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Celebrate! is the twelfth studio album by American R&B /Funk band, Kool & the Gang . Released on September 29, 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 Title Writer(s) 1. "Celebration " Ronald Bell , Kool & the Gang4:58 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 Title Writer(s) 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
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