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Funky funky funky
Groove dançante. Algumas músicas são bem legais. QoA Adonis New.
Songs dragged a bit too much, the album is memorable and could’ve been better but due to the repetitive nature of each song the album felt like it lasted forever. An 8 song album like this should’ve been around 16-24 minutes not 42.
Le Freak is great.
I understand they didn't have samplers or bloopers back then so they recorded all these monotonous 10m tracks live? This is remarkable. Not so entertaining but still remarkable.
Oldie Auntie Funkie I guess I had to listen to it, but once was enough. 4/10
Ohhhh so this is where "freakout"! Is from
So much fun! I listened to the album in 2 parts and I definitely liked the first 5 songs much more than the last 3, however they still made me wanna move and groove.
Bit nothingy but fun
pretty cool
Puede que haya sido porque no le preste mucha atención, no le considero algo especial personalmente, es innegable ese Groove y disco sumamente movido, variado y personal. Lo volvería a escuchar para tener una mejor opinión.
Aika chilli mut liikaa instrumenttei eikä tarpeeks lauluu
7/6/26 i listened to le freak before and the rest of the album is rlly good never heard before! i love funky stuff
ohhhhhhh le freak is that one song where that telma gurl from insta be doin the freaky ass dances yeah well she ruined it for me
Makes me feels like going to the club and doing a dangerous amount of cocaine
Fun but also a little boring
They sure do love to say the name of their band
It's 3.5
It’s mid. Honestly. It has the. Free now! Let’s eat. Sushi. That’s not the actual lyrics but that’s what I hear all the time. lol. idk i couldnt bring myself to listen to the whole thing. :( imma try again in like 10 years n maybe i dont hate it then.
Loved it
decent
Disco can be fun. It doesn't have to be soulless nonsense! Thank you Chic for elevating an overall lame subgenre of pop. Thank you for letting me bring up decent disco band the next time some idiot tries and tells me ABBA is good.
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
A legendary album, both in terms of disco and of sampling. 4.5 bumped up to 5.
I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5. It’s just groovy. I don’t need to say much more. A few tracks are a little long (especially “At Last I Am Free”), and I do think “(Funny) Bone” is a rather weak closer after everything else (though “Chic Cheer” is admittedly rather plain), but when this album is riding its highest highs, CHIC just seem like the grooviest motherfuckers on the planet, and the infectious energy here must’ve spread like a pandemic, given that this album’s lead single “Le Freak” sold over 7 million copies alone. It’s a much more free flowing album than “Risque” was, with overall better variety, structure & progression throughout, and it’s just 42 minutes of joy-inducing funk that’ll make almost anyone dance at least once. It’s a very easy bump up to a 5.
Freak out
Somewhat corny now, but I can imagine the revolution that was.
lit just repeats chic over and over again
While very much a studio effort, there's definitely something that feels incredibly (a)live here. Each and every song inhales and exhales to ease into the groove that carries it for its runtime. Electronic music owes a lot to this album that's for sure, and that's before even addressing its immense influence on the dance music that followed. This also accomplishes the important task of exposing people to the monster hit that was "Freak Out." Known to my ears as the anthem to dance parties at the end of many a 2000s animated kids' movie, I've come to reassess "Freak Out" as the song that crawled so Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" could run. The true attraction here, top-tier disco aside, is Nile Rodgers himself. The cofounder of this group, Rodgers' playing is the link between about a dozen genres and more often than not he's just strumming the same 2 to 3 chords for minutes at a time. Few could ever influence so much with such economical playing. The disco tropes of sappy mid-tempo ballads with overwrought strings appears here mostly on the back half, but what would normally repel me from many a release is honestly not a problem here. I think it's the immense good will the first half built while I listened. I would say the A-side is definitely the better one. A must-listen for someone looking for the best disco had to offer in its heyday, and for others looking for the bridge that linked rock to dance. Key Tracks: Chic Cheer, Freak Out, I Want Your Love, Sometimes You Win
Fav song: Le Freak
le freak
A fun trip down disco lane. One of many places Luther Vandross shows up before making his own records.
Some good funk vibes.
First ever disco album - obviously know the classics from various school discos, weddings and the radio. 1) *** [Chic Cheer] Lovely bassline, definitely makes me want to move. Nice album opener settling the tone. 2) ***** [Le Freak] Speaking of radio classics - that guitar lick is iconic. Smooth vocals and funky rhythm. Strings add a lot of depth. Even though I have heard it a thousand times it still absolutely slaps. 3) *** [Savoir Faire] Feels like I'm sat on the floral sofa on the cover listening to this jazzy ensemble. The guitar is the vocal with a tasteful meandering lead - technically fantastic. As always the bass is the backbone. Very chill vibe - not what I was expecting on a disco album. 4) **** [Happy Man] I absolutely love this bassist. Positive, uplifting vibes - like the title. A BASS SOLO! lets go 5) ***** [I want your love] Oh, I didn't realise it was this song. The bells are epic. The strings are sublime. Absolute classic. 6) * [At last I'm free] Ah man, pick the tempo back up. This has wedding singer vibes. Is just kind of there - feels very sparse. I imagine this is a slow dance number. Too long. 7) *** [Sometimes you win] Bopping bassline. THANK YOU FOR THE HORNS/SAX?! saves the song. 8) **** [(funny)Bone] A strings led instrumental. Not sure about the canned laughter. Overall 3.5ish ***(*) The bass on this album is so damn funky. The scratchy guitar tone iconic. The vocals smooth. The embellishments like strings and piano are very well done. Second half quality does fade off after I want your love. I think it's very close to a 4, but I cant see myself putting the full album on again. Definitely have placed half of the tracks in playlists though. I guess Disco/funk/Soul is now on my radar.
