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1989 studio album by Kool & the Gang

Sweat

Studio album by

Kool & the Gang

Released

June 1989

Recorded

September 1988 – March 1989

Genre

Length

52:37

Label

Mercury

Producer

Kool and the Gang
Royal Bayyan
Nick Martinelli
Curtis Williams
Chuckii Booker
George Brown
Charles Smith

Kool & the Gang chronology

Forever
(1986)

Sweat
(1989)

Unite
(1992)

Singles from Sweat

"Raindrops"
Released: 1989
"Never Give Up"
Released: 1989

Sweat is the eighteenth studio album by the bandKool & 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.

Singles

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

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Ron Wynn ofAllMusic called the album "a completely faceless, aimless record ... probably the worst album of their career".^[2] Hugh Wyatt of theNew YorkDaily News calledSweat "one of the year's best recordings".^[3]

Track listing

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Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Sweat"	Bayyan	4:22
2.	"This Is What a Love Can Do"	Bokowski, Varner	4:13
3.	"Never Give Up"	Bellochio, Habeeb	4:42
4.	"You Got My Heart on Fire"	Haynes, Williams	6:29
5.	"Someday"	Bayyan, Martin	4:58

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Raindrops"	Booker	3:50
2.	"In Your Company"	Booker	5:53
3.	"I'll Follow You Anywhere"	Gazeley, Scher	5:37
4.	"All She Wants to Do Is Dance"	Booker	3:55
5.	"How Can I Get Close to You"	Brown, Thomas	4:22
6.	"You Are the Meaning of Friend"	Block, Smith	5:06

Personnel

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Robert "Kool" Bell – bass
Ronald "Khalis" Bell – tenor saxophone, keyboards
Claydes Charles Smith – guitar
Gary Brown – vocals
Sennie "Skip" Martin – vocals, trumpet, percussion (lead on 3–9, 11)
Odeen Mays – vocals, keyboards (lead on 1, 2, 4, 7, 10)
Larry Gittens – trumpet, vocals, keyboards
Michael Ray – trumpet
Clifford Adams – trombone, vocals
George Brown – keyboards
Robert "Robbie G" Goble – drums

Charts

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Chart performance forSweat
Chart (1989)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle)^[4]	28
French Albums (SNEP)^[5]	29
Swiss Albums (Hitparade)^[6]	30
USBillboardTop Soul Albums^[7]	52

References

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

v t e Kool & the Gang
Robert "Kool" Bell Ronald Bell George Brown Robert Mickens Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas Clifford Adams Sennie "Skip" Martin Shawn McQuiller Rodney Ellis Jirmad Gordon James "J.T." Taylor Claydes Charles Smith Rick Westfield
Studio albums	Kool and the Gang Music Is the Message Good Times Wild and Peaceful Light of Worlds Spirit of the Boogie Love & Understanding Open Sesame The Force Everybody's Dancin' Ladies' Night Celebrate! Something Special As One In the Heart Emergency Forever Sweat Unite State of Affairs Gangland The Hits: Reloaded Still Kool Kool for the Holidays Perfect Union People Just Wanna Have Fun
Live albums	Live at the Sex Machine Live at PJ's
Compilations	Kool Jazz Twice as Kool: The Hits of Kool & the Gang
Singles	"Let the Music Take Your Mind" "Funky Man" "Funky Stuff" "Jungle Boogie" "Hollywood Swinging" "Summer Madness" "Caribbean Festival" "Higher Plane" "Spirit of the Boogie" "Open Sesame" "Ladies' Night" "Too Hot" "Celebration" "Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)" "Steppin' Out" "Get Down on It" "Big Fun" "Joanna" "Misled" "Fresh" "Cherish" "Stone Love" "Rags to Riches" "Raindrops" "In the Hood" "No Show"
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