Risque

Is decent. Kinda repetitive

Absolutely wonderful way to end the week. Back when I was alive these were the music track in my college existence.

Genre: Disco 3/5 Chic’s Risqué, while home to one of disco’s greatest hits, Good Times, is unfortunately just a run-of-the-mill disco/pop album, but fortunately that means it’s pretty decent. A few slow, a few speedy, but with that sore thumb of an opener that leaves everything in its wake sounding like so much less. Nile Rodgers’ playing on this is essential to the genre, and his technique would be utilized (as well as stolen) by many different artists and producers throughout the 80s. Nile isn’t able to save the weaker cuts on this project, though, but it certainly bolsters the stronger ones.

Fun, Mostly party songs.

like,, it's fine, you know??? but.. i just can't listen to an entire disco album on a row. unless it's saturday night fever. or the bee gees. like.. it just bores me. i'm sorry.

Baseline on good times amazing

I can not recall ever listening to a disco album in its entirety, so this was a first. I’ve heard this group referred to as disco and disco funk; in my opinoon this was more disco funk. In any case it was good but I felt it was repetitive. It didn’t wow me but it wasn’t bad either. I would add elements to my overall playlist but not a weekly rotation.

p434, 1979, 3 stars Classic dance album, fabulous production. Play and recreate nightclubs in 1978-79. Suffers from the "extended dance version" syndrome. Still sounds good, have to be in the right mood it though :)

5 stars for the Good Times bassline alone. Never gets old. Rest of album is pretty wishy-washy disco/70s but listenable.

Aquí empezó la música disco, aquí esta "Good Times". Nada más que añadir para considerar que hay que escuchar este disco.

Jaime bien, c’est disco et je necoute pas souvent ca mais parfait pour un dimanche a la maison et menage. 3.5

The third Chic album; the third best Chic album. The high spots are the singles, but overall the album doesn't have the consistency of the first two.

Nice classic disco vibes with a little bit of funkiness!

I knew that I must know something from this band, and the first track on the album is the track. "Good Times" is the one track that I might play again. It was good to hear a full album from CHIC. They are talented and the album is solid. "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" was the one track that I would be tempted to skip on a re-listen. To me, the track sounded to sugary sweet. The album is good, but isn't a match for my music tastes. One listen might be enough for me.

Can't Stand to Love You was the highlight for me (and all too short), with the instruments swooping in and out of the mix with the melodic line. The rest of the tunes were nicely drawn out but less memorable as tunes.

I’ve listening to this one a few times and it’s probably one of the easiest listening albums. I prefer it to the other chic album partially since there is less French. This album groves and is fun to listen to. 7.2/10

dejlig fin

3/5 nice, but not enough

Glamorous and smooth. Easy listening but watered down and overall not very creative.

Doing whatever it takes to keep the song going and loneliness at bay. Every so often their nemesis comes into view. Hearing them give it the slip is a thrill.

More variety than I thought there'd be from only knowing their big singles. Nice groove, good background work music. Fav new track: Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)

Some classic disco sounds and of course Good Times

Bass guitar is superlative here, "A warm summer night" reminds me a lot the modern R&B wave such as Silk Sonic. Well mixed, sound is very organic. However, I'm not a disco lover, so I didn't enjoyed it very much, can't give less than 3 tho

Good Times is still great - the rest... pleasant enough

Short but sweet, from arguably the masters of disco. My Feet Keep Dancing is a stand-out imo, but the entire album is pretty good.

Opens with a banger, "Good Times". "My Feet Keep on Dancing" has a fun tap dancing breakdown that I didn't expect. Overall an easy listen that isn't overly exciting but nowhere near bad music.

Not bad but not something I want to listen to all of/regularly

Groovy but very repetitive

Super Funky fresh

Skemmtilegt diskó. Nile og Bernie í essinu sínu!

Très surprenant de retrouver des chansons très très familières associées à un groupe très très peu familier. Je n'en dirai pas plus, mais je pense qu'il y a Robert sous roche, si vous voyez ce que je veux dire. Mon camarade robcomère est actuellement en train de mener l'enquête dans les locaux du Generator Hostel, il vous en dira plus très bientôt dans l'une de ses reviews.

Level of funk took it well above the usual disco crap

Come for the Good Times, stay for a bit for the other tracks that are nice background music but aren’t particularly groundbreaking.

This is really good music, almost a 4, but damn it's repetitive. Favorite track is Good Times, obviously

Some nice disco, I prefer it to the previous Chic album

Positivt överraskad! Är inte ett stort fan av disco, men låtarna var inte så bombastiska och festliga som jag trodde, utan mer lågmälda, med rytmiska basslingor. Lätt att förstå varför exempelvis Johnny Marr angett gruppen som influens! Inledningsspåret Good Times känns igen direkt, för mig främst från Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight. Basslingorna i synnerhet på denna låten, men även på albumet i allmänhet, är det bästa med albumet. Man rycks med och blir glad. Men även de lugnare låtarna, främst Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song), är vackra. 3/5, vilket för mig är väldigt högt för ett discoalbum! Bästa låt: Good Times

I respect their influence on disco, whatever that may be worth, as well as having an instantly recognizable sound, being a commodity for disco, I found the album to drag on despite its short runtime, and to provide nothing special or truly memorable.

