Open Sesame is the eighth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1976 on Mercury Records. The album reached No. 9 on the US Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 33 on the US Billboard Top Jazz LPs chart. Open Sesame was the second of two studio albums released by the band in 1976. The title track became a top ten R&B single, and later part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The single "Super Band" also reached the R&B top twenty.
Critical reception
Record World said that in the title track the group is "laying down a funky backbeat geared for the discos."
Track listing
Personnel Kool & the Gang Ronald Bell – arrangements (1, 2, 5, 6, 8), vocals, keyboards, clavinet, ARP synthesizer, ARP String Ensemble, percussion, vibraphone, tenor saxophone, alto flute Ricky West – vocals (1), vibraphone (3), keyboards (4, 8) Claydes Charles Smith – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, arrangements (3, 4) Robert "Kool" Bell – bass guitar, percussion, vocals, George Brown – drums, percussion, keyboards (7), clavinet (7), vocals (7), arrangements (7) Dennis Thomas – alto saxophone, flute, percussion, congas, vocals Otha Nash – slide trombone, valve trombone, percussion, vocals Larry Gittens – trumpet, flugelhorn Robert "Spike" Mickens – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion
Additional personnel Jimmy J. Jordan – special effects Ellouise Vaughn – harp Don Boyce – vocals Cynthia Huggins – lead vocals (2, 5, 7, 8) Donna Johnson – lead vocals (2) Something Sweet (Renee Connel, Cynthia Huggins, Joan Motley and Beverly Owens) – backing vocals Carry Muse – backing vocals (7)
Production Produced and arranged by Kool & The Gang Co-producer – George Brown Executive producers – Ronald Bell and Claydes Charles Smith Engineers – Terry Rosilleo and Nils Salminen Mixing – Terry Rosilleo Mastered by Nimitr Sarikanada at Frankfurt/Wayne Recording Labs (Philadelphia, PA)
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