C'est Chic

Dans ce schtyle-là comme on dit, c'est pas pire.

i was listening to this while scrolling LinkedIn and indeed and in other words wanting to die so I should probably listen to it again in a different context but it was really good yeah

It was ok. Funky without being too pretentious, but altogether not really something I’d listen to by choice.

The arrangement on I Want Your Love always makes me so happy. The guitars, the strings, the horns, the tubular bells. It all sounds so good.

fine

Favorite Track: Le Freak

6.1/10

A little too disco-y for my tastes. Second half is a lot stronger than the first.

Thank God disco died in the 70's.

This album is surely really fun, so funky and energetic and with some great songs. Maybe the lack of a more interesting development, something else rather than some long songs that feel more like filling tracks between the obvious highlights, would have benefited this album to be a gem, but it is surely thought to be a fun one, something easy to enjoy. And, in that, it is great, it is fantastic, so groovy at times, so well produced. It works really well, and some songs are just fantastic. So, I could complain about some things, but, in the end, this album is so enjoyable.

classic disco

Nile Rodgers at his best and funkiest. Whole album just makes you want to move and dance. Besides Nile's great guitar, the piano and strings are so good and really complete the Chic sound

Savoir Faire is cool

Espectacular, magnífico No quiero decir mucho porque honestamente hay que estar presente y sentir lo que evoca este viaje con CHIC Disfrutenlo

2/10 no deep lyrics in the first songs, the music base is just there it isnt anything amazing, bare minimum only liked at least i am free wouldnt not listen to it again and would skip ★☆☆☆☆

3.75/5

Je pense que ça a très mal vieilli. C'était inintéressant du début à la fin, très long et ennuyant. J'ai pas compris le but a part répéter 50 fois les mêmes accords et les mêmes phrases. Pire que de la chanson commerciale.

This was great. The bass lines and rhythm guitar playing are inspirational.

- I really enjoy the prominent basslines in music from this era - Music this makes me want to move - I like the pacing of the album Favorites: - Savoir Faire (loved the bass line, syncopation, and the laid back tempo) - Happy Man (simple but cool changes, cool bass line - I Want Your Love (I love how the variety of melodies and harmonies work together in this piece) - Sometimes You Win (not sure what these changes are but they remind me of Emotions by Mariah Carey and Just the Two of Us at the same time; cool horn section break)

Nile näppäilee nailoneita niin näppärästi taas että ihan hurmioituttaa. Hyvä levy, kunnon discoo. Laittaa tanssimaan. Ihan viis tähteä kun niin paljon tästä nautin.

Nile tykittelee menee kunnon discoa. Miellyttävää kuunnella, mutta ei räjäyttänyt tajuntaa kuitenkaan. Kuulostaa siltä miltä pitikin.

Fun and funky. Exactly as it should be. You may not have a life-changing epitome here, but you’ll certainly smile throughout.

Супер бас

3/5

not a fan of disco...

reall good, 4

I'm not normally a fan of disco or funk and I doubt this will change my mind, but I can see appreciate this as a body of work. It's definitely one of the best examples of the genre I've come across. While I could happily never hear 'Le Freak' again, I enjoyed the guitar solo in 'Savoir Faire'.

1978 -- 2nd studio album -- disco / r&b -- most commercially successful album and Billboard r&b album of the year; "a sleekly elegant variation of disco;" "emotional undertow of longing and exclusion;" "Atlantic label executives famously hated when they first heard it in a conference room, clearing out one by one while Rodgers and Edwards sat alone with their attorney"; "Alfa Anderson carries the lead vocal on "I Want Your Love," the album's second single, released January 29, 1979, and her performance is one of the most underappreciated lead vocals in the entire disco canon, warm and unhurried over a bassline that feels like it has always existed." From codamusic.me: "New Year's Eve, 1977. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards are standing in the snow outside Studio 54, wearing suits that cost them a couple of thousand dollars each, invited by Grace Jones herself, and a bouncer is telling them to get lost. Their own song, "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)," is almost certainly playing somewhere inside. They go back to Nile's apartment, open a bottle of Dom Perignon, and write the biggest-selling single in the history of Atlantic Records. That is the origin of "Le Freak." And the fact that it happened that way, that the defining anthem of the disco era was born out of humiliation and locked doors, is the key to understanding everything about C'est Chic. [...] The irony that the greatest document of Studio 54's golden age was written by two men who couldn't get through its door is not a footnote. It is the whole story. The velvet rope kept them out and they came back with a record that outlasted the building." First listen I enjoyed, second listen I loved it even more. In some places the funk feels totally improvised, like they're just getting carried away with what they're doing. Unplanned, just jamming. "Le Freak," for me, just feels too well-known to enjoy anymore but I love learning the story behind it and the rest of the songs expand so much on the universe that I still love the record. My favorite moment was "At Last I Am Free." What a song to find on an album like this, wow.

