Chic - Risque (1979) {Atlantic}
Chic - Risque (1979) {Atlantic}
EAC 0.99pb3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 216MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Funk, Soul
EAC 0.99pb3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 216MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Funk, Soul
Chic - Risque (1979) {Atlantic}
CHIC's third album has been praised by many as their very finest, yet - perhaps because of the impossible task of surpassing two monster albums (C'est CHIC + We Are Family) - I feel this comes off a wee bit disappointing. Of course, there was the ambiguous "Good Times", possibly CHIC's very greatest track with Nard's classic bass line, this first single has made history of its own, and there's no denying the splendid quality of this record. "A Warm Summer Night" is a sensuous instrumental that belongs among my favourites with its corny "Te quiero papi" whisper. Needless to say, the music is faultlessly played, repeating the theme over and over again. Perhaps repetition is one of my minor complaints of "Risqué" - as much as I do like the equally elegant "My Feet Keep Dancing", the chorus may be repeated a bit too much on this one. Interestingly, "My Feet Keep Dancing" had been Nile'n Nard's bet for the flagship single - yet when it was released as the third single, it did a disappointing showing, failing to break even into the US Top 100, although it peaked at no. 21 in the UK. Side 2 is probably the point where I don't think "Risqué" works so well. It begins well with "My Forbidden Lover", a fine track that was more danceable than "My Feet …" with its somewhat restless drive. The verse, however, breaks somewhat abruptly into the chorus, but the nursery rhyme part "My love is forbidden, we keep our love hidden" is the charm of this track. Nevertheless, the lazy jam "Can't Stand To Love You" falls below standard and is one of my least-liked CHIC tracks. Few could write ballads as Nile & Nard with so much pathos as "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" - unfortunately, the haunting chorus line is repeated over the top again. The last song also dealt with unfulfilled needs, and although "What About Me" is an uptempo song, this resembles "Will You Cry" too much in structure to make Side 2 really enjoyable. Because of the impeccable quality of the four first tracks - and also "What About Me" and "Will You Cry" isolated - I award "Risqué"Track List
1. Good Times
2. A Warm Summer Night
3. My Feet Keep Dancing
4. My Forbidden Lover
5. Can't Stand To Love You
6. Will You Cry
7. What About Me
musicians
Nile Rodgers - guitar, vocals
Bernard Edwards - lead vocals on 3, bass guitar
Alfa Anderson - Lead vocals 1, 4, 6, 7
Luci Martin - Lead vocals 1, 3, 4, 5
Tony Thompson - drums
Fonzi Thornton - vocals
Michelle Cobbs - vocals
Ullanda McCullough - vocals
Robert Sabino - keyboards
Andy Schwartz - keyboards
Raymond Jones - keyboards
Sammy Figueroa - percussion
Gene Orloff - concert master
Karen Karlsrud (The Chic Strings) - strings
Cheryl Hong (The Chic Strings) - strings
Karen Milne (The Chic Strings) - strings
Valerie Haywood (The Chic strings) - strings
Jon Faddis - trumpet
Ellen Seeling - trumpet
Alex Foster - saxophone
Jean Fineberg - saxophone
Barry Rogers - trombone
Produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007
EAC extraction logfile from 8. November 2008, 1:34
Chic / Risque
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DR17 -0.02 dB -18.26 dB 8:09 01-Good Times
DR15 -2.67 dB -20.09 dB 6:11 02-A Warm Summer Night
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Chic - Risque (1979) {Atlantic}
Chic - Risque (1979) {Atlantic}
Chic - Risque (1979) {Atlantic}
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