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The Very Best Of Kool & The Gang,Kool & the Gang

- The Very Best Of Kool & The Gang
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Kool & the Gang
Released 1999

Let's Go Dancin'
03:59
8,233 plays

Get Down On It
03:32
70,971 plays

Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
04:04
6,737 plays

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songs

- 1
- Celebration
- 03:40
- 45,967 plays

- 2
- Get Down On It
- 03:32
- 70,971 plays

- 3
- Fresh
- 03:48
- 22,263 plays

- 4
- Too Hot
- 03:46
- 17,405 plays

- 5
- Let's Go Dancin'
- 03:59
- 8,233 plays

- 6
- Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
- 04:04
- 6,737 plays

- 7
- Jungle Boogie
- 03:03
- 24,569 plays

- 8
- Ladies Night
- 03:28
- 24,584 plays

- 9
- Cherish
- 03:58
- 13,540 plays

- 10
- Funky Stuff
- 03:01
- 6,358 plays

- 11
- (When You Say You Love Somebody) In The Heart
- 03:55
- 4,747 plays

- 12
- Steppin' Out
- 03:31
- 5,426 plays

- 13
- Joanna
- 03:59
- 13,981 plays

- 14
- Hollywood Swinging
- 03:28
- 10,975 plays

- 15
- Tonight
- 03:52
- 12,022 plays

- 16
- Misled
- 04:05
- 13,628 plays

- 17
- Take It To The Top
- 03:40
- 4,800 plays

- 18
- Hi De Hi Hi De Ho
- 03:31
- 5,251 plays

- 19
- Big Fun
- 03:49
- 4,854 plays

- 20
- Victory
- 04:02
- 5,484 plays

- 21
- Celebration (Jason's Radio Remix)
- 03:56
- 5,037 plays

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album review

Spanning the band's early-'70s genesis as an unhinged funk congregation and their later resurgence with urbane R&B balladry and synth-inflected disco, The Very Best of Kool & the Gang may not be a unified collection, but it is the first to offer every hit that's expected -- as well as a few that aren't -- from the band's long career. The emphasis is definitely on their peak as a pop group, from 1979 to 1986, with pride of place going to the hits "Celebration," "Get Down on It," "Ladies Night," "Too Hot," "Misled," and "Joanna." Fans of the funk get only three tracks ("Funky Stuff," "Hollywood Swinging," and "Jungle Boogie," all from 1973's Wild and Peaceful), which won't cause anyone to sell their copies of The Best of Kool & the Gang 1969-1976, but does give pop fans a glimpse of their mid-'70s greatness. All in all, this lengthy collection doesn't transition well from hit to hit, but then again, chronological order would've forced legions of pop fans to forward through the funk material to get to their favorites. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide