Risque

Well I feel quite the fool. If I knew I could make millions of pounds and tour extensively just by using the same few chords in a different order, my life would be changed for ever. Good work Chic, you've got me this time.

Not without talent, just not for me

I did not get as into this album as I had hope. It definitely has groove and it certainly was not bad by any means. I just found it too disco for my personal taste

Nice in a club or bar. Not Chic's best - but a pleasant enough listen in the background. Good Times is of course a disco classic.

A few long disco tunes. I want to emphasize that I have no issues with disco music; however, almost every song in this collection was too long and repetitive. Luckily the music kind of fades into the background, but I was expecting to enjoy this much more than I did.

AM Gold ... This was the disco that everyone revolted against in the 70's. The only remarkable track is My Feet Keep Dancing. That track is a mechanical loop of "My Feet Keep Dancing." Beyond that I can't decide which is more pathetic, people coming out of the woodwork to blow up disco records or this CHIC being on this list twice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqbPSKCwdnw

Still looking for a good time, I headed back to the club for another boogie down with CHIC a year later. I was unfazed by my previous escapade passing out on the velvet sofa waiting for “Le Freak,” and chose to look past the cultural tide trying to turn against disco. Who cared about “Disco Demolition Night?” What did Chicago White Sox fans know about music anyway? When the disco ball was spinning and the records were playing, there was no cure for disco fever. Trouble is, the oil crisis brought on by those crazy cats in Iran made it so that I couldn’t afford to fill the tank of my Cutlass Supreme, so I was walking that night. The walk wore me out, but a stop at Big Jim’s buzzed me right back up. And this time, my buzz was met right away by some “Good Times.” I left my cares behind, and the good times kept going. And going. And going. And then they finally stopped. Abruptly. And they never got going again after that opening song. I was really disappointed, and I started to rethink my disco devotion. The next week, rather than heading back to the club, I burned my bell bottoms in a back alley trash can and hauled my records down to Comiskey Park. Halfway through the third inning I started throwing them on the field. First CHIC, then KC and the Sunshine Band. I hurled a Bee Gees record so far it smacked Chet Lemon in the back of the head in left field. Security and the police dragged me away - apparently Disco Demolition Night didn’t go very well and it’s not ok to throw your unwanted albums at baseball players. But everything turned out alright. I met some punks in the slammer and they inspired me to pick up a studded leather jacket and “London Calling” when I made bail. They even said it’s ok to throw things at punk shows!

Disco is like the Chumbawumba and/or Macarena of the 1970s. Sure, instead of a whiskey drink or a vodka drink, they were snorting lines off a mirror or their partner’s chest. But they were all in just the same. All in with the same regret and r/blunderyears material decades later. Disco feels good at first. The bass is greatly groovy. But then you realize your were listening through the equivalent of beer goggles (cocaine ears?). See, the thing about the old days, is they the old days.

This smooth disco stuff is just not my bag.

Short but decent

Not my jam

Too much commercial disco/soul music for me. Can't get enough of "Good Times" though.

Nile und Bernie - groß! Zwei Sterne.

The lead track, Good Times is a great, classic dance tune with an exceptionally funky, punchy bassline. But the rest of the album is classic disco drivel.

I was only familiar with their big hit "Good Times". I'm listening to the album I find that most of it is an excellent dance beat accompanied by the same phrase sung over and over. Maybe good to dance to, but not to just listen.

It's like every time they have a good song and hook they make the song an extra 5 minutes long until you don't like it anymore.

I had an ironic t-shirt in my high school days that said "Disco sucks" on it. But truth be told I haven't actually listened to much of it aside from the staples of those older folks waxing nostalgia. I can't hate on that bass line in Good Times. But I will say that song could probably be about 2 minutes shorter. Still a great track and obviously defining of the era, based on how much I've heard it in my life being born well after peak disco era. Mostly just found myself not interested in listening, another dud to me.

Chic is a legendary band. Nile Rodgers is a musical genius. This album, however, is of its time. Can an album wow me without knowledge of the band? Can i be held captive by the music alone? Outside of the first track, no.

1.5 - I feel bad giving it such a low rating, but it's super repetitive, so even if I did like a song, I would usually end up being sick of it by the end of the track. It got to be a bit annoying.

