''Riding High'' is the first album by the

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band Faze-O. Released in 1977 on

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subsidiary label, She Records, it was produced by the

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. They would chart in 1978 with the top ten R&B single, "Riding High". "Riding High" went on to be an oft-sampled song for many hip hop and R&B acts from the late 1980s onwards. It was first sampled in Fresh Four's "Wishing on a Star" in 1989, produced by The High & Mighty.

Tracks

# "Riding High" - 5:21 # "Funky Reputation" - 5:10 # "You And I (Belong Together)" - 5:20 # "Toe Jam" - 4:59 # "True Love" - 3:19 # "Get Some Booty" - 2:49 # "Test - This Is Faze-O" - 4:44

Personnel

Faze-O

*Keith Harrison - Arp, Clavinet, composer,

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, keyboards,

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, percussion, piano, electric piano, lead and backing vocals *Ralph "Love" Aikens - guitar, talk box, lead and backing vocals *Tyrone "Flye" Crum - bass, backing vocals *Robert Neal Jr. - percussion, lead and backing vocals *Roger Parker - drums, percussion

Additional Musicians

*Robert "C.D." Jones - congas *Bobby Lewis, Jack Kramer, Paul Serrano - trumpets

Charts

Album

Single

References

External links

Faze-O-Riding High at Discogs
{{Authority control 1977 debut albums Faze-O albums