Decent disco album that unfortunately got old quite fast though due to very similar sounding songs

All round, better album than Cest Chic but the songs often go for a bit too long.

not sure i've ever listened to a disco album. fun, but just ok-ish.

Funky, with some nice grooves. Not necessarily for me, though.

Started off with a great song and the. The rest of the album I felt was average

Not bad music, but not my cup of tea. Some great basslines though

Oh wow, absolutely NOT my thing. It is well crafted though.

yea this is good

Very disco. I’ve realized disco is a bit like jazz minus the solos, once they find a good groove they stay there. No standout songs but a respectable listen

Pretty interesting, was good

Funky. Catchy tunes.

Easy listening, was bobbing my head along a good few times, good background music but I probably wouldn't listen to it if I wasn't doing something else alongside it

Fun disco tracks with some awesome bass lines, but might not be anything that really sticks with me. Still fun to throw on and groove out to

WOW! 3 songs longer than 6 minutes! I'm sure that won't be annoying!

These are the good times? I’d hate to see what the bad times are like

It was fine

Classic disco album- 7 songs, not too long. I probably wouldn't listen to this in my spare time but turn it on at a party and I'm on the dance floor.

Ziemlich cool

CHIC knows how to put together a groove. Some of the songs lost steam for me, but I had my fair share of highlights. Favorite song: good times

Fun! Lots of songs felt familiar as someone who has listened to lots of Daft Punk over the years.

Chic has always been a singles band, producing dance-floor ready disco that can light up our worlds. So it's a little difficult to rate this record on the whole, as there are a few stellar tracks here, but the later half of the record feels inconsequential and made me want to pick out the best tracks and save them to a dance playlist. Will You Hear Me Cry and A Warm Summer Night don't really hold up. Fav tracks: Good Times and My Forbidden Lover

Good stuff, not blowing my mind but a fun time.

Mustaa diskojytää, hittibiisi oli laitettu heti levyn kärkeen ja sen jälkeen tasaantui. Ihan okei, ei mitään vikaa tässä.

First up, That is a top top album cover. Everyone who has working hearing will instantly know the first track. Its an all time classic tune and worth a couple of stars by itself. But what of the other 7 songs (can it really be classed as an album with just 7, granted quite long samey disco tracks?). Its obviously very influential and impossible not to tap your feet to but what i'm hearing is good times + lots of less good versions of good times. There is also the fucking awful Will you cry which led to me reaching for the skip button. Music to dance to but like most dance music it lacks any sort of depth. 1 point for the cover and 2 points for Good Times. 3/5

No havia escoltat mai aquest disc, però coneixia el seu tema "Good times", impossible no conèixer-lo. L'escolta ha estat agradable, tot i que m'han agradat més els tres primers temes, més llargs i amb estructures més complexes i allargades, que els temes més curts i directes de la segona meitat.

enjoyed

funky but sounds dated

Not a disco fan

Disco-funk songs are excellent with smooth bass runs - but their slow stuff is uninspired

Repetitive, but it was fine

Smooth tunes and bass lines

Some late 70s funky R&B with some stellar bass. I think this record is up there with 70s funk which, although it is not my favorite, is a respectable period in music. Don’t have a lot else to say about this one. Favorite track: Good Times Least favorite track: A Warm Summer Night

Disco! Deu vontade de dançar igual o Travolta. Infelizmente as musicas são repetitivas e longas.

Enjoyable. A bop, but nothing too outstanding. Could probably use it for doing homework.

Eine Strat muss so klingen wie Nile Rodgers 'Hitmaker‘. Ich stehe ja auf so Funk-Kram, daher kann ich die Platte gar nicht schlecht finden, auch wenn 1, 2 Nummern hart an der Grenze zur Pornomusik entlangschrammen.

Good times is excellenté but the rest wasn't at the same calibre.

Great baselines. Album starts out strong but songs later on seem a bit generic. All in all a great album would give 3.5

Good Times a fucking banger and a classic! Cool and funky, nice and consice. Loved some of the songs on this. Probably won't revisit but I like this kind of music. Fav dong Good Times, 6/8.

Kuuntelussa vasta perjantaina ja sopi tunnelmaan

3.5 stars

Enjoy the rhythms and beats, but the repetition quickly fades to the background - hard to actively listen to this album.

Funky classics.

I don't love disco. Don't really like disco. But damn it! When it comes on, it is impossible to not dance and smile.

3

Similar to EWAF I respect them a lot but it wasn’t my favorite to listen to.

Fun, sticky melodies. Songs can be a little long and a little repetitive. But the instrumentals are lush and fun. 3.5. Favorite tracks: "Good Times", "What About Me", "Will You Cry When You Hear This Song"

1979: Good Times, A Warm Summer Night, My Forbidden Lover

i know a lot of disco music is repetitive, which i usually don't mind... but for some reason this album got annoying very quickly.

