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Nice album with some classic songs. Well put together but some songs like Bone feel like they are backing tracks to another song with how repetitive they become.
Good album
The hits are still slapping on this album. Sexy and sophisticated as hell. Rhythm section has every groove locked down. Some of the songs on the last half of the record drag a bit with 2025 ears. Overall a really fun experience.
Cool riffs.
This is an excellent dance album. It seems like a classic disco record and the instrumentals and production are excellent. The bass is superb. The low point of the album for me is probably At Last I Am Free. It feels a bit long with how repetitive it is but I do still love that bass line in that song.
This was interesting. In some ways its hard not hear these songs and just assume they're the equivalent of a Microsoft stock screensaver. I've heard some of these songs so much throughout my life that I didn't even realize that a real artist or band even made them. (Chic Cheer, Le Freak, I Want Your Love, Funny Bone.) So when you hear it all the way through, it kind of makes you chuckle. And then on top of that, finding out that the band is called CHIC and they incorporate "chic" into like every song in some way or another is hilarious. It's a little over the top cheesy. In fact, almost every song on this album is cheesy. The fact that in Funny Bone there is a laugh track going on in the background the whole time until you get a weird motivational speech?! Its hard for me to listen to this with fresh ears, but if I tried, I'm hearing a lot of joy and celebration. Its kind of meant to cheesy and fun. Its meant to feel like you're at a house party in the Hampton (doing coke in the bathroom?) or going down to the beach. Which is a fun and I can see what they're going for. It also solidifies why this music shows up everywhere. It's kind of agnostic towards anything besides being very surface level fun. And I guess sometimes humans need that.
V classy disco. The slow ones are a bit of a drag but the upbeat ones are da bomb. Also Nile Rogers is frickin ace.
disco classic
Chic Cheer: Funky från början. Det är dansa ner för gatan i utsvängda byxor taget till 11. Chic chic. Savoir Fire: Vilket gitarrsolo!
- stark zum Start, lässt dann aber auch schnell nach - trotzdem habe ich mich immer wieder erwischt, wie ich mit gewippt habe. Geht also schon gut in den Körper über - da man nur 1-5 Sterne hat, tendiere ich dann aber doch zu 2,75/5
I’m realizing that I’ve only given five star ratings to albums with which I’m already familiar. And while I know “Le Chic,” this album was otherwise new to me. I loved it. And I’m ready to trade in Daft Punk.
Pretty okay!
so chic
Day 2: C'est Chic - CHIC. In this album, CHIC delivered an infectious disco album. I'm no disco expert, but I believe that this album is regarded as one of the most important disco albums of all time. It features the song Le Freak, which may just be one of the most popular and important songs in the history of disco music. This doesn't seem too life-changing, but considering the fact that an album compilation entitled "1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" should feature a variety of different genres, it seems appropriate that one of the most important records of disco music would be featured on there. Disco is not an underground music genre. It heavily dominated the 1970's. Also, genres like Qawwali and Raï have been featured in the album compilation, so it's only fair for an album like this to make the cut. On the topic on how much I've enjoyed this album, I must say that I really enjoyed it. Disco used to be my favourite music genre when I was around eight years old (I'm not a 1970's kid; I was born in 2007). I continued grooving along, and kept on enjoying myself while listening to this album. Disco is a fun genre and it's a great thing to play when dancing. Something that I've wanted to get off my chest for a while is the fact that I've observed that disco songs often have forgettable verses, especially when they have memorable choruses. I genuinely cannot recall a single verse from any disco song, besides verses from disco songs that don't have any chorus. Personal Enjoyment: 5/5. How Much It Belongs Here: 4/5.
Good album
The baselines really steer this album away from the ditch. They’ve got the grooves, but the ultimately the hokieness of disco prevail and turn me off.
if you looked up "disco" in the dictionary, this album would play like one of those singing birthday cards
Disco!
What a great record! I've always liked Le Freak but I had no idea how much I'd enjoy the rest of these songs. I think I'm a bigger fan of disco / funk than I ever realized. Another funky 5 star album in the books.
It was decent. I enjoyed it and it had some jams but IDK if i's ever listen to it in full again 7/10
I had to have a tooth extracted today, it sucked, but this was a fun soundtrack that bookended that experience.
Favorite Track: Savoir Faire
6/10 The album is alright, however most songs are pretty forgettable. Favourite tracks: Le Freak I want your love Least favourite: Savoir Faire At last I am free
Solid disco album
Chic have some great singles but not sure they're an albums band, based on this. It's alright but the two hits stand out much more strongly than the fillers and I was a little bored in the last 3 tracks. Love Nile Rodgers' guitar playing though
It's okay and very danceable
This was one of those rare, unexpected surprises
This was a thoroughly fun listen. I obviously knew Le Freak, and heard of Nile Rodgers being a great guitarist, but I finally heard for myself. It’s groovy and fun to listen to, and despite not having tons of words at times, it never got old or boring for me personally.
Freak so chic
C'est vraiment chic!
2.7/5 it’s really well produced, the bass is very farty but in general, it’s not really hitting with me. i felt a bit bored listening esp when some songs feels like they drag on forever. le freak however, is iconic.
really fun and groovy instrumentals.
le freak c’est chic
Have never heard this album before. The best songs on this album still resonate and don't sound dated. It's a lot of fun, and very enjoyable. The quality starts to fall off the last 3 songs, but still a good listen.
I learned (or, at least, was taught) to disco with Le Freak so this song has a special place in my memory.
I was wondering when disco was going to show up in rotation. I could listen to the bass lines alone and be happy with this album. The perfect antidote to Leonard Cohen.
Hard not to get up and get moving. Surprised by the ballad but enjoyed it as well. Eagerly awaiting the brothers Gibb...
Aah...a visit to the disco era and a young Nile Rodgers. Is Donna Summer next on the list? Good times... Just one more thing Remember the whole world's a circus Don't you be the clown
You cannot handle all this groove.
Nice to hear a female voice. Easy to dance to, not much else going on.
Kilka hitów, które dają po mordzie, ale ogólnie jest to po prostu średnia płyta, z niezłymi beatami, które ciągną się za długo. 6/10.
Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers did some sort of strange, chemical process to disco, like a penny in vinegar. it comes out so shiny, so smooth, so hard to detect any sort of blemishes. like, have you ever seen that picture of $761 lab standard reference peanut butter? C'est Chic feels like that. i do think there are a few dull tracks -- "Happy Man" and "At Last I Am Free" are broadly forgettable, but i still think they're admirable as being the smoothest you can get dance music before the advent of the drum machine and synthesizer. even if you can't love it, i think you should at least give it respect.
1978, j'avais huit ans, autant vous dire que mes préoccupations musicales se limitaient à savoir si le générique de fin de Goldorak était plus cool que celui du début. Pendant ce temps, le monde de la musique "adulte" vivait une drôle de schizophrénie. Les punks, avec leurs crêtes et leurs épingles à nourrice, hurlaient "No Future" et annonçaient la mort du rock'n'roll, pendant que, dans des clubs qui m'étaient aussi inaccessibles que la face cachée de la lune, une autre révolution, bien plus scintillante et hédoniste, battait son plein. Le Disco. Et au sommet de cette montagne de paillettes, il y avait Chic. Pas un groupe, une entité, une machine de guerre sonique pilotée par deux génies absolus : le guitariste Nile Rodgers et le bassiste Bernard Edwards. Quand le livre "1001 Albums" m'impose de me pencher sur C'est Chic, je ne peux m'empêcher de sourire. C'est un peu comme demander à un critique de cinéma de parler de La Fièvre du Samedi Soir. C'est un monument, un marqueur d'époque, un truc tellement énorme qu'on ne sait plus par quel bout le prendre. Et pourtant, je vais être direct, comme d'habitude : ce disque est une formidable arnaque. Attention, ne me faites pas dire ce que je n'ai pas dit. L'arnaque n'est pas musicale au sens strict. Rodgers et Edwards sont des orfèvres, le son est d'une propreté clinique, les arrangements de cordes sont millimétrés, la section rythmique est un métronome sous cocaïne. C'est l'incarnation même de la sophistication, un son "black" qui a réussi à s'extraire de la sueur du funk pour enfiler un smoking blanc et siroter du champagne. C'est une musique de producteur, pensée, polie, lustrée jusqu'à l'aveuglement. Et au milieu de ce disque, il y a la bombe atomique, le Tsunami, l'Everest du groove. "Le Freak". Putain, "Le Freak". Même après presque 50 ans, ce morceau reste une énigme. Comment un truc aussi simple peut-il être aussi parfait ? Ce riff de guitare syncopé, ce "chank-chank" qui a défini le son de Rodgers pour les décennies à venir. Cette ligne de basse de Bernard Edwards, qui n'est pas une ligne de basse mais une putain d'autoroute à quatre voies pour déhancher du croupion. Et cette montée, ce "Aaaaah, freak out!", qui a dû provoquer plus de naissances que la pilule contraceptive. Ce morceau, c'est le Disco dans son essence la plus pure. C'est la bande-son de cette parenthèse enchantée, entre la libération sexuelle et l'arrivée du Sida. C'est la communion des corps sur la piste, peu importe la couleur, le sexe, les préférences. C'était une utopie dansante de 5 minutes et 29 secondes. Dans ma boutique de disques, des années plus tard, "Le Freak" était sur TOUTES les compils disco. C'était la caution, le sésame. Tu ne pouvais pas vendre une compile disco sans ce titre, c'était illégal. C'est un morceau 5 étoiles, un 4 sur 4 puissance 10. Alors, pourquoi, nom de Dieu, je lui colle un misérable 2 sur 5 à cet album ? Parce que "C'est Chic", l'album, souffre du pire syndrome qui soit en musique : le syndrome du tube monstrueux. C'est un single de légende accompagné de ses sept frères et soeurs un peu fades, un peu cons, ceux qu'on invite au mariage parce qu'on n'a pas le choix. Une fois que la tornade "Le Freak" est passée, on se retrouve avec quoi ? Avec de la musique d'ascenseur de luxe. "I Want Your Love" ? Oui, c'est joli, c'est suave, ça a bien marché aussi. Mais honnêtement, c'est la même recette, juste avec un peu moins d'épices. On sent la formule, le calcul, c'est tellement bien produit que ça en devient froid, distant. On admire la technique, mais on ne ressent plus grand-chose. Et le reste de l'album se déroule comme ça, dans une sorte de ronronnement chic et terriblement prévisible. C'est une machine à danser, certes, mais une machine un peu trop bien huilée, qui a oublié de mettre un peu de cambouis, un peu de sueur, un peu d'âme. C'est là toute l'ironie. Chic respecte les codes de la soul, mais en les passant à la javel. C'est une soul aseptisée, débarrassée de sa douleur et de sa rage pour ne garder que l'élégance. C'est magnifique, mais c'est un peu vide. Une fois l'euphorie de "Le Freak" retombée, l'ennui pointe le bout de son nez. On se surprend à regarder sa montre en attendant que le disque se termine, ou, plus probablement, à remettre le premier morceau. C'est donc ça, mon verdict. "C'est Chic" est un album essentiel pour comprendre une époque, pour comprendre la puissance d'un single qui a défini une génération de fêtards. Mais en tant qu'album, en tant qu'oeuvre cohérente à écouter du début à la fin dans le cadre de ce projet "1001 Albums", c'est une déception. C'est une expérience frustrante. Un album à écouter pour sa culture, mais pas forcément pour son plaisir. Sauf pendant 5 minutes et 29 secondes. Vous savez lesquelles.
It's a fantastic album; I love the disco vibes.
Really great music, instrumentals are fantastic. But the songs do get a bit samey and are long.
Great stuff! I love Chic and Nile Rodgers and have seen them live twice. Great guitar work, excellent bass lines, love it
As with most Chic records, it's hard to not be impressed by how tight the grooves are, but I found there to be a bit of a lack of variety from song to song to really enjoy this beyond that
I'm feeling it. 3.8.
