Chic (album)

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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.

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