It was ok. I'm not a fan of disco. There were some great bass lines in there.

An album made for dancing, rather than listening to. That bass though - should have an album to itself. 2*

I just...I just hate this. Its so sterile. Maybe if it was the late 70s and a pile of drugs got me dancing with some ladies, ok , id have some fondness for it. But its not and I didnt so I dont. 2 stars cause they have some talent, I think

The album is overall pretty chill with nice vibes throughout. It was alright having it in the background while I was doing other things, but I can imagine people partying at the club with that music. Of course, not all songs are amazing, but they all have that disco club vibe.

I just found this mostly boring. Not objectionable in any way. Certainly had some decent grooves, but very unremarkable (outside of Good Times).

Good Times all timer. Rest is okay

Pretty good, brilliant in places.

I dont hate disco as a whole but holy shit this made me want to drive my head through the nearest wall. Longest 36 minutes of my life. Songs are SO FUCKING REPETITIVE AND ANNOYING

In a nutshell: dark disco Could this be a (loose) disco concept album? Listen to it twice- focus on the whole product then pay attention to the lyrics, because I think there is a loose narrative arc on here. Picture it. Young twenty-something woman meets guy. They hook up "on a warm summer night". She's a talented dancer but her dad doesn't understand that she's an adult now. She runs away. She dances the stress away. Love and the dancefloor is all she needs. She finds out her new man is an abusive one; a cheater. Then everything unravels... The problem with disco is that the genre is built for the twelve inch. Chic is one act that managed to make an album that doesn't sound like a single surrounded by filler. Overall: 4/10

Niet interessant

Far too repetitive, couple of nice riffs.

Maso

I don’t like disco. Especially when it’s this long

So now I’ve had both Chic albums on the list, and to me their songs are either genre defining classics like Le Freak, I Need Your Love, and Good Times or just very uninteresting filler. But damn, I never knew an eight minute version of Good Times existed!

Boooring

Another CHIC album so soon? What a shame that this ended up being another disappointment. These guys are supposed to be pioneers in their genre, but instead their brand of funk just falls flat for me. Good Times is a classic, however that's about it for the whole thing, as everything else becomes meaningless repetitive noise which doesn't really go anywhere interesting. At least this is the last time they pop up in the list. Favourite track: Good Times Least favourite track: Can't Stand To Love You

First time listening to a Chic album. I feel like a serious music critic when I notice some similarities or inspirations in music. When I heard the bassline in Good Times I immediately thought of Around the World by Daft Punk and it seems other people have made that connection too and the duo themselves were inspired by Chic. It's a really funky bassline to be fair. Other than that I'd say the album was underwhelming. Yes, it had its moments and arguably the songs are good but personally I felt like something was missing. Maybe I will like other albums from them better 2/5

Good Times is a classic disco staple ( probably rightly so). The remaining tracks range from fairly decent to ok to overlong and a bit meandering. Not an album I’ll go back to, but ok.

Took me back to the disco days, some tracks triggered fond memories of my university days, but a whole album did drag.

More recognizable as samples from hip-hop tracks than as original songs.

I haven t grown up with disco, it was never a big part of my life. Seeing the other comments and them writing about how impactful it was, i do wish i understood the time period more but i just dont. While i do think the songs are a lot of fun in the beginning, halfway through, they keep on repeating and it gets quite annoying. I want to enjoy this album because i dont listen to disco and want to broaden my taste, but it's maybe just not the album for me. I think if you love disco and know the history, this is an amazing album. It's just not for me personally :( But if someone wants to explain the historical impact of this album 100% willing to listen.

It was alright. I was expecting a lot better. Nothing really memorable about it besides first song

It was fine.

For ensformigt.

Good times - 3 A warm summer night - 2 My feet keep dancing - 2 My forbidden lover - 2 Can't stand to love you - 3 Will you cry (when you hear this song) - 2 What about me - 2

The repetition kills me. So many songs that just go on and on. The songs are good, no doubt, but my brain gets stuck on these loops and I feel a little crazy after a while.

Not into it. There’s a reason disco died.

I'd rather listen to the songs that sample these songs.

We should thank CHIC for all of the amazing hooks that were sampled in subsequent generations.

This is pretty good but a bit too slow energy for my Mo-Town vibes.

Not my style at all.

Not my thing. I tried listening carefully but it's almost like I was waiting for the record to finish. The beginning seemed to go on forever, and the last few songs felt like they lasted a few seconds.

I was excited for this but it left me disappointed. Songs too long, some weird slow jam stuff... I wanted a party!

Meh, this is a one song album. The rest are pretty forgettable particularly the ballads. 2.5/5

Bezveze mi je album, iako volim njih inače. Imaju par hitova koji su vrh, ostalo mi sve zvuči isto i dosadno. 2/5, 3/10

Liked their other album more.

struggled through the longer songs, but it had its good moments.

Ça fait deux albums de Chic qu'on pogne mais toujours pas le premier. Le premier est le seul qui vaut vraiment le détour. Celui-là est à enlever de la liste. 2.49 étoiles .

