Open Sesame (Kool & the Gang album)

Open Sesame
Studio album by Kool & the Gang
Released November 1976
Genre Funk, disco
Length 35:03 (LP),
51:33 (CD)
Label De-Lite
Producer Kool and the Gang
Kool & the Gang chronology
Love & Understanding
(1976)Love & Understanding1976		 Open Sesame
(1976)		 The Force
(1977)The Force1977
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Allmusic[1]

Open Sesame is the eighth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1976. The album yielded the hit title track, "Open Sesame", which achieved some success, first as a top ten R&B single, then later as part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.[2] "Super Band" also reached the R&B top twenty. The album was the second of two albums released by the band in 1976.

Track listing

All tracks written by Kool & the Gang unless otherwise noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Open Sesame (Groove with the Genie)"Ronald "Khalis Bayyan" Bell/Kool & The Gang3:46
2."Gift of Love"Ronald "Khalis Bayyan" Bell, Donna Johnson/Kool & The Gang4:07
3."Little Children"Claydes Charles Smith, Donna Johnson/Kool & The Gang5:28
4."All Night Long"Claydes Charles Smith, Donna Johnson/Kool & The Gang3:53
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Whisper Softly"Ronald "Khalis Bayyan" Bell, Donna Johnson/Kool & The Gang6:04
2."Super Band" 4:54
3."L-O-V-E"George Brown/Kool & The Gang3:23
4."Sunshine"Robert "Spike" Mickens, Donna Johnson/Kool & The Gang3:28

Personnel

  • Bass, Vocals, Percussion – Robert "Kool" Bell
  • Drums – George Brown
  • Guitar, Percussion – Claydes Smith
  • Saxophone, flute, clavinet, synthesizer, vocals, keyboards, percussion, vibraphone, strings – Ronald Bell
  • Saxophone, flute, vocals, percussion, congas – Dennis Thomas
  • Trumpet, flugelhorn – Larry Gittens
  • Trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion – Robert Mickens
  • Vocals, percussion, trombone – Otha Nash

References

  1. ↑ "Kool & the Gang: Open Sesame" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Soundtracks for Saturday Night Fever". IMDB. Retrieved 29 October 2011.


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