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Open Sesame

by Kool & The Gang · from The 50 Greatest Songs

1977R&B/Soul3:58Track 3

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Review by Mira Okafor★★★½Sample

the highs are high but it sags in the middle. still coming back for “Open Sesame” though.

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Review by Priya Raman★★★★Sample

The production on this is so warm it feels like sitting next to a radiator in January.

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Disc 1
1
Get Down On It
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2
Fresh
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3
Funky Stuff
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3:00
4
Ladies Night (Single Version)
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3:26
5
Tonight
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3:52
6
Victory
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3:52
7
Straight Ahead
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3:28
8
Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
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3:45
9
Emergency
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5:14
10
Let The Music Take Your Mind (Single Version)
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2:57
11
More Funky Stuff
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2:51
12
Too Hot
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5:03
13
Breeze & Soul
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5:29
14
Come Together (Live)
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2:47
15
Street Corner Symphony
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4:32
16
Misled
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4:58
17
Joanna
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4:24
Disc 2
1
Celebration
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4:59
2
Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, La, La)
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6:37
3
Open Sesame
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3:58
4
Hi De Hi Hi De Ho
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3:59
5
Heaven At Once
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5:02
6
Sugar
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5:36
7
Take It To The Top (Single Version)
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3:39
8
Stone Love
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3:54
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Free
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2:07
10
Summer Madness
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4:19
11
September Love
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4:31
12
Kool & The Gang
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2:56
13
Rhyme-Tyme People
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3:20
14
Spirit Of The Boogie
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4:52
15
Jones Vs. Jones
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4:18
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Winter Sadness
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5:04
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Jungle Boogie
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3:04
Disc 3
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Cherish (Single Version)
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3:55
2
Big Fun (Single Version)
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3:51
3
Electric Frog (Pt. 1)
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3:43
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Good Time Tonight
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Jungle Jazz
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4:37
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You Don't Have To Change
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Higher Plane
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Messenger Of Wisdom
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Sea Of Tranquility
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10
Wild And Peaceful
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11
Ronnie's Groove (Live At P.J.'s Hollywood / 1971)
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N.T.
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Hollywood Swinging
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4:36
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(When You Say You Love Somebody) In The Heart
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3:54
15
Steppin' Out
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Get Down On It (Eiffel '65 Radio Edit)
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3:30