Open Sesame | ||||
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Released | October 1976 | |||
Recorded | 1976 | |||
Genre | Funk, disco | |||
Length | 35:03 (LP) 51:33 (CD) | |||
Label | De-Lite | |||
Producer | Kool and the Gang | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | [2] |
Open Sesame is the eighth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1976 on Mercury Records. [3] The album reached No. 9 on the US Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 33 on the US Billboard Top Jazz LPs chart. [4] [5]
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.
Record World said that in the title track the group is "laying down a funky backbeat geared for the discos." [6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Open Sesame (Groove with the Genie)" | Ronald "Khalis Bayyan" Bell, Kool & The Gang | 3:46 |
2. | "Gift of Love" | Ronald "Khalis Bayyan" Bell, Donna Johnson, Kool & The Gang | 4:07 |
3. | "Little Children" | Claydes Charles Smith, Donna Johnson, Kool & The Gang | 5:28 |
4. | "All Night Long" | Claydes Charles Smith, Donna Johnson, Kool & The Gang | 3:53 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Whisper Softly" | Ronald "Khalis Bayyan" Bell, Donna Johnson, Kool & The Gang | 6:04 |
2. | "Super Band" | Kool & The Gang | 4:54 |
3. | "L-O-V-E" | George Brown, Kool & The Gang | 3:23 |
4. | "Sunshine" | Robert "Spike" Mickens, Donna Johnson, Kool & The Gang | 3:28 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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9. | "Open Sesame, Part 2 (Groove with the Genie)" (Single Version) | Ronald "Khalis Bayyan" Bell, Kool & The Gang | 4:26 |
10. | "Super Band" (Single Version) | 3:20 | |
11. | "Open Sesame (Groove with the Genie)" (12″ Extended Disco Version) | Ronald "Khalis Bayyan" Bell, Kool & The Gang | 8:44 |
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