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Solid album. Good times is a classic but the rest was new territory. Pleasantly surprised by the sleek RnB and disco-esque blend. Would recommend.
wow, Good Times!
Wow so many babies were probably made to this album when it came out.
*Disclaimer....Disco definitely does NOT suck That said, i'm sick of looking at/ hearing CHIC. Good times is a played out banger, the rest of this is mediocre. Hoping they've a better album on this list.
Esta onda no es mi onda
Apparently I just have a soft spot for 70's disco/funk
It starts strong with the one of the two Chic tracks that almost everyone knows - 'Good Times'. The rest is mostly forgetable and by the end of its short 36 minute playing time I found myself wanting it to stop soon. Too repetitive to just sit and listen to.
Classic disco!
‘Good Times’ with its bassline that gave birth to hip-hop on wax dominates, but ‘Risqué’ is much more than that. Underneath its lush, upbeat, shiny veneer is an album tinged with loss, sadness and despair, layers of sarcasm and cynicism; an album that finds catharsis (or oblivion) through the dancefloor, ultimately transcending its genre and becoming something bigger and deeper than just a mere disco album.
Good comfort music
Good Times is a good two mi Ute song that lasts almost eight minutes. Rest average.
Much like the entire genre of Disco, it felt fun at first with fun basslines, riffs, and hooks...and then wore out the fun through repetition.
3.5 Really classic, but dated.
No...just no
i wish i hadnt been subjected to this.
I get it Chic. My feet keep dancing too. You can hear where so many others came from.
According to my stats, funk is my least favorite category. This bears out.
Prefs: Good Times, My Feet Keep Dancing, My Forbidden Lover Moins pref: Can't Stand To Love You
Good album, still think that the songs could use more changes for the song length.
While the rest of the album is OK as far as disco goes (not exceedingly far), the impact of Good Times cannot be overstated. Also, Nile Rodgers is a verifiable music production deity.
Quite good but a bit repetitive. It's dance music, not made for listening to.
Best Song: Good Times. A social classic, that if nothing else gets people making goofy disco dance moves. Worst Song: My Feet Keep Dancing. The entire 6:30 song sounded like an outro. Overall: A very repetitive disco album that always feels like it's building up towards something that never comes. It's pleasant as sort of groovy background music, but that's about it.
Blast from the past! Loved it.
The disco backlash was uniquely American. In Europe, people didn't torch their copies of Saturday Night Fever, but instead used disco as fertiliser for a crop of pioneering genres, from post-punk to Italo. Now, as much as commentators, with reason, point to prejudices against disco's black and gay subcultures as fuelling the backlash, it's not as if Europe lacked for such bigotries. What I say has been looked over is American exoticism as seen with the European gaze: what passes for everyday to Americans may either baffle or fascinate we Europeans. Many Americans damned disco as brainless, but many Europeans saw fierce innovation in these calls to dance. Yes, there were plenty of UK critics dismissing disco, and yes, some Americans did similar to Europe in devising new music inspired by disco, such as Chicago house, but they do not disprove the general trend of this specific American exceptionalism. And just remember: Nile Rodgers has not only had the last laugh, but he hasn't stopped laughing since 1983. Anyway, onto Risqué. One fault of Risqué is one of its great strengths: the opener, Good Times. Good Times, for several reasons, has rightfully become one of the most iconic 70s tracks (and here I'll mention its perhaps even more momentous half-sibling Rapper's Delight). The majesty of Good Times lies, of course, in Bernard Edwards' serpentine bassline, not that Nile Rodgers' guitar isn't fully up to snuff. But when you start an album with such a totem, the rest risks sounding diminished by default. To test this, I just tried listening to the album except for Good Times, and the magic of the other songs burst out. I had originally considered the strings on the rest of the album to sound too syrupy for the modern eardrum, but played independently, they sounded so warm and silky. Also, the latter half of the album revolves around themes of heartache, illicit love and betrayal, marking this out as substantially darker and richer than the fluff the name "disco" implies to some. So do we have the paradoxical result of the whole being less than the sum of its parts? Or one skyscraper of a song stealing all the other songs' sunlight? Or is it that Good Times is immediate in bestowing its rewards, whereas the other songs require more contemplation? Not the first, but I can agree to ther last two. The sheer quality of the songwriting, performances and production push this into the 5-star category, but the listener should heed the caveat that the best is the enemy of the good, and the best is Good Times.
