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As One (Kool & the Gang album)

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{{Infobox album
| name = As One
| type = Album
| artist = Kool and the Gang
| cover = As One1982.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 7, 1982
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Post-disco, urban, funk, R&B
| length = 35:56
| label = De-Lite Records
| producer = Eumir Deodato
| prev_title = Something Special
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = In the Heart
| next_year = 1983
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}^[1]
| rev2 =
| rev2Score =
}}

As One is the fourteenth studio album by the funk band Kool and the Gang, released in 1982. The album did not yield any #1 singles, but the song "Let's Go Dancin'" did make the top ten, peaking at #7 on the U.S. R&B chart and #6 on the UK Singles Chart.^[2] "Big Fun" also became an international hit.

Track listing

{{Track listing | headline = Side 1
| title1 = Street Kids
| writer1 = George Brown, Kool & the Gang
| length1 = 5:50
| title2 = Big Fun
| writer2 = George Brown, Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang
| length2 = 5:00
| title3 = As One
| writer3 = Marcangelo Perricelli, Robert Mickens, Kool & the Gang
| length3 = 4:41
| title4 = Hi De Hi, Hi De Ho
| writer4 = Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang
| length4 = 4:22
}}{{Track listing | headline = Side 2
| title1 = Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La La La)
| writer1 = Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang
| length1 = 6:40
| title2 = Pretty Baby
| writer2 = George Brown, Kool & the Gang
| length2 = 4:43
| title3 = Think It Over
| writer3 = Curtis Williams, Kool & the Gang
| length3 = 4:35
}}

Personnel

Bass guitar, backing vocals – Robert "Kool" Bell
Drums, backing vocals – George Brown
Guitar – Charles Smith
Tenor saxophone, OB-X synthesizer, backing vocals – Ronald Bell
Keyboards, alto saxophone – Curtis Williams
Lead and backing vocals – James "J.T." Taylor
Percussion – Jimmy Maelen
Keyboards – Eumir Deodato
Alto saxophone – Steve Greenfield
Trombone, backing vocals – Clifford Adams
Trumpet, backing vocals – Michael Ray, Robert Mickens
Handclaps – Dennis Thomas
Strings – Kermit Moore

Production

Engineer – Cliff Hodsdon, Jim Bonnefond
Assistant engineers – Barbara Ivone, Nelson Ayres
Mixed by – Jim Bonnefond, Gabe Vigorito, Eumir Deodato
Mastered by – Jose Rodriguez, Gabe Vigorito
Producer – Eumir Deodato
Co-producer – Kool & The Gang

Art

Design – Mo Ström
Art direction – Bill Levy, Bob Heimall
Cover concept and artwork by – Quintet Associates

References

1. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r11182 |first=Craig |last=Lytle |label="Kool & the Gang: As One" |accessdate={{date|2011-10-30}}}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=10012 |title=Ooh La La La (Let's Go Dancin') |publisher=ChartStats.com |accessdate={{date|2011-10-30}}}}

{{discogs release|381170|{{noitalic|Kool & The Gang}} – As One}}

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