This album made me realize electronic music is like the successor to Disco. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5
Fun!
Lyrics are repetitive. Music is disco catchy, but can also be a little repetitive. Second to last song is painfully awful and really makes the album end on a shitty note.
Thats how discos should sound like! After listening to World Clique by Deee-Lite this album really made my world click. Its funky, groovy and souly. The Instrumentals are obvious what makes this album shine and the lyricism are okay but not outstanding. (4.0/5.0)
Ok, classic disco song in it. I like some disco, this album doesn't hit it for me though
Le Freak is on this album, but aside from that none of the songs jumped out at me. Lots of repetitive lyrics and musical parts, but a great disco album
Nile Rodgers! Brilliant, Chic somehow walked the line just above Disco. Some great funk rhythms.
Some good songs, groovy
Any album with la Freak is great.
Smooth, groovy and love the guitar solos. At Last I Am Free is far too long and gets boring.
Brilliant blast from the past
Fun album with very impressive instrumental, just a bit samey for me so I’d probably prefer hearing the odd track on shuffle rather than listening to the whole album.
At time repetitive but overall I liked it.
I didn't love every song but those that I did were incredible!
Can't believe I've never listened to a whole Chic album before. The hits are HITS and absolutely revolutionary in the history of pop music. Not sure about the slower numbers though.
Not my bag
Unmistakable sound of Niles Rogers written all over it, incredible how the man has strived through the decades making tunes that frankly anyone could get a groove on to. Le Freak & Everybody Dance would be a core ingredient to a proper disco night for all to enjoy. The album bounces along smoothly and nicely for a very easy inoffensive listen.
Every single song Bangers all along No bad one in the batch This album such a catch Sweaty, swinging dancing Lovely loving romancing A full 5 star for me Glorious disco glee
Absolutely incredible guitar and bass playing that makes you groove throughout the entire album. Some of the tracks definitely go on for too long, though.
What they do, they do well. But without being danced to, it's very repetitive.
Sounds like some heavy funky disco stuff. A couple really cool tracks on here and it’s actually pretty easy to listen to. Gonna round it up from 3.5 to 4.
Inégal. Quelques pépites disco (Le Freak, I want your Love)
Really enjoyed. I didn't think the songs dragged on at all, quite different to a good few reviews I have seen!
If I never hear “Le Freak” again, I’d be fine with that, but the rest of this album is undeniably influential. These tracks have had a huge impact on modern dance music, especially garage and house. Nile Rodgers is a major figure in the disco movement, and his work here ensures that the album is solid from start to finish.
I’m a bit surprised at how much I enjoyed this. I mean, the songs are both long and repetitive. And I never really cared a lot for Le Freak, the most popular track on the album. And yet, I found this one to be very enjoyable. The production is solid. The bass adds the right amount of support and I didn’t know Chic was the type of band that would use electric guitar, which sounds incredible. My favorite track ended up being Savior Faire, a very soothing instrumental. Favorite track: Savior Faire Other hits: I Want Your Love, At Last I Am Free, Le Freak, Sometimes You Win
I like the general vibe and sound of this album, but the tracks suffer from feeling overly repetitive and overly long. It's noticeable right away on "Chic Cheer," which plays like a 4-minute introduction to a song that never actually arrives. I'd still say it seems like a worthy inclusion to the 1,001 list, as a good representative of the disco genre.
Groovy
sai taskun täynnä funkya piparminttuilla hän on siisti, näppärä äiti, joka räjäyttää värikäs porsaan vatsa galaktinen superjuna äiti sisar leikkipaikka olki isäkeppi sain tuon nopean värikynän maanjäristyssuihkupakkauksen pullon päällä veturi supernova espanjalainen Harlem aurinko (joo) liukas rapujen aurinkoräjähdys fosforoivilla aivoilla kuka se äitien kylä on? Friteerattu Detroitin soodajuna nebulaattisten komeettojen sanitaatiotauti nopea pelata tornado rip ja kutittaa naudanlihan aivastelua lähettää planeetoille oikeudenmukaisuuden tykkejä, kaapeleita ja puita lääkärin vastaanotolla pingviinin shillinkejä, rautateitä ja herneitä sanoin rampautunut aasi mel Brooks varaa junalepakot polvilleni penisilliini trapdoor laservaluuttapavut hän sanoo penisilliini trapdoor laser valuuttapavut le freak
not sure i’d call this timeless, but it is a good time capsule of sorts. i also appreciate that it deviates from the norm of this collection. alas, probably won’t be returning to this one highlights: le freak, i want your love, sometimes you win (apr 30 2026)
I totally enjoyed this morphing of Funk and disco. But def prefer the funk.
Excellent album. Loved the musicianship and groove of the 70’s.
Nile Rodgers is a funky man.
It’s not 3 stars but it’s also not 4 stars. I don’t like the limitation of 5 stars and no halves! It was good, funky but nothing amazing.
An absolute stonking powerhouse of a record. Wall-to-wall funk, amazing musicianship, great production, just great. Favourite tracks: Chic Cheer (which I sadly only previously knew from Fatman Scoop's Be Faithful), Le Freak, Savoir Faire, I Want Your Love, At Last I Am Free, (Funny) Bone.