I have not heard this before. I know Le Freak but that’s it. This starts off with a good funk beat and goes in Le Freak, so it seems promising, then it moves on from dud to dud until the final track which brings back some of the energy of the first two. Surprised to see such a dull disco record in here when there is so much better disco out there. It might make sense if this was a really influential album or the best of a certain style, but all this really has going for it is one hit song.
Wish I was dancing instead of driving when listening to this.
Good background music.
katastropha
7 - solid
Feels like you could put this on at almost any time and it would sound good; need to revisit and listen closer
This record was a fun listen, though was repetitive at times. Favourite Track(s): Le Freak, Sometimes You Win Least Favourite Track(s): Happy Man, (Funny) Bone
Enjoyed this one more than I expected. I'm not a big fun of disco. Actually, my favourite track is "Savoir Faire". I particularly enjoy the instrumental sections (not a fun of the vocals in this album). Other songs I enjoyed: "Le Freak" (though clearly not my top-one), "I Want Your Love" (probably my second favourite in the album), or "Chic Cheer". It's between 3 and 4 stars for me.
A no skip album lots of fun and funk
C'est chic, c'est groovy, c'est plein d'ambiance
Very cool. Saying the name of the band and the song is impressive. An extra star just for that
Very pedestrian funk, admittedly paving the way for disco but not in a particularly exciting way. I was expecting a lot more from this, especially with how iconic Le Freak is, however that one ends up being the strongest track. Everything else kind of just blends together. Favourite track: Le Freak Least favourite track: At Last I Am Free
Bleh disco funk. Some of the bass lines are fun.
groove i can feel. i enjoyed that listen.
Fun record. Good for a live record. I give it an extra star because on of the best concerts I've ever seen was Nile Rogers and Chic
This entire album was such a party
solid funk/disco but repetitive and more instrumental than i was expecting
Classic disco which is great, but I’m pretty sure I just listened to 8 identical songs…..
I might tap my toes but it won't get me to dance.
LEGENDS. this is how they greet you at the gates of heaven.
Songs had a good melody but were very repetitive and went on far too long. Not the kind of album I would choose to put on for myself, but I wouldn’t mind listening at a party or something
In my opinion it’s alway 5/5 when Nike Rodgers is involved.
Disco like this is always great and then it keeps going for another 30 minutes repeating the same thing. High on a dance floor I bet you don’t care but casually listening at work? Ehhhh
The rest of the album is fantastic, even if Le Freak is extremely overplayed.
Most of this was pretty basic disco. Le Freak and Savoir Faire are easily the standouts, the former because its popular and the latter because it's really fucking good. Most of this album is pretty repetitive, though. Favorite Track: Savoir Faire - I had to look up the guitarist's name to say this: Nile Rodgers, you are the goat. Holy shit. This song may have some of the best guitar-playing ever. Transcendent.
3.5★/5 06.19.2026
Disco!
Le Freak is an absolute all-timer, and overall I enjoyed the grooves here more than Risqué.
A truism of music so true it’s banal itself is this: the more influential something is, the more hackneyed it seems when you go back to it. And Chic has many layers of that — you know the hits best from a playlist you first heard at a discount shop, you’ve heard the melodies interpolated into hip-hop and r&b, you resent this sound because it was done worse by the big musicians that recruited Nile Rodgers to do it for them to diminishing returns. Or maybe you just think disco sucks, a hand-me-down opinion that had some partly racialized and homophobic roots. It’s the simplicity of their sound, however, that proved most influential — whittling down funk to its most basic ingredients and innovating techniques to capture its effects with less. That allowed so much space in the mix, which fueled pop music the world over, for better and for worse. But, strip all of that away, and this is still joyous, inspired stuff. Musically, the follow up Risqué is better with grooves that build and expand, but this is still a party of its own — opulent, elegant, both aspiring and aspirational.
vibeees aber innerhalb der lieder zu viel wiederholung für mich
The bass is killing it and this is fun to listen to. Not overly deep but it's cool. Sure. On the list. I'm fighting between a strong three or weak four but think the three has it tonight.
Classic disco sounds. Le Freak a obviously a hit. The lead vocals on At last I am Free are recorded well. The song is too long. Sometimes You Win, the singing isn't great but a back and forth duet is always fun. The end is not good. I can't remember there being that much disco on the list, but I am deep in. This is fine.
very chic 👍🏼
4.0 - Very Good, Very Funky
Ugh.. Disco Sucks. 1
FREAK OUT!
Fun, funky, easy
Well fun trip down memory lane…fun album, some good songs…a tough one to rate..giving a 3 because anything under 3 I wouldn’t listen to again..
Le Freak is the most recognizable song here, but everything on the album is just the epitome of late 70s Disco. Catchy hooks and groove.
