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Nice album, very enjoyable to listen to
Funky goodness that I could listen to a lot, but in some parts the energy goes down a bit too much.
Great album, amazing production. I have been conditioned to expect a Chic album to be filled to the brim with hits which is not that true for this one.
Fun dance album with some really good funk instrumentals. It feels like the songs drag on forever though. There needs to be more improvisation when it comes to tracks of this length. Favorite track: Le Freak
My second Chic album in a week! Still just as fun as Risqué. Excellent instrumentation and smooth delivery. Absolutely love “I Want Your Love” especially the bells throughout it. Nothing really offensive here but not going to blow any minds either.
Disco, always down for some disco
I experienced road rage while listening to “Happy Man”. 4/5 stars.
I liked some of the songs, 3 stars
3.5
A fun romp
Some of the tracks were far longer than they needed to be, although if you're sweatily dancing around a light up dancefloor you probably aren't bothered. I wasn't, for the record. I loved the guitar playing. Nile Rodgers is great.
I can see it’s value I suppose but it’s not for me.
Esta bueno. Temas largos y repetitivos (como malo). Los instrumentos muy limpios.
Muy bueno. Me dieron ganas de danzar con la gente grande.
Any project with Nile Rodgers as guitarist and producer is a project very much worthy of attention, and this album is no exception. I absolutely love his work -- just soooooo good! I know that "disco" (which is really R&B and dance music made in the 70s to my ear) gets dismissed easily -- and I readily admit in the 70s and 80s, I did that, but now I realize it's no different from any other genre or style of music as I hear it: I like what I like and I move on from what I don't -- but to me, this album is super fun, incredibly well performed, and keeps things going. Excellent stuff!
This album is fun, obviously Le Freak is super catchy and the energy is really upbeat and fun, but the sound is just not my bag.
SO FUNKY SO FUN
Incredibly based
Light to decent 4, classic catchy disco riffs
so much fun!!
Partly heard before Saved 4/8 Top track: Le Freak
Favorite track: Le freak
Dance music while at home is not a suitable situation. Ok, I did move a little in my desk chair...
Le Freak has been stuck in my head for hours now. It's fun disco music, but not really anything I'd want to sit and listen to. I'd need a few drinks to really enjoy this.
Like the Chic album that came after this, it's a good disco record where the singles make up the best songs. favs: Le Freak, I Want Your Love, Funny Man worst: At Last I Am Free
Most of the songs a little too long. At last I am Free is dreadful. However, it grooves. The musicians are talented and the album is sequenced well.
LE FREAK! C'EST CHIC!! I WANT YOUR LOVE! CAPS LOCK!! I am quite surprised with this album, listened back to back with Culture Club, and I'm not feeling it as much as 'Colour by Numbers' but again, this record has a couple of bangers and the rest isn't terrible. 2.5 / 5 stars.
Entretenido pero a todas las canciones les sobran un par de minutos, tanto que resulta tedioso. Música hecha para bailar y olvidarse de los problemas sin pretensión alguna, pero con mucho glamour.
Enjoyable, but it is disco, which has to involve at least a one star demerit.
Well this was a lot more enjoyable than I expected... more than just a disco album, there are some cool jazz influences here.
Hey - Le Freak is an amazing song. The rest of this album? Well, it’s high-end disco, right?
2 Chic albums on the list. Very generous. They're not bad, but they're pretty much the same. The songs are long and repetitive, with subtle changes in the arrangement. Perfect for dancing, not as much for listening. I'd keep this one on the list and remove Risque. Favorite song: funny bone
Le GROOVE man il était bon
I would say fine. Got some jams, but not something that will have me leaping out of my chair.
kind of groovy songs feel like they’re taking forever to play out so minus some points
Classic disco record. Fun, catchy tunes, great production, killer bass and guitars here and there. Le Freak is great. At the same time, there are repetitive, easily consumable songs that are often longer than they should be.
None of these songs were bad per se…just twice as long as they needed to be.
Not sure how to rate this .
Feels harsh but I'm never going to touch this again
disco shmisco
le freak classic
Leuk, Le freak natuurlijk een classic
Pretty good
Je suis un peu partagé sur cet album. Les beats, les mélodies, les arrangements sont tellement du disco pure et littéralement le son blueprint super bien exécuté. Mais justement ça implique un aspect que je n'aime pas du disco : c'est très répétitif. Les mêmes mesures répétées à plusieurs reprises, ça devient un peu drainant. 6/10
Disco. Good disco, but still disco.
I would die for having a guitar tone like the one used in this abum
I'm not really crazy about disco in general, but as far as disco goes this is pretty good. It leans less on the cheese which really helps it.
Good album
PREFS : Le Freak, Savoir Faire, Happy Man, I Want Your Love (Funny) Bone MOINS PREF : Chic Cheer
Meh
Both better and worse than I expected. Best track: Le Freak
It’s got some of that funk. Some of that bass that’ll droop your face, some of the drum that’ll move your bum, and some of that sauce that’ll… make you wonder what it was like to be in a disco club when this was dropping. Odd genre, but the funk is why it remains relevant.
