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"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
lerolero
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!
👎🏻
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!
Funky
I imagine a whole lot of Gen X babies were created while listening to "Savoir Faire-" what a smooth-ass song that is. Of course there are several classics here- "Le Freak," "I Want Your Love." Luther Vandross appearing here was a nice touch. Everything sounds really great, honestly. I would relisten and probably still enjoy.
Nile Rogers sure knows how to make a groove catchy. Undeniable levels of funk.
This was fun. I think a bruno song samples le freak (or I’ve heard it before, or both). Most of the songs just repeat one or two lyrics the entire time. Some have no lyrics
To start with, I listened to the wrong damn album. That’s my bad, but in hindsight it was a happy accident because I quite enjoyed it. Going back to then listen to *this* one, my review will be similar but overall a step down across the board. Musically, this is incredible & I love it. Bernard is just the absolute baddEST of mother Hubbards. And Nile both complements & embellishes so fantastically. On the other hand, I just do not get disco strings. I’m sure they’re “good” & smarter musical brains than I can explain why they’re necessary but more often than not I find them distracting &/or annoying. Not a big fan of the vocals either. Less is more imho. With a couple exceptions of course. Also, I’m out on Le Freak. It’s good, but it’s been played so geedamned much & co-opted in every & any context & permutation that it immediately triggers nausea &/or loss of consciousness. Fuk off wit ya bad self. With the predecessor I’d go 3+ & round up to 4. This follow up however is a low 3 at best & rounds right back down
Wait, this is what disco was this whole time?
I loved it, there were songs that I knw beforehand and really enjoyed it
Sucked
Like it! But not my favorite from Chic.
Real damn cool
Ok some of it drags, but if Niles and Bern can't get you moving you're dead inside
Very Old school, is more party mix, I liked some songs tho others are old classics that are overplayed in this day and age. (Could not find OG Album?)
immediately replayed after first listen then again n again.. its alright
приятное, диско есть хиты короткий не заявка на разнос все очень хорошо и уместно, в границах стиля, небольшая история, которую можно переслушать 3.5
great tunes! some songs are just too long without any variation in beats which resulted in me getting a bit bored
7/10
Funky
3.5 stars. Groovy fun disco time. Standouts are the wedding reception dance-floor hit "Le Freak" as well as "At Last I Am Free"
Me gusto mucho, por mas de que es "viejo" se siente full atemporal
Groovy, just not my cup of tea. Best: Le Freak, I Want Your Love Worst: Savoir Faire, Happy Man, (Funny) Bone
no me impresionó tanto
Perfect
2.5
3.5
I had high hopes for this but besides Le Freak, which is amazing, everything else was kind of boring
too old for me
It locks into a groove and never really leaves it. The musicianship is tight, no question, but it feels more about maintaining a vibe than pushing ideas forward. I can respect the discipline, I just don’t find myself fully engaged over a full listen.
Fifteen year old me (when this album came out) thought that Le Freak was the most ridiculous song ever, and that I was way too cool for "disco" music. Sixty two year old me was super excited to get this from the generator this morning, as I no longer think that I'm too cool for any music (well, maybe a lot of country music but that's beside the point). I was bopping along to all of the tracks and singing along with Le Freak and I Want Your Love, and loving all of the rest. This was such an absolutely fun album. I am so glad I'm at a point in my life where I no longer have to worry about what anyone thinks and I can just like what I want to like. Everything here was a standout song.
Only really liked Le Freak and I Want Your Love. Others I found irritating - Chic Cheer, Savoir Faire, At Last I Am Free and Sometimes You Win. I consider myself a fan of disco, but maybe I'm not since I'm giving this such a low rating?!
