Celebrate!

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Celebrate!
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Studio album by Kool & the Gang
Released September 29, 1980
Genre Post-disco, funk
Length 35:18
Label De-Lite
Producer Kool and the Gang, Eumir Deodato
Kool & the Gang chronology
Ladies' Night
(1979)Ladies' Night1979
Celebrate!
(1980)
Something Special
(1981)Something Special1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

Celebrate! is the twelfth studio album by R&B/funk band, Kool & the Gang. Released in 1980, the album reached #1 on the US R&B chart and #10 on the Billboard 200.[2] The album produced perhaps Kool & The Gang's most recognizable hit song, the #1 chart-topper, "Celebration", which still receives heavy play today over three decades later.[3]

Track listing

Side 1
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Celebration"   Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang 4:58
2. "Jones vs. Jones"   George Brown, Kool & the Gang 4:18
3. "Take It to the Top"   Bell, Kool & the Gang 4:19
4. "Morning Star"   Robert Mickens, Kool & the Gang 3:46
Side 2
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Love Festival"   Charles Smith, Kool & the Gang 5:16
2. "Just Friends"   Bell, Kool & the Gang 4:23
3. "Night People"   Bell, Kool & the Gang 3:47
4. "Love Affair"   Brown, Kool & the Gang 4:21

Personnel

  • Bass – Robert "Kool" Bell
  • Lead guitar – Charles Smith
  • Keyboards, saxophone, backing vocals – Ronald Bell
  • Percussion, backing vocals – George Brown
  • Lead and backing vocals – James "J.T." Taylor
  • Alto saxophone – Dennis Thomas
  • Trumpet, backing vocals – Robert Mickens
  • Keyboards, backing vocals – Earl Toon, Jr.
  • Keyboards – Kevin Bell
  • Additional keyboards – Adam Epolito
  • Backing vocals – Cedric Toon, Meekaeel Muhammad, Robert Bell, Coffee, Something Sweet
  • Orchestra arranged and conducted by – Eumir Deodato
Production
  • Recording engineer – Jim Bonnefond
  • Assistant engineers – Bobby Cohen, Clif Hodsdon, Jeff Kawalex, Joe DeAngelis, Jullian Robertson, Kenny Robb
  • Mixed by – Eumir Deodato, Jim Bonnefond, Gabe Vigorito
  • Mastered by – Tom Coyne
  • Producer – Eumir Deodato
  • Associate producer – Kool & The Gang

References

  1. Hanson, Amy. "Kool & the Gang: Celebrate! > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  2. "Celebrate! > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  3. "Celebrate! > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2011.


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