Although their follow-up album, C'EST CHIC, was the one that contained their anthemic disco hit "La Freak," this 1977 debut set the stage for the band's ultimate success as one of the iconic vocal groups of the disco era. Songwriters Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards (guitarist and bassist, respectively) were masters at concocting simple, driving grooves with percussive, hooky basslines, and an aura of decadent fun, underscored by the indiscriminate dropping of French expressions.
Lead singer Norma Jean Wright was particularly expressive in her upper range, creating a template for the hot-to-trot, feline sound associated with female disco vocalists. Backing singer Alfa Anderson holds her own here, too, and the women's voices blend well on such hits as "Dance, Dance, Dance" and "Strike Up the Band."
Chic: Norma Jean, Alfa Anderson (vocals); Nile Rodgers (guitar, vocals); Bernard Edwards (bass, vocals); Tony Thompson (drums).
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios and The Power Station, New York.
All songs co-written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers except "Dance Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" and "Sao Paulo" (Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers/Kenny Lehman).
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Disco & Funk
- Remastered, 180 Gram vinyl
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Tracks
| A1 | Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) | 8:23 |
| A2 | São Paulo | 5:03 |
| A3 | You Can Get By | 5:42 |
| B1 | Everybody Dance | 6:42 |
| B2 | Est-Ce Que C'est Chic | 3:56 |
| B3 | Falling In Love With You | 4:31 |
| B4 | Strike Up The Band | 4:37 |
