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Kiss This World Goodbye
Studio album by Mtume
Released	November 1978
Recorded	1978
Studios	RCA Studios, New York City, New York
Genre	R&B
Length	40:37
Label	Epic
Producers	James Mtume, Reggie Lucas
Mtume chronology
Rebirth Cycle (1977) Kiss This World Goodbye (1978) In Search of the Rainbow Seekers (1980)

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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") – 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

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1978	"Just Funnin"	—	93	—

External links

• Mtume-Kiss This World Goodbye at Discogs