Reviews (page 4 of 14)
Surprisingly familiar disco album
It’s ok
First time listening fully, but I have heard a couple of these tracks before. ‘Le Freak’ is massive but some other tracks missed the mark for me. Overall 3.25/5 overstayed its welcome a little
smelt it, dealt it rules.
Up-tempo tracks slap, not so much the slower tracks.
Just good fun!
Disco. Yay. There was a reason that it slipped out of favor. Enjoyed the memory road trip, but don't need to pass that way again.
Great instrumentation, singing, and production. Especially love the strings and horns. But the lyrics are too repetitive and the songs could be shorter.
Nice to see the hits, but ultra repetitive. Like more so than other albums I have criticised for the same thing.
A little more disco and instrumental than I am used too. Still catchy. The world is a circus. Don't be the clown.
CHICK
Surprised at how good this was. Tight tracklist, some great grooves, absurdly catchy, and not as dated as you’d assume a disco record to be.
This was fun, but maybe not revolutionary? There are probably better disco albums.
We are all le freaks at some point and what better time than now?
Fun funky disco. Some recognizable hits and plenty of variety.
Funky
Fun album! My favorites were "Le Freak" (ofc), "Savoir Faire", "I Want Your Love", "At Last I Am Free" and "Sometimes You Win"
So good, haven’t listened to that album through in a long time
Lovely vibe. Picked my cat up off my lap and we had a little dance around the living room to Le Freak. Expected this to be Le Freak plus seven fillers, but it was better than that. Savoir Faire was an enjoyable jam.
Groovy slice of 70’s.
It’s defo hit or miss. High highs and some bleh lows. Fun fact is that this and life after death by biggie are the first albums I ever bought! Picked em up in a charity shop what a fateful day that was
Are you kidding me?! This is a disco album which has one largely novelty hit. I dreaded this one when I got it. But holy platform shoes Batman. This album absolutely jams. Long funk jams, crazy hooks. This is why I’m doing this list.
heb dit niet helemaal geluisterd.
You can trace a line from modern electronic music back to house music, and a line from house music back to disco - specifically Chic. Hypnotic instrumentals on loop for minutes at a time, four-to-the-floor drum patterns, *perfect* basslines, Nile Rodgers playing his signature strutty guitar patterns, and maybe just a handful of vocal toplines. One can hear how Daft Punk took a lot of inspiration from/paid homage to Chic on their debut album Homework. Outside of the obvious first to songs that have been played the world over, I have a few favorites here. “Savior Faire” is a break from the danceloor tempos, with soaring strings and a reverb-laden guitar solo that feels like a rendezvous to a beach somewhere overseas. Then, I really revere “I Want Your Love” as the quintessential Chic track to pick from the bunch. Perfected hook with that bell added in, great bassline. Disco distilled to its hypnotic essentials. Light 4/5 for this one, while there isn’t a ton of variation, it’s such a honed, infectious sound
Several months ago this list was serving me a steady diet of funk records and I was kinda into it. At the time, I was also getting a lot of early new wave records (like Bowie ‘plastic soul’ stuff, and Talking Heads, etc.) so that primer on funk really helped me appreciate its influence on those later records. Now, after a bit of a break, I’m starting to get disco records and I'm surprisingly unenthusiastic about it. By 1978, Disco was a fully established genre - it had even died already if you believe some of the American punditry. I had to double check that I hadn’t already been given this record. I previously listened to 1979’s Risqué, which sounds very similar to this. I think I prefer “Good Times” to “Le Freak”, but otherwise this record feels more my tempo. Once you're past the first two tracks, this record contains a lot of more subdued groove tracks that feel closer to funk than a full-on disco assault. the 5 star system doesn't give me the flexibility for very nuanced rating, so this will get the same rating as Risqué, but know I'd give it another 1/2 star if I could.
its okay but not my fav 3/5
Some great songs some too slow
3 - groovy but that’s about it
Great album, already in my possession... :-)
hell yeah. nile 4ever. favorite signature guitar as well.
Some nice sexy baseline disco and some chill ballads, neat!
Love it what a vibe
based on the song i already knew from the album i was expecting to like this more, but i found the energy lulled in places, especially on at last i am free
this album started out strong and quickly fell off. first two tracks were the strongest imo, the rest I found to be boring and repetitive. groovy, but not catchy
Makes you dance, even if you resist it 🕺
muy musical y las vibras bacanas y todo ok pero no me gustó lwk
This album came out a month and three days before my mam was born which is crazy to think about. Incredibly groovy, of course. Fav song is ‘Le Freak’.
Not too bad at all, most of it holds up with the singles
A couple of stone cold classics on this album. Generally a fairly relaxed and funky listen. Whilst I’m sure the technical musical composition is excellent, there were a few too many instrumental tracks to encourage me to return to this whole album in the future.
Some absolute classics, but the ballads are so boring that it throws the rhythm of the whole thing.
Enjoyed this less than I thought I would, unfortunately. The appeal of disco for me is its strong beat and energetic rhythms, and the fact that a lot of the songs on here were much more low-key made it much harder to listen to. Le Freak is still great though.
Funky
Couple of good tracks, but mostly did nothing for me. Could go my whole life without ever hearing Le Freak again.
Of course I know the big single here. The rest just doesn't interest me.
