| Moon in Scorpio | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | the Family Stand |
| Cover: | Moon in Scorpio (The Family Stand album).jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Genre: | Rock, R&B, funk |
| Label: | East West |
| Producer: | The Family Stand |
| Prev Title: | Chain |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Connected |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
Moon in Scorpio is an album by the American band the Family Stand, released in 1991.[1] [2] The album was a commercial disappointment, with the band receiving more attention for its contributions to Paula Abdul's Spellbound.[3]
The album was produced by the Family Stand.[4] Vernon Reid contributed some guitar parts.[5] "Plantation Radio" is about the needless segregation found in radio programming playlists. "The Education of Jamie" is about the omnipresence of white culture.[6]
Billboard declared that Sandra St. Victor "has the sassiness of Tina Turner and the range of Chaka Khan."[4] The New York Times called Moon in Scorpio a "full-bodied meltdown of soul, hip-hop and corrosive psychedelia," writing that "the Family Stand is fighting for musical and polemic freedom in a pop world where black artists are supposed to submit to cosmetic surgeons and let their whizbang producers do the talking."[7] The Washington Post considered it "a potent hard-rock-and-funk concoction that rings with blood-sweat-and-tears intensity."[8]
AllMusic wrote that the album's "meaty blend of R&B and rock was a creative triumph," and called it "an underexposed gem that's well worth searching for." The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed it "a tripped out explosion of talent."