Sweat (Kool & the Gang album)

Sweat is the eighteenth studio album by the band Kool & the Gang, released in 1989 following a three-year gap between albums. James "J.T." Taylor, Khalis Bayyan and Robert "Spike" Mickens had departed, and this album showed a refocused band.[1]

Sweat
Studio album by
Kool & the Gang
ReleasedOctober 1989
Recorded1988-1989
GenreSynth-pop, dance-pop, R&B
Length52:37
LabelMercury
ProducerKool and the Gang, Royal Bayyan, Nick Martinelli, Curtis Williams, Chuckii Booker, George Brown, Charles Smith
Kool & the Gang chronology
Forever
(1986)		 Sweat
(1989)		 Unite
(1992)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Ron Wynn of Allmusic called the album "a completely faceless, aimless record…probably the worst album of their career,".[2]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Sweat"Bayyan4:22
2."This Is What a Love Can Do"Bokowski, Varner4:13
3."Never Give Up"Bellochio, Habeeb4:42
4."You Got My Heart on Fire"Haynes, Williams6:29
5."Someday"Bayyan, Martin4:58
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Raindrops"Booker3:50
2."In Your Company"Booker5:53
3."I'll Follow You Anywhere"Gazeley, Scher5:37
4."All She Wants to Do Is Dance"Booker3:55
5."How Can I Get Close to You"Brown, Thomas4:22
6."You Are the Meaning of Friend"Block, Smith5:06

Personnel
  • Robert "Kool" Bell - bass
  • Dennis Thomas - alto sax, vocals, percussion
  • Claydes Charles Smith - guitar
  • Sennie "Skip" Martin - vocals, trumpet, percussion (lead on 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
  • Odeen Mays - vocals, keyboards (lead on 1, 2, 4, 7, 10)
  • Larry Gittens - trumpet, vocal, keyboards
  • Clifford Adams - trombone, vocals
  • George Brown - drums

References
  1. Kool & The Gang – Sweat at Discogs
  2. Wynn, Ron. "Kool & the Gang: Sweat at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 October 2011.


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