Fun dancing music
It's 1979 and CHIC is here to show people disco isn't dead yet. My two favorite tracks are the first two for completely different reasons. The only thing they have in common is how they manage to make 6+ minute repetition sound amazing every second of it. "Good Times" is one of the most famous disco songs of all times and is just a great club track to have in the background, especially during the instrumental. "A Warm Summer Night" is a personal favorite of mine, reminds me of vaporwave: soulful, calming, and mesmerizing. Next are two more great disco tracks to sing along and dance to. What makes this album stand out from all the marketed trash of the disco era is the masterful combination of the arrangements of the CHIC Strings, the New Wave-esque synths (although often soulful), and the cool, punchy, chamber-like harmonic vocals. Despite a million sounds going on at the same time, you can make out everything, from the simple yet fun drums, foundational bass, and the distinctive funky guitar you can immediately recognize as disco. There's even some brass. The last three tracks are weaker, but I still really enjoyed them. "Will You Cry" is just as mesmerizing, especially with Alfa's ghastly melodic singing. The closer "What About Me" felt generic by CHIC standards, did not contribute too much, and ended the album anti-climatically. I personally don't mind the lengths. It's already a fairly short album at 36 minutes, so that gives me time to appreciate each of the 7 tracks.
Oh damn already with "Good Times". I'm into this disco. "A Warm Summer Night" is the right kind of slow sexy. The harmonies in this song is so good.
Happy and catchy songs from the disco era that represents a lot of the 70's. I know the songs are repetitive, but it's a characteristic of disco music and it works, especially in a dance club. Overall a good album. Favorite tracks: Good times, My Feet Keep Dancing
This album is awesome! Nile Rodgers is a chuckin beast on guitar!
Couple of great songs surrounded by a bunch a lackluster ones
Holy moly macaroni I know them from somewhere. First song on 2018 remastered version is "Good Times". It's hard not to boogie around during this BANGER. Extended version is enough as background music, you just have to pay attention to something else because otherwise you can have a hard time or just skip to next song. CHIC when it comes to instruments and rhythm is monotonous which for somebody can come as dull. You either like it or not. "My Forbidden Lover" is the best track.
Loving making album
Only 7 tracks but they're long, overall decent disco. "Good Times" fun but repetitive, "Warm Summer Night" namesake, sensual R&B,
The first track alone deserves a 4*. It was great and of our time completely. The other tracks weren’t quite to the same standard but nevertheless !
Yeah It was OK.
Good Times a classic disco track. Nice supporting cast of songs.
Mesmerizing
I knew most of these songs and I think they're quite amusing. They are quite repetitive and streched out though. I don't think I'd listen to this again as an album.
Very funky, makes you want to dance! -1 star for the sheer length of some of these songs and the fact that they are overly repetitive. Favourites: Good Times (if it was 4 minutes shorter), My Forbidden Lover.
1979 - Disco; Funk; Soul music; Rhythm and blues; Jazz; Samba
Disco
Overall nice album. A bit repetitive with the lyrics but it made me feel relaxed and upbeat all at once.
Chic suffers from having been played as music over the soundsystem at Sears. You just can’t take it seriously.
Nile Rodgers is a guitar genius. Most of tbe songs on this album are more or less interchangeable, but he invented the new disco soynd so even though it's not what I would choose to listen to, it deserves 5 stars.