It was a good time.
Pretty easy album to just listen to. It’s upbeat but chilled out at the same time which I like. It didn’t wow me tho so I would rate it a 3 just from it not being very memorable, except le freak because I’ve heard it countless times
just not into it
Honestly I don’t remember this album in the slightest because I was dead tired. I know there’s one famous song I was like “oh, I know this” but other than that I remember it being a bit slow but more tolerable than other slow ones.
This is good. It definitely gets same-y, but the joy and sheer fun of it makes it worth coming back to in the future. Maybe when I'm cleaning my house.
Not a bad album, not really my taste though.
C’est Chic really captures the essence of a more laid-back disco groove. It’s smooth, stylish, and built around rhythms that feel effortless, even when there is clearly a lot of craft behind them. The bass and guitar work here are absolutely not to be slept on, because Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards are basically operating at wizard level. They know how to build a groove, keep it tight, and make even the simplest rhythm feel sharp and alive. Track-wise, “Le Freak” is easily the standout. It’s fun, catchy, and still feels like the kind of song that can instantly wake up a room. The rest of the album, though, is more of a mixed bag. Some songs had me bobbing my head and enjoying the vibe, while others started to stretch the groove a little too thin. “At Last I Am Free,” especially, just goes on too long for me and gets too repetitive, to the point where I was kind of waiting for the album to move along. So overall, C’est Chic has some fantastic musicianship, a killer disco classic at the center, and plenty of smooth moments, but it also has a few spots where the party slows down a little too much.
Very upbeat and peppy. Of course, I knew Le Freak but not the other songs. This really does stand the test of time - makes you want to get up and dance! :)
8/10
I guess if I'm going to have to listen to a disco album, it might as well be this one. I'm pretty sure I've roller skated to at least 50% of the songs on this album. It also sounds like the soundtrack to a hot tub scene on early Magnum P.I. The chimes on I Want Your Love reminded me of a marching band song freshman year of high school that included chimes. So, if nothing else, this album offered a quick trip down memory lane (not so much so that I would inspired to write a concept album about suburban living and roller rinks, though). But... it's still a disco album.
Not my thing at all. Sounds great. The guitar is especially pristine.
4/5 - if you’re gonna listen to disco, might as well be disco from one of the coolest MFers on the planet. I’m less into the slower tunes, but when Nile Rodgers hits the groove, I’m there. The production sound on this is superb.
Right now I’m having trouble with the rating scale, and it feels like I’m constantly giving out three stars. Often my problem is similar to what I had with “C’est Chic”: I knew that Chic wrote the bassline for “Another One Bites the Dust” (a year later), and I’d already heard “Le Freak” and “Good Times” before. The rest of the album isn’t really bad; it’s well-produced, and I like the basslines. Still, my overall impression is mediocre—the songs don’t really speak to me, the style hasn’t aged particularly well, and I’ll probably never consciously listen to this again. So, yeah: once again, somewhat solid.
Nah buenísimos
Le Freak is a classic, but it's the only song on the album that I'd want to revisit. The rest is ok
Its Chic, it's fun and dancey and produced really well but not a regular go back to album for a listening experience.
Some very good tracks but a couple v long and boring
Good
Had to start this twice because I tuned out so quickly and just didn’t listen. Underwhelming.
"Le Freak, So Chic!" Otherwise, like a wedding band that doesn't know to stay with its hit(s) and goes on way too long.
Besides “Le Freak”, nothing really stood out, and many of the songs dragged on way too long.
Hmm. Everyone needs to know Le Freak, but do they need to hear the rest, will I like it? Well, this album topped the US RnB charts for eleven weeks, that suggests it's got something. But the track list is rather uneven. Chic Cheer is a stinker, then Le Freak has enough iconic elements that I'll excuse the lyrics, then the next three songs are decent/pleasant (middle of the road, but features like tasteful jazzy guitar, tasty horn and string lines), so at this stage I'm kinda positive. But oh dear, At Last I Am Free is 7:13 of pedestrian schmaltz. The two closing songs display precision playing, but they don't seem to have anything to say to me ... lacking the suggestiveness of eg much later Daft Punk lyrics. So, overall I'll say it's Okay, 6/10.
I loved that disco album. It‘s very catchy and how you would imagine disco to be like. It‘s like a simmering butter. It keeps you engaged all the rhythm and the stuff. Songwriting isnt the best, its not a creative work but who cares?? It simply works. “Le Freak” and “At Last I am Free” are my favorite tracks. A solid 3.7/5
cheesy but dec
music is love
We can all agree that the world is a better place with Nile Rodgers in it, right? Brightened up a gloomy Monday morning. Can't help but do a little dance to these songs!!
Класичний диско/рнб-альбом. Мені б хотілося, щоб було більше диско і менше рнб, бо диско в них виходить дуже класно. Le Freak супер бенгер.
Десь на 3.5. Прикольне диско.