Great grooves. Good to hear alternate tracks
It's a classic for a reason; fun, easy listen that makes you wanna dance.
movido, buen album totalmente opacado por el hit mas hit q tienen
This experience has made me purposely listen to more disco than I have before starting it. So far I have heard quintessential songs by quintessential artists. "Le Freak" from this album being a new addition to the list. Unfortunately, like other disco albums I've heard, the rest of the songs outside of the big hit don't do much for me. It was enjoyable, but not amazing. 3/5
Le freak, c'est chic Se disfrutó. Buen disco de música disco. 6/10
Disco hit. Not sure if it was carried by the mood I was in but very fun listen
Pretty solid! Went into this one pretty ambivalent but it's a real good funk album. Only one track I didn't really like but otherwise a good listen.
Groovy disco. after a while sounds the same track to track, but easy in background for a party
I was so close to giving this a 5 but i feel like it drags on for longer than it actually does
2.5 - couple bangers but not enough vocals :(
Solid album with some great songs!
I liked it
Maybe that's not my style, and maybe I enjoy a bit deeper lyrics and these felt seriously lacking, but that was actually quite fun to listen to. Very danceable. The instruments sound great. Loved the bass especially. 3,5 stars, rounding upwards because it was FUN.
I was actually slightly disappointed when I realized what this album actually was, and that it wasn’t fully French. Thought I’d maybe have an opportunity to use my sweet Canadian public school education. Chic cheer was incredibly boring to me. I know it’s not supposed to be anything big and special as an opener, but I wanted more. Le Freak, well, just because it’s highly popular dance music doesn’t mean it’s that good. Like, sure, it’s fun, but as I didn’t grow up dancing at the club to this, it’s not something that I love and/or hear often. Savoir Faire was pretty in its own right. I’m appreciating instrumental tracks more and more as I go through this list. I don’t really have any thoughts about Happy Man. I want your love was more enjoyable as I felt it had more substance than some of the other tracks. Meaning, it had verses. The chorus was still very basic. I did like the horns though. At last I am free: again, not hugely interesting but not offensive. Sometimes you win: alright, had some pep to it. The laughing sound effects in funny bone were so annoying to me. The instrumental was fine, but ugh the effects were so annoying. 2.5/5 ⭐️ 95/1089
Really enjoyed this one, always appreciate the skill of funk musicians, especially bass players. I want your love felt a classic dance banger that could be released today and not seem out of place.
I love disco music and I love CHIC - they have so many great songs including a few on this album. Overall, I don’t think the album is that strong outside of the stand out songs. But still a great listen overall and one I would come back to. Top Songs: Le Freak, I Want Your Love, Chic Cheer
C’est Chic by Chic is a fun album that instantly makes you want to dance. It sits right in that R&B space pushing into disco, with a great groove throughout, even if the storytelling is fairly simple and mostly built around classic chat-up lines. There are some genuinely iconic tracks here. Le Freak and I Want Your Love are brilliant, proper disco anthems that still hold up today and belong on any night out. They carry the album in many ways. Outside of those standout moments, the album does feel a bit flat at times. It doesn’t quite build or evolve as it goes on, and some of the tracks blend into each other. It’s enjoyable, but not something I’d go back to in full very often. Favourite tracks: Le Freak and I Want Your Love Least favourite tracks: Not a big fan of the slower ballads like At Last I Am Free and Savoir Faire is just very dull! Album artwork: Standard cover for the time, nothing particularly standout
nile rogers is a magician. imo chic isnt having a city pop level revival bc orientalism and weeaboos
Wow. C'est Chic Indeed! Unsicher öb das Heuschnupfe isch oder s Disco Fieber wo mi grad packt. 4.5 starchi disco Pirouette
An interesting fusion of 70s jazz and 80s electronic pop.
Classic sound, basically perfecting disco while still retaining a great deal of groove and feel across every element. But, Rodgers’ talents proved better used with songwriters trying to cop his sound and production know how. Here, it’s just a lot of the same.
If it’s made for dancing, songs are supposed to be long. Classic!
Let’s get down! Funky disco time! Oh man… FREAK OUT, C’est Chic! Now that damn song is stuck in my head. Look, I’m sure this is good funk (disco?), but I just can’t do it. Some of it is nails on chalkboard for me. Sorry. But the again, does kinda make you wanna party.
