Which 1974 Kool & the Gang album contains the instrumental "Summer Madness"?

“Which 1974 Kool & the Gang album contains the instrumental ‘Summer Madness’? The answer is Light of Worlds.” Released in September 1974, Light of Worlds was the group’s fifth studio album and one of its most ambitious jazz-funk records. It followed Wild and Peaceful and arrived before the band’s later pop-oriented breakthrough period.

“Summer Madness” is an atmospheric instrumental built around electric piano, synthesizer color, restrained percussion, and a spacious groove. Its mood is notably different from the group’s more overtly celebratory dance songs. The track was later issued as a single and became one of Kool & the Gang’s most enduring recordings, especially among jazz-funk listeners and hip-hop producers.

The album has an unusual conceptual detail: the group selected nine songs to represent the nine planets then recognized in the Solar System. Light of Worlds reached No. 16 on the US R&B albums chart and No. 63 on the Billboard 200. A frequent mix-up is Spirit of the Boogie, the 1975 follow-up that included “Winter Sadness,” a thematic companion to “Summer Madness.”