Nile Rodger genio mundial
Mmmh bien groovy et tout bien kiffant. Freak out ? whaaat ? ref au premier album wtff
J'ai bien kiffé les sons bien discos groovy (les classiques en soit) et moins aimé les sons plus mélodiques et "tristes" donc au final c'est mid
Now THAT'S a disco band! I wish I was there, dancing in the 70s.
interesting
One of faved funkadelic disco albums at the tender age of 10, I remember listening and being surprised how the repetitous sensation drove me to my thirst for that hypnotic full album listening.
Stunning.
Obviously I think pretty much everyone has heard Le Freak before in their life. It’s a banger and a great disco tune. What everyone probably hasn’t heard is any other song from this album and that’s a shame because having listened to it now, it slaps!
Polished disco-funk built on tight rhythm guitars, elastic basslines, crisp drums, and smooth, confident vocals delivers sleek dancefloor grooves with professional precision. Listening feels like standing in a stylish nightclub where every light and movement is perfectly coordinated, yet the night never quite becomes unforgettable. The grooves are infectious and well-crafted, but the overall experience remains merely okay rather than truly exciting. Most well known song is probably "We are family".
Dannncinngg vibing to this, so solid, 8/10 Top 3 Tracks: 1. Savoir Faire 2. At Last I Am Free 3. Sometimes You Win
If I was Mark Watney and my only available musical option while being stranded on another planet was late seventies disco records, I would walk straight out that airlock and never look back.
Those who say "disco sucks" are listening to the wrong disco. This album is so cool, yet also so fun. It's also noteworthy for the chasm between the lameness of the album cover and the coolness of the music. I can't think of another album with such a huge dichotomy.
It was disco that was fine enough and made me want to dance a little. But after the third song it all felt the same and nothing seemed unique or special. Just background music playing at an Old Navy.
I like Disco and appreciate this album for being creative and original but ultimately if leaves me wishing it was more than it is.
This was super groovy. Really enjoyed the disco vibes and the smooth silkiness of it all.
I lived through this era - I remember the High School divides between “Disco” versus Zepplin and Van Halen - I would say that battle resolved itself a LONG time ago and this album wasn’t on the winning side. It was definitely of it’s time but it hasn’t aged terribly well.
3.5
I feel the same about this album as the other CHIC album, ton of fun
Disco time! I really dug the instrumentals
While not totally unaware of their existence, CHIC is to date my most favorite 1001 journey discoveries.
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what in the 80s workout class favorite song: le freak
FIREE
Decent dance music, but a bit repetitive at times
A great disco album. I remember kids in 4th grade freaking out to Freak Out, dancing in class when the teacher put it on the turntable (creative english teacher!). First time listening to the whole album. Can hear the nods to gospel influences & the jazz affinity for “European style” (jazz and disco were more widely appreciated in Europe than where the forms originated — why would that be, I wonder 🤷). Some moments drag, but on the whole, it’s a jam! A 4, for its musicality and influence in later artists.
Out of the four disco albums I’ve had on this generator so far, that has absolutely been the most disappointing :(
The start of this album had a real jazzy feel to it. Definitely enjoyed the vibe of the first two tracks. I had no idea that THIS was the album which had Le Freak so that was a pleasant surprise. The jazzy feel continued for a few tracks before taking a shift into something a little bit more discotheque, but some kind of sultry disco? This album was an easy listen, not particularly something I’d choose, but decent for background.
Yeheeesss
Enjoyed hearing this. Disco in its heydey always had its weirdly cheesy tics, and there are some on this album too, but Chic were serious artists (Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards) were serious artists and these songs are well-crafted and beautifully played.
Takes me back to late 1970's disco! I must be showing my age because it doesn't sound dated.
Reminds me of being at the roller rink as a youth
Perfect energy for a nice sunny morning
Cheesy funky fun. Think I enjoy them more when they aren’t singing however. The Want Your Love is a top single. Scraped a 3.
Disco sucks
Hard not to have a boogie- Oogalu to this. Couple of misses on this album, but otherwise pretty sublime Go on Chic! High 3 And remember The whole world's a circus dont you be the clown.
Couple good songs was alright
Enjoyable, chilled, good vibes. Strong 3.
CLASSIC!!
not opposed to disco in the Disco Sucks sense, but more in the sense that there are wires in my brain crossed a certain way as to make me enjoy grooves that are slower, more spacious, deeper. the rhythm section in these more uptempo songs is too quick, it glides along too cleanly along to really dig into anything a lot of this is context, of course - my kitchen with a glass of wine is the best way i'm willing to approximate a dancefloor on a sunday evening, but it's not the same. i'm sure Le Freak (burying the lede here - not a favorite!) goes nuts when you've mixed its plastic buoyancy with the sweat and skin of a crowd of beautiful people, and those Rodgers guitar licks are great absolutely anywhere pretty unreservedly in love with Savoir Faire (talk about slow, spacious, deep) and I Want Your Love, which uses the devotional aspects of gospel to make something hot and tense and desperate. otherwise, this is a respect-more-than-like situation, stunning musicianship without many songs i'd reach for day to day
Helllll yeah this is evergreen disco
I mean it’s so fun! I didn’t know many of the tracks prior to listening to this album but I couldn’t help but groove along, sing to the catchy lyrics and dance away. It brings happy vibes and honestly I think it’s aged pretty well!
