Album of the Day

Sly and the Family Stone took the Sixties ideal of unity and turned it into deeply groove-driven music; after a string of game-changing releases on Epic, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers signed to Warner Bros. as the 1970s drew to a close. AIN’T BUT THE ONE WAY started as a collaboration with George Clinton (with whom Sly had worked on THE ELECTRIC SPANKING OF WAR BABIES), but that changed when Clinton cut ties with WB. Enter producer Stewart Levine to help shape the 1982 collection, which cooks up the rhythm on seven originals highlighted by “Who in the Funk Do You Think You Are” plus a pair of covers including a distinctive take on The Kinks’ “You Really Got Me.” AIN’T BUT THE ONE WAY proved to be the final album from the legendary Sly Stone.