Disco, for the most part, hasn't really aged the best but this was alright. C'est Chic is an odd disco album because as much as it is disco, it's also R&B, which is nice. I think that's part of the reason it's aged pretty well. The further implementation of funk music (something that is usually present but never the main part of disco) is also pretty nice. The songs Le Freak, Savoir Faire, and At Last I Am Free are the highlights. Le Freak is a pretty funky track with a nice riff, Savoir Faire is a really nice R&B instrumental with a nice and mellow solo, and At Last I Am Free is a slow R&B ballad that has probably the best vocals on the entire record. The only complaint I truly have about this record is that the lyrics and vocals aren't that good. The lyrics are shallow and aren't all that good, while the vocals just feel generic. That's kind of what's holding this record back honestly. Overall though, this disco and R&B record is nice, warranting a 7/10 in my opinion.
Le Freak.. So damn good song and brings me back to being a little kid. The album is good but not great. Totally a 3.5 but rounding down on this one.
I don’t know why, everything I like musically would indicate that I shouldn’t enjoy this record, but I really like Nile Rodgers and the disco funk of Chic. I refuse to feel shame about this.
Some top of their game Disco production on this record. I liked the more up tempo tracks.
Fine? It was fine. Disco isn't really my thing, but the good songs on this album are super catchy and I understand why I hear them at every wedding I go to.
Pure funk. The first song I recognized as being sampled in the 90s, and Le Freak was the major hit off this album. Everything else was classic Disco and funk. This influenced so many other musicians, definitely a classic album
Includes great songs for a party. Le Freak obviously. But also somehow boring, listening to the whole album from start to finish
I already own this, and it is exquisite. Both the guitar and bass wriggle about like they're trying to escape the songs and join in the party. Chic are just incredible.
3.5/5
my dad was surprised i was listening to disco and i guess it’s true that i don’t listen to much of it - shits fire tho
Some classics on here, but man are they looooong classics. There’s just enough melodic fuel to keep these tracks churning for the full runtime without wearing on the listener, and at about 800 albums in knowing when to quit gets huge points in my book.
Wow
Ahh...disco!
not super impressed with this album. feels like a lot of funky filler. le freak is the only one I knew beforehand and liked. decent background music but all the songs are like two minutes too long. favorites: le freak
I'm starting to think it's chic. What is it? Nobody knows, that's what's so chic. Was ready to give it 2 stars for not being actively unpleasant, but those last few tracks were brutal. Which is mostly to be expected. Next.
Not for me
Hit: Le Freak. Funky.
Damn bruh this shit funky This is a great morning album Very fun
The songs are decent for a disco album, good even. Some of them felt long though and didn't change much. Everyone knows "Le Freak," but "I Want Your Love" and "At Last I Am Free" were also good ones.
Always good background and dancing.
Fun and groovy, le freak is great, the rest was still fun but not quite to the level of memorable.
p419. 1978. 3 stars. The sound of a thousand late 1970s nightclubs. Dated, but still fabulous - if you can't dance to this you need an undertaker. As with all disco albums, out stays its welcome after 15 mins when played outside its native habitat.
I can appreciate the disco roots of a lot of modern dance music, but a lot of these songs sound like easy listening, adult lite music.
Groovy and danceable. Not a huge amount I can say about this one, it was just a fun companion to my weekend activities. Favourite: Le Freak
Honestly, excellent. Always thought they were a bit cheesy and lame but sweating up a large Spanish mountain in my bicycle to this really helped. Is it real funk? No, not really. Disco? Not that either. Does it matter, only a little bit.
Monster grooves, although the slow ones aren't as good.
Lots of albums on this list seem to be arguments that 1 hit wonder bands deserve more attention. Not sure this album really makes the case.
Really cool.
Really liked the album
I love Le Freak: just have vibes of the barbie in Toy Story 3, all I can think about is Ken. Other than that, the album was background disco music and let me groove through my revision with ease.
LOVE IT
Highlights: "Le Freak", "I want your love", "At last I am free". More than disco, great musicianship, a maturing and developing band right in front of you.
amazing disco album. probably the album that plays in heaven's club. 8/10
It’s kind of fun but not really my disco bag, man.
4. Not my usual style, but really liked it.
Fine in small doses but it got repetitive.
Coke dreams.
Le freak is an ear worm of course. And let’s be honest Nile has milked the same style of guitar playing since at least this album. But it works. And Bernie’s bubbling bouncy bass is a global treasure. For me not an album to sit and listen to. It’s an album to dance to.
Enjoyable album to play again and again, plus if you use a streaming service, the algorithm will go on to provide an endless stream of groove based on this, as a tasteful follow-up. This albums is the kind of music that A) DJ Sarcastic Elbows plays at Cotton Mouth records B) cool seduction music to play in sunken lounges beside a lava lamp c) fun groovig beats to drive to. put youy in a GOOD mood. The warmth of a 70s hifi ... Only funky. 5
It’s all pretty listenable, but aside from the absolute banger of a single, not very memorable. To be fair I only played it once through, and while cooking, but while I enjoyed it at times, it bored me at others and it’s not calling me back for more.
