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The Best of Kool & The Gang (20th Century Masters)

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This compilation is just fine if you want to add "Jungle Boogie" to your collection once someone has stolen your Pulp Fiction soundtrack, but a much more complete compilation has recently been released. It's worth a few extra dollars to pick up The Very Best of Kool and the Gang.

A fine album, as far as it goes. But it is missing too much oftheir better, and earlier work. No "Who's Gonna Take TheWeight", "Funky Stuff", "Let The Music Take Your Mind". Sure, the work here is fine, but to call this collection their "BEST", would be a gross understatement. Instead, go for "The Best of Kool & The Gang 1969-1976. More and better cuts.

Forty minutes of undeniable funk/pop masterpieces from the Brothers Bell. "Celebration" is an awesome groove with terrific vocals, horns and accessible lyrics. "Jungle Boogie" is downright nasty funk, and again, the horns are just killer. "Ladies Night" is another superb groove. "Joanna" is more of a ballad, but still has a danceable beat. "Get Down On It" is another knockout for keys, horns, rhythm section and voices, with lyrics built to party with. "Hollywood Swinging" is not as hot as some of the others. "Cherish" is a legitimate ballad, and as such not really my thing, but at least it's well done. "Fresh" is another winner, relying more on keyboards, and another rock solid groove. "Too Hot" is really just hot enough. "Take My Heart" has another great groove, and the CD closes with "Big Fun", a sentiment that accurately describes the philosophy of the whole band. The only criticism I can think to levy is that most listeners will want more, and there are other compilations out there that provide it. But this is some fantastic music that you will want to have somewhere in your collection.

"The Best Of Kool & The Gang-The Millennium Collection" contains all their best radio songs-with no filler. The majority of these songs were released during my high school years, and, man, were these songs HUGE!!! In this sampler of some of K&TG's greatest hits, you get one of the greatest party songs of all time, "Celebration", which will have you dancing for hours! You also get "Too Hot", "Joanna", "Cherish" and "Fresh"-all a staple of early-to-mid '80's radio playlists. "Hollywood Swinging", one of Kool's early hits, was the main reason I purchased this priceless gem of Mercury/MCA's 20th Century Masters Series. So, if you're into funk, or if you don't want to spend more on a pricier Kool & The Gang Greatest Hits Collection, this is the CD for you! Buy it before the record company(ies) decides to take this 20th Century Masters Series out of print.

This CD is un-funking believable. This Greatest Hitsencompasses not only some of the best known tracks by funkmasters Kooland The Gang, but some of the most essential songs of the seventies and eighties in general. The group leaves no level of good R&B behind. The smash "Jungle Boogie" contains awesome horn arrangements. Pop flavoring with an R&B feel makes "Celebration" one of the biggest party jams of all time. The light love songs like "Cherish" and "Joanna" are very effective and romantic. A totally new side to the funksters but that hot R&B sound continues on the rest of the tracks like "Get Down On It" and the discoy "Ladies Night". Kool and The Gang is one of the all time best funk bands around on this CD shows the diversity of the group to change to funk to pop light and modern R&B ("Fresh"). The group is very inspirational to many artists in modern urban music with a sounds that is infectious and cleaver. The CD is really "Big Fun". END

I love Get Down On It,Fresh,And Cherish. There is no Misled.

I OWE THIS CD OF KOOL AND THE GANG LOVE I PLAY IT ALL THE TIME PUT THIS WHOLE ALBUM ON M3PLAYER. LOVE LISTINING THE MUSIC. WE ENJOY LISTEN IT TO IT FOR YEARS TO COME.