So Cool (Take 6 album) explained

So Cool
Type:Studio album
Artist:Take 6
Cover:So Cool (album).jpg
Released:October 27, 1998
Genre:Gospel
Label:Reprise
Producer:Jim Ed Norman
Prev Title:Brothers
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Greatest Hits
Next Year:1999

So Cool is a gospel music album by the American contemporary gospel music group Take 6, released on October 27, 1998, on Reprise Records.

It peaked at #24 on the Billboard charts.[1] It was nominated for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards.[2]

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune praised the album, writing: "So Cool may be intimate and celebratory, but it isn't soft; the album comes across as fun, accomplished and smooth, without drifting into the emotionally vacant world of smooth jazz."[3]

Track listing

  1. "Intro (A Cappella Is Cool)"
  2. "So Cool"
  3. "Sonshine"
  4. "If You Only Knew"
  5. "Wings of Your Prayer"
  6. "Fly Away"
  7. "You'll Be Waiting for Me"
  8. "Nothin' but Love"
  9. "Evermore"
  10. "Soundcheck # 694 (London)"
  11. "Everybody Ought to Know"
  12. "A'-Ca-Lud" *
  13. "Love and Harmony"
  14. "A Few More Miles"

* an a cappella bridge two articles of funk

Notes and References

  1. Take 6. https://web.archive.org/web/20200714214705/https://www.billboard.com/music/take-6/chart-history/ILS/song/181340. dead. July 14, 2020. Billboard.
  2. Web site: Take 6. May 19, 2020. GRAMMY.com.
  3. Web site: Take 6So Cool (Reprise)Returning to its a.... Lou. Carlozo. chicagotribune.com. 15 November 1998 .