Well listening to this album certainly set me straight on one thing. For over 40 years I’ve owned & listened to a 1980 Robert Wyatt single with Billie Holiday’s Strange Fruit on one side and a song called At Last I Am Free on the flipside - always assuming this was a Robert Wyatt tune. No siree Bob!!! It’s the longest track on this album & one of the best. And it couldn’t be more different than the other album highlight - the iconic Le Freak. The rest of the album is fine, but not compelling for me.
If you are following my reviews, you will note that I tend to like my music and bit raw and noisy, not too polished. But all that goes out the window with Chic, here at the height of their powers. I always keep a couple of Chic singles in my DJ crates, because they are guaranteed floor fillers. I was playing a party just last weekend, where there was a break for speeches and cutting the cake. I played Le Freak to get people back on the dance floor after the interruption. And it worked, because it is just impossible to resist. I confess that I've never listened to this whole album before, and it is a dead-set winner all the way through. It's disco, but funkier than a lot of disco. Check out the break in I Want Your Love at 4.30; it's 8 bars of Bernard Edwards, Nile Rogers and Tony Thompson in the pocket, with nothing else. And they are deep in the pocket, as for the whole album. Vocals by Alfa Anderson, Luci Martin, Luther Vandross and David Lasley are exceptional. The orchestrations are classy and compelling. The whole album is classy, cool, smooth and funky, almost irresistible on the dance floor. Daryl Easlee, reviewing for the BBC, says "C'est Chic isn't even Chic's best album (that was their next one, Risqué) but it is a bright, shining example of what mass-produced, intelligent dance music should be. Thirty-two years old at the time of writing, it remains irresistible." Le Freak is the monster single (the biggest selling single of all time on the Atlantic label, apparently), but you could spin any track from this record and people would dance, and that is awesome. Five stars.
Toe tappin funky good tunes.
There's some iconic guitar work in here but overall just a bit too silky smooth for my tastes.
An undeniably enjoyable groove. This is an unavoidable toe-tapper. The lyrics are’t incredible and I’ve never been too big a fan of instrumentals, but they make up for it with simply how fun all these songs are. 3/5
Accidentally listened to this on repeat all night and enjoyed it the whole time, good stuff
I can’t stop dancing and doing cocaine.
41m 42s of CHIC is just about enough CHIC for any day.
Katya was robbed.
Fantastic disco album from start to finish. Easily a 5/5. Favorite Tracks: Happy Man, Le Freak, Sometimes You Win, I Want Your Love.
Second 5* given. This album is funky front to back. Loved it.
Very good and super funky for disco, because of that I'd say I enjoyed it a lot
This one was surprisingly bussin'
2/3
There are bits and pieces that are funky and fun, but damn near every song goes on too long. This is the same response I had to the other Chic album. Hopefully there are no more.
Taas aika perus chicin funkkia nilen funkkaavalla kitaralla. Ei kuiteskaan mitään erikoisinta.
Surprisingly good. I did not realize who CHIC was. I had obviously heard Le Freak before but didn’t know it was them. Overall pretty good. Some songs are kind of corny now. At Last I Am Free goes on about 2 minutes too long. But overall good.
Ik vind de muziek van CHIC erg leuk. Toch is dit niet zo'n heel bijzonder album. Gewoon goed te luisteren.
Absolute funky origins. Love the bass, love the musicianship through all the album. Simply amazing and should be always rated 5 stars except if there's more stars to give.
Groovy
My stance on disco has softened the older I get. Now, I can listen to something like this and hear how great the musicianship is. I have been a fan of Nile Roger's guitar work for a while now and it really shines on this album. The funk influences are undeniable as well and the whole album overall is a perfect blend of repetitive dance music and great performance. My only complaint is that each song is too long (probably to dance to), and could be shortened by a good minute or two.
I have a soft spot for disco, and will argue that it directly inspired a lot of artists I love today. But boy oh boy am I glad this era of music died violently. For an album consisting of 8 tracks, C’est Chic sure does drag. But still, Le Freak has one of the most recognizable commands in music history, so I won’t be too harsh on this one.
C’est chic, oui, et oh si funky mais dans l'ensemble juste comme ci, comme ça.
A nice fun listen.
Funky stuff. Nile Rodgers is a legend.
And Nile said, “Let there be funk,” and there was funk. - Genesis 1:3
Vecchie canzoni anno 70, noiose ormai
disco excellence. tbh the back half of this is better than the more well known portion. best tracks: I want your love, Savoir Faire, At Last I am Free
Not my style
With the disco boom flourishing, CHIC waste little to no time planting their flag in the ground with these all killer, no filler platform boot sweeping, body twirling bangers aided by gentle swoons on the side. Opulence was the meal of the day and the ever reliable hitmaker duo of Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers come through in spades, delivering classics that would surely outlast any backlash, any demolition night and any other living entity. Aw, freak out!
Fun and funky album. Starts to drag a bit in the back half, but otherwise pretty solid.
