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Messenger Of Wisdom

by Kool & The Gang · from The 50 Greatest Songs

1974R&B/Soul5:44Track 8

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Review by Oskar Lind★★★½Sample

vibes immaculate, lyrics occasionally a little 'live laugh love'

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Review by Mira Okafor★★★½Sample

Not every song lands, but when it does it LANDS. “Messenger Of Wisdom” is the keeper.

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Disc 1
1
Get Down On It
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4:51
2
Fresh
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4:24
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
9
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
17
Jungle Boogie
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3:04
Disc 3
1
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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4:56
5
Jungle Jazz
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4:37
6
You Don't Have To Change
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2:40
7
Higher Plane
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4:57
8
Messenger Of Wisdom
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5:44
9
Sea Of Tranquility
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3:33
10
Wild And Peaceful
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9:29
11
Ronnie's Groove (Live At P.J.'s Hollywood / 1971)
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2:56
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N.T.
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6:28
13
Hollywood Swinging
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4:36
14
(When You Say You Love Somebody) In The Heart
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3:54
15
Steppin' Out
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4:43
16
Get Down On It (Eiffel '65 Radio Edit)
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3:30