Reviewing this the morning after listening to it, I realise I remember very little about it. Good Times is a bop, but the rest of the album made very little impression on me.

Perhaps it a feature of disco music but damn that drum beat is boring, song after song.

How does an album that only lasts 36 minutes feel so long. Each song is one, sometimes cool, idea that’s then just repeated until it’s driving you mad.

Thoughts before listening: Disco band with Nile Rogers. They had a bunch of hits in the 70s. Review: Doesn't get much more iconic in the disco world than "Good Times", and that kicks off this album. One thing that you tend to miss on these disco hits is just how strong the musicianship is, and this is a perfect example with solid grooves, popping bass lines, and funky guitar. On the first Chic album I got on this project I was mostly impressed with the jazzy instrumental track. This one doesn't have any of those tracks, so we're left with a mixture of overly long, repetitive disco songs meant for the dancefloor and sappy ballads. Even though I can appreciate the musicianship, this album as a whole just isn't for me..."Good Times" is a banger though. 2-stars

That's Chic alright, theyve distilled what they do into a general vibe more than almost any other band. They seem to have leveraged this into being a dependable mid bill festival band, which is fair play at this stage of their career. I sway between vaguely liking the disco sound and it getting on my nerves. No more to say than I did in the last review, this is still a 2.5 that is closer to a 2.

CHICK x2

Short take: Find a 4-minute version of “Good Times,” listen to it, then skip the rest. This album starts with the undeniably terrific song “Good Times” — great beat, love those jangly guitars — and drops off a cliff immediately thereafter. And at 8:08, “Good Times” is four minutes too long; that thing belongs on a 12” as a dance mix. Most of these tracks are choruses in need of a song. Lame, tired, and unimaginative lyrics are repeated over and over. RISQUE is bland, uninspired, numbingly repetitive and vacuous. I expected more from Nile Rodgers. 1.5 stars

Repetitive.

I really like their style, I really like a lot of these songs, but really, this one just runs out of steam quickly and gets so boring.

Hey I know this song! It's pretty good. It goes on a bit longer than I thought though...... Huh, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of unique lyrics..... Is it just going to keep repeating?..... I'm getting a little tired of this song. I hope they switch it up soon...... Wait, are you telling me every song on this album is a catchy 20 second tune looped for 8 minutes? I never thought I would say this, but someone get me a DJ. I need them to chop this album into something that isn't so repetitive.

Repetitive and boring. Very disco. Not great.

Only one salvable song.

No es mi estilo

I like the name of the album, the disco sound, and the popular first track. It wasn’t that great though.

Starts with a roller disco classic but the rest adds very little. 2 stars or D+.

Pretty bland stuff. Kinda CHIT actually.

Not really my thing. But I can appreciate funky bass lines and catchy beats. The songs did drag on too long, though.

that one song was good.

I think I listened to another by this group that I liked better. This one was either very disco or slow.

I’ve heard a good handful of these songs before but it’s not really for me. But I can see why people that like disco would like it.

Maybe there's a reason why disco is mostly remembered for the hits rather than for complete albums. Good Times is the longest track here but that doesn't make it wear off at all. It's Good Times! It's a classic, but the same can't be said for the rest. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards are great musicians (thanks to Nile, I have one of my childhood songs) but the entire album is purely groove, repeated verse and chorus and perhaps a tint of sophisticated disco strings. When you go through the songs that aren't Good Times, they start to become bland real fast. By the end of the second to last track, I audibly said "OK, I get it, damn". It's clear that this type of music was made for dancing, and if it does play in that setting, my feet will surely go for it. On a casual listen however, I fear that I take the opinion of my former co-worker who loved Bad Company: this isn't that good. I don't hate disco at all like he does, but I sort of understand why he can't stand it. Constant repetition shouldn't be a problem - I like house music! - but when it's served without much of an edge, it's not as exciting. All in all, we're always gonna have "Good Times" anyway...and rollerskates (5/10, 2/5 on this scale)

Some good songs, but is disco supposed to be this boring? Maybe it's a singles medium and the album just doesn't work.

Even though the album is only 37 minutes, every song seems like it's ten minutes long. The thing is, the songs are (mostly) pretty catchy, but they take a 45 second clip and repeat it over and over and over, so every song is so repetitive and the album seems to last forever. It's not country music bad, but it's not good.

Look, “Good Times” is incredible. Why do we need to even talk about the rest of the sort-of-meh album? That first track is SO GOOD. So much better than the rest of the sort-of-meh album.

It’s ok I guess. Why are these songs so long? And just continuously repetitive? Guess it’s a disco thing. Wasn’t super into this.

Honestly, other than Good Times this sucks. The songs overstay their welcome (including Good Times). They are funky but all sound similar enough that it's not very interesting. And all of the tracks are SO repetitive. Made for a 70s/80s dancefloor and not my headphones I suppose. 1.5/5 -> 2/5

2/5

I now know why people burned disco records

I get that this is an important album for disco, but it's not really the kind of music I care to listen to. It's definitely an album that deserves its place on this list (I'd rate that 4), but personally I'd rate it 2 - too smooth and a bit bland.

