Fresh Tracklist
Fresh is the sixth album by American funk band Sly and the Family Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records on June 30, 1973. Written and produced by Sly Stone over two years, Fresh has been described as a lighter and more accessible take on the dense, drum machine-driven sound of its landmark 1971 predecessor There’s a Riot Goin' On. It was the band’s final album to reach the US Top 10. In 2003, the album was ranked number 186 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The album’s biggest hit was “If You Want Me to Stay”. Other notable tracks include “Frisky” and “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)”, a cover of Doris Day’s Academy Award-winning song from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 film The Man Who Knew Too Much, sung here by Rose Stone. “Que Sera, Sera” is notable as the only cover song issued on an original Family Stone album.
“Fresh” Q&A
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What did Sly Stone say about 'Fresh'?
If Riot was dark, this album was light, almost blindingly so. I had started feeling rich, and not just in the bank account. It was in my frame of mind. The success of Riot meant that people were happy listening to my music, that they were rewarded by it, and that was the richest feeling I could imagine.
[…] The music on the album was also about staying up. The band was still mostly there, the original Family Stone, but it was shifting. I was still working the way I had worked on Riot, building the songs up from my demos and then adding in other musicians as needed.
— In Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
