C'est Chic
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C'est Chic is the second studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1978. C'est Chic includes the band's classic hit "Le Freak" which topped the US Hot 100 chart, US R&B, and US Club Play in October 1978, selling six million copies in the US alone and is to date both Atlantic Records' and parent company Warner Music's bestselling single ever - a record it's held for nearly thirty years. C'est Chic also contains follow-up single " I Want Your Love" (#5 R&B, #7 Pop February 17, 1979) and the track that has since become the band's anthem; "Chic Cheer".
The C'est Chic album reached #4 on Billboard's album chart and topped the US R&B chart.
C'est Chic was transferred to compact disc and re-released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991 (catalogue number 7567-81552-2), and remains one of two Chic studio albums never to have been reissued in digitally remastered form.
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Track listing
All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.
Side A:
- "Chic Cheer" - 4:42
- "Le Freak" - 5:23
- "Savoir Faire" - 5:01
- "Happy Man" - 4:17
Side B:
- " I Want Your Love" - 6:45
- "At Last I Am Free" - 7:08
- "Sometimes You Win" - 4:26
- "(Funny) Bone" - 3:41
Personnel
- Alfa Anderson - vocals
- Bernard Edwards - vocals, bass guitar
- Diva Gray - vocals
- Luci Martin - vocals
- David Lasley - vocals
- Luther Vandross - vocals
- Nile Rodgers - guitar
- Tony Thompson - drums
- Robert Sabino - clavinet, acoustic piano and electric piano
- Andy Schwartz - clavinet, acoustic piano and electric piano
- Raymond Jones - Fender Rhodes
- Sammy Figueroa - percussion
- Jose Rossy - tubular bells
- Marianne Carroll (The Chic Strings) - strings
- Cheryl Hong (The Chic Strings) - strings
- Karen Milne (The Chic Strings) - strings
- Jon Faddis - trumpet
- Ellen Seeling - trumpet
- Alex Foster - saxophone
- Jean Fineberg - saxophone
- Barry Rodgers - trombone
- Gene Orloff - concert master
Production
- Bernard Edwards - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
- Nile Rodgers - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
- Bob Clearmountain - sound engineer
- Burt Szerlip - engineer
- Jeff Hendrickson - engineer
- Ray Willard - engineer
- All songs recorded and mixed at Power Station in New York. Mastered at Atlantic Studios, N.Y.
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