Emergency (Kool & the Gang album)

Emergency
Studio album by Kool & the Gang
Released November 15, 1984
Genre Post-disco
Dance-pop
Urban
Adult contemporary
Length 37:05
Label De-Lite
Producer Kool and the Gang, Jim Bonnefond, Ronald Bell
Kool & the Gang chronology

In the Heart
(1983)		 Emergency
(1984)		 Forever
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Emergency is the sixteenth studio album by the American funk band Kool & the Gang, released in November 1984. The album became the band's biggest selling album, going double platinum in America, platinum in Canada, and silver in the UK. The album garnered several hit singles such as "Fresh" (US #9, UK# 11); "Misled" (US #10, UK #28); "Cherish" (US #2, UK #4), and "Emergency" (US #18).[2]

Track listing

Side 1
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Emergency"  Brown, Taylor, Kool & the Gang 5:17
2. "Fresh"  Taylor, Linzer, Kool & the Gang 5:40
3. "Misled"  Bell, Taylor, Kool & the Gang 4:56
4. "Cherish"  Bell, Taylor, Kool & the Gang 4:45
Side 2
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Surrender"  Williams, Taylor, Kool & the Gang 5:00
2. "Bad Woman"  Brown, Taylor, Kool & the Gang 5:35
3. "You Are the One"  Williams, Taylor, Kool & the Gang 7:00

Later pressings of the album included the single edit of "Fresh", which clocked at approximately 4:20. The album version is approximately 5:40. The 7" single (b/w "In The Heart") clocks at a shorter 3:50.

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Lytle, Craig. "Kool & the Gang: Emergency" at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Emergency > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 October 2011.