Ain't but the One Way is the tenth and final studio album by Sly and the Family Stone, released by Warner Bros. Records in September 1982.

While working on Ain't but the One Way, Clinton and Funkadelic quarreled with and eventually left Warner Bros. Records, and Sly Stone went into self-seclusion and could not be found.

Upon its 1982 release, Ain't but the One Way underperformed and marked the end of Sly Stone's tenure with Warner Bros. Records.

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.

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."