Kiss This World Goodbye is a Soul & Funk album by Mtume, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 8 pressings tracked.
About
After three albums of Pharoah Sanders–influenced spiritual jazz, Mtume used <i>Kiss This World Goodbye</i> to embrace the thick and juicy R&B sound that would bring the group mass appeal. Though the effect of George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic is strongly felt on “Just Funnin’,” “Funky Constellation,” “Kiss the World Goodbye,” and “Metal Flake Mind”—all four superlative tracks—James Mtume and company were reaching for new styles and sounds in R&B. “The Closer I Get to You” boasts the taut and propulsive architecture of late-'70s dance funk, but the group found their true voice in the tantalizingly slow, nearly forlorn balladry of “Closer to the End.” Using the patience and restraint they'd learned playing jazz, the musicians were able to create ballads that were as cavernous and impactful as they were spare. There's so much intoxicating humidity in “This Is Your World” that you can practically watch the steam rising off the song. At the end of the '70s, the entire field of R&B was searching for a new identity; <i>Kiss This World Goodbye</i> was one of the albums that pointed the way forward.
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Tracklist
- 1Theme (For the People) [Opening]1:32
- 2Just Funnin'5:19
- 3Kiss the World Goodbye3:52
- 4Insert0:31
- 5The Closer I Get to You3:59
- 6Love Lock4:55
- 7Funky Constellation4:01
- 8Closer to the End4:31
- 9Metal Flake Mind3:29
- 10Phase I (40 Seconds Dedicated to All Conga Players)0:43
- 11Day of the Reggin3:31
- 12This Is Your World3:27
- 13Theme (For the People) [Exit]0:54
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Basil FearringtonBASS BASS , VOICE
- Howard KingDRUMS, BACKING VOCALS, VOICE
- Hubert Eaves IIIKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, SYNTHESIZER
- James MtumeLEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS, CONGAS , PERCUSSION LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS, CONGAS, PERCUSSION
- Reggie LucasGUITAR LEAD GUITAR , RHYTHM GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
- TawathaLEAD VOCALS , BACKING VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
8 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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