Considering the genre? I was very bored. Music like this usually gets a least a medium bop or wiggle out of me. Ah well.

this FUCKEDDD wow unreal. listened to twice back to back. so fun

A great, funky disco sound and a couple of fabulous hits, but not many notable tracks otherwise. I'm glad of Chic's influence on bands that I like better, like Duran Duran, and Nile Rodgers in general pops up all over songs and projects by my favourite artists.

I must either be in a very good mood today or I'm going soft in my old age but I enjoyed this album! Never being one to take to the dance floor without copious amounts of alcohol first (or a Stones song of course!), disco safely passed me by. However, the feel-good vibe of this album got to me. I have to admit that near the end it almost wore off especially after the incessant "At Last I am Free" song which should have been half the length. Despite that though this was a harmless piece of fun.

This was okay - I just feel a bit too much after yesterday’s bongos. Really enjoyed happy man

Chic say the word chic a lot. 'I Want Your Love' is a 5/5 top tune, few other tracks are okay, some of it is reallly boring.

Tres chic indeed. Disco heaven with some very soulful sensual tracks

Freak out!

Do Chic deserve 2 albums in the 1001? Le freak is a great track but the rest gets nowhere near that standard.

Nile Rogers is an undeniable legend. But with the exception of Le Freak I'm afraid a lot of this just a bit meh. 2*

Pas vrmt écoute ça m’a vite fait chier redondant

Just fantastic. You can hear so many samples that have been taken from these tracks

funkalicious

Unexpectedly loved disco. I get the hype.

classic

i loved

Yeah… no. I came to this with an open mind. I had the album when it came out, but fell pray to the “Disco Sucks” mania around that time, and the album got destroyed. I feel sad about that having since heard Nil Rodgers live and enjoying his music a lot. But I still don’t like this album. It is repetitive and a bit boring. Not his best work. 3/5

Funkadelic!

No es mi estilo de música, pero entiendo que sea un clásico.

Poeeeh, wat een opener. Dit is F U N K Y! Ja ja Disco, wat is het toch fout he. Maar soms, heel soms, hit het gewoon ook keihard en kun je weinig anders doen dan genieten van de vibes. En de vibes? Die brengt Chic wel! Ondanks dat het echt bewolkt en somber is kan je weinig anders doen dan glimlachen tijdens hits als Le Freak. Is de rest even goed? Ach, Happy Man maakt me een happy man en daarnaast zit het instrumentaal gewoon loeistrak in elkaar. Ja, dit is gewoon een lekker fun disco album en soms is dat helemaal prima. Is dit een wereldveranderend album? Nee, maar het zit goed in elkaar, duurt niet te lang en blijft precies fun genoeg. Je zou kunnen zeggen dat het Good Times zijn! FAVO:Le Freak, Happy Man, I want your love,

perfect soundtrack for a first date, dimmed bar, good wine. surprised how much i loved this

Ehhhhhhh

This is something my mum listened to and that’s not a good thing. But I will give it two for Le Freak!!

This was really a delightful little album, I wasn't expecting much from it but I had a lot of fun with it. It starts off really strong, I think the first two are easily the strongest songs on there. But that's not to say the rest of the album is bad, it just doesn't quite hit the same heights as those two. But it was a blast, it really cheered me up this morning, it kept the rainy day blues away with no trouble. Favorites: Chic Cheer, Le Freak, Sometimes You Win

great fun!

The lyrics are truly as dumb as anything disco ever had to offer, and yet under the guidance of Nile Rodgers and Bernie Edwards, this all sounds classy and sleek. There is a reason these guys were everywhere in the late 70s into the 80s, with this group being their first vehicle. The lone clunker is the long draggy ballad on side two.

Yeah it's quite chic

It’s all good, but listening to disco songs one after another makes you realise they all sound quite similar. Probably better listened to live or at a disco place.