Album #100: C’est Chic - Chic Genre (W): Disco, R&B Singles: Le Freak, I Want Your Love I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: After listening to this album, I like Nile Rodgers’ guitar playing. I also like the sleek production. But that’s it? The songs all sound pretty similar to each other, if you’ve heard Le Freak, you’ve heard 90% of the album. A very dull album. Favorite songs: Le Freak, Happy Man, I Want Your Love
My bottoms are not belled enough for this album but you know it’s fire 🔥
disco's highkey fire, especially slow disco
Nile Rodgers is a genius. I know this for a fact because I went to see him play live a couple of years ago and he spent much of the show telling the audience just how amazing he is. The weird thing is, if it was anyone else, it would have come across as unbearable bragging - with Rodgers, it was, well, fair enough. The body of work he's either directly produced or had a major hand in bringing to life is extraordinary. I bought a second-hand vinyl copy of this record back in the early 90s, way before Chic became cool again. I bought it because I assumed it would be cheesy and amusing, I really didn't expect to love it to bits as a genuinely masterful pop record. Nile Rodgers gets to bask in the glory these days, but bassist co-founder Bernard Edwards should be on a pedestal alongside him - his contributions were staggering and the way they played together is like nothing before or since. (Robert Wyatt's version of At Last I Am Free is better than the original - give it a listen.)
I suppose if I ever wanted tome funky disco in my life Chic would be the ones to turn to. Le Freak is the quintessential funky disco track. I suggest you don't listen to the lyrics on this album with any interest you will be seriously disappointed but it is pretty slick and funky. However if I ever want some funky disco in my life I will wonder what is wrong.
i wish someone had raised me on motown. i like a lot about this album. its groovy and funky and danceable. it feels a bit long for me, like they could be shorter more crystallized pop hits. but i do get it. i still like it. rock on.
prije svega dosadno i izrazito repetitivno. usto katkad blago naporno. kao da traje dva sata, a ne četrdeset minuta. najveći hit, »le freak«, okej je pjesma, ostatak dosta zanemariv. opis albuma u samoj knjizi naveo me na to da pročitam članak na vikipediji o eksplozivnom masovnom uništenju disko-ploča 1979. u neku mi je ruku, preslušav ovaj album, jasno zašto je do toga došlo
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Oui oui motherfucker
🕺🏽💅🏻👠✨🍒
I love Chic and I think Nile Rodgers is one of the biggest powerhouses in modern music as far as the songs he's written and the influence he's had on other artists. A lot of people consider disco to be cheesy and not great music. I think that's true for some of it. But to me, Chic is the Rolls Royce of disco music. While some of their songs may seem repetitive or cheesy, the actual music is top notch because of Rodgers. This isn't my favorite Chic album. Everyone knows "Le Freak" and that's really the stand out on this particular album. But Chic's impact on music is huge and the production on this one is stellar. Great Saturday morning listen!
I recognize a few of these tracks by title, but otherwise have never listened to this album start-to-finish. I think I enjoyed the non-singles more than the big hits. Though they all tend toward feeling longer than they are. I'm not a huge fan of disco. With that in mind, this is good, but not great. Though I'm not feeling compelled to listen to this again. It gets extra points for the bass work. Though it also loses points for the purely repetitive lyrics across all the songs.
Ugh more of the same crap...
It contains the classics Le Freak and I Want Your Love, which are exceptional examples of the disco scene, and still stand up today So an automitic three stars there I do wish there was a little more variety on the album, but I do hear a couple of tracks that might grow on me over time Yeah - I'm probably going to be playing this one again, and dancing around the kitchen with my kids, wallowing in happy memories of back in the day . . .
I found this surprisingly interesting to listen to, even enjoyable. It's not my style or anything that I'd circle back to often, or prolly at all, but it was a good listen one-time.
Surprising. Longer songs at a time when that wasn’t radio friendly. Upbeat and easy to groove with.
album cover designers need to learn some lessons in readability from this cover. i've never seen a more instantly decipherable cover. '70s r&b / soul / disco is my jam, so very stoked for this. obv everyone knows le freak. savoir faire, tho??? ohhh great intro. the bass. the guitar. the strings. this is what airport music aspires to be, and fails at. and even better, that wasn't just the intro, the whole song was instrumental (pun intended). 10am and i've already got a disco album under my belt. it's all downhill from here, i guess. had some great songs, some good ones, and some fine ones. solid dance music when wearing bell bottoms.
fun 70s disco, but don't need to listen to again
nota: 3 musicas favs: le freak, savoir faire, i want your love, at last i am free
groooooooovy
Bom pra cacete! Soul de extrema qualidade. Quando ouvi le freak, fiquei abismado, não sabia que era desta grupo. Muito bom mesmo.
Hyvää musaa mut aika paljon toisti itseään
This was so fun and lifted my spirits a bit today
Very well made for a disco album and since I don't rate many disco albums highly and that I enjoyed this, I'd give it a 4.
Rating:★★★★ Man lots of fun songs here. le freak is a classic, and the follow up in savoir faire surprised me. It wasn't as fun down the stretch in the last few songs but otherwise solid album.
Thanks to Studio 54 for not letting Nile Rogers in. It gave us this.
Very 80s movie soundtrack-esque, it makes me want to dance
Definitely a groovy album! I didn’t LOVE every track but I had FUN with every track. Standouts for me were obviously “Le freak” which is recognizable to every human being on Earth, Savoir Faire, and Sometimes You Win!
Fun if slightly repetitive vibes.
