Ain't but the One Way

Both of Sly Stone's Warner Bros. albums, Ain't but the One Way and Back on the Right Track, along with five unissued recordings, were combined by Rhino Records into a compilation called Who in the Funk Do You Think You Are: The Warner Bros. Recordings in 2001.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
The Village Voice	B[4]

Reviewing the album in Rolling Stone, Steve Futterman judged it "Neither triumphant resurgence nor embarrassing failure". He elaborated that the album successfully recreates the funky grooves of "the classic Family Stone sound" but lacks the sociopolitical immediacy that the band had in their heyday. He concluded, "When a once politically astute pop statesman writes an ode to New Jersey called 'Hobo Ken,' you know something is wrong. But if you crave the beat, you'll find it here ..."^[3] The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau said "this may even be a little better" than Back on the Right Track, reasoning that "the aphoristic snap of the songwriting recalls better days, and the mix generates some heat." However, he questioned the significance of this progression: "[W]here in 1979 it seemed theoretically possible that Sly was on some track or other, there's no way this'll pull him through—often sounds as if he's not even there."^[4]

All songs written by Sylvester Stewart except where noted.

Side A

1. "L.O.V.I.N.U." - 4:39
2. "One Way" - 4:26
3. "Ha Ha, Hee Hee" (Pat Rizzo) - 3:53
4. "Hobo Ken" - 2:38

Side B

1. "Who in the Funk Do You Think You Are" - 4:34
2. "You Really Got Me" (Ray Davies) - 3:51
3. "Sylvester" - 0:44
4. "We Can Do It" - 3:45
5. "High, Y'all" - 5:45