Album
Something Special
1981 · Funk / Soul
12 collectors on Gatefold own this
Something Special is a Soul & Funk album by Kool & The Gang, originally released in 1981. On Gatefold: 73 pressings tracked, owned by 12 collectors.
About
Along with Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & The Gang was arguably the only mainstream Black American band to successfully transition from the 1970s to the 1980. But where Earth, Wind & Fire toyed with disco as part of a broader diet of R&B, jazz, and other Black idiom, Kool & The Gang embraced the sound consciously and head-on. Released in 1981, <i>Something Special</i> would become the band’s third platinum album in three year. It wasn’t all that functionally different from 1979’s <i>Ladies’ Night</i> or 1980’s <i>Celebrate!</i>: It’s polished, pop-friendly, and song-oriented—a sound that scanned as Black, but was easily embraced by mainstream America. .
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Tracklist
- 1Steppin' Out4:45
- 2Good Time Tonight5:00
- 3Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)4:06
- 4Be My Lady4:15
- 5Get Down On It4:53
- 6Pass It On4:33
- 7Stand Up and Sing4:29
- 8No Show4:20
- 9Stop!3:21
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Disco
- polished
- celebratory
- club
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Brian JacksonKEYBOARDS
- Claydes SmithGUITAR LEAD GUITAR SAXOPHONE, KEYBOARDS
- Clifford AdamsBACKING VOCALS TROMBONE TROMBONE, BACKING VOCALS
- Cynthia HugginsBACKING VOCALS
- Dennis D.T. ThomasALTO SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Eumir DeodatoKEYBOARDS
- George BrownBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, DRUMS DRUMS
- J.T. TaylorBACKING VOCALS LEAD VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- Jimmy MaelenPERCUSSION
- Joan MotleyBACKING VOCALS
- Kelly BarrettoBACKING VOCALS
- Michael RayBACKING VOCALS TRUMPET TRUMPET, BACKING VOCALS
- Robert Kool BellBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, BASS BASS
- Robert Spike MickensBACKING VOCALS TRUMPET TRUMPET, BACKING VOCALS
- Ronald BellBACKING VOCALS KEYBOARDS SAXOPHONE
- Something SweetBACKING VOCALS
- Steve GreenfieldALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE ALTO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE, BACKING VOCALS
12 collectors on Gatefold own this · 73 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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