C'est Chic

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C'est Chic is the second studio album by American band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1978.[1]

Release

C'est Chic includes the band's signature hit "Le Freak", which topped the US Hot 100 chart, US R&B, and US Club Play in October 1978,[2] selling six million copies in the US. The album also contains the hit single "I Want Your Love" (number 5 R&B,[2] number 7 Pop,[2] number 4 UK[3]).

C'est Chic was the band's most commercially successful album, reaching number 4 on Billboard's album chart and topping the US R&B chart for eleven weeks.[4] C'est Chic was BillboardTemplate:'s 1979 R&B Album of the Year, claiming the number one spot on BillboardTemplate:'s Year End Review. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA,[5] selling over a million copies. In the UK it peaked at number 2[3] and has been certified Gold by the BPI.[6]

The European version was originally called Très Chic, with the cover featuring a woman wrapped around a neon light tube. It was withdrawn and replaced with the C'est Chic version with a less risqué cover. Très Chic had a different track listing.

C'est Chic was released on compact disc by Atlantic Records/Warner in 1991 (catalogue number 7567-81552-2). The album has been digitally remastered and re-issued twice: first in 2011 by Warner Music Japan and then in 2018 at Abbey Road Studios by Atlantic.

Critical reception

Template:Album ratings The Globe and Mail deemed C'est Chic "a sleekly elegant variation" of disco.[7] The Los Angeles Times opined that, aside from "Le Freak", the album "consists of pedestrian disco pieces and plodding R&B ballads."[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers; except where indicated.

C'est Chic

Side one
  1. "Chic Cheer" – 4:42
  2. "Le Freak" – 5:27 Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handler
  3. "Savoir Faire" – 5:01
  4. "Happy Man" – 4:17
Side two
  1. "I Want Your Love" – 6:55 Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handler
  2. "At Last I Am Free" – 7:08
  3. "Sometimes You Win" – 4:26
  4. "(Funny) Bone" – 3:41
    • (LP only hidden track – moog solo)

Très Chic

Side one
  1. "Chic Cheer" – 4:42
  2. "Le Freak" – 5:23 Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handler
  3. "I Want Your Love" – 6:55 Template:ErrorTemplate:Category handler
  4. "Happy Man" – 4:17
  5. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" (Edwards, Kenny Lehman, Rodgers) – 3:35
Side two
  1. "Savoir Faire" – 5:01
  2. "At Last I Am Free" – 7:08
  3. "Sometimes You Win" – 4:26
  4. "(Funny) Bone" – 3:41
  5. "Everybody Dance" – 3:22

Personnel

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Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Cover Versions

Robert Wyatt had a top 20 UK Indie Chart hit with a cover of "At Last I Am Free" in 1980.[13]

See also

References

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