Singles Collection (1999)

About this title: If you only want Kool & the Gang's hit singles from the tail end of the '70s onward -- and/or already have the '70s hits covered somewhere else -- you could do far worse than Singles Collection, a fairly thorough anthology of the group's mainstream era. "Celebration," "Ladies Night," "Joanna," "Take My Heart (You Can Have It if You Want It)," "Cherish," "Fresh," "Get Down On It," "Too Hot," and several others are included. "Tonight" and "Emergency" could've fit, but they were left off for some inexplicable reason. If it weren't for these significant flaws, the disc would be very easy to ... read more

Tracks:

1. Celebration [Bell/Kool & the Gan]
2. Ladies Night [Bell/Kool & the Gan]
3. Too Hot [Brown/Kool & the Ga]
4. Get Down on It [Bell/Brown/Smith/Ta]
5. Joanna [Smith/Taylor/Kool &]
6. Steppin' Out [Bell/Kool & The Gan]
7. Straight Ahead [Bell/Taylor/Kool &]
8. Cherish [Bell/Kool & the Gan]
9. Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh, la, la, La) [Bayyan/Kool & The G]
10. Big Fun [Kool & the Gang]
11. Fresh [Kool & the Gang/Lin]
12. (When You Say You Love Somebody) In the Heart [Bell/Taylor/Bell/Ko]
13. Hi de Hi, Hi de Ho [Bayyan/Kool & the G]
14. Take It to the Top [Bell/Kool & the Gan]
15. Victory [Bayyan/Kool & the G]
16. Jones vs. Jones [Brown/Kool & the Ga]
17. Misled [Bell/Kool & the Gan]
18. Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) [Brown/Kool & the Ga]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.