Chic (album)
| Chic | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 22, 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Studio | Electric Lady Studios and The Power Station, New York City | |||
| Genre | Disco, R&B | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards | |||
| Chic chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Chic | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B–[2] |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10[3] |
Chic is the self-titled debut album by Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1977.[1] The cover art featured two models, Valentine Monnier (left) and Alva Chinn (right), uncredited in a photograph taken by Frank Laffitte.
Release[edit]
It includes the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - originally released on Buddah Records - (US Hot 100 #6, R&B #6, US Club Play #1, UK #6) and "Everybody Dance" (US Hot 100 #38, R&B #12, US Club Play #1, UK #9). Chic's debut album reached #27 on the US Pop charts, #12 on the R&B charts and was certified Gold by the RIAA, selling more than half a million copies.
Chic was released on compact disc by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991. The album was digitally remastered and re-issued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006 and by Warner Music Japan in 2011.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, except "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" and "São Paulo" by Edwards, Kenny Lehman, and Rodgers; all tracks produced by Edwards, Lehman, and Rodgers.
| Side one | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" | 8:21 |
| 2. | "São Paulo" | 5:01 |
| 3. | "You Can Get By" | 5:36 |
| Side two | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Everybody Dance" | 6:41 |
| 2. | "Est-ce que c'est Chic?" | 3:53 |
| 3. | "Falling in Love with You" | 4:29 |
| 4. | "Strike Up the Band" | 4:32 |
Personnel[edit]
- Norma Jean Wright - Lead vocals (B1, B2, B3)
- Bernard Edwards - Lead vocals (A3), bass guitar
- Nile Rodgers - guitar, vocals
- Tony Thompson - drums
- Luther Vandross - vocals
- Alfa Anderson - vocals
- David Lasley - vocals
- Robin Clark - vocals
- Diva Gray - vocals
- Kenny Lehman - woodwinds
- David Friedman - orchestral bells, vibraphones
- Raymond Jones - keyboards
- Robert Sabino - keyboards
- Andy Schwartz - keyboards
- Tom Coppola - keyboards
- Jeremy Wall - keyboards
- George Young - flute, tenor saxophone
- Vito Rendace - flute, tenor saxophone on "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"
- Jon Faddis - trumpet
- Jay Beckenstein - saxophone on Sao Paulo
- Barry Rogers - trombone
- Gerardo Velez - percussion
- Sammy Figueroa - percussion
- Alfred Brown - strings contractor
- Gloria Agostini - harp
- Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Kenny Lehman - arrangements
Production[edit]
- Bernard Edwards - record producer
- Nile Rodgers - producer
- Kenny Lehman - co-producer (track B1)
- Bob Clearmountain - sound engineer
- Bob Drake - engineer
- Michael Frondelli - engineer
- Ron Johnsen - engineer
- Tom Savarese - engineer
- Marc Kreiner, Tom Cossie - executive producers
- Bob Defrin - art direction
- Lynn Dresse Breslin - design
- Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York; vocals and mixed at Power Station, New York
References[edit]
- ^ a b Henderson, Alex. Chic at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Beta, Andy (December 12, 2018). "Chic / Sister Sledge: The Chic Organization 1977–1979". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
