Chic is the debut album by Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1977. The cover art featured two models, Valentine Monnier (left) and Alva Chinn (right), uncredited in a photograph taken by Frank Laffitte.
Release
It includes the hit singles "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - originally released on Buddah Records - (US Hot 100 #6, R&B #6, US Club Play #1, UK #6) and "Everybody Dance" (US Hot 100 #38, R&B #12, US Club Play #1, UK #9). Chic's debut album reached #27 on the US Pop charts, #12 on the R&B charts and was certified Gold by the RIAA, selling more than half a million copies.
Chic was released on compact disc by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991. The album was digitally remastered and re-issued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006 and by Warner Music Japan in 2011.
Track listing All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, except "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" and "São Paulo" by Edwards, Rodgers and Kenny Lehman.
Personnel Norma Jean Wright - lead vocals (B1, B2, B3) Bernard Edwards - lead vocals (A3), bass guitar Nile Rodgers - guitar, vocals Tony Thompson - drums Luther Vandross - vocals Alfa Anderson - vocals David Lasley - vocals Robin Clark - vocals Diva Gray - vocals Kenny Lehman - woodwinds David Friedman - orchestral bells, vibraphones Raymond Jones - keyboards Robert Sabino - keyboards Andy Schwartz - keyboards Tom Coppola - keyboards Jeremy Wall - keyboards George Young - flute, tenor saxophone Vito Rendace - flute, tenor saxophone on "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" Jon Faddis - trumpet Jay Beckenstein - saxophone on São Paulo Barry Rogers - trombone Gerardo Velez - percussion Sammy Figueroa - percussion Alfred Brown - strings contractor Gloria Agostini - harp Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Kenny Lehman - arrangements
Production Bernard Edwards - record producer Nile Rodgers - producer Kenny Lehman - co-producer (track B1) Bob Clearmountain - sound engineer Bob Drake - engineer Michael Frondelli - engineer Ron Johnsen - engineer Tom Savarese - engineer Marc Kreiner, Tom Cossie - executive producers Bob Defrin - art direction Lynn Dresse Breslin - design Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York; vocals and mixed at Power Station, New York
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1977–1978) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1978) Position US Billboard 200 37 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 34
Certifications and sales
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