Good Times is a classic I love. Rest is okay and every song goes on 3-4 mins longer than needed… same beat over and over
Makes your foot tap but ultimately the base of each song sound very similar to each other.
1 minute into these songs: fuck yeah 4 minutes into these songs: ok I get it
It was ok but it was annoying to me
I like to funk just as much as the next person, and this does sound highly influential this songs are loooooong.
I can appreaciate good music, but this kinda stuff just isnt really the thing for me. good tho
Boring.
Funky, in a good way.
Bit disappointing actually, bit too slow to feel like disco bangers. Still funky though.
3.5/5. Very disco. Very groovy. The opening track, Good Times, was my favorite here. The album was good, it was just a little stale, and didn't blow my mind.
Actually slaps.
"Good Times", great, disco classic and all of that. Rest of the album... not so good times.
Great dance album for the time. Really held the beat even with very different songs at times. Really beautiful vocals as well with harmonies that fit right into the era.
Apparently this is a highly influential album, but there was a lot better disco than this.
3/5
I liked a few of the tracks
Funktastic.
no
I reviewed the other Chic album and gave it a good mark but why are there two albums that are basically the same? Good times is the best song with Forbidden lover following closely on and the hits but the others are either identical beat with one line repeated for 4 minutes or laid back lovers soul. It's like the 1001 executives rigidly have to fill each genre with the required 20 albums regardless of quality.
Some fun disco, I’m just not in the mood for disco often
Pretty good, if a little repetitive and lacking in variation. Then again, perhaps that's the point of funk. I'd give it a 6/10, maybe a 7. Good Times is the highlight by far.
smooth!
“Good Times” is an all time banger. Everything else here is not essential in the slightest.
Listened to on 5/22/22 3.5/5 Favorite song: good times This album was super upbeat, jazzy, fun, and entertaining - I really thought about giving it a 4 but the songs were super repetitive
Solid disco background music. Favorite song was Good Times.
I mean, thanks for the sample. And for the rest of the great songs. This record sounds INCREDIBLE! Perfect production. But, when you come out of the gates with "Good Times," where do you go from there? There are worse answers to that question than "six other totally solid songs that will have you swaying and shaking your white suburban ass, what the fuck else do you want from me? Oh, a sample for one of the most iconic hip hop songs ever? Ok. Boom."
I'm not a fan of Disco, but - I suppose - there should be one or two albums representing the genre on this list. I'm still not sure what makes it special. I do like the bass lines and it seems to be well-produced.
Now this I can listen for eternity
Not for intensive listening, meant for clubs etc.
Pretty one note and repeatitive
Well.. it sure is disco. Can't deny that. The songs are too long for their own good. It gets really samey near the end.
This feels like the quintessential disco album to me. I like some of the grooves on here, but some songs are a bit repetitious. 3 stars.
It's not terrible.
I was kinda bummed to see another CHIC album. Don't get me wrong - it's great disco, but all the songs are same-y
CHIT
Good Times!! This is a album full of peak 70's disco boogie funk goodness.
A bridge to post-disco per Simon Reynolds. Influenced Duran Duran among others.
Nice
When I first started listening, I thought, Ok...one good song. But, as the day went on I really started enjoying it more. 1979 is right when I was first getting into music, but I was never a Chic fan, so It took this long for me to finally hear it. I can definitely see this being a very hot album in 1979. Standouts: Good Times. Best of the Rest: The other six songs on the album. 3.5/5
Very relaxing
Had some fun with this one
First song is an absolute banger, worth checking out if for nothing but that
Interesting work. I never imagined that disco progressive was a thing before this record.
I liked parts of this, and I can definitely see why the bass from the album was sampled so frequently in early hip-hop, but ultimately I found it a bit dull. Also, I did not know that Good Times was 8 fucking minutes long. Perfect for the dance floor, but a bit strange for a single. Worth a listen, but not an album that I plan on coming back to 3/5
Pretty repetitive
Good times is a great song but that bass player slaps funky shit throughout the whole album. 3.49 stars
Very good disco album and what a way to open up but outside of that nothing very inspiring.