While I did catch myself enjoying the instrumentals to a degree as they were quite good, it's overall too pedestrian of an album. I didn't not enjoy it, but I didn't like it either. Middle of the road and forgettable.
Such a foundational album to the formation of most, if not all, dance, electronica, and hip hop music from the day this album came out going forward. How can you not give it a 5?
Disco album from the late 70's. I remember hearing several of these songs on regular radio rotation. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Le Freak I Want Your Love
Le Freak is the obvious hit here, but top 1000 album of all time? These 4 minute songs seem endless because they don't really go anywhere.
Solid R&B guitar work by Nile Rodgers, although the songs are internally repetitive.
Just gorgeous. The bass playing is incredible. Peak disco, an all-time classic.
if loving disco is a crime, they better lock my ass up
This was very cool and had me bobbing along throughout the whole thing Thoroughly ace
5/10
muitos papais e mamaes se conheceram enquanto dançavam alguma música desse album...que mágico...
AAAAAA FREAK OUT!
Unknowingly knew so many songs
SO GOOD really enjoyed, new songs discovered
3.7/5
It was awesome
yeah i've heard that song before
Remember, the whole world's a circus, don't you be the clown.
Hearing this reminds me of when I was seven watching Diary of a Wimpy Kid and I just KNEW Rowley Jefferson was gonna bust out those sick moves
It was fun, it was funky, I had a good morning listening to it.
"Savoir Faire" pulls this score up quite a bit on its own, but it's still a good album. a high 3. it's unashamed and unassuming in its approach to dance and disco-inspired lightness. that's probably why i like "Savoir Faire" so much, because it stands out from the other tunes which share an identity. still, i'd put this on again for sure. also the album art is really cool. weird font choice on the track list but that picture goes fucking hard
i had a great time
I was pretty floored by Sonny Rollins’ death and spent most of the day listening to him. I don’t think I gave Chic my best attention, so this demands a relisten. What I do remember was lots of fun!
I ended up liking this more than I expected but it's mainly because Savoir Faire is a jawdropper like holy moly what a great piece of music.
I got this album for $3 at a flea market, and you too will find a Chic record on the cheap and take home its precision funk goodness.
Another record and band whose sound is instantly recognizable. Nile Rogers shows greatness on this album. Dress up, forget about life for a while, dance and make love.
Groovy. 3.5 stars
Bedrock of disco and everyone after, this one really amps up as you spend more time going through the album. It's incredible on its own, and the pieces referenced by countless other artists is a testament to the work itself. A fun one, through and through.
Bernard Edwards and Nile Rogers. What more could you want? Not a style that I’m always in the mood for, but they’re such a great band.
Really liked the instrumental track
Not really for me
Okay so C’est Chic was a bit of an odd album. I can see why it’s genre is dance and I did actually know one of the songs (Le Freak) but other than that I didn’t really know what I was getting into. A couple of the songs were just a bit weird including the last song which was just people laughing with music playing (fittingly titled (Funny) Bone. Overall it was okay, a bit odd at times. Top three: Le Freak, Savior Faire and Sometimes You Win
Le Freak is a good song, and I wouldn't object to it being on a list of the 1001 singles you must hear before you die. Nile Rogers' guitar on Savoir Faire is also terrific. The rest is pleasant discoey dancey stuff.
Chic indeed
Starts off with a cool disco sound in which, if you listen hard, you can just about detect the early notes of house music. But the style becomes repetitive very quickly, especially the dull dives into R&B romance.
듣기는 나쁘지 않으나 가사도 없고 잘 안 느껴짐
Light 3,5
First time listening to this disco album. Liked it! Recognized le freak from back in the day. Least favorite track was the first one but was still not bad. Bass, piano, vocals, drums, white violins were cool. 5 stars
Nice
Groovy. Listened while folding laundry/ chilling on my couch. Very groovy. Guitar was awesome. Lyrically simple. Felt cool/ like I was in a movie listening to it. Like the main character going through his morning routine.
great album. good for background and ambiance
Love it
I love the fact that the original lyrics was "Aaa, fuck off", aimed at the Studio 54 bouncers.
As usual, great bass lines from Bernie. I gotta say as much as I was vibing to it, I did find myself tuning out here and there. Repetitive maybe? Or it just kinda sounded too similar?
I’m a big fan of Nile Rogers as a guitarist and as a person but have never listened to Chic beyond hearing the hits (though I have seen them live!) so this was a nice excuse to listen to a whole Chic album. As expected, it was a couple of classic tracks and a bunch of pretty great / nice tracks. Better than average though. I think it’s pretty listenable without feeling the need to skip songs.
A lovely blast of sunshine - helped by the fact its super hot today. I want your love's an absolute bop. Enjoyed it alot more than I was expecting. So influential.
Rodgers and Edwards. Pure class and perfect samples for garage /house music to come 20 years later. The bass in I Want Your Love is amazing. And a shout out to Dimitri From Paris for his remix album, bringing the disco into the house era.
Ufff, que genios!