C’est Chic. C’est mal ou c’est bien? The fates shall decide. If this is where that disco song comes from, we may be holding our noses for about 41 minutes. Oh no. It’s not that song, but I imagine it’s coming up. 4 note disco/funk riff and canned applause. Oh sweet Jesus no. Not this. Anything but this. Well. Not anything. But this is like thinking you’re going to Disneyland and showing up at a haunted sewer plant tour. It’s not that it’s terrible, it’s just boring and I hate the atmosphere. Don’t spell chic. Jesus. Maybe it is terrible. I’ve never experienced a longer 4 minutes outside of physical pain, so there we go. And there it is. “Le freak.” Ugh. If school of rock was a terrible disco movie, this would be the final song. Cheesy, childish, and unfortunately, bad music. Ugh. We’re going to get into the god damn Chic deep tracks? Why are they trying. To get meaningful here. I can’t say I hate the guitar solo. It’s pretty good. Decent tone. No group vocals is a win. Again, just too sappy and pedestrian. I’ll probably be living for this song to come back after the rest of this thing, so not too shabby. Happy man. Not me pal. Boring, bad. Bad vocal line, terrible disco guitar. Dead behind the eyes repetition meant to be danced to on barbiturates. The song “At Last I am Free” almost fills me with an emotion. I can really relate to this song. I wish to be free of this album, but this is only track 6. A vocal ballad. End it. Please. The good people of Chic, if any of you remain on this cursed earth. End this album. This is Disco on 5 RPM. Did this need to be 7 minutes?? This has been the same for FOUR MINUTES and it wasn’t good to start. Interminable dreck. Hey, they’re right. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Chalk this puppy up to a crushing defeat. Boring outro about nothing in particular. Easy activism. Some albums have an atmosphere. A general feeling of, well, something. Anything. C’est Chic feels like a linoleum floor in a Motel Laundromat. Which I suppose is an atmosphere of some sort. One that produces despair, and has the listener questioning what it is they did wrong to end up here. C’est très mal. 0.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Savoir Faire is the best of a rotten bunch.
Not every track is great but still great, and amazing playing.
Another Classic of its time. Grooves throughout the album. Gets it's place on the list
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This is #day102 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge and... here's to some sheer class late '70s disco. Funky, groovy, jazzy... I've never heard this one before, but that was finger-licking good. It's a solid 4 out of 5 this time around. Looking forward to #day103.
So disco, disco, disco. But also nice. But not nice enough. But still you can listen to it and smile and think back to former times.
This was great - and the playlist that auto-generated after was great too. The only downside was that some of the grooves were a little too extended, but I know that there's a technical reason for that at the ol' discotheque and a nice unintentended consequence of easy sampling.
Since there are only a few tracks on this record and it stills clocks in at 42 minutes long, some of them tend to drag. That being said, this was a very fun disco record. Some iconic and danceable grooves throughout, it will surely keep your feet moving the whole time. Notable Tracks: - Le Freak - I Want Your Love 6/10
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Album 594 of 1001 CHIC - C'est Chic (1978) Rating : 4 / 5 Surprisingly good throughout. Was well familiar with a couple of tracks that were big hits. The musicianship on this is awesome. Great bass, guitars and horns. Suspect some of the same players were on the Sister Sledge album.
A couple well known disco songs that were big hits, but for the most part I found the album lacked that 70s groove that made the disco era so popular.
Disco
Le Freak is such a bop. Couple other decent ones on here too.
they've got like 10 minutes of content but 42 minutes of album runtime still sounds nice
I liked this well enough. It felt a little repetitive and a little long, which isn’t surprising since it’s disco. “Le Freak” and “I Want Your Love” are great songs, and the instrumentation and vocals are fantastic throughout the whole album. Nile Rodgers is such a talent, and it shows. Overall this album is pretty good, especially for the genre.
Really fun record.
Very classy disco and soul. The nostalgia kicked in quickly, and I was grinning the whole way through.
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This is totally not my usual style of music, but it's also the soundtrack of childhood and parents' parties and grown-up disco. I had no idea all these songs were the same band! Pure nostalgia.
Disco is wild. What a time to be alive. I was not thrilled about this, but then instantly recognized the big hit "le freak" on this record. Disco is fine and has a place as long as it's not something you listen to often. This is probably as good as it gets though.
hmm. not sure what to expect here. Sounds like disco! okay...I could probably use some of this today. Oh WTF!? I know Le Freak. That's a classic! It was a nice change of music. But only a 3 here. Would have given 3.5 if I could.
It's weird to consider that CHIC, one of the most iconic acts of the disco era, released their first three albums in 77, 78, and 79, right as disco was in its waning days. C'est Chic is the middle of the three, both chronologically and in quality, but it has the highest heights of any of the three - "Le Freak" on the first side and "I Want Your Love" on side two. Not many albums have *one* song that good, much less two (or three, or four). The only real drawback is the sequencing of the extremely mellow, contemplative "At Least I Am Free" right after "I Want Your Love". It's such a stark comedown that it kind of sucks the life out of everything after it; it should be the last song on the album.
The funk is good. the jazz is good. the slow jams are boring. and there's too many.
Very nice and melodious.
Instrumentally this is great, and the bass is just fantastic. A big shout out to the producer too. By my god is it repetitive, most notably in the lyrics. I can't help feeling if they had put some more time into the lyrics that this would be absolute dynamite.
Es un discazo con todas las letras. Un funky-disco proto 80s.
Big sounds. Smooth listens. Beautiful harmonies.
听了一点，流行金曲（？）
You can do much worse than having your hit song be about being denied entrance to Studio 54 bc Grace Jones forgot to put you on the door list.
immaculate vibes
Every song was inoffensive but WAY too long.
More fun than I expected
Sheer class. Anything that Nile Rogers is involved with has the midas touch. Superb
- First encounter with artist - 3/8 songs added to main playlist - Not a big disco fan - Songs are groovy, but many are repetitive almost to the point of boredom - Good background noise - Favorite song: I Want Your Love
I was reminded of a time when my mom would take me to JC Penney’s for what felt like the whole day (circa 1982) and this album was playing in the background.
I'm trying to imagine the use case for Chic Cheer. Is this what you put on when you're trying to get people to dance? It's groovy, then it's boring. Strong points: the funky beat, the strings. Low points: the lyrics.
Great album. Great reflection of a true disco album. All the songs are great. At 8 songs, this album is perfect for a little touch of disco in the day without drowning in endless songs. I Want Your Love, Savoir Faire and Chic Cheer are standouts
Fun
Some decent jams but *way* too repetitive.
Great album. And not just disco. For example, I love the vibe and the guitar on "Savoir Fare". Some solid R&B grooves on various tracks. But yes, the only epic song is "Le Freak", so I'm giving it 4 stars, not 5, but still a great album. Not just the disco.
Nile Rodgers er auðvitað snillingur og þessi gítar hans algjör stuðgjafi. En mér fannst "hin" lögin á plötunni óskök dauf.