Bom.
Can't stand Chic for some reason. It's not like it's offensive to the ears. Maybe it's the fact that everything is so overtly trying to be a disco anthem (which again, is their remit) Just not for me.
2.9 - This album is smooth as an all-inclusive vacation but about as exciting. Terrific production and musicianship but I can't get into disco. "Can't Stand To Love You" is the one jam I might come back to.
This is actually really underrated. Super catchy with "Good Times" being the obvious mega hit but all others are great too. Maybe the easiest album to listen to, 300+ albums into this. 8/10.
Great album & group!!! Loved the songs!!
Good times is a great song but the rest was nothing that was memorable. I do like several of their hits but non were on this 💿: Le Freak, I Want your love…. Great dancing 💃 🕺 music
Great kick off to the week. Good times is a classic. And while I have never heard the rest of these songs, I felt like I had to some degree. I'm sure they were on radios at some point. Every song was really catch and could easily be danced too. This also might be our first Disco album?? Either way this was a great album.
Classic record! "Good Times" is the most infamous sample in hip hop history, the one that started it all for "Rapper's Delight." Other great songs on here too that would lend well to samples, if they haven't already. I thought the structure was really interesting, only seven tracks and the first three front-loaded the runtime. A great experience. Favorite tracks: Good Times, Warm Summer Night, My Forbidden Lover. Album art: Is this the band? Looks like an old timey saloon where a shootout is about to occur. Pretty cool shot, don't love the black and white. 4/5
Very good listen. I love the disco vibes, and I think it's a fitting album for when you want to relax and just dance. I liked the first half better, but the second one is also strong. Favourite track: Good Times.
real soulful but all the songs go on for a while
At least it has a sense of fun, unlike a lot of the dreck on this list
21st March 2022 Listened in the late morning while working from home in the front room. First day of juice cleanse. I preferred C’est Chic and Good Times is the clear stand out track.
Another one for the long list of one single filler albums. Maybe it's a time and place album, but I was in neither I should try it again after a few beers.
I saw a woman get born today. It was fascinating. Burst right out of that thing.
Good times
I really wish someone had had a quiet word with Nile Rodgers and told him to swerve the ballads and stick with the disco bangers. I guess he was keen to show his range, because he really does have range, but if you can write Good Times, We Are Family, Le Freak, Upside Down et al, just do more of that. This is a 5 star all day long if you exclude A Warm Summer Night and Will You Cry. Shame.
Great 70s disco vibes
One banger, lots of meh - not that interesting to hear disco as an album
I think more people would like disco than care to admit. The bassline in Good Times is worthy of 5 stars alone, really like that it was sampled and squires a lot of later tracks.
Lot of songs one here just as good as Good Time, but you can see why that was the hit. Not bad.
Cool but repetitive.
This is funky fun and uplifting. The bass throughout is so good. Stand out tracks - Good Times - My Forbidden Lover 4/5
Holy shit? So incredibly lush and smooth. Had Good Times liked, liked every other song off rip. Will you cry being the second least streamed song is a travesty. My first 5!
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: My Forbidden Lover, Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song) Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: I don't hate disco at all but I was not really moved by this. Sorry to say but Good Times got mogged by Rapper's Delight
Disco
I liked their sound but the songs were too long and repetitive within each song. I didn't dislike the music, but wasn't especially impressed by anything
I enjoyed about 3 minutes of good times but after that, there wasn't really much worth listening to.
This album would be a lot more fun if the songs were all about 2 1/2 minutes long. So repetitive. But such fun melodies too!
I enjoyed it! That first song is sampled so much. Groovy, but probably won't return to it.
