Back on the Right Track | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Sly and the Family Stone |
Cover: | Sly-right-track.jpg |
Released: | October 9, 1979[1] |
Recorded: | 1979 |
Genre: | Funk, soul |
Length: | 26:07 |
Label: | Warner Bros. (BSK 3303) |
Producer: | Mark Davis |
Prev Title: | Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back |
Prev Year: | 1976 |
Next Title: | Ain't But the One Way |
Next Year: | 1982 |
Back on the Right Track is a studio album by Sly and the Family Stone, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1979.[2] The album was, as its title alludes to, an overt comeback attempt for Sly Stone. However, the album and its singles, "Remember Who You Are" and "The Same Thing (Makes You Laugh, Makes You Cry)", failed to live up to expectations.
Some of the original Family Stone members, including Cynthia Robinson, Pat Rizzo, Freddie Stone, and Rose Stone, make contributions to this album. Back on the Right Track was produced by Mark Davis.[3]
Back on the Right Track and the following studio release, Ain't But the One Way, were combined by Rhino Records into a compilation called Who in the Funk Do You Think You Are: The Warner Bros. Recordings in 2001.
The Buffalo News called Back on the Right Track "a joyous, buoyant breakthrough album ... the music is as punchy as ever."[4]
All songs credit Sly Stone as songwriter; except "Remember Who You Are", written by Sly Stone and Hamp Banks