Not my genre, and the songs were long. Not to take anything away from the talent of the artists here (which I can appreciate), but this one didn't do it for me. 2.5.

While I was mildly entertained, I found the repetition monotonous. Two stars because I recognize the skills

Hier word je wel snel moe van zeg. Op een 70s verkleed feestje zou ik beter kunnen waarderen.

Gezellig en herkenbaar.

Mwa, niet echt een genre waar ik heel erg warm voor loop.

pleasant music with a chill vibe. however, most of the songs on the album tend to be pretty redundant, and aggressively so. case in point, the only song i knew from the album going in was “good times”. the version they play on the radio (the version i was familiar with) was under four minutes, whereas the album version is over eight minutes. oof. hell, the best song here is “can’t stand to love you” and it clocks in at just under three minutes.

I was excited for this and then bored

Among the most repetitive albums I’ve heard on this list, especially the first few songs Fun at times but it didn’t feel very substantial; but I suppose I feel that way about most disco anyhow. Favorite was when Will You Cry

Nostalgic, but I'm not into it

2 - Late era disco. Not my cup of tea for repeated listening, but was a nice trip back in time. Some songs way too long.

It's really not my style. All the songs are soooooooo long.

While there is some good production, most of the songs are way too long. For example, "A Warm Summer Night" started out really strong, but it was dragged on without any change in production or any interesting lyrics. However, I can see how people who like disco music and don't care about lyricism can find a lot of enjoyment in this album. Overall, it is not an album I find myself wanting to revisit.

One decent song but not for me

Confirms disco is not a genre I enjoy.

Disco bleh. Every track sounds the same, all of them quite nauseating.

Cool and funky, songs have been heavily sampled by classic hip hop, but not an album I could see myself regularly listening to.

As much as I respect the subjective rationale behind the review currently topping this section, I have to argue that listening to *Risqué* without legendary opener "Good Times", even to better judge the other less familiar cuts, can't provide a clear picture of this album's dynamics. And this for one simple thing: "Good Times" might be a tower of a song, but the album version drags on and on and on (compared to the single version, I presume). And in a way, this initial self-indulgence foretells everything in that record that makes Chic a great 'singles band', but also an awkward act when it comes to albums and their very different needs and requirements. My main gripe with that record is not about its overall "disco" style, by the way--that beef between rock and disco is a battle from a long distant past no one in their right mind cares about now, fortunately. For one thing, I think there are not enough "pure", four-on-the-floor disco tracks on this thing: I only consider "Good Times" and "My Feet Keep Dancing" as being representatives of that style, really. Take very recent *Future Nostagia*, by Dua Lipa, and listen to how an album filled to the brim with four-on-the-floor galore can be exhilarating, by the way. This here is the sort of album dynamics that are cruelly lacking in this Chic LP. So no, my main gripe with *Risqué* is not about disco, my gripe is that the tunes in this album are so damn linear. Some of them seem to go on and on--just like "Good Times", but with less assets when it comes to instant catchiness and rhythmical power. And it doesn't matter what style the songs are displaying. When Chic tackles the torch songs, soul, rythm'n'blues and funk that were always on the margins of disco at the times, they're not fully convincing to say the least. If tracks such as "Can't Stand To Love You" and "Will You Cry"--obviously very decent compositions--had been performed by Sly And The Family Stone a few years earlier, they would be raucous, lively, hearbreaking, *outré*, unpredictable. In other words, they would be *alive*. The same if a similar ground had been covered by Outkast decades later. But in *Risqué*, those cuts sound innocuous, even aspectic, with a few hackneyed or hokey solo vocal performances on top of them to try to bring life into the proceedings--to no avail, unfortunately. As hard as Chic can try, there's nothing... *risqué* about those recordings. It's too goddamn safe. Much has been said about the powerhouse that Niles Rodgers and co. were, and how their many skills made them essential acts for black music. But there's a downside to those stellar skills: most of the times, Chic turn everything into an all-too-clean simulacrum. And this is why, album-wise, they sound so stale for many ears. Add to this a couple of obvious fillers inside what is only a seven-song album--fillers coming up as early as tracks number 2 and 4 ("A Warm Summer Night" and "My Forbidden Lover"), and what you get is a mixed bag. An endearing one at times, for sure. But nothing as "essential" as critics usually say it is. In other words, I would love to own a greatest hits album by Chic one day (possibly one not too expensive, granted I have room left on my shelves). But when it comes to their studio albums, I can live without them, clearly. 2/5 for the purposes of this list, translating to a 7/10 grade for more general purposes (5 + 2) Number of albums left to review: 450 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 256 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 132 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 165 (including this one)

I'm sure this is fine if you like disco. . 'Good Times' is ok but even that goes on for far too long.

