"Light of Worlds" is the 5th studio album, and 7th album of new material by the American R&B group Kool & the Gang. Released in 1974, it was later remastered by Polygram and was a second success for the band, reaching #16 in the R&B Charts and #63 in the Pop Charts. It was a landmark in the funk/jazz fusion genre of the 1970s. "Light of Worlds" is regarded as Kool & the Gang's most spiritual and sophisticated work, produced in the wake of the success of their previous album, Wild and Peaceful. While it was their seventh album of original material, the band considered Light of the Worlds their ninth LP (counting two compilations), and therefore consciously chose nine songs for the album to represent the nine planets in the solar system. The album contains rock-inspired funk set to jazz-informed playing with afrobeat influences and a tinge of analogue synthesizing. "Summer Madness" is considered to be the album's highlight, incorporating smooth melodies and a synthesizer. It was later released as a single, with a follow-up titled "Winter Sadness" in Kool & the Gang's Spirit of the Boogie a year later. A remake of "Summer Madness" was released on their 1993 album Unite titled "WKOOL/Summer".

Release of this album: 1974, September [LP De-Lite Records, Cat.# DEP-2014, USA]
Release of this CD: 2018, May, 16 [CD Mercury Records/Universal Music (Japan), Cat.# UICY-78723, EAN: 4988031275337]
A Mercury Records release. ℗© 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
USM Japan, a Universal Music Company
Marketed & Distributed by Universal Music LLC, Japan

Note: Remastered Reissue, a part of 'Disco Fever 40' Series.

Credits:

Design - Frank Daniel
Engineer - Alex Head, Bob Clearmountain, Godfrey Diamond, Harvey Goldberg
Photography By - Bernie Block, David Lartaud, Phil Willen
Producer - K. & G. Productions

Tracklist:

01. Street Corner Symphony (04:36)
02. Fruitman (05:23)
03. Rhyme-Tyme People (03:23)
04. Light Of Worlds (04:25)
05. Whiting H. & G. (03:21)
06. You Don't Have To Change (02:43)
07. Higher Plane (05:01)
08. Summer Madness (04:20)
09. Here After (02:55)
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