Chic - Take It Off (1981) - €10,00

Take It Off is the fifth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in November 16, 1981. It includes the single "Stage Fright", which reached #35 on the US R&B chart, but was the first Chic single failing to enter the US Pop charts, and this album only proved to be moderately successful as well, stalling at #124 on the US albums chart and #36 on the R&B chart.

In 1981, a lot of rock & rollers were claiming that the disco era was officially over. Disco, of course, never really died -- a lot of the dance-pop, house music, Hi-NRG, and Latin freestyle that was recorded in the '80s and '90s was essentially disco -- but as far as many of the radio stations and record company A&R men of 1981 were concerned, disco was dead. And that was bad news for Chic, a group closely identified with the disco era. Even though a lot of Chic's work had as much to do with funk and soul as it did with the Euro-disco sound, Chic was unable to live down its reputation as a disco group.

But Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards gave it a try with 1981's Take It Off, an admirable, if uneven, project that finds the group downplaying the Euro-disco elements. With R&B and funk as the foundation, Chic tries to branch out by incorporating elements of pop-rock on "Your Love Is Canceled," and jazz on "Flash Back" and "So Fine" (which shouldn't be confused with the "So Fine" that Kashif produced for R&B singer Howard Johnson in 1982).
In fact, a few of Rogers' guitar solos give the impression that he'd been listening to a lot of Wes Montgomery. But as likable as the LP is, it didn't contain a major hit -- the single "Stage Fright" only made it to #34 on Billboard's R&B singles chart. And for a group that had enjoyed #1 pop and R&B smashes only two and three years earlier, that was certainly disappointing.


Side A       
A1. Stage Fright  - 3:55 
A2. Burn Hard  - 5:12 
A3. So Fine  - 4:10 
A4. Flash Back  - 4:28 
A5. Telling Lies  - 2:28 

Side B
B1. Your Love Is Cancelled  - 4:12 
B2. Would You Be My Baby  - 3:34 
B3. Take It Off  - 5:12 
B4. Just Out Of Reach  - 3:45 
B5. Baby Doll  - 3:10

Notes  

Release:  1981

Format: LP

Genre:  Soul / Funk

Label:  Atlantic Records

Catalog#  19323

Vinyl:  VG

Cover:  VG

Prijs:  €10,00

Chic - Risque (1979) - €10,00

Side A
A1. Good Times  (8:08)
A2.  A Warm Summer Night  (6:10)
A3.  My Feet Keep Dancing  (6:38)

Side B
B1.  My Forbidden Lover  (4:39)
B2.  Can’t Stand to Love You  (2:56)
B3.  Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)  (4:06)
B4.  What About Me  (4:09)

Release:  1979
Format:  LP
Genre:  Funk, Soul
Label:  Atlantic Records
Catalog#  ATL 50634


Vinyl:  Excellent
Hoes:  Excellent

Prijs:  €10,00

Chic - Believer (1984) - Lp

Released: 1983
Genre:  Soul, Funk
Format:  LP
Label:  Atlantic Records
Catalog#  780107-1
Prijs:  €10,00

Believer is the seventh studio album by American band Chic, their last for the Atlantic Records label, and the last featuring the classic line-up of Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Alfa Anderson, Luci Martin, and Tony Thompson.
The album includes the singles "Give Me The Lovin'" (#57 US R&B), "You Are Beautiful" (issued only in France, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia), and "Party Everybody" (issued only in Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands).
The album failed to make much of an impact and shortly after its release the group disbanded. 1983 had seen Nile Rodgers releasing his first solo album, Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove - also largely overlooked, at least on a strictly commercial level.
The following production assignment for David Bowie's Let's Dance album was to change the future for both Rodgers and his colleague Bernard Edwards completely.

Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards hoped that Chic could, which is why 1983's Believer finds the group updating its sound with generally appealing, if uneven, results. Using a lot more keyboards and drum machines and favoring a more high-tech production style, Rogers and Edwards sound like they're trying hard to live down their reputation as a late '70s disco act. Urban contemporary considerations are strong, and some of the songs might have reached pop-rock and new wave audiences with the right promotion.
The infectious "Party Everybody" contains more rapping than singing, and acknowledges hip-hop's popularity, which is appropriate considering how often hip-hoppers have sampled Chic over the years. And even though Believer falls short of being a gem, you have to admire Chic's ability to update its approach while continuing to sound incredibly distinctive. But the LP didn't contain any hit singles, and Believer would be Chic's last album for Atlantic. Chic broke up in 1985, although they reunited for 1992's uneven Chic-ism and 1996's superb Live at the Budokhan (neither of which were big sellers).
The ironic thing is that while Rodgers and Edwards were very much in demand as producers during the '80s (when Rodgers produced such superstars as Duran Duran, Madonna, David Bowie, and the B-52s, and Edwards worked with the Power Station, Rod Stewart, Robert Palmer, and Jody Watley, among others), Chic itself never returned to the top of the charts.


Side A
A1. Believer   (5:06) 
A2. You Are Beautiful   (4:34) 
A3. Take A Closer Look   (4:38) 
A4. Give Me The Lovin’  (4:52) 

Side B
B1. Show Me Your Light   (3:57) 
B2. You Got Some Love For Me   (4:52) 
B3. In Love With Music   (3:52) 
B4. Party Everybody   (4:51)

Vinyl: Goed
Hoes: Goed

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Chic - Tongue In Chic (LP)

Side A
A1. Hangin'   (5:12)  
A2. I Feel Your Love Comin' On   (6:52)  
A3. When You Love Someone   (5:06) 

Side B
B1. Chic (Everybody Say)   (4:46)  
B2. Hey Fool   (3:40)  
B3. Sharing Love   (2:40)  
B4. City Lights   (4:26)

Release:  1982
Label:  Atlantic Records
Catalog#  780031-1

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