Something Special


(1981)

1.Steppin' Out - 4:51 (Ronald Bell-James Taylor-Kool & The Gang
2.Good Time Tonight - 4:59 (Ronald Bell-James Taylor-Kool & The Gang)
3.Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) - 4:01 (Charles Smith-George Brown-James Taylor-Kool & The Gang)
Be My Lady - 4:14 (Ronald Bell-Kool & The Gang)
5.Get Down On It - 4:58 (Ronald Bell-James Taylor-Kool & The Gang)
6.Pass It On - 4:34 (James Taylor-George Brown-Kool & The Gang)
7.Stand Up And Sing - 4:35 (Ronald Bell-James Taylor-Kool And The Gang)
8.No Show - 4:25 (Ronald Bell-James Taylor-George Brown-Kool & The Gang)
9.Stop - 3:21 (Ronald Bell-Kool & The Gang)

Another platinum hit and also the most imaginatively titled album of their career thus far and charted #1 R&B/#12 Pop.
Released for the third time in September the album is a moving continuation of the narrative as the new relationship established at the end of the last album spends a night on the town including a lot of fun and a marriage proposal that unfortunately leads to the tragic events described in "No Show" at the end of the album (the single apparently did nothing on the chart so I don't know the B-side but although this lack of action seams suspicious there is currently nothing I can do about it).
Again I don't actually have this album and the reissue with the addition of "Stop" is highly suspicious because unlike most reissue the track timings are off by more then the acceptable one second under.
However because this is a "Mercury" record I will give it more attention then "Ladies' Night" on "Rebound".

Robert "Kool" Bell - Bass/Background Vocals
Ronald "Captain" Bell - Saxophone/Keyboards/Background Vocals
Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas - Alto Saxophone
Robert "Spike" Mickens - Trumpet/Background Vocals
Charles "X-Man Smith - Lead Guitar
George "Funky (George)" Brown - Drums/Background Vocals
Clifford "Silk" Adams - Trombone[/Treble]/Background Vocals
James "J.T." Taylor - Lead Vocals/Background Vocals
Michael Ray - Trumpet/Background Vocals
and

Eumir Deodato - Keyboards
and also

Steve Greenfield - Alto Saxophone/Flute/Background Vocals
Brian Jackson - Keyboards
Jimmy Maelen - Percussion
Platinum Hook (Micheal Boddicker, Robin Carley, Dennis Christianson, Tyrell Deadrick, Robert Douglas, Elisha Ingrams, Jerry Jumonville, Steve Madaio, Tina Stanford, Ronnie Vann, Glenn Walace) - additional Handclaps
Something Sweet (Joan Motley, Cynthia Huggins, Kelly Barretto) - Background Vocals

Now continue to As One.

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