Never had a great amount of experience with Disco music, but I really did dig this. Instantly recognised the guitar strings in "Chic Cheer", as sampled by Fatman Scoop. "Le Feak" is a classic, and the romantic guitars and bass in "Savior Faire" were gorgeous. "Happy Man" was a really groovy track too and, as I understand it, the Bass player Bernard Edwards sang on this one; he did a great job. "I want your love" is another classic with a smooth bass and catchy lyrics. All round, its just a really good album, full of feel good music. I will give it the 4 though, as there does appear to be little variation in emotional tone across the album.
Good vibes here! Fun to play the sample game, songs are times a little long and samey but it would be a good thing to dance more at a party! Maybe it's just that I'm listening to the remaster but some of these songs are too long and at last I'm free is boring. Still though most of these are fun, do I like disco?
Every bass line was awesome, but only Le Freak (amazing) and I Want Your Love (great) were actually above average as songs
It was nice of CHIC to lay down the samples that would same day be used in better songs. I did like the vocal performance in At Last I Am Free
Love
Okay, so this is where the classic "freak out" disco song originates. This is such a well known sound for disco, classic. So 3.
Very chic love
I LOVED this album. It is so awesome. So many great songs
- is this the diary of a wimpy kid song album? - yes it is, hell yeah - le freak actually goes insane - these baselines are so good - "happy man, happy man" - Fuck that bell going with the melody on "I want your love" is so good - "Just remember the whole worlds a circus, don't be a clown" - Definitely more of a background album for me, but enjoyed it for sure
"At last I am free" is such a great listen.
Nice light funk and great bass and rhythm guitar.
Really solid album, some real heat here, but also some misses. Nice to be exposed to a broader depth of a group's music than their one hit! 3/5
Disco classic
Great listening, do ambient.
distinto a lo que suelo escuchar, me gustó
Funky. I had never heard this band name before, but I had definitely heard Le Freak. Overall a very fun record.
For a second i thought this list was finally gonna be inclusive and feature an album that's not American or British, but once again I'm proven wrong. I'm Eastern European so I have no idea if this was a popular band/ album. That wasn't the case in my country, I can tell you that much. I mean I know Le Freak, but that's about it. I was under the impression that it was a French song all my life. I don't care how influential this was for its time, I'm purely rating it based on how much I enjoy it. I feel like it would have been better if the songs were shorter because nothing really happens or take form throughout them. Like yeah, they sound nice, but it's the same thing for 5 minutes straight. Maybe the lack of more various lyrics in some songs also plays a part in this. I just don't feel like I gained anything after listening to this if it makes sense. It's a fine album. Groovy. Just not something I'd seek out to listen to.I enjoyed my time listening to this, I wish I could have enjoyed it even more.
My dad, for whom gave me a pathway into really enjoying music, was a big 70s music guy. With that, you either loved or hated disco. He was firmly in the latter camp, not for any homophobic reasons, just for oversaturation reasons. Now that I'm older and grew up with this idea that you can hear anything in recorded human history (for now before it's saturated with AI bullshit) with a simple search engine query. So I had a more open minded view of disco, understanding its importance within and beyond electronic music and what was actually good about the genre, which was the bass. Stayin' Alive is a dreadful song to me (I do not like the Bee Gees), but that bass is what makes that song work so well. But even before streaming music, I liked disco through that late 2000s era of post punk revival which produced dancepunk, a mashup of punk rock with disco beats/element to the mix. This made some pretty good music like Death From Above 1979 and Does It Offend You, Yeah? as well as influencing James Murphy and LCD Soundsystem. So here today I am selected with Chic's second album, featuring the famous Le Freak. For the most part, C'est Chic is an enjoyable record and sets out to achieve what its meant for: mindless fun. Just a good album to get loose too and vibe. The instrumentation is tight (as was the style at the time, etc) and that's what helped make Niles Rodgers the big bucks. Big shout out to the bassist Bernard Edwards for without his role, this record would be shit.
I was surprised to see this album grace my list today. I don't recall Chic having a second list album. I listened to Risqué about 260 albums ago, which I thought was alright. The title track of that album occasionally pops into my head - the strings and funky instrumental are pretty good. I also kind of like it as a late-stage disco album. A final hurrah, if you will. There's a year's difference between the release of these two albums, so I'm not expecting much of a stylistic shift from what I'm used to. This album will likely be less minimal than Risqué and perhaps sample a few genres adjacent to disco, if I'm correctly picking up what's being put down by this album cover. Here goes. Nope. More of the same really, though there's a different air to this music. It's less regal, which is kind of a bummer as I did like the style of their previous album. What's here isn't as good, but it succeeds at being a pleasant listen. The jumpy bass is good across all of the tracks, whether it be in the foreground or background. There's also some solid vocal melodies in here and I like the more serene aspects of the instrumentation, particularly on "Savoir Faire". It's an arbitrary point of criticism as it is very much the point, but a general gripe I have with this album is that it's quite restrained. The instrumentals are generally quite repetitious, there isn't much in the way of nuanced instrumentation and many of these songs are peppered with vast stretches of dead air. Obviously, dance music isn't a genre that is necessarily meant to be listened to, but it's a bummer all the same that I can't get as much from this album as I'd like. Overall, this was fine. Just a little vacuous. I've heard "Le Freak" before, unsurprisingly. I think I first heard it in Madagascar or some other movie I watched when I was a kid*, though I imagine I've been exposed to it elsewhere as well. I've always viewed it as the quintessential disco song. It's an alright tune. Definitely winning big on the iconic factor as I think the song is a little flat otherwise. The funky bass is good and I like the strings that appear later in the track, but the general melody is too empty for me. However, as something to groove along to at the local dancehall, it does fulfill its purpose pretty well. There's a good bit of fluidity in the instrumental. Book time. "Modern dance music is indebted to Chic." A "key band" in the disco era. Their most successful album. It's two lead singles breached the Billboard top 10. Le Freak "...anticipated the post-punk guitar style...", apparently. The bass on this album has also been sampled by hip-hop musicians, softwarearently. A lot of variety. The book then talks about their tumble from the charts after Risqué and said the push against disco was "...implicitly racist." I think people just grew tired of disco after it dominated the airwaves for an upwards of two years. That being said, the downfall of disco is kind of interesting to me. I can't think of another time where the common man successfully toppled an entire subculture like that. I guess boycotting does work. For that reason, I'm favourable to this album. I haven't come across any disco albums (aside from Sister Sledge) yet, and it's certainly a genre worthy of immortalisation. If Chic really are the best of the bunch, which I can believe they are, then I'm favourable to two albums of theirs being on the list. I cosign this inclusion. * Cool footnote because we do those now. I looked it up, and Le Freak apparently appeared in Toy Story 3, which I don't remember being the case at all. When I pitched Madagascar as the potential movie, I was actually thinking of "We Are Family" by Sister Sledge, which appeared in one of the Ice Age movies. Royal blunders all around. Just shut the review down at this point.
