Music Is the Message

Music Is the Message
Studio album by
Kool & the Gang
ReleasedJuly 1972
Recorded1971–1972
Genres
Length34:13
LabelDe-Lite
ProducersKool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang chronology
Live at PJ's
(1971)		 Music Is the Message
(1972)		 Good Times
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStar
(The New) Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarHalf star

Music Is the Message is the second studio album, and the fourth overall album, by the funk band Kool & the Gang. It was released in 1972.

The album peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Soul LPs chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kool & the Gang; except where indicated.

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Music Is the Message"5:18
2."Electric Frog (Part 1)"3:43
3."Electric Frog (Part 2)"3:02
4."Soul Vibrations"4:39
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love the Life You Live (Part 1)"Kool & the Gang, Gene Redd3:01
2."Love the Life You Live (Part 2)"Kool & the Gang, Gene Redd2:48
3."Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)"Thom Bell, Linda Creed3:26
4."Blowin' with the Wind" 2:31
5."Funky Granny"Kool & the Gang, Gene Redd5:55

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 Bush, John. "Kool & the Gang: Music is the Message" at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 8.
  4. ↑ (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 464.
  5. ↑ "Ronald Bell, Co-Founder, Songwriter And Producer Of Kool & The Gang, Dead At 68". NPR.org.
  6. ↑ Newman, Jason (June 29, 2015). "Kool & the Gang: Our Life in 15 Songs". Rolling Stone.
  7. ↑ "Kool & the Gang". Billboard.