High on You
Studio album by
Sly Stone
ReleasedNovember 8, 1975 (1975-11-08)
Recorded1974–75
GenreFunk
Length34:46
LabelEpic (PE 33835)
ProducerSly Stone
Sly and the Family Stone chronology
Small Talk
(1974) 		High on You
(1975) 		Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]

High on You is the first solo album by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, released by Epic/CBS Records in 1975. The Family Stone broke up in January 1975 after a disastrous booking at the Radio City Music Hall. At this point, most of the band members parted company with Stone, except for trumpeter Cynthia Robinson, his brother guitarist Freddie Stone, and backup singers Little Sister. With subsequent recordings, Stone returned to using the name of his former band, although they were largely solo recordings.

Overview

Stone performed a large part of the instrumentation for each song on his own using multitracking (as he had been doing for Family Stone LPs since There's a Riot Goin' On in 1971). This album includes a combination of newly recorded solo material with a handful of songs recorded before the Family Stone's dissolution.

High on You's first single was the R&B number-three hit "I Get High on You". The LP's second single, "Le Lo Li", failed to chart within the R&B Top 40, as did the third, "Crossword Puzzle". All three singles missed the U.S. pop Top 40.

Besides its standard stereo release, High on You was also released in quadraphonic sound.

Track listing

All songs written by Sylvester Stewart and produced by Sly Stone, unless otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "I Get High On You" - 3:15
  2. "Crossword Puzzle" - 2:57
  3. "That's Lovin' You" - 2:58
  4. "Who Do You Love?" - 3:42
  5. "Green Eyed Monster Girl" - 3:55

Side two

  1. "Organize" (Sylvester Stewart, Freddie Stewart) - 3:22
  2. "Le Lo Li" - 3:20
  3. "My World" - 3:26
  4. "So Good To Me" - 3:24
  5. "Greed" - 4:13

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ^ High on You at AllMusic
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
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