Funky fun but Le Freak whipes out the rest of the album tbh
i loooove a good groovy album and by god this mf is groovy. Savoir Faire is such a gorg song. I Want Your Love is so so so groovy and… fluid?? idk how to describe it other than fluid. At Last I Am Free is so flowy, i feel like i need to have a long flowy dress that blows and flows in the wind
Very funky, very chill. Faves: Le Freak, Savoir Faire, I Want Your Love, At Last I Am Free
Millimeters from perfection.
So engaging throughout except for at last i am free, but the rest is so fun and well-developed
Nile Rodgers is a groove monster i have no idea how to even put into words how smooth he is with it! Tony Thompson is crazy tight. Mostly a band creating atmospheres and letting them ride and I can't complain about it! had a great time
hell yeah. just true 70s disco funk classic
perfect for a rainy drive home
Este álbum es el verdadero blueprint, que alegría da escuchar como se creó la historia
maybe i just love a Funky bass
loved this
Honestly kinda liked it, didn't expect to like it but good listening for the background
Brings me images of disco balls and roller skates.. Which is groovy.
was okay
That was a lot of fun! I of course knew "le freak", but the rest of the album was great too.
Never listened to CHIC before. Couldn't believe there were this many iconic songs on one album
First disco album I've listened to in full, and there were definitely highs and lows. The start of this record was pretty promising, but I was really disappointed with the second half. Lots of long songs with some promise, but not enough energy to maintain my interest through the whole thing. Definitely not writing off disco as a whole because of this or anything, but not the way I wanted to be introduced to the genre. Favorite Songs: "Le Freak", "Savoir Faire" Least Favorite Song: "At Last I Am Free" Low 3.
Nice
type shi i would play to my nephew's or niece with glass of wine
Fun, the type of 80s music I'd actually listen too. It wasn't too much
Nile Rodgers is a genius and whatnot but I wish he'd used his powers for good instead of disco. This is music for happy people who enjoy life, not for me.
le freak i want your love a few good tracks terrible sequencing slower tracks were kinda boring the guitar and bass guitars are good 2.5/5.0
Great dance album! Lots of fun to listen to.
First time listening - only song I knew going in was Le Freak (which is certainly top end disco). I enjoyed Savoir Faire, I Want Your Love and Sometimes You Win. The rest were decent - not my favorite album but not bad by any stretch.
Vabbuò iconic shit ma non mi parla c aggia fa
Got to say this is good. Never heard a Chic album before, obviously the singles but not an album. Shame on me, the playing is so spot on, the groove. Definitely be revisiting, In fact bought 1 of those 5 original albums before ended 1st listen. Niles Rogers, HOF, could listen to that rhythmic styling all day. And those baselines. 4 Star
Hell yeah
went in expecting another of those one good song on a full album kinda listens but it rules actually
I've now found out how Nile Rodgers became famous. His guitar work on "C'est Chic" is great. The album could've gone without name-dropping CHIC in the first track. "(Funny) Bone" has to be the worst on "C'est Chic", being on a lower level than the other tracks. Despite this, the album is actually worth listening to. 4 stars for "C'est Chic".
Veľmi dobrý album. Na disco 5 hviezdičiek. Najzaujímavejšia je at last i am free...
Legendddd
I only know that one song, and I'm not a fan.
meget funky og hygge - "le freak" er lidt blevet en lollet shrek sang for mig, men resten var nice
3.5, liked more than I expected. Fun album!
Chic is just super tasty funk wow. Rodger’s on the guitar esp has his magic. I don’t think there’s a single bad track on this run
This album is so funky, I love it. The bass is so great, and Rodgers' guitar work is wonderful. What a tasty album.
great album
I recognized Le Freak and I Want Your Love. At Last I Am Free almost completely took me out of this album. Thankfully, the last two tracks were bangers.