Certainly funky and groovy enough as an album, although it does go on a bit much for my taste at points, which was normal for the disco era, I suppose. Perhaps it would be better to listen whilst dancing, but not today, please. Otherwise, alright.
Super-fly and funky fresh
I don't have much to say about this one except it was an extremely easy listen. Pretty enjoyable too. I feel like the last 3 songs aren't as good as the others. Score: 65 Art: 70
Disco didn't suck. This album is really funky with great grooves. The songs are long and repetitive, but it's DISCO, you're supposed to be coked up, non-stop partying on the dance floor. You don't need progressive instrumentation and full story telling in this music. Still sounds fresh, Nile Rodgers is incredible.
Godt album!
Can’t get enough of that bass.
Nice soul record with some ripping bass and guitar playing. Silk Sonic was 100% inspired by this record. Songs go on a little too long imo. Will come back to this from time to time.
Solid funk. The musicianship can't be faulted. A few stand out tracks - the singles. Some songs stretched out so far they fell flat.
I really, really wanted to like this album. An initial funky bass riff kicks things off, and it feels exciting, discoriffic, and reminiscent (if you're of that age)... But after about 15 seconds, things turn sour. We get, you're called Chic. We don't need to be reminded. After a minute of repetition I started to feel like I was in a class for those with Alzheimer's. What was your name again? Oh yeah YOU'VE TOLD US FOUR HUNDRED TIMES. Anyway, maybe things will get better in the next track. I really hope so because it's almost six minutes long. Nope. Turns out Le Freak wins the award for the most repetitive song of the 1970s. I shouldn't be too horrible. The music was catchy in some parts. For about 23 seconds. Before feeling like I'd fallen into a recurring nightmare involving a stack of loop pedals and some disco singers. To some up, this album was uninspiring, repetitive and generally quite dull. I listened to the end, in hope it got better, but instead I ended up wasting my life. I'll try not to 'Freak Out' on my way out.
The album starts really great. The upbeat songs are really fun. Just not suburb quality end to end. 3/5
little long but good
ok, not all late-70s disco, R&B, funk is bad. This is some funky shit
Nile & Bernard were badasses. I’m not a disco fan, but I’ll always listen to Chic!!
Look, it's great. Nile's guitar work, I mean, come on. But is it for me? I don't think so.
Great. Made even better by the memory of the late, great, Sean Lock using samples of Le Freak as a buzzer sound effects on "8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown", accompanied by a completely non-apologetic shit-eating grin.
Le Freak is the most recognizable. Only listened to front half of the album. Funky.
Classic disco with a little soul and funk thrown in. Good stuff that has aged better than a lot of music of that era.
Rad
somewhat enjoyable
Nile Rodgers is a musical genius, and the singles are all classics (as they are for damn near every song Chic released as a single). Sure, some of the songs may seem like they go on just a little too long, but that's what coke do baby! It keeps the party going to the point where you never want it to end. Take another bump, hit that dance floor, and stay on the ride.
I wish I could separate the music from the horrible disco images in my brain, but I can't.
Only liked le freak the rest was I amusing
Not as good as other CHIC records
Riding the shimmering cosmic groove on a sea of funk. Disco perfection.
You can see (or hear) how much it has impacted on music. 4.5
Very minimal vocals, really restricting what the singers can do. Instrumentals are just super repetitive. Le Freak was really the only decent one, possibly due to it's pop culture status.
Pretty fine
Interesting sound just not for me
This is such a fun album. I didn’t realize how much of the music I grew up with used samples from C’est Chic. I don’t really know what I was expecting walking in, but I loved how varied the songs were. I think I figured it’d be very lyrical and vocal, but was surprised to find instrumental tracks. Even vocal heavy songs give a lot of room for instrumental expression.
So glad to see this pop up! Le Chic just gives me happiness when I think about the hilarious scene in The Replacements film.
one hit does not mean whole album is good
It's music for all night. Low-key for Chic, acoustic even. Every song uses a different instrumental palette, which emphasizes the album as cohesive without diminishing any of the hits.
I swear ive heard this one but its another album from them. It's catchy and fun though.
Background music.
First time listening. "Le Freak" is the choice cut here, "Savoir Faire" is a smooth instrumental and "Happy Man" isn't too shabby. Classic disco/boogie maybe, but serves better as background music when you get to side B; the ballad "At Last I Am Free" is absolutely dire, and surely one of the most boring songs in the genre. This seems a smidge overrated to be considered bucketlist listening.
Now I understand what and why they're saying "c'est chic" after "freak out"!
Funky and nice sounding. That Le Freak song is a stone cold classic, but the album feels long overall.
Simple, deceptively easy. Great record.
