C'est Chic
by Chic
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 November 1978
- Label: Atlantic
- Country: United States
- Length: 42:07
- Community rating: 3.93/5 from 7 ratings
Artists on this release: Raymond Jones, Barry Rogers, Karen Milne, Alex Foster, Jon Faddis, David Lasley, Jean Fineberg, Rob Sabino, Cheryl Hong, Ellen Seeling, Sammy Figueroa, Tony Thompson, Bernard Edwards, Diva Gray, Luci Martin, Nile Rodgers, Andy Schwartz, Alfa Anderson, Jose Rossy, Marianne Carroll, Luther Vandross
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Defined by the immortal, bass-driven groove of 'Le Freak', Chic's immaculate sophomore album set an entirely new gold standard for highly sophisticated disco production. 'C'est Chic' marries Bernard Edwards's incredibly rhythmic funk basslines with Nile Rodgers's shimmering rhythm guitar, generating profoundly uplifting, wonderfully lush, and effortlessly stylish party anthems.
Genres
Descriptors: party, rhythmic, repetitive, funky, dance, guitars, harmonies
Tracklist
- Chic Cheer (4:44)
- Le Freak (5:31)
- Savoir Faire (5:04)
- Happy Man (4:26)
- I Want Your Love (6:53)
- At Last I Am Free (7:13)
- Sometimes You Win (4:29)
- (Funny) Bone (3:44)
Credits
- Chic - primary artist
- Bob Defrin - art direction
- Bob Clearmountain - engineer
- Jeff Hendrickson - engineer [assistant]
- Raymond Willard - engineer [assistant]
- Dennis King - lacquer cut by, mastered by
- Bernard Edwards - musician, bass, vocals, producer [produced by], sleeve notes [special thanks], songwriter [all songs written by], arranged by [all songs arranged by], conductor [all songs conducted by]
- Rob Sabino - musician, clavinet, piano [acoustic], electric piano
- Gene Orloff - musician, concertmaster
- Tony Thompson - musician, drums
- Raymond Jones - musician, electric piano [fender rhodes]
- Nile Rodgers - musician, guitar
- Alex Foster - musician, horns, saxophone [sax]
- Jean Fineberg - musician, horns, saxophone [sax]
- Barry Rogers - musician, horns, trombone
- Ellen Seeling - musician, horns, trumpet
- Jon Faddis - musician, horns, trumpet
- Sammy Figueroa - musician, percussion
- Cheryl Hong - musician, strings [the chic strings]
- Karen Milne - musician, strings [the chic strings]
- Marianne Carroll - musician, strings [the chic strings]
- Jose Rossy - musician, tubular bells
- Joel Brodsky - photography by
- Marc Kreiner - producer [associate]
- Tom Cossie - producer [associate]
- Alfa Anderson - vocals
- David Lasley - vocals
- Diva Gray - vocals
- Luci Martin - vocals
- Luther Vandross - vocals
- Andy Schwartz - clavinet, piano [acoustic], electric piano
- Burt Szerlip - engineer