I used to look down on everyhing with even a whiff of Disco - new wave and other cool music was where it's at! Getting older I no longer care, I listen to everything and anything, as long as it is good music. Chic has definitely been added to that list! I started to appreciate them when I started playing the bass. I'm an extremely poor bassist but I know a good bassline when I hear it and Bernard Edwards' are the best ever. Just genius. I could happily listen to just the rhythm section of any Chic song, the basics are all there and it would take rubbish musicians to completely mess songs with that good a foundation. Luckily, Rodgers' guitar is more than fine. The vocals, alright, but I couldn't care less. Very close to 5* even though Disco still isn't really my thing. My only minor nitpick is that the variation on the album isn't that great (within and between songs), they found a 'recipe' and follow it throughout. I'm never suprised by a sudden creative twist. Still an excellent album.
Groupe connu par le morceau 'le freak' (++) qui passait beaucoup à la radio à l'époque. Je n'avais par contre jamais écouté un album entier. Quel groove ! Les lignes de basse sont impressionnantes. Et la guitare aussi, en particulier dans 'Savoir Faire' (+++), 'Happy man' (++) avec leurs chorus Jazzy. Par contre les morceaux sont en général trop longs et répétitifs. Bonne découverte donc, mais je ne suis pas sur de l'intégrer à ma collection. =>3/5
Disco at it's very finest. A while since I listened right through and even longer since I danced to it. Doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't. Just banging dance music. Rhythms hardwired into brains of people who have never heard it.
Didn't expect so much instrumental jams!
Funky.
I didn't recognise the name but I recognised plenty of the songs. This was great, maybe I'm a disco guy? I'll definitely listen again
Couple of good jams but it felt too repetitive. Maybe if I was on the dance floor of Studio 54 I’d be more into it.
8/10. Great album. It does start off hotter than it concludes, but still added most the songs to the playlist.
Performances are off the charts on this one.
before listening i honestly expected to hate this but it turned out to be really great
Lekker discotheek Toko dixo vibes Gratis koe
Not for me. 1/5
Good music but my god it gets repetitive.
Not really for me but there are several catchy songs. I really enjoyed the solos in 'savoir faire'. Not a record I would purchase, but not something I would turn off if it was playing either.
Really great. Such an easy listen. As disco goes, best album on this list so far. An easy 4
3.8. Disco heaven
Wow, this is a great find - I don't think I knew this band existed despite knowing a couple of tracks. Funky stuff!
Not too bad of an album, enjoyed having this in the background, although at some point the songs would just be the exact the same 5 seconds but repeated over and over again (a great example being the last bit of Le Freak). Pretty decent, enjoyed it a bit.
No thank you.
Cest chic
I had a theory that any artist who chants or shouts their own name in any of their songs makes bad music. This album tested that theory. Overall I enjoyed it but it's not without flaws. The guitar and bass were both grooves hell but a lot of the songs got very repetitive.
Le Freak is a god damn classic. This album makes me want to be at the party in "The Nice Guys" and just be drunk and dancing with the mermaids.
3/5, songs are good but way to long for me Fav song: Le freak
Pretty generic disco (but may have been groundbreaking for its time). Got a bit samey
I obviously loved this. Thanks Chic. 4.5/5
Funky, bass, underrated
I had a 'Death Before Disco' T-shirt way back in the day, although I would have ditched it for a night out at Studio 54. Some classic hits on this album.
10/10 album art C'est Chic endures because of its production and performances.
Definitely liked this more than I thought I would
It was ok
Some classic 70s disco here. Couple hits for sure.
🎧Le Freak gets all the attention but I Want Your Love is the real highlight here. At Last I Am Free is 7 mins 8 seconds long which is about 8 minutes too long.
C'est Chic is the second studio album by Chic, originally released in 1978. This is right around the era that funk/R&B began to turn disco. Most people know the song "Le Freak", which is such a banger. Sure to get people out on the dancefloor. Most of the other tracks don't reach the same heights, but still make you want to dance. The production on this record is so good, as was the standard with most late-70s records. The bass player on here is such a beast. Just laying out those funky riffs. Although this sounds pretty dated, it was still a fun listen.
It took me my second listen through to fully understand what this album is. It’s nothing groundbreaking. Purely an album that existed in the disco era and succeeded at being a disco album. To my ears, many of the tracks came off stale and boring, even if the majority of the record was solidly produced. Once I went through again and understood how repetition was being used, tracks like the intro began to make more sense to me. Even though I’m not head over heels for this album by any stretch, there is some fantastic stuff on here, notably “At Last I Am Free” and the following “Sometimes You Win.” Those are easily the two most worthwhile on here, and you do have to commend the smash hit “Le Freak,” which is cool to actually see the origin of
Sounded exactly as expected, it's funky disco. Once you've heard le freak you basically have the measure of chic. Not a particular disco fan but it does completely nail the genre. Went by nice enough but would never intentionally return. They seem to have managed to make the most of the retro tour circuit, Nile Rodgers is everywhere too. 2.5 but more like a 2.
Would not return but I did enjoy the intense foray into disco - this is disco. Le Freak is a banger.
I expected I wouldn't like this, but actually didn't mind it. Less disco than I was expecting, and much more funky, which was a relief. Le freak does nothing for me, I want your love is better. Some of the guitars on other tracks were nice. I think it was savoir faire. Was losing interest by the end. Pleasantly surprised but still not quite my thing. 2.5
fleeting
Good funk/disco, not really my thing
Rythm n Blues, Funk, Jazz
pleasant, dancy disco
Incredible vibes. First track didn’t really grab me that much. Second track was recognizable and fun. Savoir Faire and I Want Your Love are my two favorites. This just makes you want to dance and sway and smile at the world.
this really absolutely blew me away
I just didn't feel like there was anything here for me
As far as disco goes, this was alright. Lots of songs that I recognized, so the iconic status made it an interesting listen. Probably won't listen again though.
Better than I thought actually.
4.7 - Yeah this was just great. No fluff and just really a tight album. Big tunes as well.