"C'est Chic" is the second studio album by American R&B band Chic. The music genre isclassified as disco, funk and R&B. I'd add a little bit of jazz too. It was produced by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards and was their most successful album peaking at #4 in the US and #2 in the UK. A crowd cheer and horns open "Chic Cheer." The groove sets in. Nile Rodgers' guitar and Bernard Edwards' deep bass. The whole band and others are singing a repeated "Chic, Chic." Let's party! Awwwwww..Freak Out and we're off with "Le Freak." Now this would be at the very top of my list if you had me name a disco song. Great production with the groove, horn and strings. "Savoir Faire" is lush with strings. A prominent bass. I would categorize this as jazz with the guitar. And a guitar jam too. The familiar bells, horns and bass announce their second big single "I Want Your Love." Smooth. The much-copied "scratchy" Niles Rodgers' guitar. Alfa Anderson killing it on the vocals repeating "I Want Your Love." Almost a Sister Sledge song. A great deeper cut is "At Last I Am Free." This is slower, a ballad, with strings and piano. One of the best songs on the album. The album ends similar to how it began with crowd noise on the mostly instrumental "(Funny (Bone)." A disco/R&B jam. There's disco. There's what I would call R&B nowadays. There's a ballad. There's a jazz song. There's the much copied Nile Rodgers' guitar sound. The songs are in the five to minute range and most of the songs get a great groove going. There's a lot to like here.
This sounds interesting.
I liked it very much, funky disco pop, I want your love.
C'est Chic is the second album by American R&B band Chic. It contains the hit song "Le Freak" that topped the US Hot 100, US R&B, & US Club Play charts in October of 1978, and remains semi-popular today. This funky disco, R&B album was Chic's most commercially successful and has been certified platinum in the US. I think it's always cool finding and listening to an album on this site that contains popular songs I heard when I was younger like "Le Freak". It's nice hearing the other tracks on the famous album for the first time and being able to enjoy them. C'est Chic is a funky album that's upbeat & easily danceable, and although it's not normally my music of choice I did like it.
Pretty much the epitome of disco. Fun but feather light. Sure gets you moving, so perfect when that's what you are after. Sometimes music is just for dancing to. Does it belong on this list? Yes, I think so. 3.5
I have to point out how awesome this album (and band) is from a design standpoint. I think visuals aren’t too far removed from music and its content. It’s great how in line the visual design is with the songs on the album. So utterly smooth with classy imagery. It’s nice to see an album cover that was created with a purpose and not a photo that looks like it was pulled from a random photo shoot with a parental advisory logo lazily slapped on. Anyway, some cool songs here, you can get why disco was a mostly era specific “fad,” but you also see why it was so popular. Faves: Le Freak, Sometimes You Win, Savoir Faire, Happy Man
2 wah wah wah
There are some classics, but that's it.
HL: "Le Freak", "At Last I Am Free", "I Want Your Love" Where does this rank between the 70’s discotheque jams I’ve got so far on this list? EW&F’s “That’s the Way of the World” comes out on top, but this is pretty good too 3.5 February 5, 2023
I don't think my head stopped bopping the whole time. Happy Man and Sometimes You Win highlights, I Want Your Love a lowlight (too long) "The whole world's a circus, don't you be the clown" ✨
So this is the band that sang the song freak out from my childhood in the 90's. The full song is not great. Neither is the album. 2.5
I now feel awful for rating Risque so low, Chic are disco masters and I did not know what I was listening to. Disco is not my jam, but this is some of the best out there.
Classic Jam!!
Funky disco freak out
le freak is one of those songs i know really well but had no clue who the artist or song name was
Un megahit. Alguna canción de funky animado, pero más de funky demasiado melódico. Un 3.
Hit: Le Freak. Funky.
Idk, not really into this sound.
This album has so many bangers that it’s a shame everyone only puts Le Freak on repeat.
Yes, disco bops. Less keen on the slower ones, but big ups Bernard.
Är ju ingen utpräglad discokille, men om jag var en utpräglad discokille skulle jag spela den här discon.
Jävla bra när det är bra och riktigt tråkigt när det är tråkigt. Nile är bästa gitarristen så det så.
9/10 - really loved this there’s some really great disco stuff here
Disco tunes that got me a agroovin :)
Some good upbeat songs on here. Some nice chilled grooves otherwise and some little hidden gems. I really like Happy Man.
A good disco album, though for some reason I didn't feel like I was able to get all the way into it
Hress og skemmtileg plata. Diskó ofar rappi.
AMEI!!! As três primeiras músicas são muito boas. No final dá um enfraquecida mas ainda sim é legalzinho.
I bopped to this
I enjoyed this, though the most popular songs are a bit annoying. Too repetitive for 4 stars
3 for me. It was a fun listen but I don't know if I see myself remembering to listen to it again in the future.
Free Cow! Some chicks and sheep. Not the lyrics, but this is what I always think of. An uneven album with some great songs, and some instrumentals that leave you wanting something more.
groovy sin ser fome/superficial, pero no va mais alla. 6.5/10
Chill vibes. A lot of cool riffs I can learn from.
Timeless album. It is purely filled with intimacy, love, happiness and tremendous groove. Whether you want to dance or make love - just pick this record and play it loud.
PARTY
Ultimate party album to keep things moving in the right direction. Don't even mind some of the long track run times
Le freak c’est chic!! Very disco, very fun, pretty enjoyable to listen to (just not the first song, it runs wayyy too long for what it is).