Very fun album. Super close to being a 5 but I’m just not really a fan of the shout chorus vocals, I preferred the sound of At Last I Am Free because it was a bit more stripped down and I really liked the instrumental track Savoir Fair. The bass playing is insane on this album
I really enjoyed listening to this album. I remember loving Le Freak and I Want Your Love but I wasn’t as familiar with some of the other songs. The whole album is great. The production quality, the fabulous vocals and great instrumentals make this album a joy to listen to. Chic Cheer is a fun opening track. It has the feeling of being at a concert and waiting for the band to start. Love the baseline. Le Freak was a monster hit in the 70’s and it has endured over the decades as a quintessential party song. Savior Faire, Happy Man and the classic I Want Your Love are all great. They really embodied the joyous sound and rhythm of disco music. For me, the only weak track is At Last I Am Free which is a bit boring and too long. This album is a winner.
Strong 4. This was such a fun listen! I love the classic disco sound, it just puts you in a good mood. “Le Freak,” “I Want Your Love,” and “Funny Bone” are definitely the standouts for me. Incredible production and super fun songs. It just makes you want to dance!
What a fun listen! Just about every song is a groove. Nile Rodgers on guitar, Tony Thompson in drums and Bernard Edwards - my all-time favorite bassist. The only track that doesn’t measure up is At Last I Am Free - a 7-minute repetitive ballad. But everything else was a vibe.
They have pretty much nailed down this genre haven’t they? Fun and groovy.
Le Freak was great, the rest was not. Merely average work, with his best way in front of him!
Il Funky, adoro il Funky. Lo voglio, in vinile, e smattare
Freak out
I kinda thought this was gonna be one of those albums where the whole world knows the songs so much that it’s hard to evaluate on its own merit, but then listening to it it’s just such solid feel good disco that I found all that melt away to leave just a really fun upbeat listen
Classic tunes by Nile Rogers and company. Many of these hooks have been sampled over and over again.
Some classic sounds from the 70's. Disco, jazz, r&b. nice.
I'm not a fan of the genre. I'm not a fan of the album.
Best Song: Le Freak This is really not my thing. Nile Rogers is cool and the musicians are all strong but the music genre and that late 70s popular sound is really not my thing. I'm just happy that the prominence of punk also had a place in the late 70s. 2/5.
Decent. Feels like I’m in a department store though
Good to hear their other stuff besides Le Freak (I can't stand that song). Long-ass grooves that you can get lost in...in a good way!
Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were a great combo. This gets a from me despite "At Last I Am Free" lasting about 4 minutes more than it reasonably should have. The other songs have so much groove you don't really notice the length.
Legendary Sounds
A joy to listen to. Sometimes the songs go on a little long but who doesn’t love a little disco
Een leuk disco-album. Bekende liedjes, nu weet ik waar ze vandaan komen.
now that was chic and fancy and funky
Funky and groovy disco album, funny enough the song everyone knows from this album is not actually my favorite of the bunch. I vastly prefer the chill and sweetly played "Savoir Faire". Those guitar licks are so so so so amazing, I knew Nile was a great guitarist from a technical point of view, but hearing him show off like this was a real treat. "Happy Man" was a great song especially with the bass groove, and "I want your love" was a great jam from all members firing on all cylinders. This record didn't blow me away as a whole, but I would definitely return to it for a good time groove.
Loved this!! It sounds like if silk and warm lighting was an album. This is the perfect amount of fun disco but also smooth songs with beautiful and delicate vocals. The album cover matches the feel of the album exactly. Fav songs: savoir faire, I want your love, at last I am free
It's fairly inoffensive, I suppose. after the album finished, four songs by four different disco artists played and I could not tell a difference. So when it all sounds very much the same, how is this one the one to listen to before you die?
😃
I didn’t know I liked disco
Classic hits of the late funk/disco era
I still haven't met a disco album that I enjoy. I can appreciate that it was likely fun to dance to and I acknowledge that was its function. As a genre to listen to, the music is too repetitive for my tastes. Still glad to listen to what is considered a top example of the genre, even if it mostly cemented my thoughts about it.
le freak 😛
Not much to get excited about outside of Le Freak and I Want Your Love, although Happy Man features some fantastic bass playing and sounds like a precursor to the Nile Rodgers penned We Are Family.
Chic Cheer - 2.5/5 Le Freak - 4/5 Savoir Faire -2/5 Happy Man - 3/5 I Want Your Love - 4/5 At Last I Am Free - 3.5/5 Sometimes You Win - 4.5/5 (Funny) Bone - 2/5
Disappointed. Very samey
Phonkeeeeey
Likes: instrumental solos are insane, when they want to be; pulls off that neat trick of sounding simple if you’re listening casually, but gets very interesting with a closer listen; grooves and timing are immaculate; guitars are fantastic Dislikes: often stays in the same groove too long and becomes boring; a little to jazzy for my ears Overall, not much I dislike; I can appreciate it, but it’s just not for me since it vamps in the same vibe for too long, too often
Liked it all except At Last I Am Free. That song was annoying. I didn't realize I knew Le Freak until it came on! 4/5
My opinion is that there is one song on this album that people should hear before they die, but not this entire album. And I think "Good Times" (not on this album) would be more essential than "Le Freak."
Really enjoyed this - more than I thought I would! Wasn't too one note, although at first it felt repetitive. Loveeeeee
disco funk
Happy Man is awesome. Great guitar. Still not a fan of ballads.
A proper classic
I was surprised that most of the album is instrumental. I would love to get the sun vinyl and have it in the background at a party.
6/10 - good disco
Pretty good R&B album! Le Freak is a classic, of course.