Don't really have a bad word to say about this. It's a tight 8 tracks of funky Chic vibes. It's not a 5 for me as there isn't really any real stand-outs on here for me, but a very solid album. Fave Tracks: Le Freak, I Want Your Love, Sometimes You Win 4.2/5
You can hear the influence this album has had on other artists.
Version live, écouter la version studio pour se faire un vrai avis.
This was the first album I purchased, I think I used money from my 12th birthday gifts.
70s groovin!
Every song just. Drags. On. For. Way. Too. long. It's decent enough for disco Must of been some good blow 7/10
Good instrumentals, very very cringe lyrics. When they aren't repeating the same phrase for 2 minutes the vocals sound like a parody song a middle school would make up on the spot. All of the instruments have a great groove and sound really good, I just wish that the vocals had more thought put into them. Mid 3.
There was a few good tracks on here. I can't say it was the most exciting play through. It's very stereotypical disco music. I didn't realize these guys do that Freak Out song though so that's cool. You've probably heard their other hits while walking through a Walgreens.
First few songs have been sampled
I will always enjoy the bass lines on “Freak out”
Meh. One or two songs I would listen to again. I need to read the significance of this album and why it was included to understand more
Best wel groovy en nice
I suppose this 4 rating is dependent on the context of listening on a Sunday morning. It's a great Sunday morning album - terrific grooves to get moving, but a lush production and comfortable tempo that remind you you're not actually going anywhere. Just enough pop song emotion to connect, but again, nothing that's a heavy lift. I also like the structure to this album - opening with Chic Cheer and Le Freak, and closing with (Funny) Bone, as reminders that disco is party music, around a generally smoother, more soulful middle. Like a good party.
Pretty fun
Funky!!!!!! Many great tracks, great for sampling (future thought). Favorite tracks - Chic Cheer and Savoir Faire
The slow ones were a bit cheesy for me, and the quick ones were great to walk with. It’s sounds like the musicians had a lot of fun doing their thing, I can imagine them being really in the zone. I was surprised at how familiar ‘I want your love’ and ‘freak out’ were. I’m going for 3/5 only because it’s not my thing, not because it isn’t well produced cohesive music
Repetitive vocals but the instrumentals are great, especially the guitar. Nile Rogers guitar style is iconic and heavily influential. Le Freak and I want your love are songs I've listened repeatedly to.
Very smooth production and sound. Each song seemed to drag on a while
The fundancy Disco when I listen to it the first time loud, a pretty chill reading background when I listened to it soft
Good
Great vibes, terrible lyrics. Hate Disco
Paar lekkere hits maken een anders redelijk saai album net goed.
Growing up in the 70s the hits on this album were in constant radio airplay so they’re imbedded in my brain. Some nice guitar on this.
It’s no Risqué but still a decent album with some great bass guitar work. 3.5 stars
Such long endings and some solids but not a big fan
Ah high school memories. 😊
This is sooooo much fun, and the groovy bass lines do not stop for a second! So chic!
Groovy and fun!
one of the goat of all time sounds !! always loved this band but not my fav album
BEST SONGS: - Savoir Faire - I Want Your Love
That last song is one of the creepiest things I've ever listened to
smooth
Nile Rodgers makes this album worthwhile. The songs seem to go a little long and the album’s fun begins to wane a little since I’m not coked up in a club dancing.
u can call me LE FREAK emoji diablo, no todas son tan pasables, pero tiene ese temonster y algunas instrumentales muy buenas!
Not really for me. Would be good if I were in a 70s disco, but not one I would just listen to.
Funk. A little too laid back for me. Decent background noise but that was about it.
Sept. 11, 2024 Ah yes, Le Freak. Groovy. I actually don't like that song much. I think cartoons and animated shows ruined it. Okay At Last I Am Free is driving me crazy!!!! Terrible and annoying! Also funny bc I could listen to Daft Punk's Around the World for hours so I feel like a hypocrite. But I need a groovy bass line then! Ah! I wanted to like it more than I actually did ): 3/5
Fun!
The music is groovy and lively, but MAN IS IT REPETITIVE. I found myself at multiple points checking the remaining time on a track only to find that it still has another 2 minutes remaining. I can only listen to someone say "I'm a happy man" so many times before getting sick of it. Overall, a fine album, but I wouldn't actively attempt listening to it again.
Not my thing.
I enjoyed this more than I should have. Yes it’s disco but great playing, great production and not obnoxious. Savoir faire instrumental may have been my favorite. A part of me wants to give it 4 stars but I won’t.
It’s a 70s disco album. Thought it might be French but it was not.
Top quality disco from Nile Rodgers.
This album was so much fun. Had a great time doing the dishes and tidying up today Favorites: "Chic Cheer", "Le Freak", "Savoir Faire", "I Want Your Love"
# 315 : sigh! A one line bio. Says all you need to know… Le Freak
I was never much of a disco fan back in the day, but the talent here is undeniable.
3.5
3⭐ Clearly good, just not my vibe, repetitive.
Disco sucks, man. Having said that, I love Nile Rogers' guitar playing and Bernard Edward's bass playing. Plus 1-star for the music and production quality! Even this can save this sucky disco album.
Very funky and groovy album. No song is bad, though there are some that are stronger than others. Still, very even and high standard throughout the record. Solid 4.
A second CHIC album!? My opinion is much like the first. "Le Freak", the main hit, I find annoying but many of the other songs are quite good. My favourite being "I Want Your Love". Funky and fun. Someone should really add some rhymes to this.... 3 star.
Freak Out! This album may not have aged all that well, but believe me that song was ICONIC. An important bit of disco history.! Enough to get this album an extra star.
Super smooth and catchy tunes all over this. Enjoyed.
Chic Cheer // Le Freak // Savoir Faire // I Want Your Love // Sometimes You Win //
Not really a disco person, but recognise they are the top of their game. Some catchy, well written tunes. 3/5
Rating: 7.5/10 Three fantastic songs and the rest are good enough to hold it down. So funky. Choice cuts: Le Freak, Savoir Flaire, I Want Your Love
Meh
Fun funky album.
