthia Robinson
* Greg Errico
* Rosemary Stewart
* Jerry Martini
* Gerry Gibson
* Rusty Allen
* Andy Newmark
* Pat Rizzo
* Vaetta Stewart
* Bill Lordan
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