Music Is the Message

Music Is the Message is the second studio album, and the fourth overall album, by the funk band Kool & the Gang. It was released in 1972.

The album peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Soul LPs chart.

Personnel

 * Dennis "D. T." Thomas – alto saxophone, vocals, flute, percussion
 * Ronald Bell – tenor saxophone, vocals, alto flute
 * Robert "Spike" Mickens – trumpet, vocals, flugelhorn, percussion
 * Claydes Smith – guitar
 * Rick West – pianos, ARP synthesizer, vocals
 * Robert "Kool" Bell – bass, vocals
 * George Brown – drums, percussion, vocals


 * Additional personnel
 * Assunta Dell'Aquila – harp