Solo conocía Le Freak, pero la verdad que la banda es muchísimo mas que eso, no se porque otras de sus canciones no se hicieron mas conocidas que Le Freak
Chic Cheer - 3.5/5 Le Freak - 5/5 Savoir Faire - 3.5/5 Happy Man - 3.5/5 I Want Your Love - 4/5 At Last I Am Free - 3/5 Sometimes You Win - 3.5/5 (Funny) Bone - 3.5/5 I was only familiar with Chic due to Nile Rodgers' involvement with other songs, "Le Freak", and the number of samples their songs were used in. Listening to this, it's a pretty good disco album with a few non-disco songs to spice things up a bit. I think the songs tend to drag on a bit longer than they really should, but these are dance tracks so I can excuse that for now. Overall: 3.5/5 Favorites: Le Freak, I Want Your Love
Chic Cheer starts us off somewhat strongly, but the title chant can get a little annoying, and the band loves it so darn much that the song doesn't actually get off the ground. It's perfectly serviceable as an opening number to a disco/R&B album, which is exactly what it is. We're led into the instantly recognisable Le Freak (ughhhh! freak out!!) – and though it's a staple of late-70s disco hits, I can't help but start to notice a pattern here, especially in combination with their album Risqué, released the following year. CHIC absolutely love medium-long dance tracks that absolutely do not go anywhere. This sort of music has its place in history, but it's genuinely a marvel as to how outrageously successful these sorts of songs actually were at the time. Yes, they sound good, but do you want to sit through eight of these consecutively? Nice instrumental in Savoir Faire with a particularly great guitar line. I like the little additions of piano and strings too. The subtle drumming really helps to keep this track from getting too overpowering. I Want Your Love begins side 2 with some punchy standout horn lines. The basswork is also worth a shoutout, too. It's always mixed loudly and cleanly in disco-era music, which (after decades of bass neglect) amounts to one of the genre's biggest triumphs. We move onto the lengthy At Last I Am Free, which makes for excellent background listening but is a bit sluggish otherwise. At least we get a nice piano outro rather than a slow fade-out. Sometimes You Win is fine yet unmemorable, but luckily the finale, (Funny Bone), has a deep, head-thumping groove that I could easily imagine playing over movie credits. 3/5 Key tracks: Le Freak, I Want Your Love
Good produce goofy ahh lyric probably never going to come back, didn’t really enjoy 😊
oh this is vibessss
So classic
Just a kickass disco album. No notes.
Det føles som et album, der godt kunne have banet vejen for meget andet i genren. Det var godt, men også lidt ensformigt i længden. En lille 3'er
Nile Rodgers er selvfølgelig vanvittig. Det er dog, som det er for det meste med funk/disco/det her, at det lyder lækkert, og det giver mig en momentan glæde over det. Den er dog ekstremt kortvarig - lyrikken er svag, det instrumentelle ensformigt og ingen mængde af overproduktion kan skjule det. Og hvor er 'Le Freak' et super irriterende nummer. Det bliver simpelthen lidt for trivielt til at kunne bedømmes som "godt", på trods af, at det måske egentlig er fint nok at lytte til. Der er bare ikke så meget substans i det, i min optik. Vi trænger snart til en banger. 1.8
Not horrible, better than I thought it was going to be. I really don't like disco and was expecting all disco songs, but there are some different types of songs on here. Some pretty good guitars too.
Funky
Oh fuck yea, funk me up
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Really good fun. I've never wanted to dance as much as I did during this album. Feel-good disco energy, nice vocals and the instrumental Savoir Faire is gorgeous. Just a very cool record. 3.5/5.
Did some people click on a remix version? None of these tracks are particularly long. Also, who needs 'development' when the grooves are this good?
Really fun album. The bass and guitar work pulled me in. Apparently I like disco now. Big fan!
Just because an album includes one wildly popular track doesn't mean it's an album I need to listen to before I die, exhibit H
Strong 4 but because I enjoyed the first half so much I’ll give it a 5. It’s cunty, it grooves, that’s all I really need.
The album has a nice laid-back disco vibe, which i enjoyed. The only problem I had was that it tended to go on for a long time without any sort of variance between songs. Despite that, it was still really good!
funky funky. everyone knows "le freak", but the rest are jams too.
Maybe disco is a completely sterile and inoffensive genre but gosh darnit sometimes it's okay to not listen to offensive music. Highlights: "Chic Cheer", "Le Freak"
At times fun but mostly boring. Outside of le freak, this album is super bland. 2.5/5
#940. I can now honestly say I've listened to more disco in the last 2 weeks than maybe the rest of life combined. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying I think we're starting to run out of cocaine. 3/5: freak out
Funky music! I love it!
Had no idea who they were until I heard Le Freak. They remind a lot of Parcels, I’m sure they influenced them a ton. Highlights: “Le Freak” and “I Want Your Love”
An excellent disco album. Just groovy tunes the whole way through. My only complaint was that some songs seemed to go on for an unnecessarily long time. Could’ve cut a few measures and the songs wouldn’t have lost anything. Either way, I enjoyed it. There’s something so good about simple straightforward music you can dance to.
Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. It is what it is people, this are some of the GOATs at work. This bass work is absolutely fundamental and sounds majorly ahead of its time.
An album of songs, many of which I'd be happy to listen to if they turned up in a playlist, but its tough when they are altogether in one sitting
Peak disco. You can’t fail to have a good time listening to a Chic album. Tremendous work on the bass by Bernard Edwards deserves a mention too.
