- funk
- 37 min
- 8 tracks
- De‐Lite Records
Open Sesame is the eighth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1976 on Mercury Records. The album reached No. 9 on the US Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 33 on the US Billboard Top Jazz LPs chart. Open Sesame was the second of two studio albums released by the band in 1976. The title track became a top ten R&B single, and later part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The single "Super Band" also reached the R&B top twenty.
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Spare, classical in form, warm and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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Tracks
- A1Open Sesame3:48
- A2Gift of Love4:10
- A3Little Children5:32
- A4All Night Long4:55
- B1Whisper Softly6:05
- B2Super Band5:56
- B3L.O.V.E.3:23
- B4Sunshine3:29
8 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Kool & the Gang
- Label
- De‐Lite Records
- Released
- 1976
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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