Kiss This World Goodbye Explained

Kiss This World Goodbye
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Mtume
Cover:	Mtume Kiss This World Goodbye.jpg
Released:	November 1978
Recorded:	1978
Genre:	R&B
Length:	40:37
Label:	Epic
Producer:	James Mtume, Reggie Lucas
Prev Title:	Rebirth Cycle
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	In Search of the Rainbow Seekers
Next Year:	1980

Kiss This World Goodbye is a 1978 album by R&B group Mtume. This was their debut album on the Epic Records label as well as the first album featuring vocals by Tawatha Agee.

Track listing

All songs written by Reggie Lucas and James Mtume except where noted.

1. "Theme (for the People) [Opening]" (Tawatha Agee, Lucas, Mtume) – 1:30
2. "Just Funnin'" (Howard King, Lucas, Mtume) – 5:20
3. "Kiss This World Goodbye" – 3:58
4. "Insert" – 0:30
5. "The Closer I Get to You" – 3:58
6. "Love Lock" – 4:56
7. "Funky Constellation" – 4:05
8. "Closer to the End" – 4:32
9. "Metal Flake Mind" – 3:30
10. "Phase I" (Mtume; subtitled "40 Seconds dedicated to all Conga Players")^[1] – 0:42
11. "Day of the Reggin" – 3:31
12. "This Is Your World" – 3:28
13. "Theme (for the People) [Exit]" (Agee, Lucas, Mtume) – 0:48

Personnel

Mtume

• James Mtume - lead and backing vocals, congas, percussion
• Tawatha Agee - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Reggie Lucas - guitar
• Basil Fearrington - bass
• Hubert Eaves III - keyboards
• Howard King - drums

Charts

Singles

External links

• Mtume-Kiss This World Goodbye at Discogs

Notes and References

1. http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=822458 Images as found at discogs
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4976/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Mtume US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-05-27.