Open Sesame (Kool & the Gang album)

Open Sesame
Studio album by Kool & the Gang
Released	November 1976
Genre	Funk, disco
Length	35:03 (LP), 51:33 (CD)
Label	De-Lite
Producer	Kool and the Gang
Kool & the Gang chronology
Love & Understanding (1976) Open Sesame (1976) The Force (1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Open Sesame is the tenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1976. The album yielded the hit title track "Open Sesame" which achieved some success, first as a top ten R&B single, then later as part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.^[2] "Super Band" also reached the R&B top twenty. The album was the second of two albums released by the band in 1976.

Track Listing

All songs written and composed by Kool & the Gang unless otherwise noted. 

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Open Sesame"	Robert "Kool" Bell	3:46
2.	"Gift of Love"		4:07
3.	"Little Children"		5:28
4.	"All Night Long"		3:53

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Whisper Softly"		6:04
2.	"Super Band"		4:54
3.	"L-O-V-E"		3:23
4.	"Sunshine"		3:28

CD release bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Open Sesame, Part 2 (Groove with the Genie)" (Single Version)	4:26
10.	"Super Band" (Single Version)	3:20
11.	"Open Sesame (Groove with the Genie)" (12″ Extended Disco Version)	8:44

Personnel

• Bass, Vocals, Percussion – Robert "Kool" Bell
• Drums – George Brown
• Guitar, Percussion – Claydes Smith
• Saxophone, flute, clavinet, synthesizer, vocals, keyboards, percussion, vibraphone, strings – Ronald Bell
• Saxophone, flute, vocals, percussion, congas – Dennis Thomas
• Trumpet, flugelhorn – Larry Gittens
• Trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion – Robert Mickens
• Vocals, percussion, trombone – Otha Nash

References

1. ^ "Kool & the Gang: Open Sesame" at Allmusic. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
2. ^ "Soundtracks for Saturday Night Fever". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076666/soundtrack. Retrieved 29 October 2011. 

• Kool & the Gang – Open Sesame at Discogs