I have heard some if these before. Some new discoveries. Good background music.
some good tunes but not consistent
It belongs in the list, for sure. Some real classics here, you could say some tracks are a little bland but can't deny the influence this had on other artists over the years. I'm a big fan of their bassist, a real understated groove, great musicianship
This is, in all, just a fun album to listen to. This is an album filled top to bottom with upbeat tracks made to dance to. There aren't many tracks on this album, but with them being around 4-6 minutes in length each, it adds up to an average-length album. The only downside to this is that you don't get much variety... with more songs, there is more chance of getting something different, but the feel is almost the same throughout this album. That being said, it's not always a bad thing, and I did enjoy the addition of a fully instrumental track in the mix to separate some of the other songs. Favourites: Happy Man Le Freak Chic Cheer
Thanks to this album I learned a bit about Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park. Reading about this event was definitely better than listening to the album. Perhaps going forward I will be less vociferous in my criticism of disco music, though.
07/05/2026 It just felt too long and samey. Sorry lads. Spotify listeners: 5.5 million
Groovy. I like it
Uhhhh not my style.
Very disco it was amazing though I really enjoyed it
Chic cheer - 3/5 Le freak - 5/5 Savoir faire - 5/5 Happy man - 4/5 I want your love - 4/5 At last I am free - 3/5 Sometimes you win - 4/5 (Funny) bone - 3/5
Know any other Le Chic songs other than “Le Freak?” Yeah, thought so.
I really had a very good experience listening to this album, I started listening to it without much expectation and the truth is I ended up really liking it. the album has well-known classic songs by the band such as "le freak" or "i want your love" but at the same time, it has songs such as "savoir faire" with some very bluesy guitars, and "at last I am free" being the slow quota that the album needs at that point. very good, 4 out of 5 stars for me this time.
Loved this. Very fun to hear the originals to the many rap songs I grew up with. Added to library!
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Definitely enjoyed the upbeat numbers more than the slower ones.
I absolutely love Chic, seeing them live recently was a dream come true. They've got so many hits and great colaborations that's hard to narrow down to a short list of favorites. Unfortunately I'm slightly dissapointed by their album content. It's always half great, half not so much. Chic Cheer and Le Freak are obvious classics, that i'll listen to forever, and I Wan Your Love is my favorite song of theirs and one of my favorites of all time. I wish their slower songs were better, and they do have good slow songs, but not on this album.
A couple of disco hits. Forgettable unless you hand at the pickup dance clubs.
I love me a fun disco album
I really wanted to like this album more. Nile Rodgers is a great featured artist, and a great producer. But this album is just good, not great. "Le Freak" and "I Want Your Love" are obvious singles, but otherwise the whole thing feels a little flat. Something to put on in the background and let the groove flow.
Great disco(??) album, this is honestly just a great album i. general and it makes me feel good, like they had fun while making it
Found this to be oddly languid for a disco album (or I guess what I expect out of a disco album). Didn’t do much for me sonically, but the album cover is fire.
Classic, very groovy
Le Freak and I want your love are such a vibe.
Le freak c chic ig
it’s just kind of so safe, i feel like this is as heterosexual as disco can possibly be. but some all time classics are on here that cannot be denied. but then again i want your love could be one of the best songs ever written
AMEEE
Oh, hallelujah! Finally something good and groovy to break up all this whiny white boy bullshit. Nile Rogers is one of the architects of great American music. He produced all of your favorites and you don’t even know it. And that’s not including all of the legendary hits by his band Chic. Caught them opening for Cher. Still outstanding.
only positive vibes
Nostalgic but disco
EINDELIJK IETS GROOOVYYYYY. prima album!
groovy disco FREAK OUT ik vond wel beeetjeee eentonig worden maar wel leuk uiteindelijk ik zou het vaker luisteren vanwege THE GROOVE
Just as funky as you'd expect from chic and contains a few brilliant tunes. Also has a couple of songs which are a tad indulgent and far too long - Savoir Faire loses me and At Last I am Free eventually gets annoying 7/10
Put the funk in funky
YEAHHHHH
Rounded up to 3.5. Really dug the vibes.
Disco isn’t really for me but Le Freak is a ubiquitous track that everyone has heard and has an absolutely awesome groove to it
I always love it when you know a song which contains a sample then stumble across the original song (Chic Cheer - Faith Evans Love Like This). I’m guessing this is something that happens quite a lot with Chic and it is understandable as it is packed with rhythms and guitar lines that are perfect for sampling.
I bloody love Chic. Whenever I’ve picked up the bass (only sporadically mind) it has always been Chic that I’ve wanted to play (who playing the bass hasn’t wanted to play ‘good times’?). They are more of a singles band though, although the singles are great. Some of the latter tracks on here verged on more trite soul music and they are at their best playing funky hooks - the stacked front half can’t keep the pace up by the end. Really tight outfit though.
bass is immaculate, vibes are immaculate, everything is immaculate
Not for me
These guys habe the ultimate good voibes and tunes
If I were trying to have a very whimsical walk and listen to nobody I would play this album.
It'll put a smile on your face. Disco aint dead! Embrace the funk. Nearly gave it 5 stars.
Music is decent, but the songs are way too long. Will likely never revisit.
