Released September 1974 Artist Kool & The Gang Producer Kool & The Gang Genres Funk, Soul music, Jazz | Length 36:06 Release date September 1974 | |
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Recorded 1973–1974Media Sound Studios(New York, New York) Similar Kool & The Gang albums, Soul music albums |
Kool and the gang street corner symphony
Light of Worlds is the fifth studio album by the American R&B group Kool & the Gang. Released in 1974, it was later remastered by Polygram and was a second success for the band, reaching number 16 in the R&B Charts and number 63 in the Pop Charts. It was a landmark in the funk/jazz fusion genre of the 1970s.
Contents
- Kool and the gang street corner symphony
- Kool and the gang light of worlds
- Personnel
- Additional personnel
- Use of Summer Madness
- Songs
- References
Light of Worlds is regarded as Kool & the Gang's most spiritual and sophisticated work, produced in the wake of the success of their previous album, Wild and Peaceful. While it was their seventh album of original material, the Gang considered Light of the Worlds their ninth LP (counting two compilations), and therefore consciously chose nine songs for the album to represent the nine planets in the solar system. The album contains rock-inspired funk set to jazz-informed playing with afrobeat influences and a tinge of analogue synthesizing.
"Summer Madness" is considered to be the album's highlight, incorporating smooth melodies and a synthesizer. It was later released as a single, with a follow-up titled "Winter Sadness" in the Gang's Spirit of the Boogie a year later. A remake of "Summer Madness" was released on the Gang's 1993 album Unite titled "WKOOL/Summer".
Kool and the gang light of worlds
Personnel
Additional personnel
Use of "Summer Madness"
From this album, the song "Summer Madness" has been used in various features, such as:
Songs
1Street Corner Symphony4:36
2Fruitman5:23
3Rhyme Tyme People3:23