Love and Understanding

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Released March 1976 Producer Kool and the Gang Artist Kool & The Gang Label Mercury Records		Length 41:26 Love & Understanding(1976) Open Sesame(1976) Release date March 1976 Genre Funk

Kool & The Gang albums Spirit of the Boogie, Open Sesame, Light of Worlds, Music Is the Message, Live at the Sex Machine

Love & Understanding is the seventh studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1976. The album had mild success. Three tracks, "Hollywood Swinging", "Summer Madness" and "Universal Sound" were recorded live at the Rainbow Theatre in London, England.

The song "Summer Madness" was used in the motion picture Rocky as radio background during a scene in Rocky's home. It is also featured in the soundtrack of the videogame Tony Hawk's Project 8, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and in a Nike commercial. "Hollywood Swinging" is featured in the soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Personnel

Bass, vocals – Robert "Kool" Bell

Drums, vocals, percussion – George Brown

Guitar – Claydes Smith, Kevin Bell

Piano – Ricky West

Alto saxophone – Peter Duarte

Alto saxophone, vocals, flute, congas – Dennis Thomas

Tenor saxophone – Dennis White

Tenor saxophone, alto flute, piano, vocals, ARP synthesizer – Ronald Bell

Trombone – Ray Wright

Trombone, vocals – Otha Nash

Trumpet – Spike Mickens

Trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals – Larry Gitten

Backing vocals – Don Boyce, Royal Jackson, Something Sweet, Tomorrow's Edition

Production

Arranged and written by – Kool & the Gang

Engineer – B. Clearwater, H. Goldberg, T. Rosiello

Mixed by – Terry Rosiellio

Mastered by – Earl Williams

Producer – K.G. Productions

Executive producer – Khalis Bayyan

Songs

1Love & Understanding7:50
2Sugar5:36
3Do It Right Now3:54

References

Love & Understanding Wikipedia

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