384/1089 - Too repetitive but also pretty good sounding musically.
Excellent album
So fun! definitely an uplifting 70s disco energy. Very groovy and upbeat.
Meh not enough lyrics.
Funky
The production is great, the rhythm section is funky and tight, it's great. It's a little repetitive at times, but in a cool trance kinda way. The lyrics are mostly nothing special, but everything else is.
-very fun to listen to -exquisite instrumentation -8 tracks is right amount for this style
Nice disco funk
Really enjoyed this album. Obviously knew the massive hits - 2: Le Freak or track one on b side 5: I Want Your Love (5: Happy man also/ ace) but the indulgence of At last I'm free is totally delicious… the way the track fades out and leaves the piano on its own… no one wanted to stop or leave the studio. What a bass line too.
Some classics but considering it's only 40 mins long it felt like an eternity
highlights every night
This just isn’t the type of music for me
The whole thing sure is well made and Chic know how to play. But man, I do not care about that kind of music.
The Saturday night DJ at a club I worked at during undergrad used to play Le Freak all the time. Haven’t heard in many years. Great nostalgia.
Lives up to the album name. Elite album , love the style and will revisit it again.
this one sounds like fake fun.
Passé good grooves, but after listening to funkadelic falls a little short, definitely some great moments on the album though
I enjoyed this more than I thought. The music and the grooves were great overall. A few clunkers that I didn’t enjoy but overall a positive experience. 3.5/5
Jivey. Just top notch stuff for today. Love hearing the other tracks
Okay, so there are some interesting grooves on this album, but as a whole this album is kind of boring. I was kind of excited as it started - "Chic Cheer" is a fun opener and it was cool to hear the source of the sample of this Mary J. Blige song from my high school days. "Le Freak" is obviously a classic but it goes on for too long (although I suspect this is partly in order to help get more play in the discos back in the day). It just kind of gets boring after that. A lot of these songs are long but to no end, there are no dynamic changes or big musical mix-ups in them... they just sort of keep going and going. "At Last I Am Free" is one of the most boring songs I've heard in a long time, it just does NOTHING. I appreciate Nile Rodgers and certainly respect the career he's built and the influence he's had on so many songs and musicians, but this album just doesn't do it for me at the end of the day. Honestly, if all of these songs were no more than 4:30 in length, I probably would have rated it a little higher. I think the only tracks I would listen to again are "Chic Cheer", "Sometimes You Win", and "(Funny) Bone".
I knew the two famous songs of course. The rest of the album is decent enough but I probably won't listen to this again.
Meh. They do have the one some. But rest of the songwriting is meh.
I was dumbfounded by how good this sounded until I realized it’s Nile Rodgers’ and Bernard Edwards’ band. Goddamn. You could strip out everything but those two players on this album and it would still sound fantastic. This is what Daft Punk wanted their last record to sound like.
Fav: sometimes you win Honorable mention: le freak 4/5
Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers are two of my absolute musical heroes. Chic is so dialed in: debonair disco & freeing funk.
70s disco funk. I dont like Le Freak, and most of hergestellt the music here is similar, but there is some good musicianship to be found here.
I never heard this R&B band before. Good album
Essential slice of disco/soul. Important by its own right, but also for the samples that keep this record reborn through the decades for new fans.
Funk meets disco
if you told me they invented disco id believe you
A solid, funky album. Enjoyed immensely.
I’ve definitely heard le freak in a movie or something, but not sure where
Puts you in a great mood!
As with Risque, this is pure disco. Le Freak is one of those classic disco tunes everybody knows. All other tracks, even the slower ones, are nearly as good as Le Freak.
I used to be chic. But then they changed what "chic" was. Now, what I'm with isn't chic, and what's "chic" seems weird and scary to me. Dated and overly long.
Groovy, funky, fun
THE definitive dance/disco album but a lot of these songs could have had a minute shaved off en
disco/funk genius incredibly, I'd only heard the 2 singles on this record - it is all great
Unreal
Very catchy, not to my style but will get stuck in your head.
This is a great album.
disco music that's classy and... well... quite chic, if i do say so myself. dancey music that has hints of jazz and r&b within the disco grooves. compared to other disco records, instead of a sleazy nightclub, this is a album suitable for a clean, shiny country club. i found it nice to kick back and let the music play as my mind drifted off... at the end of the day though, it is still disco music, so don't expect anything life-changing here.
Good but not my jam.
The warm and smooth production is top notch, with that popping bass tone being a particular highlight. The minimalistic intro 'Chic Cheer' kicks the record off with style before jumping into the disco anthem 'Le Freak'. The 7 minute 'At Last I Am Free' may serve as the record's slow jam, but it goes on far too long and dampens the fun vibe a tad. This is a damn fine record that uses repetition to its advantage to get those funky grooves burnt into your brain and to get your butt moving
3.5/5. One where I didn’t recognize it at first but then the song “Le Freak” came on and I immediately realized this is one of those records I’ve absolutely heard songs from but just never knew who it was by. And this is quite a good record, some quality disco music here. Especially liked “I want your love” and the closer “(funny) bone.”