Another case where the music got massively better as soon as the album stopped and Spotify started playing similar hits. Each tune was a couple of minutes too long . Good Times was an inspiration for a lot of samplers in the eighties.

It's another disco album. A couple of songs were recognizable. It was alright but I am not going to listen to it again.

The production on this was pristine. The bass was amazing, in the first song obviously highly influential. But the drop off is steep, and the songs are way too long and repetitive.

Feels bad rating this so low, but genuinely each track is too long and repetitive. Some tracks aren't even that long and they still feel like they drag! Obviously what's there is good, which is why it's been sampled and reused so much, but at its core this is a record that kind of explains why disco was so maligned. I like disco, I'm European, but this was a bit tiresome.

This album has everything going for it that should make it something I quite like; it's groovy, funky, the riffs are satisfying, and all the music is technically well crafted. Yet, I cannot seem to care or get into this much at all. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, but it is hard time to see this as more than something you know would've played at the roller rink, and I think even Chic knows that. There is definitely a place in music for that, but perhaps that "place" was torn down twenty or thirty years ago for a reason.

One good song and no other memorables?

Not really for me, pretty repetitive

Apparently a great album if you like Disco. I don't like Disco.

fairly boring disco, nothing extra. The most commercially succesful song is 8 mins long for no fucking reason, while it could have lasted 4 mins at most and be semi-enjoyable. 2 stars at best, sorry boomers, enjoy your colonoscopy

Five stars for "Good Times" (although I prefer the shorter radio edit), and two stars for the rest.

This really didn't wow me. Not a very big disco fan, so this fell flat for me.

Holy shit, one of the most recognisable bass lines right off the bat! Sampled 217 times apparently, according to whosampled.com Great start, although it should have finished about 5 minutes ago. What a come down. This one seems a bit better, needs a higher tempo for goodness sake! It's all a bit slow, can you disco to this?! And it's over, that came around quickly. Apart from the first song, which tries to stretch a bassline out for way too long, nothing much really happens. I thought a disco record would be a bit more upbeat and uptempo, but this is frankly rather boring. 2 / 5 stars.

- Never listened to a Chic album before - Good Times is a very good song, but it's 5 minutes longer than I thought it was - Rest is just okay

Ok funk

If I'm being brutal, it makes disco seem a bit boring

Disappointing very forgettable but not terrible

Started off really loving it. Bit of funk. Quickly went downhill though, by the time "will you cry" came on I was praying it would soon end. If they kept the same energy and enjoyment from the first track throughout it would have been a couple stars higher

Ok

The question is do you rate the artist or the album or the cultural significance. I recognize the significance but I rate the album 2 stars.

That first song starts pretty good...and then it wears out its welcome. And the rest...is just there. Not 1 star bad, but the best part of this album is the first 4 minutes.

First impressions: Sounds like ABBA. I've never been into disco music, but the basslines were kinda cool. There were a few songs that sounded proto Vulfpeck to me. Like funky basslines and all. Had a few ballads in the middle. I didn't like the overly simplistic lyrics. Production was really good. The biggest contributor to the low review is that this isn't a genre I particularly enjoy.

1/7, 14%

The first track is Rapper's Delight without the rap, which is something I guess. Best track: Good Times

I understand why it’s here but that doesn’t mean I’m happy about it. High 2.

5/10 not my thing.

I think I would have liked this album if just about every song had been half the length. Best tracks: My Feet Keep Dancing and Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)

I dig it, but too much repetition for my taste. Chic is perfect for a wedding and I can imagine they’re fun live.

Every track is 20%-50% too long. I guess that’s the disco style so you can keep dancing, but it sure didn’t feel like this with their other album. This has some fantastic grooves, but… does not reward focused listening.