2 out of 5 GOOD TIMES! I don't think I have heard any other Chic songs. It was ok but not fast enough for me.

one good song, rest were all mediocre.

Honestly it's not that I hate disco cuz I actually do like disco but I like disco when there's really a song attached to it and this is just basically a dance groove with some quite frankly fairly benign vocals. When I think of great disco songs I think of Donna Summer, i think of Gloria Gaynor, I think of Stephanie Mills, The Jacksons late 70s Epic albums, EWF & the BeeGees to me all with better songwriting than what is presented here. And even though the grooves are tight I find it rather kind of boring for the most part . This is the best of the Chic trilogy here, and I'm throwing in the Sister Sledge album in here only because it's basically Chic in all but name. Better know reality it doesn't really do much for me. (5.7) ★★½ Actually I think it's a travesty that there's not a single Donna Summer album in here and she was the queen of disco i actually prefer her kind of sexual and emotional delivery over this

Very much not my thing. 2.5 stars.

Good times a classic, hard not to sing "I said a hip hop the hippy" when hearing the bass line. Song just a biiiiiitttttt too long like can't see it being over 8 minutes long when its a bass line and piano riff for 2 and a half min. Warm summer night is in the same boat as repetitive and long. Just looping over and over. Feet keep dancing also not standing out. My forbidden lover, repetitive. Ya know I'm slowly realizing this album may not be for me lol. overall 4/10

Not for me this one. Jus found it very difficult to get into and actually enjoy.

Better than C’est Chic, but I’m never going to love this, and some of these songs really drag.

Tanzmusik

Really liked the first song but it was quite meh after that. 4/10

Not as engaging as their last album I reviewed. This one felt like a bit of a drone.

For an album that bestowed upon us the bass line to one of the most iconic hiphop songs of all time this album is really bland.

Great sound and a few real classics. I'm sure it works really well on the dance floor. As an album it gets tedious being very repetitive and pretty much every song is much too long.

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Never heard of this, going in with no expectations. It's disco, and straight away I reconised Good Times as the backing beat for Rapper's Delight. Also We Are Family maybe? Otherwise I didn't care much for any of this, and all the songs are longer than they need to be. I guess if you are dancing to them you want them to go on a while, but on just a listen it's too much.

I liked portions of this album, but I was surprised at how long each of these songs were. I thought the song would be done, and I'd look to see that there were still 3 minutes left. And it was 3 minutes sort of a repetitive groove. There were definitely some great beats, but overall I wouldn't purchase.

disco never hurt no one…… but the first half of the album just felt too long! the second half was way better 2.5

Мне казалось, что я не хочу это слушать, но я переселила себя и не пожалела! Обложка топ... Собираюсь под этот жизнерадостный ЧИК пойти на почту потеть в шубе...

Uma abertura empolgante, mas logo se dilui em um disco enjoativo, especialmente as baladas. Único ponto de destaque são as linhas de baixo.

The one song I knew was fun to hear again. The rest …meh. Disco wasn’t my thang.

Dance album so the songs went on longer than they should have in my opinion. Nothing special.

65

It was ok… the “te quiero” song downgraded this to a 2.

CHIC, and. disco music in general is kind of like Mr. Rogers: lame as hell at the time, but the older you get, the cooler it becomes. This album isn't the CHIC album that should have been on this list, but that's just my opinion. The songs are long because they were meant to be danced to or to have energetic sex to. In either case, you didn't really want the tracks to be over in 2-3 minutes. :-D

Disco music. Knew the first song " Good Times" from all the pharma ads aimed at boomers. Overall, for me, this album is basically grocery store music.

Kinda disappointed with this one. I had a hell of alot of fun with c'est chic and this just didnt have the same sauce. It was rather boring mostly. There were some parts that got me going. There are freakin bass solos on this and that gets me bricked up. And those grooves are great throughout. But beyond that it just didnt have that same magic the last record had. The opening track is the best track here but its 8 minutes long and looses its luster over that time frame. It just drags and drags. I dont know, its just not as good for me.

The first song played and I figured this would be an easy 3 star album, since disco's never fully grabbed me. Then the rest of the album played and it was a really long half hour. Kept looking to see when the album was done. This would be a 1 star album if the first track didn't exist.

Not much here.

Turns out disco does kinda suck.

2, Disco is just not my thing.

There's only 7 tracks that total 36 minutes... but the first 3 are over 20 of those minutes. There's no need for Good Times to be 8 minutes long... and that's the best track on the album.

A little boring for me, but decent upbeat disco & funk music. We’re all familiar with “Good Times”, you can expect a similar vibe throughout the rest of the album. Some of the songs are on the long side. Pretty typical 70s-80s dance music.

The word that best describes this is disappointing. I had high hopes when it started off with Good Times. That’s a five star song. But then everything else was one star, bland and redundant. It was the kind of disco that made me hate disco. Probably because the best part of this album, first track in particular, is its use in early hip hop.

i think disco is a lot cooler culturally than actually having to listen to the music

Sorry, it just all sounds the same to me.