I am not familiar with CHIC and their third album RISQUÉ. As a punk / post-punk listener, I remember distinctly there being an anti-disco vibe in the late 70’s here in America, so this will be my first disco album that I’ve listened to. After listening to RISQUÉ, this album is decent. First, surprised that how much “Good Times” influenced QUEEN’s “Another One Bites The Dust”. Also surprised that the songs started out on the longish running time. In 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, with CHIC - RISQUÉ, there is one previous album listed: C’EST CHIC (1978) Rate Artist: CHIC (3.0) Rate Album (Year): RISQUÉ (US 1979 Original) (4.0) Ranking of CHIC - RISQUÉ songs No. Title Length 1. "Good Times" 8:08 08.5/10 2. "A Warm Summer Night" 6:10 07.5/10 3. "My Feet Keep Dancing" 6:38 08.5/10 4. "My Forbidden Lover" 4:39 08.5/10 5. "Can't Stand to Love You" 2:56 07.0/10 6. "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" 4:06 07.0/10 7. "What About Me?" 4:09 08.0/10 US 1979 Original Release 55.0/70 = 7.86 / 2 = 3.93
Second Chic album to come up.The first album had one great song and a lot of filler. This album also has one great song but the rest of the album is pretty good too
Opens up with an all-time banger - I'm in the minority in that I actually with that "Good Times" was longer than 8 minutes - and then just stumbles around through the end. As an unabashed Nile Rodgers and Chic fan, this was a major disappointment. But Good Times alone merits the album's inclusion here.
Superb smooth and funky disco. I think it is better than it’s predecessor, C’est Chic due to the comprehensive and mature quality of all tracks - no filler here although there is still the repetition of refrains that keep Chic songs in clubs. Excellent.
Obviously a core record, designed to make you shake tha bootay
Listened Before? P Well, THIS was a surprise. I loved this album. Solid funk/disco stuff from the 70s. Awesome! Pros: Groovy, catchy, danceable songs beginning to end. Not too long! Cons: Not many. Maybe the individual length of some of the songs, but for the big hit on the record: Good Times, I know for a fact a radio edit exists. Added to Library? Y Songs Added to Playlist: Good Times,
Is decent. Kinda repetitive
Disco-soul-funk. Un megahit. Venga, un 5.
The problem with Disco records is that all the songs are unnecessarily long with nothing to really hold them up for that extended length. Seriously, once you've heard the first 8-minute-long track off of this album, just stop listening, as the rest of the album is the same thing over and over.
Thought it was okay but everything sounds the same. Some of the tracks are way too long.
Chite
Good Times, enough said.
Excellent. Such musicianship and sophistication. Loved it.
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.
Absolute corker
Party time!
Good Times is a frigging good time, obviously. It's the only memorable bop on the album though. Long live disco and all, this just didn't do it for me.
Отличный ритм
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 :)
Good Times. Leave your cares behind. Those two lines say it all.
5 stars for the Good Times bassline alone. Never gets old. Rest of album is pretty wishy-washy disco/70s but listenable.
I really liked this, I hadn't heard of the band but I had heard many of these songs.
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!
Good times, then slow times, then kinda meh times.
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.
Great band, but every song sounds like something else. Still enjoyable though
Pretty solid record, I'm not a huge disco fan but I can appreciate the musicality and just making some groovin' tunes. Was definitely bobbing my head along.
Love the bass lines
love this! these are the 70s disco vibes i'm here for! love the instrumentals having orchestral sounds as well as nice drums and guitar, that's one of my favorite things about the genre. Good Times is of course a classic, and I know it so it stands out already, but I enjoyed all the other songs as well!
Ah yeah - we got the funk. Get ready for some interpolation. Super interesting to me how *long* funk songs are - very similar to jazz in the sense that the musicians just get 'in the groove' and get after it.
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.