Guitar and bass are fantastic.
my first disco album ! very nice sounds. i think some of the songs ran a bit long for the content of the songs but i imagine if i was actually dancing to it i wouldn't mind it at all :)
Fun album with some standout tracks. Favourite track: Le Freak
Never cared much for disco, but Chic is definitely a standout in that genre. Great musicianship and lots of energy. Bernard Edwards' bass is a highlight. That dude has some grooves! 4/5
The slow ones were actually nice surprises! There's a lot more to Chic that I thought, it turns out.
definitely got some groove
QUE!! de acá sale el famoso FREAK, que voces por favorrrrrrr, movido, divertido, todo todo bien
Loved the bounce and whimsy to this. Favourite track: Le Freak
Overall: 7/10 This took a couple songs to really click with me, but once it did I was all in. I'm sure I'm not the only person to mention how great the bass playing is on this thing, but it truly is exceptional. Funky, danceable and fun. Fav Song: I Want Your Love
Got dat discqo ball beat. I just ain't no huge disco fan.
what a 70's album... they really like the word chic disco orange carpet and corduroy couches
amazing album nothing to add pure disco funk
Sehr repetitiv, das musikalische Material wäre in jedem Song bereits nach 2-3 Minuten völlig ausgeschöpft. Durch die Überlänge nervt es stellenweise sogar.
Hängt mir bereits beim ersten Mal hören aus den Ohren raus…
Macht schon Laune. 7/10.
Kind of chill but quite repetitive. Liked le freak
i kept dancing unwillingly! so groovy!
now this was fun! A little repetitive at time but a good time for sure
That was groovy. No idea why it's on this list, but I enjoyed it.
Bien 80so, habian varios temones solo uno no me cerro, happy man. Siento q es el menos original capas.
This one was fun!!! Wanted to dance the whole time - savoir faire was magical
Ken is that your disco tux???? but fr this seems more like a one hit wonder band than a necessary listen. Still funky though. 4 stars.
Slays
кайфовое диско
54# LE FREAK thats that
Enjoyable! Though I prefer the less repetitive songs. Still, great music!
норм, но не впечатляет...
Perfect example of disco. Some silky smooth bass playing. At least one rock-solid hit. And, that's about it. I don't know man, I guess this just isn't quite for me. Once upon a time this was the basic popular option for a lot of people, and now it still feels like basic pop but dated by 50 years. I think it's an important listen, but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen twice. Fave tracks: - Le Freak - I Want Your Love - (Funny) Bone
No one alive can avoid the need to dance when Chic plays
Some funky notes! Noice!
Bernard Edwards' squirrelly groovy bass and Nile Rodgers' signature jangly guitar buoy this disco/funk/R&B collection. Le Freak is the classic centerpiece, I Want Your Love is another decent single, the rest is a solid groove.
Yuppppp disco forever bitch!!!!
Solid stuff. A few songs I've heard too many times but overall the album was vitchin'
Disco
The album cover is such a vibe. Decent disco, some songs were a bit annoying though.
really groovy beats on the fun songs, and some ballads that don’t resonate with me as much, but obviously they knew how to make a song that got people dancing. in true disco fashion they absolutely made most of these songs too long but i get it. nile rodgers you will always be famous!! Fav tracks: Le Freak; I Want Your Love
Cool fun and funky
I started listening to this while walking from one building to another at work and realized I was strutting. I tried to just walk and couldn't. You HAVE to strut to it. And then the lyrics kicked in saying, "Everybody strut," and I thought, "You don't have to say it, baby, you already told me through your funky disco beat." I'm still strutting.
Surely everyone will realize instantly that they’ve heard Le Freak before. Fortunately, this album contains much more than a one hit wonder disco anthem. I enjoyed this one nearly front to back, with Funny Bone and At Last I Am Free being the only misses.
Groovy bass lines and Nile Rodgers guitar work is timeless. I think the only negative I can give is some of the tracks get repetitive at times, but that can only be expected with dance music. Overall a great artist and album that'd I'd gladly listen to again.