Good times was solid but the rest was not my cup of tea. Some decent funk at times but so forgettable. Did not make me want to dance

good times, fantastic, the rest kinda eh, nothing too noteworthy. If I wanted Nile Rodgers I'd rather listen to Sister Sledge or smthn. 2/5

A couple hits, many duds.

Not my thing

Thought I was listening to same song. Album played twice through before i realized that it was playing again

Can’t live up to its opening track.

A good record, but hard for me to distinguish or remember any specific tracks other than “Good Times.”

One great Disco hit is reasonable. But a whole album? Cruel and ill-advised.

I wanted to like this but ultimately it was a little underwhelming

Good times has one of the best baselines ever. Besides that, while not a bad album, it wasn’t exactly my cup of tea. Not my style (disco esque) and some songs were repetitious and a bit boring.

Easy listening. Favorite track was definitely good times.

Like most disco, the funky guitar riffs spark a little joy for a short time. But the rest of the sound gets annoying after a few minutes.

Ha empezado fuerte pero ha acabado aburriendo al final, aunque se lo achaco al estilo de música.

I was so excited to get a disco album. I knew Chic’s biggest hits. I mean, who could escape Good Times and Le Freak? However, I had never listened to any of their albums. Now I know why. Good Times is the only standout track on the album for me. The rest just felt too similar or overly repetitive lyrically. It would be fine as background music as it’s non-offensive and generally danceable, but I like my disco front and center in my face daring me NOT to dance to its temptingly infectious grooves. My rating is actually 2.5.

Funkiness aside, I agree with other listeners that found this repetitive. Pleasant enough, but I thought it all sounded a lot like good times. That is a great song I've probably just heard is a few hundred times too many. This was a radio staple during my upbringing.

Good beats, very repetitive which got grating.

Not a fan of disco. Not sure if I’ve only heard remixes of these songs or just that I never actually heard the full track but they were more boring than I expected.

Well done music but disco is not something I really enjoy

This was probably great music for dancing, but tbh quite a boring listen while, say, decluttering your spare bedroom on a Sunday afternoon. Many of the songs just go on and on (and on).

One all time great disco song. The rest all blend together.

OK, so "Good Times" is one of the most sampled tunes ever, and it's a bit of a banger beyond that... but boy, I would not have expected two albums from Chic on the 1001, and I certainly wouldn't have included this record.

This album features some great 2 minute long songs that somehow got dragged out to 6 or 8 minutes without actually adding anything.

Is it well produced? Yes. Musically it could have been produced today. But these songs go absolutely nowhere. Clearly music to do cocaine to. And the vocal arrangements are pure 1970s over the top.

I like disco but this album didn’t connect to me at all :(

Chaque chanson part pas mal et puis tu te rends compte qu'elle dure 7 minutes et ça devient relou.

Eh. I appreciate it but won't be returning.

If you leave off the three singles, which were probably most listened to via 12”/7” formats, you are left with four rather background listening tracks (in my opinion).

Too polished, and often too soft, the album loses impact even though the bass is solid and even though Nile Rodgers sometimes shine. But it feels like funk taking a wrong turn to me. The choruses just repeat, there are no surprise or so few. It’s basically the dance music from that era and I struggled to find excitement in it.

The number one track is a hit. Sure. But I found the rest of the album very so so. Found some nice patterns, but I found most tracks boring.

I've mellowed in my disco opinion over the years, but this sound still isn't for me. Can't deny the quality though.

Second album I've listened to by them on this list. First track is classic, rest were innocuous.

Meh

Eh. I mean, it’s just fine. But it’s basically your standard disco, repetitive and boring. Not bad. But not for me.

This is basically just disco filler music. I can get downtown Good Times, but after reaching minute 6 and hearing "These are the good times" for the 20th time, I realized I wasn't listening to real music.

Didn't know I knew a couple "disco" songs but this has some known hits on it. I didn't get a super disco vibe like I prejudged. Pretty jamming. Clean production. Why do disco songs need to be so long as a whole?

Disco ist ja nicht so meins. Pflichtbewusst durchgehört.

As a friendl of the HBTQI and supporter of BLM i can truly say: Disco sucks!

Disco favorites. Brings back lots of memories. Look back on disco music, and think was it really music? But, fun to dance to.

Quite repetitive. Knew the first song, but others weren't anything special.

The main problem with this album is how repetitive it is, specially the first part. The first three songs past the 6 minute mark, the first one reaching the 8 minutes, and in the entirety of these tracks, they don't realy offer different ideas, they stick with the same riffs and vocal melodies, so, when I had reached the half of theses songs, I already felt tired of them. The good part is that, the last songs, are a around the 4 minutes, so this problem isn't that present. In the end, it felt boring. If this album was supposed to make me want to dance, it failed for me.

I think everyone has sampled something from this album i do not like disco

It's fine.

Pleasant enough, watered down Funk/Disco. Couple of famous ones. But nothing really to write home about. Uninspiring is probably the best way to describe it. 2 for the quality of musicianship and production.