Risqué by Chic (1979) This disco album is yawningly simple in composition, but supremely danceable, which, I suppose, is the whole point of disco. I don’t think that when it was produced anyone thought it would be given a serious listen forty-plus years later. But here we are, so we dutifully note its excellent qualities within the genre: it is clean and bright, with top-notch (for the time) production values, predictable arrangements and technically correct instrumental performances, including schmaltzy, poorly intoned violins telling me what to do with my feelings, very nice drums telling me what to do with my feet, and groovy electric bass telling me what to do with my butt. This record didn’t make me want to dance, but if I had to dance, this music would be adequate to the purpose. Hence, I suppose that if someone held a gun to my head and demanded that I absolutely had to have one disco album in my collection, this one would do, although “C’est Chic” by Chic (1978) is beaucoup mieux. 2/5
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
Disco når det er bedst, sprøde baslinjer, stryger, groovy, funky
3/5 nice, but not enough
Other than good times this didn’t have a ton of value for me.
The best band of the disco era hands down.
Disko
Glamorous and smooth. Easy listening but watered down and overall not very creative.
Звук напоминает диско.
Good times is obviously a classic but otherwise a bit boring for my tastes
I started this album, went to make a sandwich, ate the sandwich, and this song was still on. Good times. But otherwise, the other songs don't live up.
I thought I would find some place for this in the fond nostalgia of disco... but given that disco is already repetitive, why would i want 8.5 minutes of a disco song. Even their best song tires way before we get to the end.
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.
This was thoroughly enjoyable. Soulful, funky, it has it all. Loved it!
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)
Groovy
Solid disco hits
Enjoyable, very early disco vibes
Some classic disco sounds and of course Good Times
A fun fusion of disco/r&b/soul that doesn't over stay its welcome and has aged fairly well
couldn't finish
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
Back in high school, I attended a concert that featured the smashing of disco records during the height of the disco's popularity in the late 70's. The local rock radio station sponsored the event, which in turn was giving advertising hype for one of their DJ's band that had a "hit" on the station called, Disco's In the Garbage. Us, impressionable teenagers cheered on the spectacle believing our Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Boston, Foreigner tastes were far superior to any disco music because...disco sucks! Embarrassingly looking back and listening with fresh ears now, disco still does suck, but not as much. I understand the appeal and it is very danceable, not doubt, but I can't dance and the music on it's own is just a slicker soul/funk. I'll give this album a couple of stars mainly because this is a more authentic experience than say...the Bee Gees, Andy Gibb or anyone on the Saturday Night Fever album.
Good Times is still great - the rest... pleasant enough
Awesome
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.
I'm not into disco.
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.
Classy disco, Rodgers and Edward create brilliant compositions with that unique Chic sound - intricate bass parts and that double recorded funk guitar let’s you know this is a quality record from the Chic organisation.
Not bad but not something I want to listen to all of/regularly
The second song made me cringe so hard.
Groovy but very repetitive
Så er der sgu dømt dansevenligt disco! Kort og genialt
A much better album than I'd imagined. More cohesive, less single-driven. Great.
Super Funky fresh
Aawwwwwwwwwww sheeeeeeeeeit. Yeah, that opening on Good Times. This album is great. The bass playing alone on this album makes me want to listen to it.
First song’s a classic, the rest are a class I did not enjoy it had to take in order to graduate.
bruh
Good Times is a great song, a classic! But is it enough to raise this album to Must listen status? The 2nd song...A Warm Summer Night is a boring, formulaic sounding balad that just lies there for me. 3rd song My Feet Keep Dancing; Meh! Too long, not a great hook. I won't bore with a song by song analysis. I will say that Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song) is a very good song breaking forom the disco formula very successfully. All in all a good album from the era with one absolutely classic tune. 3.75 stars
Skemmtilegt diskó. Nile og Bernie í essinu sínu!
Un excellent album. Je vais d'ailleurs très prochainement apprendre la ligne de basse du morceau Good Times et la jouer dans une story Instagram sur mon compte @robnucléaire.
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.
Straight up disco-funk. It's peppy and absolutely resonates with the time in history it's from. I like it.
