En klassiker från bandet som var med om att omskapa musiken i skarven mellan 1960- och 70-talen.

"It's easy to write off There's a Riot Goin' On as one of two things -- Sly Stone's disgusted social commentary or the beginning of his slow descent into addiction. It's both of these things, of course, but pigeonholing it as either winds up dismissing the album as a whole, since it is so bloody hard to categorize. What's certain is that Riot is unlike any of Sly & the Family Stone's other albums, stripped of the effervescence that flowed through even such politically aware records as Stand! This is idealism soured, as hope is slowly replaced by cynicism, joy by skepticism, enthusiasm by weariness, sex by pornography, thrills by narcotics. Joy isn't entirely gone -- it creeps through the cracks every once and awhile and, more disturbing, Sly revels in his stoned decadence. What makes Riot so remarkable is that it's hard not to get drawn in with him, as you're seduced by the narcotic grooves, seductive vocals slurs, leering electric pianos, and crawling guitars....And damn if this music isn't funk at its deepest and most impenetrable -- this is dense music, nearly impenetrable....Ultimately, the music is the message, and while it's dark music, it's not alienating -- it's seductive despair, and that's the scariest thing about it." (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com)
11 spår; speltid 65:25.

1. Luv n´ haight
2. Just like a baby
3. Poet
4. Family affair
5. Africa talks to you "The asphalt jungle" / There´s a riot goin´ on
6. Brave & strong
7. (You caught me) Smilin´
8. time
9. Spaced cow boy
10. Runnin´ away
11. Thank you for talkin´ to me Africa