At the time this album came out, I despised all Disco and couldn't stand anything this funky to dance to. Years later, my views and listening habits have "matured" and I can appreciate the musicianship and production that went into this music. I still don't purposely listen to Disco, but I won't turn it off or rant about how it's ruining rock 'n' roll if it comes on. It is what it is and it's not the worst way of spending an hour.
Some interesting grooves but each song feels very long
A widely influential disco album with two of the most well-known hits of the era. This can be a divisive album, as there are many haters of the commercialization of disco, but this is disco at its best. They take the cinematic power of 70s funk since the days of Curtis Mayfield, and turn it into an accessible and fun platform of groovy dance tracks. The geniuses here are the bassist Bernard Edwards and guitarist Nile Rodgers, musicians who have changed the state of pop music so much, working on highly influential albums from Sister Sledge to Madonna to Daft Punk. To me, the instrumentals are the star here. These tracks are long, with memorable deep basslines, string-like synths, and a twingy guitar hit to the max chorus setting. The gospel vocals are the cherry on top, turning many pieces into pop sensations by inviting the audience to sing to the top of their lungs and express their excitement in dance. There's a lot of variety in these tracks. The instrumental "Savoir Faire" sounds very much inspired by Superfly and the contemporary yacht rock movement, soothing and entrancing, like a Miami drive, but also fitting in for someone to dance to the whole album. "At Last I Am Free" is a dreamy relaxing song that anticipates "A Warm Summer Night" from their Risque album. Love the vocals especially. Some people have trouble with the repetitiveness of these tracks, but as a fan of shoegaze and post-rock, I'm an all for the long arrangements and their subtle changes. It's much easier to digest 8 long tracks than a series of cheap pop filler. And with the diverse palette and excellent unique playing, I always have plenty to focus on. Or, I don't need to focus on anything, and can just mindlessly dance to it or play in the background without feeling like I'm missing anything. Either way, I enjoyed it all, especially the milder 2nd side.
Musically Magnificent. Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards at their funkiest.
Imagine thinking this was a greatest hits, because I did. It's just another great album. Who knew?
Really cool. Made me stand up and dance on several occasions. Actually made me bake as well.
Not really a fan of disco but two songs stand out to me was Le Freak and I Want Your Love
I went in expecting to really like this album considering that I like the general sound of disco but ended up being fairly disappointed. While the songs may be better in a disco club setting, the extreme repetition of lyrics and the unneeded extra minute or two of each song does not make for a great listening experience at home for me personally. The production and instruments were nice though and the singles were definitely the strongest songs on the album.
Disco funk purity!
GOD BLESS THIS IS FUNKY
Escuchable. No es mi estilo.
Don't know this one except for the one iconic anthem.
Do the freak!
Отличный инструментал и зажигательная энергия, которую строит этот альбом, к сожалению, не спасают его от ужасно затянутых треков и мотивов, которые никак не развиваются, в результате чего приходится слушать одно и то же по 6-7 минут, что очень сильно повлияло на то, как я слушал альбом и насколько мне он понравился. Увы, этот альбом теперь будет играть у меня только на фоне.
Funky
Aaaw Free Cow!
I wasn't particularly looking forward to this one, disco isn't really my thing. But I didn't hate it and actually caught myself grooving along a few times. I still don't think I can rate it particularly highly because its definitely not something I'll put on again and I did find it quite repetitive. I feel like they could have done some more to make the songs go more places but then again that's not what they were trying to do and I totally respect it, it just doesn't speak to me personally. I'll give it a 3 because it did pleasantly surprise me but it didn't blow me away.
This album starts out so promising with Chich Cheer setting the mood and Le Freak building on that. But rest of the record just kind of fades into the background and doesn't really go anywhere.
dee eye ess see oh! Not really my thing, but pleasant enough, and I couldn't help hearing it through the lens of all the times it's been sampled and remixed and referenced. That's right, I hear things through lenses - what of it? Fave track - well, "Le Freak" is the one I know best I suppose....
Snilld! Sérstaklega gaman að hlusta á my man Bernie syngja í tveimur lögum. Og ekki er það verra sem algrímið bauð mér upp á eftir að hafa hlustað á plötuna (Get Down Saturday Night - Oliver Cheatham)
Magic, bliss and loads of groove! Highlights: Le Freak, Savoir Faire, I Want Your Love, At Last I Am Free
this is pretty euro and pretty 70s late disco era le freak is the song known but on the whole nothing sticks out
Funk. All about it. Appreciate it. Saw them at Sevvy Park and it was boogie town. 3 stars.
Yeah some catchy tunes but as a whole all the songs sound pretty similar. Probably being a bit harsh.
I thought this was a good album. Some absolute classics in there as well. I will deffo listen to this again. Great small house gathering-food-drink-laughter music
Big groove, also most of these song were remixed in disco house songs and I love it. 4.5 / 5
Great to finally hear the album... Very good production overall, short album that does what it advertise and it seriously bangs some times. Solid 3.5/5
grooovin I want your love var min favorit
Määääkta chill maan
Cet album c’est chic
Disco Disco Yeah Yeah
Fun disco rhythms
Nice stuff
Absolutely excellent disco album. Le Freak is an all time classic and I’m ashamed I didn’t know they were the band to sing it until now
More whip smart super polished disco from Chic. The sound and style are iconic although the slow numbers are a little less engaging than the uptempo. Overall another outstanding album.
