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 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Track listing 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 References External links 1972 albums Kool & the Gang albums De-Lite Records albums