Had a lovely groove

Solid album from the disco genre. Not something I'd go out of my way to listen to again, but it's good. Le Freak is a classic; also enjoyed Happy Man and I Want Your Love. (4)

C'est Chic was certainly a pretty solid album. The only song i knew from this album was Le Freak which i have heard in a few places but i still pretty much knew what to expect from this album. It's a disco album and it pretty much has all the strengths and weaknesses that you would expect from the genre. For the strengths, there is funkiness, good vocals and smooth basslines. And there is the weaknesses with 70s cheesiness to a bit of an annoying degree and there is also the fact that a good majority of the songs here go on for at least a minute longer than they should. I still feel that the good outweighs the bad here but not enough to put this album above a 3. Still decently solid though. Best Song: Le Freak Worst Song: Chic Cheer

Does what it says on the tin. No more no less

Nice. When I saw this last night, I was looking forward to this on on my walk to work. It did not disappoint.

I can take or leave Disco.. a couple of tracks at a time.. this is a fine example of the genre..but got dull and repetitive fast for me...3

Quintessential disco album. But like all disco albums, too repetitive.

Aivan älytön groove koko levyn läpi! Etenkin Nile Rodgers on semmonen soittaja jota jaksaa kuunnella ihan loputtomiin. Tää oli myöskin yllättävän monipuolinen levy ja oli kyl monia semmosia hetkiä jotka yllätti hyvyydellään.

Oikein maukas!! Tää on aikalailla sitä mitä toivoin siltä edelliseltä funkkilevyltä :D

Oi! Tää oli upee! Nyt oli groovea ja kunnolla 🕺🏼🪩 Upeita noi lyriikat mis max 1-2 lausetta 😄 Ja mitkä mitkä kitarat Savoir Fairessa. Damn! Mau-kas-ta!

Gruuvaa, mut nyt ei ollu niin fiilistä et menis nelkun puolelle. Laadukasta musaa kyllä!

Disco is fun and this album has a couple of bangers on it! I question the design of the album cover, just really odd! the font/text is awful.

I appreciate some Le freak in my life.

Je disais à Alice que si les boîtes de nuit de mon époque étaient disco, je serais peut-être plus sorti veiller. Excellente musique souly jazzy, ça me fait penser à George Benson.

Incroyable! J’ai a-do-ré. Quel magnifique guitariste que ce Nile Rodgers, que je connaissais surtout de Daft Punk, 35 ans plus tard. I Want Your Love, chanson exceptionnelle.

11/1/2026 - 3.5 Stars It was surprising to me how much I enjoyed both the dance and slow soulful aspects of the album. Even though a lot of the tracks repeated multiple sections, it still felt fresh and catchy. Mid or last minute switch ups in songs weren't present, so what you're hearing at the start is most likely what you'll hear till the end. Notable Tracks: - Chic Cheer - Le Freak - Savoir Faire - I Want Your Love - Sometimes You Win

Few Albums are essentially peak of their genre. This is one of them

Fajne ale jestem przekonany, że już było to na tej liście.

It is what it is

Good music but veeeery repetitive

An album full of hits that I really loved. However, a lot of songs were very similar and that stopped this from being a 5.

Album No. 0220 on my list. My second Chic album from the 1001 album list already. I liked the first one ("Risque") fine. And well, I like "C'est Chic" fine as well I think. One can certainly see why it's one of the most important disco albums of all time. It really does have all the elements: the groove, the sentiment, the instrumentation, the lyrics. Nile Rogers' guitar playing is great, the singing is great, really everything you'd want from a disco album. From a personal perspective though, while I can appreciate these qualities on an intellectual level, I'm just not a big disco fan to be honest. To me, disco always had some, I dunno, comedic, somewhat grotesque vibe to it. Like the music is a parody if itself. Maybe it's because the genre is tied to a very specific period (i.e. late 70s) and, to my very limited knowledge, rather vanished than evolved at some point. I see why it drew in so many people at the time, but being born much later, it never drew *me* in. I can see why it got people to move their body, though. Anyway, I'll add "Le Freak" (obviously), "Happy Man", and "I Want Your Love" to my playlist. 3/5 stars.

I first heard Chic because before I quit and went to work at a record store, I was working as a switchboard operator at an answering service, and this woman Darlene who sat next to me LOVED “Le Freak.” She demonstrated the dance to us while singing it over lunch break one day, which is one of those musical moments from 1978 that is fixed in my mind. People complain about disco (or at least they used to in the 70s), but some of it is fun. I found this record compelling mainly because of Nile Rodgers’ guitar, which underpins the songs with a solid rhythm. One BIG surprise about this record: “At Last I Am Free.” I had no idea that this was a Chic song — I know it as a Robert Wyatt song from the early 80s, and didn't know it was a cover (and certainly not a cover of a Chic song). The original ends with the same extended repeating of “At last I am free, I can hardly see in front of me” just like the Wyatt version does, and it’s seven minutes long. Amazing.