Level of funk took it well above the usual disco crap
I just can’t get excited about disco
I cringed when the first song started. The dreaded disco that I hated with passion and now I have to listen to it. I always thought there was a special place in hell reserved for the bands that played this. But wait! I'm starting to like the first song. This can't be. Am I going to hell too? Fortunately, after half liking the first song I truly hated the rest. No postmortal global warming for me
Good Times is a multi-generational party anthem. The bass and guitar are timeless and have been sampled by many over the last 4 decades. I was half-expecting the other tracks to be filler, but I found most (5/7) of them catchy and danceable, especially Forbidden Lover. And Spotify kindly sent me to Dimitri from Paris remixes of Chic afterward. What a bonus!
They saved the best for first. Nile Rogers plays some mean guitar licks and Bernard Edwards also lays down some great bass tracks on the first song - Good Times. I must admit that this is a pretty iconic disco anthem. But after this it just got hella repetitive, like very very very repetitive.
Come for the Good Times, stay for a bit for the other tracks that are nice background music but aren’t particularly groundbreaking.
C'est fantastique
Good voices and instrumentation can't overcome the fact that this album is more disco than soul or funk. As a result, it only gets 2 stars from me. If you like disco with a good groove, you'll like this album.
1.5
80' hygge/danse musik
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Listenable. Not my genre. Cool influential instrumentals but overall kind of repetitive. 2.5.
This is really good music, almost a 4, but damn it's repetitive. Favorite track is Good Times, obviously
Alright
It is hard to give any album that starts with a full 8-minute version of Good Times anything less than 5 stars. The opener and the other two singles, which are also great, form half of the album. Hence, it follows that \[(4+5)/2=4.5 + \mbox{the perfect sound} = 5 *.\]
Did not enjoy this as much as I thought I would.
Интересный гитарный поп в стиле 80-х
Good TIME!!!
Absolute class… derided a bit in its day, but this has proved to be an absolute disco funk classic!
Very talented musicians and singers. But after 8 minutes of good times, I didn't need to listen to the rest.
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
Did you know that "Good Times" is over 8 minutes long? I sure didn't before today. Let me tell you, that's about 6 minutes longer than it needs to be. And, as annoying as that song is, it's the best part of this whole record. Disco is just the worst.
Loved it! Super funky and great with the new setup at home. Amazing to hear the clear line of sight towards the bands that would this album would go on to influence. Definitely putting this one on high rotation.
starts off especially strong with Good Times, although i think it overstays it's welcome by a couple of minutes. while each song was extremely groovy it suffers from being quite repetitive. The runtime is quite short though which keeps the good times rolling without bearing too hard on the listener. 3.5 to a 4/5
All round, better album than Cest Chic but the songs often go for a bit too long.
Bernie. Edwards. Makes it a 5.
It was ok, disco isn’t my favorite and this album is mostly that. Some funk and soul flavor saved it from 1 star.
not sure i've ever listened to a disco album. fun, but just ok-ish.
Setentero disco.
July 23, 2021 Enjoyed this, although I have to admit it kind of turned into background music and I didn't notice when the album ended and autoplayed something else. But it's funky!
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
I'm not a huge fan of disco/pop so it's difficult to give a truly unbiased review of this record. I will say that the opening track is infectious and has a class use of random distortion in the opening second to contrast with the tight beats and harmonies that come after in the first song. One to listen to for some of the pioneers of disco.
Not bad music, but not my cup of tea. Some great basslines though
Chic. Say no more !!!! Good Times !!
Oh wow, absolutely NOT my thing. It is well crafted though.
In 1979 I might have enjoyed this ! It's very samey and very very repetitive !!!
It’s boppy and I like it.
Good Disco album can hear where the samples have been taken for other tracks
Luscious late ‘70s funk/R&B. Borders on disco (shudder), but that bass is oh so nice. Remember the name Bernard Edwards!