# C'est Chic, by CHIC (Imagine it’s 5am in a small sweaty basement party. White curtains drape softly from the high ceilings down to the floor. NY DJ duo Musclecars having started at 11pm, changing the mood, have just turned the dance floor open with the organic, visceral, nostalgic love energy with an extended edit of CHIC’s “I Want Your Love”. You might be coming up on your second pill of the night. You ask me, “Why is this song so good but the album is so cheesy?”. I swear I wanna keep it brief cuz we both just came here to dance. Aglow and mind streaming with ecstasy, I apparently have a lot to say and also may or may not have done my research.) “For a band assembled by a partnership of New York's powerhouse Disco hitmen, I found myself irritated and wanting more. Bernard Edwards and Nile Rogers have their writing and playing talents behind scores of excellent Disco singles. Further, once sampling (credited or uncredited) gets involved in the amount of music the two are responsible for, we might owe them the modern western world. For all this, I really should have less to pick at in C'est Chic, by CHIC. As someone who loves and collects Disco records, and has spent too many (no, not enough) evening and morning hours at this altar of Klipschorn speakers where in this lived moment Disco is finding continued breath, life, and renewal. Listening to the album, I found more irritation than I was expecting. I own C'est Chic. I'm familiar with it. I don't think I've ever put it on for the purpose of attentive listening and taking in the songs collected for an album. On a purist level, I think LPs are inherently at odds with Disco finding bodies to give it life through dancing. It feels absurd to sit in my car, at my desk, or in front of my stereo and hear someone telling me about a dance I should be doing. But that’s part of the Rock and Roll lineage, isn’t it? Doing the Twist. I never hate to hear Prince shouting out dance instructions in “Housequake,” no matter where I’m listening. So why should I care about “Freak Out”? I think it’s how well the Disco is made. It’s so damn clean it’s almost sterile. It follows that C'est Chic was a collection of songs probably initially conceived for singles, and then assembled into an album for selling in the market of other LPs. So why does the album feel like Disco Disney and this song feels so damn vital and timeless. I understand that there was high merit in expressing the sophistication possible in Disco. I also wonder to what degree this album is as meant for white suburban record players. I mean, the lyrics to “At Last I am Free” are pretty awesome. I didn’t even realize how cool that song was until I heard Robert Wyatt’s cover. Why do you think they couldn’t see in front them? Is it like emerging from Plato’s cave? Or maybe they are just really fucking high! What do you think? Oh you were just dancing and smiling and I don’t think you could actually hear me. Yeah, I’ll stop talking and let’s keep dancing…” (This is a fictional story that contains some loosely formed opinions I had on this album. I actually very much dislike to talk on the dancefloor.)
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Not one of the best disco albums we have listened to so far, I much preferred the Sister Sledge album. This album felt very slow and some of the songs felt like they went on for a little too long.
Le Freak, C'est Chic 1001 Albums Generator 213 (1/26/2025) Another instance of "ohhhh, it's that song". An album full of really lush disco tracks that all feel about a minute too long. Additionally, while songs like Chic Cheer, Le Freak, and I Want Your Love are all great examples of the genre, the slower moments here were really killing me. The worst offender is the 7 minute At Last I Am Free, which honestly feels twice as long as it is. Also worth noting is the instrumental Savior Faire, which has an amazing guitar solo that I was not expecting at all. So, like the Sister Sledge album I listened to lately, I found C'est Chic to be a pretty good example of disco, with a couple of boring songs that wore me out from disco by the end. It's too bad, because the good songs here are really quite good. It's probably a 3.5/5, rounded down to a 3. Favs: Chic Cheer Le Freak I Want Your Love Least Fav: At Last I Am Free
Awesome
Favorite songs: Le Freak
6/10
A fun, bass-heavy romp that makes you want to dance, take cocaine and dance more. Isn't that what disco and funk are for?
Smooth like butter. And has a classic on top of that?!!!
Disco is great, so this was a lot of fun to listen to, albeit pretty repetitive in certain sections which definitely means I have to dock a star
First Listen; 3.5; Enjoyable album. Very lush sounds and easy to listen to, but still fun and doesn't fade into background music. Favorite Track: Le Chic
Tony Thompson 😎 Bernard Edwards 😎 This group was a friggin supergroup of musicians. Also, the production on this album is top drawer, as is everything Nile Rodgers touches. The people in this group were far, far more influential, across multiple genres, than maybe some people realize.
Pretty good all round, nothing special. Savoir faire slaps
How can you hate this?
Funky
It's fine. Not really into the music, but it wasn't unpleasant.
This is an album that was definitely written for clubs and isn't really meant for casual listening. A lot of the songs go on just a bit too long and don't offer any changes to keep the consistent beat for dancers. That said, there were some tracks here I did genuinely enjoy. Of course everyone knows Le Freak, but Savoir Faire had some really nice guitar playing and was a neat instrumental track, and (Funny) Bone was a fun one as well. Probably not something I'd return to, but a solid enough little album that carries the disco spirit in an easy to digest package.
Meh disco. Some grooves and melodies are nice but they stick around too long.
Some decent songs.
Just boring basically. It's all choppy guitars, smooth production and meaningless lyrics. One for the mums I suppose, but does precisely nothing for me. Also, as ever, made me think of turning on any BBC channel at any time in the summer, and immediately seeing Nile Rodgers.
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Love a little disco 3.5
Really great Funk/Disco album. Not a single skippable song on the album. Also didn’t know Le Freak was from this record.