Good disco but not a lot more.

V nice

Good

Putting the fun in funk

The upbeat songs are good, the others are not so good.

I have heard the opening of Le Freak approximately a million times, but I am not sure I have heard anything else from this before. Some very, very classic soul / disco, a perfect soundtrack for any 70s sploitation film you care to name.

I mean it’s a vibe. Represents an era. The songs are too similar to really enjoy - in many ways the entire album feels like 1 long song. I’d rather The Bee Gees or Earth Wind and Fire or something. Sorry not sorry. 2/5.

2.5

One or twl good songs that i liked the rest i could pass on

So chic, so chic, chic chic chic CHIC. I do not think I can look at the word chic normally ever again.

So Catchy!

Pre Listen: 2nd CHIC album, nice! Last one I got was Risque, and I quite enjoyed it. Higher expectations this time around, do your thing Chic. Notable Tracks: Le Freak | I Want Your Love - The two hit classics of this album. I prefer 'I Want Your Love' as I find it more funky. Those bells are great. Le Freak holds special memories to me too though, as my siblings and I used to sing it together at random cause we thought it was funny. Good Memories. At Last I Am Free - Least favorite track. This thing goes on for much too long, way too repetitive. Boring. Post Listen: Ehhhh, I didn't enjoy this one as much as 'Risque'. Got a little repetitive. I normally really like funky, groovy music like this. This was the first time I finally got the vibe when people say music like this is "Elevator Music". It was a little too slow. A little too repetitive. Well produced, professional, but somewhat bland. My favorite instrument was the bass, I love the heavy, louder bass in music like this, but it simply wasn't enough to make the songs excel. Good vibes music I guess, but I know I won't remember any song on here other than the big hits. Every song should've been like 3 minutes in length, but each is extended by repeating the same 3 measures of music 5 times over, with slight variation. C'est Boring. 3/5

Hoped for more - the first song repeats the word 'Chic' over a hundred times, which set the tone for the album having many songs which repeated 'grooves' and loops. 'Savoir Faire' was a nice instrumental song, 'Le Freak' is the well known song along with 'I want Your Love'. Overall, fine. Not bad, not great.

What do we expect other than a shedful of funky disco. So far it's been a shortish intro and then Le Freak. What can follow? Savoir Faire is an instrumental soul, with extended guitar jam/solo I didn't know I Want Your Love was on this album At Last I Am Free is far too long and goes nowhere. Sometimes You Win puts me in mind of Beegees or even Abba I'm really surprised how little there is here beyond the two big tracks. It's more soul and less straight disco than I hoped for. Best track - Chic Cheer 3 stars

Enjoyed it more than expected Standout songs: Savoir Faire Happy Man

Is it weird I liked the ballads better?

I knew Le Freak and I Want Your Love from being a human in the world, but I'd never heard the whole album. It oddly has some genre whiplash at moments but overall is solid

Great dance/disco album

THE ALBUM COVER. THE PRODUCTION. THE VOCALS. No notes. So dreamy. They really said you want disco??? I’ll give you disco. Me on coke would LOVE this let me tell you. Me driving to RDU at 5am still enjoyed Fav: Le Freak, Happy Man, at last I’m free, funny bone

hmmm. Okay, so. This is a 70s disco album, everyone knows le freak. The problem i had with this album is that every song was SO repetitive. Like 6 minute songs repeating the same line over and over. I understand maybe that was the style and you were just supposed to get caught in the groove and listen to the bassline and stuff. I totally get getting caught up in the vibe and going with it. It just was a little too much for me, I was like okay let’s keep it moving… Then the last song was basically just party sounds (laughing, screaming) over a groovy beat. I thought I was going into psychosis listening to it. The grooves were funky but I was a little bit disappointed by some aspects of the album.

Production: 4 - enjoying the production as a whole, little hidden instrumentals - House, disco grooves - Sounds finished Composition: 3.5 - good, repetitive and catchy melodies but didn’t find anything much profound yk whereas if I compare it to In Love by Prince, I find that to have a better composition - The lyrics that there are match the melodie and mood of the song and catchy Enjoyability: 4 - now this is more like my sort of jam, giving me renaissance, MJ, prince vibes - Who doesn’t love le freak? - Very groovy and joyful album Cohesion: 5 - each song is its own world within this body of work, but all follow the same concept in the sense of lovely groovy beats with little repetitive lyrics Songs liked: 4/8 - Can understand where they took influence from and kind of made it their own sound but also notice how they shaped future house/disco sound