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Sly & The Family Stone - Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back (1976/2017) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

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Sly & The Family Stone - Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back (1976/2017) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Sly & The Family Stone - Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back (1976/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 34:04 minutes | 703 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back is the eighth album by American funk/soul/rock band Sly and the Family Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records in 1976. This album is an effort to return the idea of the "Family Stone" band to singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone's work, after his previous album, High on You, was released without the Family Stone name. However, the original Family Stone had broken up in 1975, and a new Family Stone was assembled for this album: the only holdover is stalwart Family Stone trumpetist Cynthia Robinson. Vet Stone and Elva Mouton, both formerly members of Family Stone backing band Little Sister, are credited as providing "additional background vocals".

Only one single was released from this album, "Family Again" b/w "Nothing Less than Happiness", which failed to chart. Epic released Sly from his recording contract in 1977, and released a remix album Ten Years Too Soon, in 1979. Ten Years Too Soon took several Sly & the Family Stone hits (among them "Dance to the Music", "Stand!", and "Everyday People") and had them reimagined as disco songs.

Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back, Sly Stone's ninth album for Epic, features a reunited Sly & the Family Stone. Sly's previous album, the funk-filled High on You (1975), had been a solo effort. The sentiment here sure seems inviting – Sly optimistically reuniting with his group in an aim to recapture the magic of his late-'60s prime yet the result is sadly disappointing. Rather than revisit the funk of High on You or the psychedelic pop/rock of late-'60s Sly & the Family Stone, Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back seems modeled after the Philly soul sound of the time. This in itself is fine this was 1976, after all, and the Family Stone seemed well-suited for the horn- and chorus-filled style of Philly soul, which was then in vogue and it certainly makes for a curious entry in the group's catalog. However, neither the songs nor the music here is especially engaging beyond the level of curiosity. The marketplace didn't respond well to Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back, and it's fairly easy to hear why nothing here sticks, even if the music is pleasant enough and even if Sly is in an optimistic mood. Sly & the Family Stone may be back here, as the title proclaims, but this isn't the same band spiritually or musically. One suspects Epic may have pushed Sly in the Philly soul direction, given the label's treatment of the Jackson 5 on Goin' Places (1977). After all, the label didn't care enough about Sly to keep him around for long; following the commercial failure of Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back, he was dropped from his contract after only two albums.

Tracklist:

01. Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back
02. What Was I Thinkin' In My head
03. Nothing Less Than Happiness
04. Sexy Situation
05. Blessing In Disguise
06. Everything In You
07. Mother Is a Hippie
08. Let's Be Together
09. The Thing
10. Family Again

Personnel:

Sly Stone - vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, various instruments
Cynthia Robinson - trumpet, vocals
Joe Baker - guitar, vocals
Dwight Hogan - bass, vocals
John Colla - alto and soprano saxophone, vocals
Steve Schuster - tenor saxophone, flute
John Farey - keyboards, percussion
Virginia Ayers - vocals, percussion
Anthony Warren - drums
Lady Biancavlead and background vocals, clavinet
Vicki Blackwell - violin

foobar2000 1.3.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-12-30 06:33:50

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Analyzed: Sly & The Family Stone / Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -0.15 dB -14.83 dB 4:01 01-Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back
DR13 0.00 dB -14.53 dB 4:02 02-What Was I Thinkin' In My head
DR11 -1.47 dB -14.91 dB 3:01 03-Nothing Less Than Happiness
DR12 -1.45 dB -14.84 dB 2:59 04-Sexy Situation
DR11 -0.79 dB -14.12 dB 3:53 05-Blessing In Disguise
DR12 -1.10 dB -15.72 dB 3:17 06-Everything In You
DR14 0.00 dB -15.64 dB 3:03 07-Mother Is a Hippie
DR12 -1.50 dB -15.68 dB 3:38 08-Let's Be Together
DR13 -1.27 dB -16.17 dB 3:23 09-The Thing
DR12 -0.73 dB -14.92 dB 2:47 10-Family Again
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2909 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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All thanks go to the original releaser