FREAK OUT Favorite Songs: Le Freak, At Last I Am Free
8/10… funk / disco / soul / *1978
Yuck
and it's very chic !!!!! genuinely enjoyed this a lot :)
this was FUN but not the strongest impression 3.5 vibe
not bad
Great!
I definitely thought itvwas another new band Ihad never heard the music, but no! I knew some of the singles here. So the music, instrumental and delivery in these songs are so wfforless, so cool and chic, it does put you in a party mood and makes you want to dance. I thought it was too short, so I spin it twice and everyone in the house was happy. So good to know this is in the list, I used to hear these song on easy listening station in Brazil (long live AlphaFM, I underestimate how many grrat songs I heard there). 4/5
BOOOF
Good for ripping paper to.
Great fun. Some songs on there I had no idea were by this band!
real groovy. Mostly background noise but thats alright
👍👍
I'm going to assume this sounds better if you have a head full of cocaine and you're dancing your ass off, but for me, sitting on the couch sipping a cup of coffee, it's pretty terrible. Incredibly repetitive instrumentals, trite lyrics... it sucks. I gave it two points for some of the funky bass lines, otherwise it would have been a one.
Meh …. Disco 👎
Hyvä meininki koko levyn! Fiilasin.
I don’t think I’ve ever actually listened to the entirety of Le Freak before and I never really needed to. This whole album feels like that. There are good moments but you hear them once and kind of get it
Disco? But make the album jazz too? Some of the songs are too long but surprisingly better than I expected
A true delight!
Enjoyed it more than I thought
Funky! Enjoyed this
Like pretty good I was grooving to it for the most part but every song is 30% too long this shit dragged for way too long
Not a fan of jazz but this was pretty good
Le Freak is the only relevant song on this album.
C'est Chic indeed.
Very enjoyable listen with multiple iconic tracks
Pretty solid disco album, though "Le Freak" is the only real standout. I actually did like the slower ones a lot too, maybe I wouldn't on the dance floor but I'm actually sitting at a desk right now.
Absolute classic, my mom loves Le Freak, she used to make me listen to it when i was 6. although a very short album a absolute must
And now I’m realizing maybe I’m not a Disco fan either. It had a nice beat to walk to but I won’t be revisiting any time soon
do sprzątania disco parę hitów . W sam raz . Jest vibik
"Cool hook repeated for 7 minutes in lieu of an actual song"-the album. It could've been so good, but it's just... repetitive. Some great parts just pummeled into the ground.
Songs are too long. Got bored.
Remember this whole world's a circus. Don't you be the clown." This is my 20th album in the 1001albums journey. We're at the point now where I have a variety of different albums occupying every rating possible on this site. I was not looking forward to sitting through disco, but of course I have to give every album on this website a fair shot. Someone loves it. I wanted to give it a 1/5 initially. Even when it's pristine and crystal-clear with pretty grooves on every song, including Le Freak which I hear at work all the time, disco is still not my thing. But a 1/5...do I really hate this as much as I hate the sanitized anthem to gentrification that is The Suburbs, or the monotony that is the 90-minute Bob Dylan live album? C'est Chic doesn't have either of those problems, obviously. It's about loving one another and celebrating life, having a good ol' time. How could I look at this and give it a 1/5? Somewhere around the song I Want Your Love, it hit me. One of the reasons I joined this site was to broaden my musical horizons. And with every new album I get, I keep looking backwards, comparing it to everything else I've heard and rated, seeing how it stacks up. These albums aren't striving to be compared with everything else out there in the world. They are moments frozen in time, the artists or bands involved simply doing what they can to make "good music," whatever that means to them. Likewise, each of my ratings and reviews, these are all snapshots of my life. I cannot change my ratings, nor do I want to anymore. Typos and all. I shouldn't be going into these expecting something fantastic, and being disappointed when it's simply not my thing. This is no longer a quest to find perfect albums that have been hiding from me. This is journaling, and having 1001 albums accompany me the whole way. And only at the very end do we look back and tell ourselves "This is what meant the most to me when I heard it. This is what I will take home with me as I move on my life." But until then, fuck it. I don't like disco.
The very definition of 80s Disco
Not a music style that I would listen on the regular, but I kind of enjoyed the vibes. Let's say I appreciate it enough.
Gran tema freak out, a destacar mucho. No le pude dedicar el tiempo suficiente pero fue agradable y buena musica disco.
Not first time listen.
Loved this funky as hell great for gym cuz so fun wow
fucking groovy man I love disco tracks 2-6 were like five star album then either side a little weaker but im trying to get so into disco rn
I like the vibes, but the real fire and the mood is only “Le Freak”, the rest of the songs is just a reflection of that… But good for the cozy and cool background! Oui oui
No amo el disco pero este disco es muy bueno, un soundtrack perfecto para trabajar con ganas.
Positively surprised. Some very good songs, even though it is not my typical go-to genre. Savoir faire is definitely my favourite and will be coming back to some songs. Overall very solid record
7/10
Making Disco Great Again
Holly does not know the difference between Nile Rogers and Neil Diamond.
It's nice
Honestly some of these songs are really good but some of them are snooze fests so that makes this album perfectly mid imo
Savoir Faire is the best song on the album by far and it is nothing like the rest of the album
boring aaa I'm sorry I concur
idk i just found this so damn boring!