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The Best Of Chic, Volume 2
''The Best of Chic, Volume 2'' is a greatest hits album of recordings by American R&B band Chic, released by Atlantic Records/Rhino Records/Warner Music in 1992. The compilation focuses on single releases and album tracks from the band's later career, 1979–1983. Track listing ''All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.'' #"Rebels Are We" (7" Edit) - 3:21 #* Original version appears on 1980 album ''Real People'' #"What About Me" - 4:18 #* From 1979 album '' Risqué'' #"26" - 4:04 #* From 1980 album ''Real People'' #"Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" - 4:09 #* From 1979 album '' Risqué'' #"Stage Fright" (7" Edit) - 3:39 #* Original version appears on 1981 album '' Take It Off'' #"Real People" (7" Edit) - 3:45 #* Original version appears on 1980 album ''Real People'' #" Hangin'" (7" Edit) - 3:45 #* Original version appears on 1982 album ''Tongue in Chic'' #"Give Me the Lovin'" (7" Edit) - 3:38 #* Original version appears on 1983 album '' Believer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chic (band)
Chic ( ), currently called Nile Rodgers & Chic, is an American band that was formed in 1972 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It recorded many commercially successful disco songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (1977), " Everybody Dance" (1977), "Le Freak" (1978), " I Want Your Love" (1978), " Good Times" (1979), and "My Forbidden Lover" (1979). The group regarded themselves as a rock band for the disco movement "that made good on hippie peace, love and freedom". In 2017, Chic was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the eleventh time. History 1970–1978: Origins and early singers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards met in 1970 as session musicians working in the New York City area. They formed a rock band initially named The Boys, but soon changed it to The Big Apple Band, and played numerous gigs around New York City. Despite interest in their demos, they never garnered a record contract. Both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take It Off (album)
''Take It Off'' is the fifth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in November 16, 1981. It includes the single "Stage Fright", which reached number 35 on the US R&B chart, but was the first Chic single failing to enter the US Pop charts, and this album only proved to be moderately successful as well, stalling at number 124 on the US albums chart and number 36 on the R&B chart. ''Take It Off'' was one of three albums written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers in 1981, the other two being Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry's debut solo album ''Koo Koo'' and Johnny Mathis' ''I Love My Lady''. ''Take It Off'' was transferred to CD and re-released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991. It was digitally remastered and reissued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006. Track listing All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. Side A #"Stage Fright" – 3:55 #"Burn Hard" – 5:12 #"So Fine" – 4:10 #"Flash Back" – 4:28 #"Telling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albums Produced By Bernard Edwards
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s, sharply declined during the 1990s and had largely disappeared duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albums Produced By Nile Rodgers
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s, sharply declined during the 1990s and had largely disappeared duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chic (band) Compilation Albums
Chic (; ), meaning "stylish" or "smart", is an element of fashion. It was originally a French word. Etymology ''Chic'' is a French word, established in English since at least the 1870s. Early references in English dictionaries classified it as slang and New Zealand-born lexicographer Eric Partridge noted, with reference to its colloquial meaning, that it was "not so used in Fr nch" Gustave Flaubert notes in ''Madame Bovary'' (published in 1856) that "chicard" (one who is chic) is then Parisian very current slang for "classy" noting, perhaps derisively, perhaps not, that it was bourgeois. There is a similar word in German, '' schick'', with a meaning similar to ''chic'', which may be the origin of the word in French; another theory links ''chic'' to the word ''chicane''. Although the French pronunciation (/ˈʃiːk/ or "sheek") is now virtually standard and was that given by Fowler, ''chic'' was often rendered in the anglicised form of "chick". In a fictional vignette for '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as Composer: Shaping the Sounds of Popular Music'' (Cambridge, MA & London, UK: MIT Press, 2005).Richard James Burgess, ''The History of Music Production'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014)pp 12–13Allan Watson, ''Cultural Production in and Beyond the Recording Studio'' (New York: Routledge, 2015)pp 25–27 The record producer, or simply the producer, is likened to film director and art director. The executive producer, on the other hand, enables the recording project through entrepreneurship, and an audio engineer operates the technology. Varying by project, the producer may or may not choose all of the artists. If employing only synthesized or sampled instrumentation, the producer may be the sole artist. Conversely, some artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C'est Chic
