So Cool (Take 6 album)

So Cool is a gospel music album by the American contemporary gospel music group Take 6, released on October 27, 1998, on Reprise Records.

So Cool
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 1998
GenreGospel
LabelReprise
ProducerJim Ed Norman
Take 6 chronology
Brothers
(1996)
So Cool
(1998)
Greatest Hits
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

It peaked at #24 on the Billboard charts.[2] It was nominated for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.[3]

Critical reception

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The Chicago Tribune praised the album, writing: "So Cool may be intimate and celebratory, but it isn't soft; the album comes across as fun, accomplished and smooth, without drifting into the emotionally vacant world of smooth jazz."[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Intro (A Cappella Is Cool)"
  2. "So Cool"
  3. "Sonshine"
  4. "If You Only Knew"
  5. "Wings of Your Prayer"
  6. "Fly Away"
  7. "You'll Be Waiting for Me"
  8. "Nothin' but Love"
  9. "Evermore"
  10. "Soundcheck # 694 (London)"
  11. "Everybody Ought to Know"
  12. "A'-Ca-Lud" *
  13. "Love and Harmony"
  14. "A Few More Miles"

* an a cappella bridge two articles of funk

References

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  1. ^ So Cool at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Take 6". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Take 6". GRAMMY.com. May 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Carlozo, Lou (15 November 1998). "Take 6So Cool (Reprise)Returning to its a..." chicagotribune.com.