In late 2011 album number three, From Here To Anywhere, arrived, the title referencing its creation in hotel suites, planes, and studios around the world from here (Sydney) to just about everywhere (London, Paris, Ibiza, Moscow).
In 2009 I Will Be Here, a collaboration with Dutch superstar DJ Tiesto, took Sneaky to the top of both the US dance airplay and UK club charts. Second long-player and #1 album 2 arrived in 2008 with yet more dancefloor slayers in the form of Kansas City, When We Were Young and the #1 UK club smash It’s Not My Problem. Spearheaded by a spectacular salvo of chart topping hits – UFO, Pictures and I Love It – Sneaky Sound System won ARIA Awards for Breakthrough Artist and Best Dance Release, the first of 14 nominations to-date.
Sneaky summertime madness series#
A series of singles at first then, in 2006, their self-titled, 3 x platinum debut album. It was back in 2004 when Miss Connie and producer/DJ Angus McDonald started making beautiful music together. Great Southern Nights is a NSW Government initiative, delivered by Destination NSW in partnership with ARIA. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.Great Southern Nights is a new event to kick start the recovery of the live music industry - featuring 1000 COVID- safe gigs across Sydney and regional NSW, throughout November 2020 (Australian Music Month). Photography – Bernie Block, David Lartaud and Phil Willen.Liner Notes – Cleveland "Clevie" Browne.Engineers – Bob Clearmountain, Godfrey Diamond, Harvey Goldberg and Alec Head.Ed Pazant – oboe (4), alto saxophone (4).Penni Phynjuar Saunders – vocals (3, 4).Alton Taylor – vocals (4), lead vocals (6).Herb Lane – vocals (4), backing vocals (7).Dennis "D.T." Thomas – alto saxophone (1, 2, 3, 7), clavinet (3), congas (3), percussion (3, 5), lead vocals (3), arrangements (3).Ricky West – acoustic piano (1, 2, 7, 8), lead vocals (2), arrangements (2), electric piano (5).Claydes Charles Smith – guitar (1–8), vibraphone (4), percussion (4), arrangements (4), conductor (4).Robert "Spike" Mickens – trumpet (1, 2, 3, 5, 7), flugelhorn (2), vocals (6), arrangements (6, 8).George "Funky" Brown – drums (1–9), percussion (1, 9), vocals (6), kettle drums (9), gong (9).Robert "Kool" Bell – bass (1–8), vocals (6, 7).
A remake of "Summer Madness" was released on their 1993 album Unite titled "WKOOL/Summer". In 1991, the Hip-Hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince sampled elements of "Summer Madness" for their song " Summertime". It was later released as a single, with a follow-up titled "Winter Sadness" in Kool & the Gang's Spirit of the Boogie a year later.
" Summer Madness" is considered to be the album's highlight, incorporating smooth melodies and a synthesizer. The album contains rock-inspired funk set to jazz-informed playing with afrobeat influences and a tinge of analogue synthesizing. While it was their seventh album of original material, the band considered Light of the Worlds their ninth LP ( counting two compilations), and therefore consciously chose nine songs for the album to represent the then nine planets in the Solar System. Light of Worlds is regarded as Kool & the Gang's most spiritual and sophisticated work, produced in the wake of the success of their previous album, Wild and Peaceful. It was a landmark in the funk/jazz fusion genre of the 1970s. Released in 1974, it was later remastered by Polygram and was a second success for the band, reaching number 16 in the R&B Charts and number 63 in the Pop Charts. Light of Worlds is the fifth studio album, and seventh album of new material by the American R&B group Kool & the Gang.
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