Really excellent, but after a track or 3 it just starts to become repetitive

Very repetitive to the point it gets annoying

Who knew that Good Times was 8 minutes long? Didn't really have any issues with this but it was also fairly bland and I kinda zoned out from listening to it to be honest. Standard album of it's genre

Really not interested at all in this. Wallpaper, indistinguishable from so much else out there.

Love you mom! You’re favorite album is here

First thought was I had never heard of this group, but as soon as the 1st track started I was like "oh yeah! I know this song!" Not fond of the repetativeness of the lyrics though, probably wouldn't listen to it again but I did add Good Times to my favorites list.

I wanted to like this a lot more than I did. It was pretty bland for disco.

Album 715 of 1001 CHIC - Risque (1979) Rating : 2.5 / 5 A pretty decent album. They are more than their disco hits from back in the day. Some nice funk. Not only for the dance floor.

Beyond the title track, which is kind of a disco classic, the rest was a bit forgettable. I’m just not that into this kind of thing.

The epitome of disco music. I kind of liked My Forbidden Lover, but in general I just wasn’t a fan of the album. Good Times sounded very familiar, but apparently some members of the band wrote We Are Family the same year, it was just released by a different group.

Good Times VERY GOOD

First? 3 /5 Again? 1,5 /5

This album is not my favorite, but it is not bad. I do not like the genre of music.

i give it a 2 because i like the song lyrics the second one is good to so a 3 the third one i dont really like it

the first song is alr not that good but not that bad the background music is good the second song is not really good its not ad tho the last song started off lowk weird

I son't like this song because I feel like it is saying the same word over and over agian a warm summer night I like this song because I think it is talking about like summer because I like summer can't stand to love you I don't like this song because I feel like it is saying the same word over and over agian

Nawet fajne

-So it’s not terrible, but I was honestly very overwhelmed. most of the songs felt very repetitive and dull? I know the repetition was probably intentional but it was still not particularly enjoyable at times -still had a pretty fun vibe at least… disco at its most disco -Favorites are My Feet Keep Dancing and Can’t Stand To Love You

This was so boring. "Good Times" is a great song, but even then it doesn't need to be 8 minutes long. I know Nile Rodgers is great, and the music is fantastic, but this falls into all the bad disco traps like being overly long and repetitive. There's worse on this list, but there's also a lot better.

Taken individually the songs are more or less ok but a whole album of that is really repetitive.

Skimmed through but I have a good idea

I saw Niles Rogers/CHIC open for Madonna last year. It was a phenomenal performance. If your toe is not tapping or your head is not moving when you hear Good Times, I don’t want to know you. Overall, this album is meh. After the stellar opening track it all goes downhill. The second track is awful. I would call this disco with some funk infused into but I would not listen to most of this album again.

1.9 2x

Upbeat disco songs are incredibly repetitive, and the slow ones are just unlistenable.

Det eneste gode ved det her album er at det indirekte gav os Rappers Delight

I Liked the sound but the first few tracks were 12inchers (6mins long) and became repetitive.

Definitely some good grooves in here but I felt like the tracks were dragged out too long and wasn't too inspired and skipped around a bit. 2 star for me.

Disco. :/

If I’ve heard one disco song, I’ve heard them all.

Not much of interest other than the one radio hit.

Meh I mostly enjoyed this to hear the original samples that better songs use (see daft punk). It's a tad too disco for me and every song goes in for too long. Good Times does not need to be 8 mins long

Didn't enjoy this one as much as C'est Chic, mostly because it didn't have an anchor song like Le Freak. Good Times is solid but nothing else stood out to me.

Nothing worse than slow paced disco and this had plenty.

Classic pop album. Sounds great. One great and very-radio-friendly song, and then a bunch of nonsense that makes you suspect that the one song was accidental. Nile Rodgers is a great producer and he and Bernard Edwards make great backing tracks. Chic was just missing songwriting and interesting leads.

Boy it’s a kick in the crotch to hear “Good Times” first thing on 11/6/24. Sigh. Look, it’s a fine disco album, but it’s still a disco album. So, it’s probably great for finding breakbeats but otherwise it’s not exciting to me. Can’t fault the musicians - Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards are great here. Just not today.

Disco! Not my thing! Good Times is familiar, the rest are forgettable

At least half the songs drag on for minutes longer than I would want them too. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards can't carry the album forever.

Hadn’t heard of them, but have definitely heard their hit songs. Didn’t enjoy the album that much. Not my favourite genre.

It's okay just not my thing.

2+ Stars (6/15)

Good Times good. The songs are too long + I don't really care for the genre

To all the idiots saying that this is an album full of incredibly repetitive songs that could be a minute long and would contain all that the song had to offer, I refer them to My Feet Keep Dancing, which has a tap-dance solo in it. Take that, dickheads! This album makes me think of pressing a 9V battery onto my sweaty balls - yes, it may make my leg jiggle a bit, but it is otherwise horrible and makes me feel a bit ill.

The first song on this ("Good Times") is definitely the only hit off it for a reason. It's not a terrible album, but there are a lot of slower (not great) songs that really change the feel of the more upbeat numbers. I liked it well enough, but not enough to really listen to it again.