''C'est Chic'' is the second studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1978. Release ''C'est Chic'' includes the band's signature hit "Le Freak", which topped the US Hot 100 chart, US R&B, ''and'' US Club Play in October 1978, selling six million copies in the US. The album also contains the hit single " I Want Your Love" (number 5 R&B, number 7 Pop, number 4 UK). ''C'est Chic'' was the band's most commercially successful album, reaching number 4 on ''Billboard'''s album chart and topping the US R&B chart for eleven weeks. ''C'est Chic'' was ''Billboard''s 1979 R&B Album of the Year, claiming the number one spot on ''Billboard''s Year End Review. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA, selling over a million copies. In the UK it peaked at number 2 and has been certified Gold by the BPI. The European version was originally called ''Très Chic'', with the cover featuring a woman wrapped around a neon light tube. It was withdrawn and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Believer (Chic Album)
''Believer'' is the seventh studio album by American band Chic, their last for the Atlantic Records label, and the last featuring the classic line-up of Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Alfa Anderson, Luci Martin, and Tony Thompson. The album includes the singles "Give Me the Lovin'" (#57 US R&B), "You Are Beautiful" (issued only in France, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia), and "Party Everybody" (issued only in Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands). The album failed to make much of an impact and shortly after its release the group disbanded. 1983 had seen Nile Rodgers releasing his first solo album, '' Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove'' - also largely overlooked, at least on a strictly commercial level. The following production assignment for David Bowie's '' Let's Dance'' (1983) album was to change the future for both Rodgers and his colleague Bernard Edwards completely. ''Believer'' was transferred to compact disc and re-released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongue In Chic
''Tongue in Chic'' is the sixth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1982. The album includes the singles " Hangin'" (R&B #48) and "I Feel Your Love Comin' On" (issued only in the Netherlands). ''Tongue in Chic'' peaked at No. 173 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album was the second of two projects to be written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers in 1982, the other being the soundtrack to movie ''Soup for One''. ''Tongue in Chic'' was transferred to compact disc and re-released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991. The album was digitally remastered and re-issued by Wounded Bird Records in 2003. Critical reception The '' Spin Alternative Record Guide'' wrote that the album "offers some extended nasty grooves that would soon be watered down for Bowie's ''Let's Dance'', but the songwriting falters halfway." Track listing All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. ;Side A #" Hangin'" – 5:12 #"I Feel Your Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangin'
"Hangin'" is a single from the sixth studio album by the Chic, ''Tongue in Chic ''Tongue in Chic'' is the sixth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1982. The album includes the singles " Hangin'" (R&B #48) and "I Feel Your Love Comin' On" (issued only in the Netherlands). ''Tongue in Chi ...''. It was the first single from this album and it reached #64 on the UK singles chart in March 1983, spending 1 week on the chart. It was Chic's first chart position in the UK for three and a half years. It just failed to enter US Billboard R&B chart top 40 (peaked at #48). Track listing ;Atlantic 7" 89954 October 12, 1982 * A. "Hangin'" (7" Edit) - 3:35 * B. "City Lights" - 4:26 ;Atlantic promo 12" DMD 371, 1982 * A. "Hangin'" - 5:13 * B. "Hangin'" (7" Edit) - 3:35 1982 singles Chic (band) songs Songs written by Bernard Edwards Songs written by Nile Rodgers Song recordings produced by Nile Rodgers Song recordings produced by Bernard Edwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real People (song)
"Real People" is from Chic's fourth album ''Real People''. It was the second single from this album and like its predecessor, featured a solo lead vocal by Luci Martin. Background Exploring new directions in the post-Disco era, Chic continued incorporating harder rock elements into their sound as evident by Nile Rodgers' blaring guitar solos which kick-off and end the song. Audiences were caught off guard by the new Chic sound. Prompting some radio programmers to flip the single and play the more upbeat/dancable B-side "Chip Off The Old Block" instead of the A-side. This, combined with other factors, resulted in the single not making much impact on the charts. Reception ''Record World ''Record World'' magazine was one of the three main music industry trade magazines in the United States, along with '' Billboard'' and '' Cashbox''. It was founded in 1946 under the name ''Music Vendor'', but in 1964 it was changed to ''Record Wo ...'' said it has "impeccable" taste, "stylish p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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