"Wild and Peaceful" is the 4th studio album, and sixth album of new material released by the funk band Kool & the Gang, and is their commercial breakthrough album. The album was released in 1973 and was hugely successful on the Billboard R&B chart reaching #6 and charting for 36 weeks. It also reached #33 on the Pop charts, making it the band's first entry into that chart's Top 40. The album spawned the band's first 3 Top 10 singles. "Funky Stuff" reached #5 R&B/#29 Pop. The hugely popular track "Jungle Boogie" soared to #2 R&B and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Hollywood Swinging" topped the Billboard Hot Soul Singles in June 1974 while reaching #6 Pop. The latter two singles both sold over a million copies and were certified Gold by the RIAA. The album itself was also certified Gold.
~Wikipedia
Prior 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.
~Review by Andrew Hamilton

Release of this album: 1973, September [LP De-Lite Records, Cat.# DEP-2013, USA]
Release of this CD: 2018, May, 16 [CD Mercury Records/Universal Music (Japan), Cat.# UICY-78722, EAN: 4988031275320]
A Mercury Records release. ℗© 1973 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:

Alto Saxophone, Flute, Congas - Dennis D.T. Thomas
Bass [Fender] - Robert Kool Bell
Cover, Artwork - Joseph Askew
Design [Original Jacket Design] - Richard Askew
Design [Reissue Package Design] - Mitchell Kanner
Drums, Percussion [Misc. Percussion] - George Brown
Electric Piano - Ricky West
Engineer - Harvey Goldberg, Jeffrey Lesser
Guitar - Claydes Smith
Liner Notes - Cleveland Brown
Producer, Arranged By - Kool & The Gang Enterprises, Inc.
Remastered By [Digitally] - Gary Mayo
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone - Khalis Bayyan
Trumpet - Robert Spike Mickens

Tracklist:

01. Funky Stuff (03:04)
02. More Funky Stuff (02:54)
03. Jungle Boogie (03:07)
04. Heaven At Once (05:06)
05. Hollywood Swinging (04:40)
06. This Is You, This Is Me (05:27)
07. Life Is What You Make it (03:57)
08. Wild And Peacful (09:30)
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