Funky but repetitive
Nice vibe but you know, ehhhhhh
Very repetitive
C’est Chic was an absolute vibe, whole album is great. Favorite might be Happy Man.
Lots of fun and great rhythms.
Lekker mee dansen, thuis of in de auto. Tof album
Good music.
I didn't know I had already listened to a music from this album, it was a nice surprise. Overall, it is a nice album.
classic but not my jam
Many songs dragged too long. Solid singles, but it felt that 2/3 of the album was filler.
Wauw Tres Chic
Eine Chic-Platte hätte es auch getan. Natürlich ist Nile Rogers‘ Rhythmusgitarre immer was feines, aber dieses Album ist häufig einfach zu banal, um ein Highlight zu sein.
I already like Le Freak and I Want Your Love. The rest is not too interesting. The songs are a bit repetitive, especially At Last I Am Free which goes on for more than 7 minutes.
le freak famosissima e molto bella. Mi piace molto tutto quanto.
good bass, 1 decent song
CHIC DEMAIS
Le Freak is 10/10 but the rest of the album doesn't match. Overall enjoyable but a weaker dance album.
This record is funky and I really fucking dig it! However the absolute slapper of the album is the ballad "At Last I Am Free," something about it really grabbed me. Fantastic record, timeless sound, great production, and switching between vocalists kept things engaging.
I don’t like disco but I can tell this is good
3.5/5. It's disco. So it's catchy and easy for me to listen to. Nothing amazing though.
Ah, delightful!
So much fun! So much dancing! Give me more!!
I love being able to identify a band by its bass player. This is good good fun. Danceable and soulful and a punch of nostalgia. Just great.
This has been a favorite of mine for a very, very long time. Still, it’s illuminating to listen to it with fresh ears today from start to finish. They didn’t have to ask for the favor in Chic Cheer: “If you don’t mind, would ya, please? Get up off of your seat and repeat Chic Chic Chic Chic Chic Chic…” I’m way ahead of you. When I put this on the headphones I floated away on disco clouds powered by groovy guitars, cool bass lines, glittering pianos and gorgeous vocal harmonies. C’est Chic is perfection. I could stay here all week.
Beaucoup aimé, ça groove, me donne le goût de danser.
Chic struck gold with their 2nd record. So groovy and funky and a great representation of the way music was moving at the time. Right at the peak of Disco but the record still has a lot of R&B and Funk, so much so that the genre title of disco seems to be a product of the year it was released. The whole record really makes you want to get up and dance along and at no point does it ever drag. Such a fun record. Favorite Track: Le Freak, I Want Your Love Least Favorite Track: Savoir Faire
Enjoyed at times, but honestly maybe a little long for the genre
Abit lower than a 4, fell off abit in the later tracks I think
meh
Cocaine is a hell of a drug!
Disco. Chic. Niles Rodgers. "Le Freak". And seven *far less* striking titles with it. Guess you would need to include at least one decent disco LP in a list of 1001 essential albums. But somehow, I can't bring myself to take that record seriously, not to mention that overall genre. Prejudice on my part? You tell me. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: less than 800, I've temporarily lost count here Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: approximately a half so far Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: a quarter Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): the last quarter (including this one)
chic - cest chic (1978) notes - legendary disco/funk/r&b band - the song le freak is a massive hit - most of these songs are 5+ minutes long and dont really do much which is good if youre dancing but not so much for just listening - there are songs here that i really liked at first but got tired of by halfway through - enjoy the second half more than the first, more interesting fav - i want your love - one of the catchiest choruses of all time - like the strings and horns in the second half least fav - chic cheer - goes on a long time and is quite repetitive 2.5/5
I hear no discernible difference between this album by CHIC and the last album I had by CHIC (Risqué). Le Freak is a certifiable bop, obviously, but the rest is just overly repetitive generic disco filler. The first track, Chic Cheer was a complete waste of 4 minutes. It was very easy to get through, so that’s something.
Not bad by any means. Some solid groovy funk. Gotta love Le Freak. But mostly just a 45 minute groove. Gotta be in a real particular mood to put this one on
It's a brief but comfortable ride into the disco funk vibe and I dig it. The horns in 'I Want Your Love' was the high water mark for me. Technically solid and tight-- a tasty jam. I seem to remember Le Freak as the standout hit from the album, but overall, it was unfamiliar to me otherwise and underplayed.
"Dead as Disco" I think is a line that came from Reservoir Dogs. But I still enjoy me some good disco music from time-to-time. I really don't think it needed to die such an abrupt death. C'est Chic has some great tracks on it that I recognize, but also some complete duds like At Last I Am Free and Savior Faire. Bth pretty lame. But this album evokes some of the glamour of the early glamour of the cocaine era and high pile carpeting. I appreciated reading the Wikipedia entry on them really filled in some dead space on this era and this band which noted that CHIC was one of the true bands of the era not relying on producers to create a sound. Would I listen to this again...? Yes, absolutely. I'd put this on while hanging out nude on my tiger skin rug with my concubines or on the way to a costume party.
