Chic-ism is the eighth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on the Warner Bros label in 1992.
The album includes singles "Chic Mystique" (No. 1 US Club Play, No. 48 R&B) and "Your Love" (No. 3 US Club Play). Nine years after Chic's final 1983 album Believer, during which Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards had worked as songwriters and producers for artists such as David Bowie, Madonna, Duran Duran, Robert Palmer, and the B-52's, and the Chic back catalogue and its musical legacy had been re-evaluated by both music critics and the general public, Edwards and Rodgers reunited for a long-awaited eighth Chic album and the following years would see the two touring the world with their new line-up of the band.
Chic-ism was digitally remastered and re-issued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006.
Track listing All songs written by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards except as indicated. "Chic Mystique" – 6:27 (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards/Princesa) "Your Love" – 5 :54 "Jusagroove" – 3:41 "Something You Can Feel" – 4:31 (Rodgers/Edwards/Princesa) "One and Only One" – 4:27 "Doin' That Thing to Me" – 4:05 "Chicism" – 4:06 (Rodgers/Edwards/Princesa) "In It to Win It" – 5:45 "My Love's for Real" – 4:52 "Take My Love" – 5:36 "High" – 4:29 "M.M.F.T.C.F." – 4:36 "Chic Mystique (Reprise)" – 4:05 (Rodgers/Edwards/Princesa)
Personnel
Sylver Logan Sharp – lead vocals (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–9, 11, 13) Jenn Thomas – lead vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6–8, 10, 11, 13) Princessa (Jennece S. Moore) – lead vocals/rap (tracks 1, 4, 7, 13) Tawatha Agee – vocals Briz – vocals Michelle Cobbs – vocals Dennis Collins – vocals Fonzi Thornton – vocals Brenda White King – vocals Nile Rodgers – guitar, vocals Richard Hilton – keyboards, programming Andreas Levin – programming Bernard Edwards – bass guitar, vocals Sterling Campbell – drums Sonny Emory – drums Geraldo Velez – percussion Stan Harrison – alto & tenor saxophone Steve Elson – alto, tenor & baritone saxophone Mac Gollehon – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet Alfred Brown – strings Elena Barere – strings Fred Zlotkin – strings Gerald Tarack – strings Julien Barber – strings Juliet Haffner – strings Marti Sweet – strings Matthew Raimondi – strings Max Ellen – strings Mitsue Takayama – strings Regis Iandiorio – strings Richard Locker – strings Richard Sortomme – strings Winterton Garvey – strings Gene Orloff – conductor (strings)
Production Bernard Edwards – producer Nile Rodgers – producer Bob Ludwig – mastering Dave O'Donell – mixing Jon Goldberger – mixing Jeff Gold, Robin Lynch – art direction and design Stéphane Sednaoui – photography
Charts Chart (1992) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top R&B Albums39 UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Albums35
+ Singles Year Single Chart Position"Chic Mystique" U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs1 U.S. Billboard Dance Singles Sales4 RPM Canadian Dance/Urban Songs7 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles48"Your Love" U.S. BillboardDance/Club Play Songs3 U.S. Billboard Dance Singles Sales6
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