Technically, only four songs here reached the Top Ten, with only two others hitting the Top 40, but judging this solely on charts is misleading, since this is simply a peerless singles collection. "Released in 1970 during the stopgap between Stand! and There's a Riot Goin' On, Greatest Hits inadvertently arrived at precisely the right moment, summarizing Sly & the Family Stone's joyous hit-making run on the pop and R&B charts. Never conceived as anything more than a stalling tactic, Greatest Hits doesn't even bother to adopt a chronological presentation to illustrate the group's growth into a soul/rock/psychedelia powerhouse. So they cobbled together a greatest hits disc from the four albums Stone had recorded so far (as well as some b-sides), and rushed it to the stores so listeners wouldn't lose interest. Comprising five singles and their b-sides along with one additional single and one album track, it includes all of the singles from the albums Dance to the Music (1968), Life (1968), and Stand! (1969), and all of their charting B-sides.Īt the time, the normally prolific Stone was holed up in the studio, laboring over what would become There's a Riot Goin' On, and the label was getting nervous. It was first released on November 21, 1970, by Epic Records. "Greatest Hits" is a compilation album by American recording group Sly and the Family Stone.
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