Emergency (Kool & the Gang album)
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Emergency is the sixteenth studio album by the American band Kool & the Gang, released in 1984. It ultimately became the group's biggest selling career album, earning Double Platinum status in America, Platinum in Canada, and Silver in the UK.
The album produced four US top 20 hit singles including "Fresh" (US #9); "Misled" (US #10); the title track "Emergency" (US #18); and the album's biggest hit, the million-selling "Cherish" (US #2). "Fresh", "Misled", and "Cherish" also cracked the top 40 in the UK reaching #11, #28, and #4 respectively while "Emergency" only reached #50 in that country.[2]
Track listing
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| 1. | "Emergency" | Brown, Taylor, Kool & the Gang | 5:17 |
| 2. | "Fresh" | Taylor, Linzer, Kool & the Gang | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Misled" | Robert Earl Bell, Ronald Nathan Bell, James Bonneford, George Melvin Brown, Claydes Charles Smith, James "J.T." Taylor, Curtis "Fitz" Williams and Rick Westfield | 4:56 |
| 4. | "Cherish" | Bell, Taylor, Kool & the Gang | 4:45 |
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| 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 |
Personnel
Production
- Jim Bonnefond – producer, engineer, mixing
- Ronald Bell – producer, mixing
- Brian Hagiwara – photography, cover photo
- Jose Luis Rodríguez – mastering
- Jose Rodriguez – mastering
- John Rollo – remixing
- Joe Roth – engineer, assistant engineer
- Kendal Stubbs – engineer, mixing
- Gabe Vigorito – coordination, mixing
- Murry Whiteman – art direction
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