This collection showcases the second and more successful phase of the career of Kool & the Gang. The tracks on this release date from 1979 through 1987. Coincidentally, lead...
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Kool & the Gang's funky debut was an unexpected hit, with a first single (self-titled) climbing both the pop and R&B charts. Subsequent singles -- "The Gang's Back Again,"...
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Good Times was a bit spotty compared to Music Is the Message, compromising Kool & the Gang's legendary funk instincts for a variety of digressions that don't turn out the...
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Prior to James "JT" Taylor adding pop flavor vocals, which help garner a handful of top selling albums, this was Kool & the Gang's most successful album, spawning three...
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Following on the heels of their 1975 smash Spirit of the Boogie, Kool & the Gang hit the road to tour the album and record new material. One tumultuous show, at London's...
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All the music on Kool & the Gang's Curb's All-Time Greatest Hits have been re-recorded and the music has been arranged to give the music a "'90s feel." ~ Stephen Thomas...
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It's hard to believe that Greatest Hits is the first Kool & the Gang collection to cover both eras of the group's career, but it is. No other collection had contained both...
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Spanning the band's early-'70s genesis as an unhinged funk congregation and their later resurgence with urbane R&B balladry and synth-inflected disco, The Very Best of Kool...
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James Taylor's debut. For the first time, the sexy grooves of the title cut and "Too Hot" were possible, and the Gang took full advantage of the...
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With their long track record, Kool & the Gang have always offered dance-provoking rhythms and Something Special fits that bill, too. Featuring the number one single "Take My...
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Kool & the Gang's fourth album -- but only their second studio record -- was just as strong and joyous as its live predecessors, though it featured a few more vocals and...
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Discussing Kool & the Gang in the early '70s, James Brown enthused, "They're the second-baddest out there...They make such bad records that you got to be careful when you...
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In addition to having a great title, this 1971 release is one of the best of the group's early efforts. Combining the raw groove of James Brown with the melodic talents and...
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As you might be able to tell from the title, Hollywood Swinging covers Kool & the Gang's earlier years, before the likes of "Ladies Night" and "Celebration," and chooses to...
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During their eight year reign as one of the premiere R&B/funk bands, Kool & the Gang featuring James "J.T." Taylor on lead, had one top ten hit after another and quite a few...
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With five songs each from these '70s funk pioneers (including "Jungle Boogie," "Funky Stuff, " "Fire, " and the epic "Love Rollercoaster"), this disc doesn't offer enough...
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Although disco was well dead by the end of the 1970s, Kool & the Gang nevertheless unleashed a chart-topping, dance-club rattling monster that proved there was still life on...
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This album marked the end of Kool & the Gang's 15-year association with De-Lite Records. Impressively, the group charted each of those 15 years including ten number-one...
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Kool And The Gang's long run as a recreated pop act in the '80s formally ended with this release of this late '80s anthology. It contained all the smooth pop winners sung by...
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Kool & the Gang's penultimate album, and vocalist James "J.T." Taylor's last with the band before he left for a solo career, 1986's Forever marked the group's final Top Ten...
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Lest anyone is expecting extravaganzas like "Celebration" or other crossover hits from the early '80s, Kool & the Gang's Spin Their Top Hits strictly covers the band's...
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Things changed drastically for Kool And The Gang in 1989. J.T. Taylor departed, and they were caught without a standout lead singer for the first time since 1978. They had...
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By the time 1983's In the Heart hit the streets, Kool & the Gang had left the fast lanes of funk for the smoother ride of the adult-oriented R&B expressway. Nevertheless,...
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This collection of 12" tracks features a nice mix of the group's older, funkier stuff with its soul/pop hits of the '80s, including Open Sesame," "Love and Understanding,"...
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Live at P.J.'s, the third Kool & the Gang record (and second live album in a row), betters the previous Live at the Sex Machine with a committed set balancing funky workouts...
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Originally a two-disc set in the U.K., Kool & the Gang's The Hits: Reloaded gets its release in a one-disc edition for America. Gone are the group's collaborations with...
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Believe it or not, Gold is the first compilation with U.S. distribution to provide a fair and rather thorough glance at Kool & the Gang's career from 1969 through 1987....
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With their long track record, Kool & the Gang have always offered dance-provoking rhythms and Something Special fits that bill, too. Featuring the number one single "Take My...
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