Something Special (Kool and the Gang album)

Infobox Album
Name = Something Special
Type = Album
Artist = Kool and the Gang


Released = September 24, 1981
Recorded =
Genre = Funk
Length = 36:18
Label = Mercury
Producer =
Reviews = *"Rolling Stone" rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/koolthegang/albums/album/113375/review/5940425/something_special link]
Last album = "Celebrate!"
(1980)
This album = "Something Special"
(1981)
Next album = "As One"
(1982)

Something Special was an album released by the funk band Kool and the Gang in 1981. While it did not live up to the huge success that the band's previous two albums brought, it still contained a hit single, Get Down on It. In addition, the song Take My Heart went to #1 on the R&B charts and #17 on the Pop chart.

Track listing

#Steppin' Out (Bell/Kool & The Gang/Taylor) - 4:51
#Good Time Tonight (Bell/Kool & The Gang/Taylor) - 4:59
#Take My Heart (Brown/Kool & The Gang/Smith/Taylor) - 4:01
#Be My Lady (Bayyan/Kool & The Gang) - 4:14
#Get Down on It (Bayyan/Kool & The Gang/Taylor) - 4:58
#Pass It On (Brown/Kool & The Gang/Taylor) - 4:34
#Stand up and Sing (Bayyan/Kool & The Gang/Taylor) - 4:35
#No Show (Bayyan/Brown/Kool & The Gang/Taylor) - 4:25
#Stop! (Bayyan/Kool & The Gang) - 3:21

Performers