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Open Sesame is the tenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1976. The album yielded the hit title track, "Open Sesame", which achieved some success, first as a top ten R&B single, then later as part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.[2] "Super Band" also reached the R&B top twenty. The album was the second of two albums released by the band in 1976.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Kool & the Gang unless otherwise noted.
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"Whisper Softly" | Ronald "Khalis Bayyan" Bell, Donna Johnson/Kool & The Gang |
6:04 |
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"Super Band" | |
4:54 |
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"L-O-V-E" | George Brown/Kool & The Gang |
3:23 |
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"Sunshine" | Robert "Spike" Mickens, Donna Johnson/Kool & The Gang |
3:28 |
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"Open Sesame, Part 2 (Groove with the Genie)" (Single Version) |
4:26 |
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"Super Band" (Single Version) |
3:20 |
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"Open Sesame (Groove with the Genie)" (12″ Extended Disco Version) |
8:44 |
Personnel
- Bass, Vocals, Percussion – Robert "Kool" Bell
- Drums – George Brown
- Guitar, Percussion – Claydes Smith
- Saxophone, flute, clavinet, synthesizer, vocals, keyboards, percussion, vibraphone, strings – Ronald Bell
- Saxophone, flute, vocals, percussion, congas – Dennis Thomas
- Trumpet, flugelhorn – Larry Gittens
- Trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion – Robert Mickens
- Vocals, percussion, trombone – Otha Nash
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