Riding High is the first album by the Dayton, Ohio, funk band Faze-O. Released in 1977 on Atlantic Records subsidiary label, She Records, it was produced by the Ohio Players. 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, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, Minimoog, 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 Year Album Chart positions US USR&B 1978 Riding High 98 19
Single Year Single Peak chart positions US R&B 1978 "Riding High" 9
References
External links Faze-O-Riding High at Discogs