Two Chic albums in two days! I liked the first one, but this one is just a bit too disco for me.

Good Times, ikoninen kappale mutta sen ei välttämättä tarvitsisi olla 8min. Kovat bassolinjat ja Nile Rodgersin kitarariffit, mutta muuten aika perus discoa

2.75

So bad. Every song was 3x as long as it should have been and they all sounded the same.

Good Times is a classic disco track and after that the album is fine but nothing special

Album completamente carryato da Good Times. Il resto sono filler disco e ballad completamente dimenticabili. Belli gli archi e la chitarra di Nile Rodgers

Not horrible, but songs are very repetitive. Wasn't really for me.

Good Times is great, but not my type of music overall.

one good song rest is just filler

Good Times is a great tune. As attested by the various (improved, imo) versions that have used that bassline. But the rest left me feeling like what I imagine a night at Stringfellows might sound and feel like: cheesy, sleazy and feeling a little queasy.

OK

Boring yet somehow still catchy. Can take one riff and two vocal lines and stretch it out to 8 minutes on repeat. Disco sucks.

Just a bit dull and repetitive. Good Times is a classic but it needs a radio edit, absolutely no need for eight minutes of it. Not the best disco record that we've had, it's fine but just a bit too slow and all sounds quite similar. 2/5.

Great sound for 3 minutes! Then the song goes on for another 3. Then the rest of the album is more of the same

Not my cup of tea

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

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.

Good Times is a good two mi Ute song that lasts almost eight minutes. Rest average.

According to my stats, funk is my least favorite category. This bears out.

Couple of great songs surrounded by a bunch a lackluster ones

Good Times a classic disco track. Nice supporting cast of songs.

Chic suffers from having been played as music over the soundsystem at Sears. You just can’t take it seriously.

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.

It was ok but it was annoying to me

Boring.

"Good Times", great, disco classic and all of that. Rest of the album... not so good times.

Apparently this is a highly influential album, but there was a lot better disco than this.

I liked a few of the tracks

“Good Times” is an all time banger. Everything else here is not essential in the slightest.

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.

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.

Very good disco album and what a way to open up but outside of that nothing very inspiring.

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.

At least it has a sense of fun, unlike a lot of the dreck on this list

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.

One banger, lots of meh - not that interesting to hear disco as an album

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

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!

Chite

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.

Good times, then slow times, then kinda meh times.

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

Other than good times this didn’t have a ton of value for me.

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.

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.

I'm not into disco.

The second song made me cringe so hard.

First song’s a classic, the rest are a class I did not enjoy it had to take in order to graduate.

I just can’t get excited about disco

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.

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

Listenable. Not my genre. Cool influential instrumentals but overall kind of repetitive. 2.5.

Alright

Did not enjoy this as much as I thought I would.

It was ok, disco isn’t my favorite and this album is mostly that. Some funk and soul flavor saved it from 1 star.

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.

In 1979 I might have enjoyed this ! It's very samey and very very repetitive !!!

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

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

It was ok

First track was great. Then is kinda yacht rocked off a little for my liking

This is disco music. Be ready to dance.

Not my kind of music

First song is classic, but the rest aren't really my cup of tea. Probably just a 2/5.

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

Some good bops.

Meh. There are lots of albums that have that _one_song_. This is one of those. This was released late late in the disco 'era' and it seems that disco had already run it's course.

Not bad.

Not nearly as good as the other Chic album. Mostly grooves, but not really songs.

Täysin vieras nimi itselleni ennakkoon. Heti ensimmäisen kappaleen alkurytmit kuitenkin paljastuivat erittäin tutuiksi. Valitettavasti tämän yhden hitin ihmeen ainutkaan hitti ei ole erityisen hyvä. Levyn loppu olikin sitten täysin yhdentekemää funkjamittelua ilman mitään tarttumapintaa. Ei ärsytä ykkösen arvoisesti, mutta ei myöskään anna mitään syytä kolmosen arvosanaan.

Chic are great. This is another album that gets repetitive quickly though. It's all very Chic, all the way through, with no surprises . I didn't dislike it, I didn't really need to sit and listen to the whole thing though. Good Times is an obvious highlight here, the other tracks not quite living up to that opening track promise.

Catchy disco. Meh.