I have to say, I really loved this album. Obviously Le Freak is an awesome song, but I loved that the album was entirely a club dance album. Not super lyric heavy, but basically designed for the clubs. You have some great dance jams, some slow jams for some romantic close dancing, just a great mix of songs that you can move to in that classic club setting. Chic Cheer was a great song and Savoir Faire had the legendary Nile Rogers KILLING IT on the guitar. It's a perfect encapsulation of the disco era. Music designed to show out in the club and on the dance floor. We don't really go to dance clubs to show off our dance moves anymore and disco went away along with the skate rink. Kind of too bad. It's just here representing an era and scene long gone.
GROOVYYY my god, early disco and R&B blending into smooth and exceptionally made grooves with phenomenal rhythm guitar and vocals. Fun, makes you happy. Killer base lines. I adore this kind of genre. Songs flow into one another for a clear and distinctive vibe and listening experience, not too long, it's meant to be hypnotic
le freak was good but the other ones (that I listened to) were just instrumentals but one was kinda fire
4/10 Chic just aren’t for me at all
Fun disco, but probably wouldn’t reach for it again
Hasn't aged particularly well
It's fine. 2.5, rounding down to 2 because some of the songs just went on too long. Good instrumentalists, but nothing really stood out
3.
Le Freak is a classic. It's good disco.
Classic disco.
If only all disco was like this... The bass on this album fucks hard. Way too groovy for mortal men. The guitar work in Savior Faire is inspired. First half of the album is stronger than the back half, but it's still a pretty solid listen all the way through.
C’est Chic is just a really enjoyable record. It sounds clean, confident, and effortless. Nothing feels rushed or overdone. The grooves are tight and everything feels funky. I like how relaxed it feels while still being sharp. I put it on and let it run without thinking too much about it. It is stylish, fun, and ahead of its time
That was a lot of fun! I enjoyed it.
I can see why this album is memorable due to its one iconic song, but the rest are just vibey and fun 80s music. It’s a good album, but not something I would consider that important.
Really can't see why this is in a "listen to before you die" list. One hit track followed by a meandering jam session. Groovy but not much else.
YES!!! I love me some disco I'm mostly familiar with the work of Nile and Bernard through their production work for other artists and weirdly through the supergroup of The Power Station so this was fun to work backwards in their career.
Songs go on too long, however this is enjoyable and not half as dated as I thought it'd be. Solid album.
Love the hits — Le Freak and I Want Your Love, but found the rest a bit dull.
The bass and guitar work is carrying this record. Disco gets pretty repetitive (especially with how long some tracks are) but the grooves from these instruments made most songs really interesting
This album is not intended for me. I feel awkward dancing and, using context clues, they seem to really want you to dance. It does liven up a Thursday morning replying to emails though. Is that as good? I liked Savoir Faire. It's a skilled instrumental track. I'm also 95% certain this album set the record for most times chic has been said on an album, so that's something of note.
Lovely album, but I get tired of the disco sound quite quickly.
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6/10 Favourite: Sometimes You Win Least Favourite: Le Freak
*1978 *Le Freak is the big song here. *Super fun album. RATING - 6.5/10
Skönt sväng från tidigt i discoeran. Tight med spelglädje. Vilka basister det fanns då! En fyra
So here’s the problem with this album, it’s got a lot of fluff. The three tracks that stand out the most are the two massive hits “Le Freak” and “I want your love”, plus the third track is an insane instrumental track named “Savoir Faire”. But the thing that undermines the album as a whole is everything else just feels like filler and it’s super forgettable. I guess if the songs had been more complicated and there was more ideas and songs brought to the table I think this album could’ve been better.
A little heavy on the disco for my taste!
This is the third or fourth album in the past couple weeks that I was fully expecting to dislike, but came away pleasantly surprised. I love the jangly, funky guitar and the bass is super smooth. However, some of the songs get a bit too repetitive and long; At Last I Am Free in particular was getting on my nerves by the end. There’s definitely a time and place for this music. That said, if I ever magically happened to find myself in a disco club in the late 70s, I’d hightail it out of there and head straight to CBGBs instead
Nice album. Have never listened to anything beyond the hits but really enjoyed the grove.
Some bops for real but not really my vibe, prob won’t come back to it. My mom would love it tho she was a disco queen. Little too repetitive/instrumental for me. Maybe would be more into it if it was playing live and it was the summer and I was dancing around in the sun with a margarita and never had to open Microsoft Outlook ever again. But I was listening at work and it maybe helped me vibe to some emails? Idk man
Sheik would love this album. Also I had no idea the FREAK OUT song was called Le Freak. I'm already educated. RATING: 1000/1000 hours of boogying
boney m vibes, cutesy chic coquette lana del rey vinyl jazzy this with a jazz hand, wearing a fedora as we speak
Good funky fun! I enjoyed this one, had my head bopping. I like that the songs sat in the groove for a bit and didn't rush, great listen for my first 5/5 album.
So groovy, love the bass. Some songs draw on a bit. 3.75/5
Great soul and funk.
not my vibe
I don't like this album, it's not my style but it's interesting!!
A fun listen! But I did skip over Le Freak because it's so prevalent still. And it's stuck in my head even without listening
I wish it had more lyrics!! the Songs are all quite similar
Def a 3.5. The ones that slap, SLAP. The ones that miss, are a total snooze. But essentials here!
Groovy man
C'est chic
Very good. Highlights with Le Freak and I Want Your Love.
An excellent album, although some of the second half not quite achieving banger status
For like sanger
fun
Super groovy and chic!
Enjoyed more than I thought I would. Fun smooth easy listening. Would return back to this one