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There's a Riot Goin' On
There's a Riot Goin' On is the fifth studio album by American funk and psychedelic soul band Sly and the Family Stone. It was recorded from 1970 to 1971 at Record Plant Studios in Sausalito, California and released later that year on November 20 by Epic Records. 
The album's recording was dominated by band frontman Sly Stone during a period of drug use and intra-group tension. Its music embraced a darker and more challenging sound than the optimistic style of the band's previous
only for a couple weeks was released by a record label that was near its end and never received a proper push. Despite this situation the band continued to tour in support of the record. Black Lives is characterized by dark, disjointed themes similar in spirit to "There's a Riot Goin' on" by Sly Stone and "Flowers of Romance" by PiL. The record documented a time of complete chaos and self-destruction for The Icarus Line. For better or worse, "Black Lives at the Golden Coast" brings