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
essential. somewhat repetitive but very influential
Every song was way too long
Ambivalent
The thing with disco is there isn't really a reason to listen to it any more. This music is for romancing a woman with an afro, on a circular suede couch and orange shag carpet. A silk dress shirt open to the 4th button and tight flared pants. This is the music equivalent of salmon mousse, we have moved on since the seventies, we have EDM now, we don't need this cheese any more
-"Good Times" was good. Also the bass in the bridge sounded like Uptown Funk -Quite a few catchy tracks, an overall solid disco album
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
it was great nothing I've ever really heard before
Classic music for classic times
It was okay, wasn't totally in a disco mood but it's a vibe for sure.
I don’t like disco at all, but I’ll admit there is a groove here and there that I liked
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
It was ok
WOW! 3 songs longer than 6 minutes! I'm sure that won't be annoying!
Good Times + a lot of filler.
These are the good times? I’d hate to see what the bad times are like
Groovy classic! Música de festa de casamento!
Disco guitar fun, will be revisiting
God, disco is the best, but every track is so goddamn long without really introducing new stuff
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.
This clearly inspired Daft Punk and the likes. Great upbeat disco, bouncy bass lines, funky guitar riffs.
Bisher nie mit beschäftigt aber viele Wiedererkennungs-Lieder und tolle Songs insgesamt! Weiss jetzt wer Chic ist!
Detailed and beautifully crafted dance music. It got kinda boring after the second half though, I think it was not supposed to be an album rather than a collection of Dance songs. Another interesting fact was this album was released in the same year which "Disco Demolition Night" happened.
Ziemlich cool
Immediately recognized Good Times but did not know the band that made that great song. Now I do!
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.
First track was great. Then is kinda yacht rocked off a little for my liking
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
When this record flies, it soars! Even for "Good Times" alone, it deserves a place on this list. But I also can't help but feel like tracks like "A Warm Summer Night" fall too easily into this kind of soft radio disco mode that just hasn't aged all that well. Rating 3.5/5 Favourite Tracks: Good Times, My Forbidden Lover, My Feet Keep Dancing, Best
This is disco music. Be ready to dance.
Disco funk!
Loved this
The one famous song but still bad.
Good album. The whole sound top to bottom is pretty consistent, and a really strong introduction with Good Times. Some of the tracks drag on a little, no doubt because of the dance floor audience, but a very listenable album.
Very decent album songs are kind of samey but theres some classics on there
Short album of absolute bangers
Not my kind of music
First song is classic, but the rest aren't really my cup of tea. Probably just a 2/5.
Nice soft disco
It feels goooooood. Unique sound that seems more substantial than other disco. Deep grooves. Attitude. White guy dancing at my standing desk. Sustained songs - they're not rushing anything. I thought A Warm Summer Night felt repetitive but I think that's exactly the point - it repeats the same romantic pattern like the evenings it describes. My Feet Keep Dancing is six minutes of joy, chimes, and incredible bass. The songs are long and the album is short. I love it. A-
VERY short and very sweet, it’s saccharine, molasses thick. This album is vibes central and the vibes are good. It starts out with one of the most memorable bass lines ever and the vibes keep coming. I had an epiphany while listening: this is proto hip hop, all the songs stay on the break the whole tome so people can keep dancing, the songs don’t have the traditional verse/chorus/bridge format. Which, if intentional is revolutionary. In the slower “Will You Cry” is basically vapor wave before vapor wave. I bet this album has been sampled a million times and for good reason. Put it on and the party gets going. It’s a 4, maybe even a 5.
Nothing like a woman whispering "Te quiero papí". My reaction to track 1 was "oh, so that's who wrote this song". Not a huge disco fan myself, but this was certainly palatable. I can see Guillaume fucking to this for sure.
I'm really not a big fan of disco. It wasn't bad, like I could groove to this, but I'm just not really feeling it
Good times
Some good bops.
Good stuff, not blowing my mind but a fun time.
Great vibes
These are the good times
that's what i'm talking about