Started strong and faded fast. Just not my jam

They just don't do interludes like this anymore. Smash

Did not like this one

Not suitable for running

every single song on this album was exciting until it got super repetitive. This happened for every single song. If I don’t know if the songs were shorter or had it slightly more variety, I would definitely consider giving this a higher rating, however, I feel like they took one sentence and ran with it. It was genuinely a good vibe, and I grooved alone to the songs each time, but then after two maybe three minutes, it was boring and just kept sounding the same.

Boring

Groovy // repetitive

Perhaps if I were in a club, circa 1979, making work on an 8 ball. I would probably rate this higher. Considering that's certainly not the case for me, I give this a 2. Only because, Good Times" is kinda cool for like 3.minutes.

It just felt to repetitive. If you would consider this disco, I would say I understand why it’s dead

Bleh. I already knew I wasn’t gonna like this from the other Chic album we had to listen to and I was right. There’s a reason disco is dead. Each song just drags on and on and on and on. The lyrics are just the same crap repeated over and over and over and over. The only reason this isn’t a 1 is because the bass lines are solid and Nile Rodgers can play the guitar really well. Otherwise this album was unpleasant to experience just like the last one. Disco should stay dead.

ugggggghhhhhh. each song is a refrain repeated over, and over, and over, and over. nope

Disco sucks - and so does most of this album. 'Good Times' is fine, but everything else sounds kind of like a poor facsimile of a copy of a rip-off of that. 'My Forbidden Lover' is apparently the second most listened to song on the album (on Spotify; 13M, [compared with 183M for 'Good Times!]), but this probably says more about the foibles of people than the quality of the track

War okay als Hintergrundmusik, aber so richtig doll hat es mich nicht abgeholt. 2/5

8 minutes of Good Times. Wore me out! The second song, A warm summers night was a nice, smooth song. Then more disco and stuff that just didn't work for me.

When I first heard this, I thought "oh, great... Another late 70s disco funk record" then the second song came on, and it changed my mind.... But only for a hot minute. By the time the third song came on, I realized that, yes, this is just another generic disco esque funk album. While listening to this, the bass riffs were groovy and funky. But very similar throughout the record. I'm not convinced this band, or this record, rather... Has a lead singer. It sounds just like 3 back up singers singing parts. I was convinced that maybe something was wrong in the mixing... That they just muted the lead vocals. But nope. It's just lacking a lead singer and lacking a lyrical direction. There's nothing good about this record aside from some cool instrument playing but nothing that will keep me coming back to this record. I was over it by song 2. And therefore, this record gets the same star rating.

I do really like disco but this was just okay for me. It wasn’t as fun and distinctive as I like disco to be.

Pretty enjoyable. But monotonous and boring.

Meh, very meh.

Amazing if your tripping your tits off in a club in 1975. As I'm not doing any of that I found it repetitive. Tight band and good vocals it's just...you know...disco, and disco sucks .

The pacing isn't quite the flow or rhythm I associate with the age, or with dance music, but I feel it beginning. That change. I respect it for it's point in the timeline. I don't know if I'd go on to listen to it on my own time. Ultimately, a lot of this album is written from the point of view of the romantic. Alas, one I can't quite empathize with. Two stars, one for each good song, Good Times and What About Me.

If you want to learn how to stretch a good hook or musically idea or frase out until it sucks - this album is a perfect lesson. Even from songs like "Good Times" I´m longing for a much shorter single-version. Boring and repetitive. Bring it to the dancefloor but it´s simply not the stuff for an album!

Two albums down for Chic and they are still not for me. 2/5

Definition of mid. 2.5. Not really a bad song on here, but no great ones. Average funky kinda sort of catchy stuff.

I guess I had only heard the radio edit of “Good Times” before but I enjoyed the album version more than I do the song I’ve heard in grocery stores and dentist offices a million times. The lyrics are still utterly moronic and the hook is repetitive, but the extended instrumental section almost redeems the song. That is about the only good thing I have to say about this album. I know the whole “Disco Sucks” movement was grounded in racism and homophobia from middle-aged white construction workers who throw batteries at Santa Claus that thought everyone should just be happy to listen to Bachman Turner Overdrive for the rest of time, but disco sucks. Disco music is music made for people to dance to. Is “The Electric Slide” or “The Cupid Shuffle” on this list because of their importance in giving boring people something to do at weddings? This music does not need to be heard unless you are wearing bell bottoms, being felt up by Andy Warhol and doing the hustle. Every review of this album talks about how people have sampled the beats to make other songs. Okay. That just means these are bad songs with some good beats in them. Let’s listen to those better songs that reuse these beats instead of these songs that are really only good for disco dancing and the few ballads they threw in for when the coke wore off I guess. Most of this is pretty lame, and even worse, it’s lame and way too long. If you’re going to be cheesy, at least get it over with quickly. On the plus side, the overall album length isn’t too bad, even if the songs are way too long. In conclusion, disco sucks. *throws battery at Santa Claus*

Not sure about this one

Good Times is a good song. This is not a great album.

Dated and boring

Did not like.