Kool & the Gang
Wild and Peaceful
Play Wild and Peaceful
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AMG Review of Wild and Peaceful
Andrew Hamilton
All Music GuidePrior to James "JT" Taylor adding pop flavor vocals, which help garner a handful of top selling albums, this was Kool & the Gang's most successful album, spawning three bonafide R&B hits. Produced by Robert Bell, and featuring Donal Boyce's incredulous vocals, these songs have held up well. The fast, chugging "Jungle Boogie" was a club favorite, while "Funky Stuff," with its "whoa whoa whoa" hook, was slower and spacier than "Jungle Boogie." The band formerly known as the Jazziacs got their first R&B number one with "Hollywood Swinging," a slightly faster than mid-tempo song with whistles, festive ambiance and lead vocals by keyboardist Ricky West. All three hits were inspired by Manu Dibango's "Soul Makossa," and were recorded in one night at a studio in midtown Manhattan. The title cut flash backs to their prerecording jazz days, when they dazzled New Jerseyites with their playing skills.
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For any lover of sass and attitude... I bestow upon thee Kool & the Gang.Get up, stand up... and crank it -
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This is my first post for MOG. Please be gentle. I'm not quite the wordsmith I want to be despite the best efforts of both the Los Angeles and Long Beach Unified Schools Districts.I'm still trying to figure this all out but I like what I see so far: like-minded folks who eat, sleep, breathe and live music. A paasionate lot you all are.Anyway, I'll get this train a' rolling with the title track ...
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