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