Chic – C'est Chic

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Label:	Atlantic – SD 19209
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, MO - Monarch Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	Aug 11, 1978
Genre:	Funk / Soul
Style:	Disco

Tracklist

A1	Chic Cheer	4:42
A2	Le Freak	5:23
A3	Savoir Faire	5:01
A4	Happy Man	4:17
B1	I Want Your Love	6:45
B2	At Last I Am Free Clavinet, Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano – Andy Schwartz	7:08
B3	Sometimes You Win Engineer – Burt Szerlip	4:26
B4	(Funny) Bone	3:41

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright © – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Produced For – The Chic Organization Ltd.
Recorded At – Power Station
Mixed At – Power Station
Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
Mastered At – Presswell
Pressed By – Monarch Record Mfg. Co. – △23868
Record Company – Warner Communications
Published By – Chic Music, Inc.
Published By – Cotillion Music

Credits

Art Direction – Bob Defrin
Bass – Bernard Edwards
Clavinet, Piano [Acoustic], Electric Piano – Robert Sabino*
Concertmaster – Gene Orloff
Drums – Tony Thompson (2)
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Raymond Jones
Engineer – Bob Clearmountain
Engineer [Assistant] – Jeff Hendrickson, Positively No Way Ray (Willard?)*
Guitar – Nile Rodgers
Mastered By – Dennis King
Percussion – Sammy Figueroa
Photography By – Joel Brodsky
Producer [Associate] – Mark Kreiner*, Tom Cossie
Producer, Arranged By, Written-By, Conductor – Bernard Edwards And Nile Rodgers*
Saxophone – Alex Foster, Jean Fineberg
Strings – Cheryl Hong, Karen Milne, Marianne Carroll
Trombone – Barry Rogers
Trumpet – Ellen Seeling, Jon Faddis
Tubular Bells – Jose Rossy
Vocals – Alfa Anderson, Bernard Edwards, David Lasley, Diva Gray, Luci Martin, Luther Vandross
Written-By, Arranged By, Conductor – Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers

Notes

"MO" in label matrix and (MR) stamp in runouts denote a Monarch Record Mfg. Co. pressing.
"(PR)" in runouts indicates Presswell made metal parts for Monarch to press.

Produced for The Chic Organization Ltd. In association with MK Productions
All songs mixed and recorded at Power Station Studios in New York (A lovely bunch of coconuts)
Mastered at Atlantic Studios, New York City.
All selections published by Chic Music, Inc./Cotillion Music, BMI.
Luther Vandross appears courtesy of Ceilidh Productions.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Pressing Plant ID (Text in label matrix): MR
Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): (MR)
Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): ST-A-784169-MO
Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): ST-A-784170-MO
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A variant 1): ST-A-784169-B B ➀ (MR) △23868 ➆ (PR) ATLANTIC STUDIOS D.K.
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B variant 1): ST-A-784170-B B ➀ (MR) ATLANTIC STUDIOS D.K. △23868-x-➇ (PR)
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A variant 2): ST-A-784169-A A ➀ (MR) △23868 ④ (PR) ATLANTIC STUDIOS D.K.
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B variant 2): ST-A-784170-B B ST-A-784170 (MR) ATLANTIC STUDIOS D.K. △23868-x-② (PR)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	C'est Chic (LP, Album, Stereo)	Atlantic	ATL 50 549	Netherlands	1978
Recently Edited	C'est Chic (LP, Album)	Atlantic	30.091	Brazil	1978
Recently Edited	C'est Chic (LP, Album)	Atlantic	ATL 50 565	Germany	1978
Recently Edited	C'est Chic (LP, Album)	Atlantic, Atlantic	K 50565, MS/MT 5049	UK	1978
	C'est Chic (LP, Album, Club Edition, Reissue)	Atlantic, Bertelsmann Club	38 367-9	Germany	1978

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Reviews

jheath79 Apr 3, 2022
My copy plays at an inconsistent speed on SIde B. Ruined an otherwise phenomenal sounding experience. I decided to go with the Presswell pressing.
PsychicDriver Mar 25, 2022
Revisiting the LP this week, and surely one of the finest albums of all time. A perfect execution of 'Chic' as a concept, and aside from the obvious dance floor power, here 'At Last I Am Free' is a sublime piece of art.
ljrafalko Feb 23, 2021
Is there a deluxe 19 track edition of C'est Chic in existence? I don't see it listed above, but it looks like one exists on the interwebs. I just wanted to see who issued it.
flowerbed Feb 6, 2021
Edited 3 years ago
Risque is their peak of production excellence for me but obviously this is one of the greats too.
The singles are the highlights as usual but Nile's solos on the achingly lush instrumental Savoir Faire are a treat. Plus I'm a sucker for Funny (Bone), what a groove!

Incidentally, as I often found with Chic and S/S 12s too, this LP plays too fast. I wish someone would get to the bottom of how or why that happened. I'm absolutely certain would Nile would know!
Anyway, I have my Technics SL-1200 pitch adjust slider on -2 and that's the pocket for me. :)
sue2who May 24, 2020
this LP seem to find a spot in my brain playing over and over again
cutjules Aug 6, 2019
What a blast, this album is so groovy ! Guitar and bass are awesome. Every track is excellent.
Vareja Nov 17, 2018
Edited 5 years ago
Awesome and historic album from the fantastic band. Nile and Bernard superb conduction. Essential.
tbelte Mar 26, 2018
For me the greatest Chic album. I would say that though, it has I Want Your Love on it which for me is a Desert Island Disc. The arrangement on that record never fails to not impress me and I still hear new elements every now and again. Also, At Last Im Free is worth mentioning too - a melody and lullaby of new beginnings and out with the old and in with the new ideals. Essential.