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Chic (album)

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Released
  
November 22, 1977

Length
  
37:43

Release date
  
22 November 1977

Recorded
  
1977

Artist
  
Chic

Label
  
Atlantic Records

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Studio
  
Electric Lady Studios and The Power Station, New York City, New York, United States

Genres
  
Disco, Funk, Rhythm and blues

Producers
  
Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards

Similar
  
Chic albums, Disco albums

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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.

Contents

Chic dance dance dance


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
  1. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (Edwards, Kenny Lehman, Rodgers) - 8:21
  2. "São Paulo" (Edwards, Lehman, Rodgers) - 5:01
  3. "You Can Get By" - 5:36
Side B
  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" (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

    • Songs

    1Dance - Dance - Dance (Yowsah - Yowsah - Yowsah)8:21
    2São Paulo5:01
    3You Can Get By5:36

    References

    Chic (album) Wikipedia
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