Editing Stone Gon'

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Stone Gon'
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Barry White]]
| cover      = BarryWhiteStoneGon'.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 2, 1973
| recorded   = 
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[disco]]
| length     = 37:49
| label      = [[20th Century Records|20th Century]]
| producer   = [[Barry White]]
| prev_title = [[I've Got So Much to Give (album)|I've Got So Much to Give]]
| prev_year  = 1973
| next_title = [[Can't Get Enough (Barry White album)|Can't Get Enough]]
| next_year  = 1974
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Stone Gon'
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up]]
 | single1date = October 1973<ref name="R&B">{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/barry-white/chart-history/bsi/|title=Barry White - Chart history (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) {{!}} Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref>
 | single2     = Honey Please, Can't Ya See
 | single2date = February 1974<ref name="R&B"/>
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r68332|tab=review|label=''Stone Gon' '' > review|first=Stephen|last=Cook|accessdate=May 15, 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev2score = C−<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: W|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=W&bk=70|accessdate=March 22, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev3score = Mixed<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/stone-gon-19740214|title="Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up" and "Honey Please, Can't Ya See" work best|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref>
}}
'''''Stone Gon' ''''' is the second [[studio album]] by American R&B singer [[Barry White]], released in 1973 on the [[20th Century Records|20th Century]] label. The album was arranged by Barry White and [[Gene Page]].

==History==
The album topped the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|R&B albums chart]], his second to do so. It also reached number 20 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number 18 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="uk"/> The album was a success, yielding two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "[[Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up]]" and "Honey Please, Can't Ya See".<ref name="R&B"/> Both were also successful on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], peaking at numbers 7 and 44 respectively. "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" was also a hit on the [[UK Singles Chart]], peaking at number 14.<ref name="uk"/> The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on May 3, 1994, by [[The Island Def Jam Music Group|Island/Mercury Records]].

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline        = Side one
| all_writing     = Barry White
| title1          = Girl It's True, Yes I'll Always Love You
| length1         = 8:36
| title2          = Honey Please, Can't Ya See
| length2         = 5:11
| title3          = You're My Baby
| length3         = 9:08
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = Side two
| title1          = Hard to Believe That I Found You
| length1         = 6:59
| title2          = [[Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up]]
| length2         = 7:56
}}

==Personnel==
*Barry White – lead vocals, arranger
*[[Gene Page]] – arranger

'''Technical'''
*Frank Kejmar – engineer
*[[Craig Braun]] – design
*[[Norman Seeff]] – photography

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for ''Stone Gon{{'}}''
!scope="col"|Chart (1973–1974)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=336}}</ref>
|align="center"|9
|-
!scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28478/barry-white/|title=UK Charts > Barry White|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=2012-10-29}}</ref>
|align="center"|18
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/barry-white/chart-history/tlp/|title=Barry White - Chart history (Billboard 200) {{!}} Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|20
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|Top Soul LPs]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/barry-white/chart-history/blp/|title=Barry White - Chart history (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums) {{!}} Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=June 2, 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Stone Gon{{'}}''}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Stone gon'|type=album|artist=Barry White|relyear=1974|certyear=1975|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|id=6293-2715-2}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Stone Gon'|type=album|artist=Barry White|relyear=1974|certyear=1974|region=United States|award=Gold}}
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==See also==
*[[List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1974]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* ''[http://www.discogs.com/Barry-White-Stone-Gon/master/37848 Stone Gon']'' at [[Discogs]]

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[[Category:1973 albums]]
[[Category:Barry White albums]]
[[Category:Albums arranged by Gene Page]]
[[Category:20th Century Fox Records albums]]