Tracks
Side A
- 11969Kool & The Gang2:58G major
- 21971Funky Man3:25A major
- 32018Love The Life You Live3:01D major
- 42018Good Times3:04B major
- 51973Jungle Boogie3:07G major
- 61973Hollywood Swinging4:40E major
- 72018Higher Plane3:17G♯ minor
Side B
- 11975Spirit Of The Boogie4:53F♯ minor
- 22018Love & Understanding (Come Together)3:24E major
- 31976Open Sesame (Groove With The Genie)3:47F♯ major
- 41977Slick Superchick3:26G♯ major
- 51978I Like Music3:34A major
- 61979Dutch Top 40: peak position 14 in week 13 of 1980, 8 weeks in the chartLadies Night3:29G♯ minor
- 71980Too Hot3:46G major
Side C
- 11980Dutch Top 40: peak position 2 in week 3 of 1981, 11 weeks in the chartCelebration4:59G♯ minor
- 21981Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)4:06D♯ minor
- 31981Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 16 of 1982, 8 weeks in the chartGet Down On It3:32B major
- 41982Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 52 of 1982, 8 weeks in the chartLet's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, La, La)4:00G♯ minor
- 51983Dutch Top 40: peak position 11 in week 8 of 1984, 6 weeks in the chartStraight Ahead3:31C♯ minor
- 61983Joanna3:59A♯ minor
- 71984Dutch Top 40: peak position 34 in week 7 of 1985, 4 weeks in the chartFresh4:27F♯ major
Side D
- 11984Dutch Top 40: peak position 4 in week 38 of 1985, 14 weeks in the chartCherish3:58F minor
- 21984Emergency5:21E major
- 31986Dutch Top 40: peak position 26 in week 51 of 1986, 4 weeks in the chartVictory4:38A♯ minor
- 41986Dutch Top 40: peak position 22 in week 50 of 1987, 5 weeks in the chartPeacemaker4:44E major
- 51988Rags To Riches3:52D♯ minor
- 61999Celebremos5:19G♯ minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Collected
Collected sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 114 bpm.
Quietest track: Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) · most energetic: Love The Life You Live
Across 27 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
All seven members of Kool & The Gang over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Robert “Kool” Bell
Curtis “Fitz” Williams
Shawn McQuiller
Kevin BellMember of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was Collected by Kool & The Gang released?
Collected came out in 2018.
How many tracks are on Collected?
Collected has 27 tracks, 107 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Collected made the Dutch Top 40?
Nine tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Ladies Night, Celebration, Get Down On It, Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, La, La), Straight Ahead, Fresh and three others. The highest was Celebration, at number 2 in week 3 of 1981.
Which category is Collected in?
Collected is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Kool & The Gang.
Who was in Kool & The Gang when Collected came out?
In 1969–2018, Kool & The Gang consisted of Robert “Kool” Bell, Curtis “Fitz” Williams, Shawn McQuiller, Kevin Bell, Jermaine Bryson and Walt Anderson. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Collected mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Collected?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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