Ready for an exciting night at the club, I got out of bed, ran my toes through my shag carpet, and picked out a slammin' outfit. My yellow bell bottoms had me already shaking my leg and tappin' my feet. I paired it with a bright orange puffy pirate shirt, undid the top three buttons, and combed some mousse into my glorious chest hair. Before heading out to the dance floor, I picked up my lady and then there was one last stop at Big Jim's to score an 8-ball and do some lines in the bathroom. Then, all jazzed up, we hit the club. We were excited - Chic would be playing live, and we couldn't wait to dance to "Le Freak." When Chic came on, the place went wild. They opened with "Savoir Faire," and it was a little slow, so we sat down on a lush velvet sofa. They followed it up with "At Last I Am Free," and by the end of the song we were fast asleep. Who knew you could go from so high to so low!? I thought disco and funk were supposed to be more exciting than this. I woke up a couple hours later as the lights were coming on and the floor was being swept. Apparently we missed "Le Freak." Now I'm freaking out, because I missed the new dance craze! This is like that time I tried to go see Marcia Griffiths and Bunny Wailer, and I had the runs and never got to boogie woogie woogie. Serves me right for giving another one-hit wonder a chance.
If you like a song on this album you better like it a LOT because each song is repetitive af.
I didn’t hate this as much as I thought I would. I like the bass prominent grooves. However other than that, I don’t find much else interesting at all. The sound, on the whole, is vapid, which makes sense for a genre (disco, although this is more funky disco) known for cocaine induced all-nighters at the club.
Good house music
très bon album funk disco. J'ai bien aimé et je réécouté assuréement. Je ne m'attendais pas a cela encore une fois mais le funk de la guitare ma vraimentaccroché. 4.85
Was gonna go 4.5 and then listened to 'I Want Your Love' again in my car at top volume on my way to work. 5
One of the least chic things about me is that I deeply love chic
There's some amazing stuff here, and the first couple of songs in particular are great, but the album does get a little repetitive as it goes on
Lekker vrolijk, maar wel oud
This has the feel of an album that was made for a reason no one remembers. I'm not talking about disco itself, but rather a non-musical vibe that time forgot. Like it's actually movie scoring (eg. Shaft), a workout video tie-in for a now-dead/fat celebrity, or a demo for something - a marketing piece/technical showcase of a new studio deck, something along those lines. But in 2022, the original intent is long forgotten. Either way, harmless enough. 3/5.
Poppy funk. Pretty good stuff. Stand out tracks: Chic Cheer, Le Freak.
A classic disco record
a great disco album, i'm just not THAT into disco
I don’t like disco. This is okay disco making it worth a few points in that regard. Otherwise this is the most face value of albums I’ve heard all year. Meh.
I thought a Chic album would get a solid 3.5 from me (4 if I had my dancing shoes on at the time), but this does feel a bit like Le Freak, I Want Your Love plus a lot of filler. It must have some magic quality though, as singing the words 'at last I am free, I can hardly see in front of me' for 7 minutes over the same lethargic chord progression sounds like a terrible idea for a song, but I grew to like it.
Boogie music
Funky.
Amazing
3.5/5 Funky and very catchy! I knew the songs but not the artists. Sometimes too repetitive for me, overall a good album! Favourite songs: - Le freak - I want your love - At last I am free
Nile rogers on guitar is always great but this is not my favorite of chic’s work
this was my introduction to chic — i found it really fun! lots of great instrumentation, i didn’t really focus on the lyrics so i don’t know what those say.
amazing
Okay. So, apparently everything Nile Rodgers touches turns to gold. That guitar sound! Wow.
Classic album. Quite soothing and good
At first I thought it was just gonna be a disco album, but I was pleasantly surprised at the mixture of sounds. Disco isn’t dead baby!
This was fun i really liked savior faire, i want your love, and sometimes you win. savior faire reminds me so much of another song but i can't remember what song it is so i was like going insane. good stuff. i think it might be a song by the weeknd??? gahhhh im going crazy!!! OKAY YES IT IS "DIE FOR YOU" by the weeknd god okay thank god i figured that out. but i think there may be another song that uses that motif too oh im sure there is god save my soul.
WOW love this album so much, we have the record so banged it on the record player which is always fun! I appreciate the epic party bangers such as I want your love and Le Freak but also have top memories of seeing them live AND really appreciate them musically there are so many layers with different instruments and the production value is excellent. Disco perfection.
Well what a vibe for a Monday! I definitely needed this to counter Monday stress. Absolute disco funk iconic tuuuunes
Oh yeah baby it's smooth, it's so chic
Amazing album cover Chic are a strange one, have some of the best party songs I know, but a lot of filler on their albums (133M vs 640k streams on this album show that on Spotify). Le Freak and I Want Your Love are 2 of the best disco songs but their was a lot of other more boring songs on this