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Open Up | Chic | 3:53 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Real People | Chic | 5:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Loved You More | Chic | 3:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Got Protection | Chic | 6:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Rebels Are We | Chic | 4:56 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Chip Off the Old Block | Chic | 5:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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26 | Chic | 4:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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You Can't Do It Alone | Chic | 4:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 8 Songs |
Album Review
In the early '80s, Chic's influence on other artists was hard to miss. Change, Fantasy, Luther Vandross, the Talking Heads, Grace Jones and Queen were among the many artists who were incorporating elements of the Chic sound. It was ironic and quite amusing to hear some members of the "Death to Disco!" brigade blaring Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" on their car stereos during the summer of 1980, for that funk-rock ditty was obviously based on "Good Times." But Chic itself was seeing its popularity start to fade, and fans were realizing that the group had reached its creative peak in the late '70s. Like other albums that Chic recorded in the early '80s, Real People is competent but less than essential. Diehard fans will find that while "Rebels Are We," "I Got Protection" and "Chip off the Old Block" are likable and catchy, they aren't in a class with "Good Times" or "Le Freak." This is a decent album, but it's also the work of a group that was past its prime.
Customer Reviews
True Chic fans MUST have this!
I so completely disagree with the kick-off album review on this thread. Chic had been so widely copied by so many bands that I remember going to a record store once and asking for the new Chic album. It turns out Chic had not released a new album, but a copycat's song I had heard on the radio was so close to Chic's style that even I, (a die-hard fan) was fooled. By the way, the copycat in that instance was the band called Change. Chic had gotten to the point where they had to get away from their own style just to try to produce something that didn't sound like all their copiers. This album did not have the massive worldwide hits the likes of "Le Freak" and "Good Times", but for anyone who truly loves the Chic sound, this is a step above the rest in the sheer virtuosity that Nile and Nard brought to their instruments and to the production process. If tracks like "Open Up" and "Rebels Are We" did not place Nile Rodgers in the higher echelons of the world's guitar players, then I don't know what will. And the pulsating, driving bass style of the much missed Bernard Edwards is as majestic as ever. The recording sounds lush in a way that always distinguished an expertly produced Chic track. No, this definitely was not the work of a band past its prime; it was a musical statement that in my mind put a clear demarcation line between all the Chic copycats/wannabe's and the true masters. Let's never forget that Chic was no fluke. These guys were seasoned, seriously talented players only operating in a style mistakenly not always held in the highest esteem (disco). With this album, they rewrote the Chic signature emphatically! I miss you guys!
Some EAR-ESSENTIAL stuff here!
"Open Up" uses a string section in the most elastic, funky, swinging way imagineable. And Nile lets loose with a tasty tasty guitar solo. "Rebels Are We" has a great caper to it, and there couldn't be a catchier, more ironic lyric. Buy these individual cuts. I put those two songs into more mix tapes back in the day than you could shake a skinny tie at.
Biography
Formed: 1977 in New York, NY
Genre: R&B/Soul
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s
Top Albums and Songs By Chic
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
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Le Freak | Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic, Vol. 2 | 5:31 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Good Times | Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic, Vol. 2 | 8:14 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Le Freak | Roll Bounce (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) | 4:16 | $0.69 | View In iTunes |
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4 |
Everybody Dance (LP Version) | Chic | 6:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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5 |
Good Times | Rhino Hi-Five - Chic - EP | 8:14 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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6 |
Le Freak (Single Edit) | Les plus grands succès de Chic (Chic's Greatest Hits) | 3:31 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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7 |
I Want Your Love | Rhino Hi-Five - Chic - EP | 6:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) (LP/12" Version) | Chic | 8:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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9 |
Le Freak | Rhino Hi-Five - Chic - EP | 5:31 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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10 |
Lola's Theme (Original Version) | Ultra iDance 05, Disc 2 (Mixed by Johnny Budz) | 7:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $7.92
- Genres: Dance, Music, R&B/Soul, Disco, Funk, Contemporary R&B, Quiet Storm
- Released: 1980
- ℗ 2004 Atlantic Recording Corp.