Not as bad as I thought it would be, but nonetheless very, very repetitive. I suppose if you've got a bad case of Saturday night fever, you've just done some lines of coke in the bathroom, and you just want something steady that you can go all night to, then this would do the job. However, I don't think I will ever find myself in such a situation. Best song: Can't Stand to Love You, because it didn't wear out its welcome.

meh - I like Good Times

I think I don't like this band, and that's okay.

Not my style for sure. It sound melodramatic, soap operatic. There are some good grooves and guitar work at times, but I can’t get past the overall sound which is not to my taste.

hate them

Disco and funk built from impeccably tight rhythm guitar, elastic bass lines, polished grooves, and smooth vocals feels like spending an evening at a boring yet exclusive party where everything is perfectly arranged but few conversations stay with you more than a few Moments — effortlessly stylish and emotionally without any weight.

God this is awful. Repetitive as hell. I don't understand why there are two Chic albums (I hope there's only two) on this list. One was more than enough.

3/10

Once again, I just don't think this is very good. It's pretty lame. It's not "Risque". Leave it in the past.

Ummm. No. Don't like the genre, and found most of this album to be irritating.

For the past few years my family, neighbourhood and just about anyone you speak with have gone mad for Nile Rodgers and Chic’s appearance at Halifax Piece Hall. They claim I must come and have the best night of my life. In truth I would rather go for an internal anal examination than subject myself to that. Bit extreme comparison I know but this sort of music is likely to be heard in a waiting room for and during a colonic irrigation procedure. OK Mr Rodgers is a noted producer and musician and judging by my own experiences alone must have a vast following. But please keep him and the likes of this album well away from me and if I am unfortunate enough to have the aforementioned procedures a Brian Eno album is more likely to relax the relevant orifice than this tripe. 1/5 6/2/26

Every song is at least twice as long as it needs to be. I'd put this down as meh, disco isn't for me but this was enough of a nothingburger to put me off disco.

Chic?. No ceech!

Very repetitive. "Good Times" is okay, but pretty standard disco.

Hyllad av många, men inte av mig.

The most boring repetitive album I have ever had the displeasure to listen to.

Thankfully short record. But the songs are so long and there is no real definition during them. It's ready to just say disco sucks. And it does. But this record wouldn't be good anyway. Nothing really happens in most of these tracks.

Wow I thought it was just a bad dream but no it’s true there was a disco phase. I didn’t realize we would have to suffer through any of it on this list but apparently I was wrong again. Really terrible lame ass “music”.

Repetitious and lacking imagination.

It's telling when your best know for being the riff sampled for another group's chart topping hit. Otherwise I liked the disco beat, though it got really repetitive after about 2 songs.

One of the most boring and repetitive albums I’ve come across in this list. Probably a great album if you’re high as a kite and having sex with bikini models at a pool party. But since that never happens to me, I’ll pass.

I've said it before about CHIC and Sister Sledge, and I'll say it again. Objectively yes, this is a good album. A great album in fact. But for some goddamn reason, I just can't stand disco from the 70s. I have tried, I really have, and no matter what this kind of music just annoys me so much.

Soulless disco and corporate funk.

Of all the other albums that came out in 1979 - I get this horrid listen?!? Not even much disco but banal R&B. Hard pass.

Couldn't finish any. Just don't like disco.

Repetitive, repetitive, repetitive.

Garbage.

Oh come on, there's two CHIC albums on here???! And this one sounds exactly like all the other songs on the other album??! It's just the Le Freak beat going on for way too long every song. Get the fuck out of here this shit sucks

I don't like this song because the beat is not that good i would not recommend this song I don't like this song because it's too sad I would not recommend this song

I don't like this song because I don't really like disco music and I'dont like the beat. I don't like the second one because it is to slow and it is boring I do not recommend this album

This album opens with the iconic “Good Times,” which is 5 minutes too long for my liking, despite its importance in musical history. “Can’t Stand to Love You” was probably my favorite track on this album-it’s the funkiest. Still, I couldn’t get through it-it’s too disco for me. Learning about this band and its influence and later works by various members was fascinating though!

I felt nothing at all while listening to this. It's the musical equivalent to canvas wall art in an office complex.