I really like this
Varhaista soittelua... Flirting with the potential... Flirting is showing only a small frac....zzzz.... Z.......z.z.......z......Nukuttaa kun ei lyödä kovaa tässä.... Kutittelu albu....
A little boring, but good sounding discofunk.
Positiivinen yllätys! Tuttuja sample-biisejä, letkeältä ralleja ja hyvää musisointia. Pitää kuunnella vielä uudelleen ja lisää.
Probably one of the best albums of a generation. Disco worms
This was okay. I like disco, I like funk, and this had both. But none of it really stood out to me. It'd be decent background music in the right sort of bar, but I'm not sure I'd ever put it on to listen to myself.
I loved this. It was funky, groovy, and so joyful! Favourite track: I Want Your Love
Glemte å følga med
Would listen to Nile Rogers fall into his guitar in the night. This freakin rules.
Fun enough for disco, I guess.
Disco classic
01) Chic Cheer - 8,5 02) Le Freak - 9,5 03) Savoir Faire - 8,5 04) Happy Man - 8,5 05) I Want Your Love - 9,5 06) At Last I Am Free - 8,0 07) Sometimes You Win - 8,5 08) (Funny) Bone - 8,0 TOTAL: 8,63 (86/100) Current ranking: 51/284
Some fun tunes but overall I feel like it was less then the sum of its parts. Didn't quite make me bob my head.
i love this album nike rodger’s u are my hero
Fun and bouncy melodies but holy shit is it repetitive. I was curious to see what more there was to Le Freak after hearing it in movies all my life… but it’s mostly that 10 second loop for 5 minutes lol. I guess the royalty checks are fat at least (2.5/5)
4/5
This was cool as hell. Also Chic Cheer containing the sample for Be Faithful (at least I think) made this an instant like. Every song had something I liked, it blurs together a little bit, but how can you get upset at something this fun?
These folks know how to find a groove and stay in it. Sometimes too long but with an album this funky it’s hard to complain!
Pretty cool by disco standards, but sometimes repetitive.
Le Freak, C’est Chic A fun, danceable, delightfully goofy album.
This is what you want to put on at a house party!
Love this album.
That was fun - Chic Cheer my favourite (Le Freak is great of course, but I have just heard it too many times)
Freak is a great one. But generally this music gets old to me. Solid production. Disco is mostly a 3 for me.
A great little funky listen, but it's hard for an album not to be great OR funky when Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards are behind it. Lyrically, pretty inconsequential, but that's not what this is going for. This is dance music to shake your ass to, and it succeeds very well in that regard.
Disco is a genre sorely unappreciated by the general population, and I was wishin' and hopin' that Nile Rodgers would appear on this list! C'est Chic is everything and more. "Le Freak" is iconic by itself for good reason, but the other songs aren't flat or uninteresting. The entire album has great beats and is so smooth. It's even a great example of the intersection of disco, funk, and R&B. I love that there's an instrumental too! "Savoir Faire" brings such a chill vibe. The horns and strings in particular gave extra volume to already great songs. And honestly, this album was just fun. Chic didn't take themselves seriously, especially with that spoken outro in "(Funny) Bone" closing out the album. A worthy addition.
Chic has quite the reputation when it comes to "Le Freak", their most well known song. That song seems to be synonymous with campy disco and nearly defines the entire genre altogether in a lot of people's minds. And campy though "Le Freak" may be, it's still a hands down jam. But really, this album offers a lot more than just "Le Freak". It is a stellar disco album that also straddles a line between exceptional funk and R&B. And while I consider all disco music pretty easy to listen to and get into, I find this album to be extra smooth and polished. If I had to recommend disco to someone for the first time, this album would be up there. Probably about a 3.5 for me, gonna round it up!
Man I wish they turned Savoir Faire into a full album. The instruments (especially the bass) are fantastic. Most of these tracks would benefit from being cut in half though. 3/5
Since this album is basically exactly the same as the other Chic album on this list, I’ll just repurpose my review of “Risqué” for “C’est Chic”: I know the whole “Disco Sucks” movement was grounded in racism and homophobia from middle-aged white construction workers who throw batteries at Santa Claus and thought everyone should just be happy to listen to Bachman Turner Overdrive for the rest of time, but disco sucks. Disco music is music made for people to dance to. Is “The Electric Slide” or “The Cupid Shuffle” on this list because of their importance in giving boring people something to do at weddings? This music does not need to be heard unless you are wearing bell bottoms, being felt up by Andy Warhol and doing the hustle. I am aware that Chic was influential and people have sampled them millions of times to make other songs. But that just means these are bad songs with some good parts in them (mostly the bass which is, admittedly, bangin). So let’s listen to those better songs that reuse the good parts of these songs instead of this cheese-fest. Most of this is pretty lame, and even worse, it’s lame and way too long. If you’re going to be cheesy, at least get it over with quickly. In conclusion, disco sucks. *throws battery at Santa Claus*
Good disco album. I was a tad disappointed that it lost energy in the middle but, happy that Funny Bone brought it back up.
Very influential and funky record.
C'est Chic is the second album from Chic, and the most commercially successful of the band's work. It includes the band's first potential "one-hit," "Le Freak," and another hit single, "I Want Your Love." Chic was possibly the best band of the disco era, and C'est Chic is potentially the best album of that genre.
Verrassend
Le Freak was catchy and I found myself nodding along to a lot of the tracks :)
I freaked out when I listened to this disco album. I reminded me of all the crazy music used in 70’s dramas.
Good
chic doesn't get credit for being sort of an art project more than a hit machine. its much more congenial to group Nile Rodgers with cold krautrock avant-gardists and conceptual artists. chic was an experiment in personality-less music, not that the music has no personality but that it's monolithic with no central personality to attach everything to (cf Donna Summer or Marvin Gaye - even groups like Funkadelic are about personalities taking turns rather than the subsummation of personality itself). that's nothing like black popular music of the time, and that fact has been lost with how ubiquitous shit like Le Freak or Good Times ended up becoming. the whole album has this huge, chrome sheen to it. it isn't warm-sounding, and it feels like it's being beamed to you from a funky spaceship through like five enormously thick panes of glass. its no wonder disco imploded soon after chic because it reached its conceptual apotheosis; where else is there to go for a music premised on repetition and massed crowds if not complete effacement of identity itself?
