Sweat (Kool & the Gang album)

Sweat is the eighteenth studio album by the band Kool & the Gang, released in 1989 following a three-year gap between albums. James "J.T." Taylor, Khalis Bayyan and Robert "Spike" Mickens had departed, and this album showed a refocused band.

Sweat
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1989
RecordedSeptember 1988 – March 1989
Genre
Length52:37
LabelMercury
Producer
Kool & the Gang chronology
Forever
(1986)
Sweat
(1989)
Unite
(1992)
Singles from Sweat
  1. "Raindrops"
    Released: 1989
  2. "Never Give Up"
    Released: 1989

Singles

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Both "Raindrops" (peak #27) and "Never Give Up" (peak #74) on the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart.[1]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]

Ron Wynn of AllMusic called the album "a completely faceless, aimless record ... probably the worst album of their career".[2] Hugh Wyatt of the New York Daily News called Sweat "one of the year's best recordings".[3]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Sweat"Bayyan4:22
2."This Is What a Love Can Do"Bokowski, Varner4:13
3."Never Give Up"Bellochio, Habeeb4:42
4."You Got My Heart on Fire"Haynes, Williams6:29
5."Someday"Bayyan, Martin4:58
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Raindrops"Booker3:50
2."In Your Company"Booker5:53
3."I'll Follow You Anywhere"Gazeley, Scher5:37
4."All She Wants to Do Is Dance"Booker3:55
5."How Can I Get Close to You"Brown, Thomas4:22
6."You Are the Meaning of Friend"Block, Smith5:06

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart performance for Sweat
Chart (1989) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle)[4] 28
French Albums (SNEP)[5] 29
Swiss Albums (Hitparade)[6] 30
US Billboard Top Soul Albums[7] 52

References

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  1. ^ "Kool & the Gang: Raindrops (Hot Soul Songs)". Billboard.
  2. ^ a b Wynn, Ron. "Kool & the Gang: Sweat at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  3. ^ Wyatt, Hugh (July 28, 1989). The Gang's still Kool, and still hot. New York Daily News. p. 59.
  4. ^ "Kool & the Gang: Sweat". offiziellecharts.de. Offizielle Charts.
  5. ^ "Kool and The Gang: Sweat". infodisc.fr. SNEP.
  6. ^ "Kool and The Gang: Sweat". hitparade.ch. Hitparade.
  7. ^ "Kool & the Gang: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 15, 2023.