The Good: We start our listening experience off by being told we will have a “Good Time”… The Bad: The Good Time, so it seems never ends… The Ugly: Maybe we are being fooled; it is not about my good time, but about other people’s good, and be damned my good time! Undeniable that Good Time is a classic disco song… Undeniable that CHIC knows how to stick to a beat / rhythm / concept Undeniable that, as with the other damn album by CHIC on the 1001 list, I got bored, nay, BORED real fast. While I gave the other album 2* as I was acknowledging the musicianship on the album, this time around I am going to dish out a solid 1* Thank goodness disco died a quick death!

Yeah, I don’t think I was able to get through any of the songs without skipping ahead. It’s disco, its fine, but it’s so repetitive, sonically and lyrically I get bored.

1. good timez - 1 2. night - 1 3. dancing - 0 4. lover - 0 5. ztand - 0 6. cry - 1 7. me - 0

Meh. Too disco-y

Risqueis an album that captures the essence of funk and disco but despite this achievement falls short in several areas. The songs tend to be quite long, which can make them feel drawn-out and monotonous. I struggled to connect with the vocals, as they lack the emotional depth, I usually seek. However, I can understand why some of the tracks are sampled; the instrumental snippets are exceptionally tight and well-crafted. The musicianship is evident, and the rhythm sections are solid. Yet, despite the technical proficiency, the overall listening experience feels a bit dull and uninspired. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 0 STAND OUT TRACK - None

Good times… that song is just too damn long, and for me, it’s the best song on the album. Of all the songs on the album, I prefer the most upbeat ones. But generally, I really do not like this type of disco. I wanted to skip so many songs, but fought through the pain. I lile the bass lines and guitar work though.

Repetitive, both lyrically and musically. I listened a couple of times, but just couldn't embrace this one. The best part was the tap shoe in My Feet Keep Dancing...the title repeated over and over again burned it into my memory. The rating reflects my interest in re-listening to this album

Ugh.....disco.

A bit dull and boring, the songs are too long, just not my cup of tea

I get it. Dancing. Painful.

Not my phing bruv. 1/5

not my cup of tea

Good Times is an iconic song has been sampled over 200 times and deservedly so. The rest of the album does not get sampled and deservedly so 3.7/10

I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS

First thought on opening up the page. Alright! Led Zeppelin! Wait, it's another sepia album cover. Not one I've listened to though. Good Times - There's a reason this has 146 million plays and the rest of the album doesn't. The bass line & guitar. 8 minutes is too long, but I can see how you'd want to keep that groove going on the dance floor. Rest of the album is forgettable as others have mentioned. Some nice bass lines and guitar playing, but nothing I'd revisit.

I am not a disco person

1/5. Honestly, sure, it’s definitely some disco but quite boring. Good times is old at this point and the fact that it is 7 minutes makes it worse.

It’s bad y’all. Generic even by disco standards. Songs are highly repetitive and overlong. A well deserved entry on Mt. Ughmore.

Not for me

The first song was decent. I couldn’t listen to any of the rest without skipping. Not sure why this album was on the list.

Not my favorite genre but the first song is a classic. Better than other disco. Skipped two tracks after halfway into them. 2 stars

About a minute into the first song: This is so good! Incredible baseline, rhythm, dancable as hell. About three minutes into the first song: Alright a bit repetitive, but it's a dance track so OK. At the end of the first track: Alright this is just like the last CHIC album I reviewed. Laying down funky, rhythmic, catchy beats even if a bit repetitive, and it goes on a bit longer than it needs to. At the end of the second song: Man, this is really repetitive, and not that good compared to the first song. At the end of the third song: Actually this just isn't good. By the end of the album: This sucks!! When I first reviewed CHIC (the album with "Le Freak" on it), I saw them as innovative and certainly inspirations to some my favorite music, mainly the electronic/funk/pop alternative stuff in the early 2000s like Daft Punk and LCD Soundsystem. Their songs were catchy and groovy even if they did run for too long. This album on the other hand, had one good song on it (the opening track). The rest were boring beats aside from some solid basslines and a few groovy guitar riffs. The vocals were horrendous: uninspired, repetitive, and at times cheesy.

No...just no

i wish i hadnt been subjected to this.

no

CHIT

couldn't finish

bruh

The one famous song but still bad.

Disko, not my cup of tea