Probably the greatest disco album of all time. Filled with amazing songs all the way through, greatly balanced between dance numbers and ballads. Key tracks: Chic Cheer Le Freak I Want Your Love At Last I Am Free
Le Freak - ikonenhaft! umgeben von einigen anderen tracks, bei welchen ich das gefühl habe, es wären seelenlose lückenfüller von kreuzschifffahrtskapellen .. 🤷♂️ ehrlicherweise muss man Edwards und Rodgers aber bewundern - was die beiden später noch alles erreicht und produziert haben: wow!
Disco in Reinkultur mit Riesenhit Le freak, und darum berechtigt in dieser Liste, aber ich mag Disco halt nicht
You know its well put together, but its not my thing
Funky, mais tourne trop en rond sur des tracks trop longues imo
Some are groovy, some are meh....
This is great! I had not realized that CHIC was "that band" on several of the songs. It is not deep or political, socially conscious or meaningful, but it is very fun! It is actually amazingly fun! If you just want to be happy this should be added to anyone's playlist.
Le Freak!
I like CHIC and some of the songs are great. But others were dated and very repetitive.
3.125
The disco-funk-jazz hybrid was quite good, but this felt like 15 minutes of music stretched out to 50
Solid disco fun
Hermoso disco. Derrama funk. Las voces impecables como también los músicos.
“Le Freak” is timeless, but what of the rest? The opener’s alright. The hinterland between soul, disco and yacht rock has “Savoir Faire” as its capital: some immense vocal effort, or maybe a Kraftwerk power unit would raise it up; the guitar solo is a butterfly where an afterburner is needed. “Happy Man” is as interesting as the experience of someone telling you they’re a happy man could be. “I Want Your Love” is inarguably fab and makes me realise how most of the preceding songs missed Alfa Anderson’s vocals, which rule without effort, and redeem the long instrumental outro when they drop back in. She can’t redeem the mawkishness of “At Last I’m Free”, though, quite a yawn. “Sometimes You Win” is better, but not by much. The closer is an extended piece of nothing. My review references a CD generously donated by Kevin Rowland. I am grateful this record is on this list, as I doubt the other gift, “The Very Best Of The Blow Monkeys”, will come up. The Wikipedia wormhole this sent me on was fun. Simon, are The Power Station any good?
Great stuff, some of their best tunes [EDIT - busy day, basic review but I did end up purchasing this]
There are some nice grooves but this is a very uneven listen. Most of the songs get rolling and then don't go anywhere. I remember even being disappointed with this release back in the day. More a dance album than a listening album.
Solid funk album with a few hit singles
I really wish I liked this more.
The groundwork for so much of what was to come, from samples of ‘Le Freak’, to Donovan frankenreiter and the “Happy Feet” soundtrack from ‘Happy Man’, to just about every pop song that we love to hate on but secretly love at some level.
As much as I like music with groove, and have listened to Le Freak throughout my life, this album showcases exactly how disco watered down funk and soul until it was flat and tasteless---and left the 80s in a funk vaccuum (or at the very least, took the heart out of soul). This feels.like yacht rock or muzak. Definitely not one I'll listen to again...
I love the bass tone of the first tune Chic Cheer (Osama ;). Awesome grooves and just feels good all around.
Brought me back to my teen years. Yeah I’m old. So what?! lol
A classic
Disco is so agravating
First listen. Oh I can tell I'm gonna like this when Chic Cher hit. Oh so THATS where that song came from??? That 15 second snippet "AwwwWW FREAK OUT!" THAT WAS IN EVERY COMEDY MOVIE ANFLD TRAILER IN THE 2000s?!? And it's 5 and A HALF minutes long???? Thank god the whole song is not just that snippet like Daft Punks Around the World is just "around the wOOorld". Really loving this album 3 songs in. SO FUNKY
it was ok. nothing overly memorable aside from the singles.
Das Album bietet eine nostalgische Reise zurück in die 70er Jahre, als runde Marmortische mit automatisch versenkbaren Aschenbechern und Hauspartys, bei denen noch drinnen geraucht wurde und Mettigel hipp waren, zum Alltag gehörten. Der Sound des Albums ist ein Paradebeispiel für intelligent produzierte Disco-Music. Die Interpreten haben mit ihren unverwechselbaren Bass- und Gitarrenriffs einen Sound kreiert, der sowohl cool als auch rhythmisch ist. Die Songs sind durchweg tanzbar und fangen die Essenz der Disco-Ära perfekt ein. “Le Freak” ist zweifellos der bekannteste Track des Albums und bleibt bis heute ein Klassiker. Der Song besticht durch seine eingängige Melodie und den unverwechselbaren Groove, der sofort zum Tanzen animiert. “I Want Your Love” ist ein weiteres Highlight, das mit seinem funkigen Bass und den sanften Streichern eine hypnotische Atmosphäre schafft. Mein Favorit, “At Last I Am Free”, bringt eine besondere emotionale Tiefe in das Album. Der Song, inspiriert von einem Black Panther Treffen, wurde von Edwards in eine wunderschöne Liebesballade verwandelt.
Fine. Nothing too essential. Would be good to dance to. Appreciate the instrumentation. Always fun to listen for the grohl influences in disco.
Tanta roba
Groovy baby
Pretty funky. Le Freak is a classic.
This reminds of back in my high school days when one of my teachers told the class - with a proudly carried shame, but shame nonetheless - of the time he bought this record right after it came out. He was going back to his side of the muddy river by walking across the causeway, and a big gust of wind hit him and pulled the record out of his hands and off into the mud below. Lucky guy.
This grabbed me way less than the previous Chic record, every song felt very repetitive and simplistic. Not a fan.
Love the instrumentals. Lyrics felt a little goofy in a few places. Overall pretty fun but not an everyday kind of listen for me.