Released September 1973 Length 37:45 Artist Kool & The Gang Producer Kool & The Gang Genre Funk | Recorded 1973 Wild and Peaceful
(1973) Light of Worlds
(1974) Release date September 1973 Label De-Lite Records | |
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Kool the gang wild and peaceful 1973 full album
Wild and Peaceful is the fourth studio album released by the funk band Kool & the Gang, and is their commercial breakthrough album. The album was released in 1973 and was hugely successful on the Billboard R&B chart reaching #6 and charting for 36 weeks. It also reached #33 on the Pop charts, making it the band's first entry into that chart's Top 40. The album spawned the band's first 3 Top 10 singles. "Funky Stuff" reached #5 R&B/#29 Pop. The hugely popular track on the album, "Jungle Boogie", soared to #2 R&B and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Hollywood Swinging" topped the Billboard Hot Soul Singles in June 1974 while reaching #6 Pop. The latter two singles both sold over a million copies and were certified Gold by the RIAA. The album itself was also certified Gold.
Contents
Personnel
Songs
1Funky Stuff3:04
2More Funky Stuff2:53
3Jungle Boogie3:06