C'est Chic

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

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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.

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