Celebrate!

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Celebrate! is the twelfth studio album by R&B/funk band, Kool & the Gang. Released in 1980, the album reached #1 on the US R&B chart and #10 on the Billboard 200.^[2] The album produced perhaps Kool & The Gang's most recognizable hit song, the #1 chart-topper, "Celebration", which still receives heavy play today over three decades later.^[3]

Track listing

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Celebration"	Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang	4:58
2.	"Jones vs. Jones"	George Brown, Kool & the Gang	4:18
3.	"Take It to the Top"	Bell, Kool & the Gang	4:19
4.	"Morning Star"	Robert Mickens, Kool & the Gang	3:46

Side 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Festival"	Charles Smith, Kool & the Gang	5:16
2.	"Just Friends"	Bell, Kool & the Gang	4:23
3.	"Night People"	Bell, Kool & the Gang	3:47
4.	"Love Affair"	Brown, Kool & the Gang	4:21

Personnel

Bass – Robert "Kool" Bell
Lead guitar – Charles Smith
Keyboards, saxophone, backing vocals – Ronald Bell
Percussion, backing vocals – George Brown
Lead and backing vocals – James "J.T." Taylor
Alto saxophone – Dennis Thomas
Trumpet, backing vocals – Robert Mickens
Keyboards, backing vocals – Earl Toon, Jr.
Keyboards – Kevin Bell
Additional keyboards – Adam Epolito
Backing vocals – Cedric Toon, Meekaeel Muhammad, Robert Bell, Coffee, Something Sweet
Orchestra arranged and conducted by – Eumir Deodato

Production

Recording engineer – Jim Bonnefond
Assistant engineers – Bobby Cohen, Clif Hodsdon, Jeff Kawalex, Joe DeAngelis, Jullian Robertson, Kenny Robb
Mixed by – Eumir Deodato, Jim Bonnefond, Gabe Vigorito
Mastered by – Tom Coyne
Producer – Eumir Deodato
Associate producer – Kool & The Gang

References

^ Hanson, Amy. "Kool & the Gang: Celebrate! > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
^ "Celebrate! > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
^ "Celebrate! > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

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[1] Hanson, Amy. "Kool & the Gang: Celebrate! > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

[2] "Celebrate! > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

[3] "Celebrate! > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

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v t e Kool & the Gang
Robert "Kool" Bell Ronald Bell George Brown Robert Mickens Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas Clifford Adams Sennie "Skip" Martin Shawn McQuiller Rodney Ellis Jirmad Gordon James "J.T." Taylor Claydes Charles Smith Rick Westfield
Studio albums	Kool and the Gang Music Is the Message Good Times Wild and Peaceful Light of Worlds Spirit of the Boogie Love & Understanding Open Sesame The Force Everybody's Dancin' Ladies' Night Celebrate! Something Special As One In the Heart Emergency Forever Sweat Unite State of Affairs Gangland The Hits: Reloaded Still Kool Kool for the Holidays Perfect Union People Just Wanna Have Fun
Live albums	Live at the Sex Machine Live at PJ's
Compilation albums	Kool Jazz Twice as Kool: The Hits of Kool & the Gang
Singles	"Let the Music Take Your Mind" "Funky Man" "Funky Stuff" "Jungle Boogie" "Hollywood Swinging" "Summer Madness" "Caribbean Festival" "Higher Plane" "Spirit of the Boogie" "Open Sesame" "Ladies' Night" "Too Hot" "Celebration" "Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)" "Steppin' Out" "Get Down on It" "Big Fun" "Joanna" "Misled" "Fresh" "Cherish" "Stone Love" "Rags to Riches" "Raindrops" "In the Hood" "No Show"
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