Chic (album)
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| Studio album by Chic | ||||
| Released | November 22, 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Studio | Electric Lady Studios and The Power Station, New York City, New York, United States | |||
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| Length | 37:43 | |||
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| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B− [2] |
Chic is the self-titled debut album by the American R&B band, Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1977. The cover art featured two models - Valentine Monnier (left) and Alva Chinn (right) - uncredited, in a photograph taken by Frank Laffitte.
Release
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
All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers; unless otherwise noted.
- Side A
- "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (Edwards, Kenny Lehman, Rodgers) - 8:21
- "São Paulo" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 5:01
- "You Can Get By" - 5:36
- Side B
- "Everybody Dance" - 6:41
- "Est-ce que c'est Chic?" - 3:53
- "Falling in Love with You" - 4:29
- "Strike Up the Band" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 4:32
Personnel
- 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
- George Young - flute, tenor saxophone
- Vito Rendace - flute, tenor saxophone on "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"
- Jon Faddis - trumpet
- Barry Rogers - trombone
- Sammy Figueroa - percussion
- Alfred Brown - strings contractor
- Gloria Agostini - harp
- Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Kenny Lehman - arrangements
Production
- 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