Chic-ism

Chic-ism
Studio album by Chic
Released	March 3, 1992
Recorded	August–December 1991
Studio	Power Station, New York City Skyline, New York City
Genre	Disco, funk, R&B
Length	62:47
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers
Chic chronology
Believer (1983) Chic-ism (1992) Chic Freak and More Treats (1996)
Singles from Chic-Ism
"Chic Mystique" Released: February 1992 "Your Love" Released: April 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
Spin	(favourable) [6]

Chic-ism is the eighth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on the Warner Bros label in 1992.

The album includes singles "Chic Mystique" (#1 US Club Play, #48 R&B) and "Your Love" (#3 US Club Play). Nine years after Chic's final 1983 album Believer , during which Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards had worked as songwriters and producers for artists such as David Bowie, Madonna, Duran Duran, Robert Palmer, and The B-52's, and the Chic back catalogue and its musical legacy had been re-evaluated by both music critics and the general public, Edwards and Rodgers reunited for a long-awaited eighth Chic album and the following years would see the two touring the world with their new line-up of the band.

Chic-ism was digitally remastered and re-issued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006.

Track listing

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

1. "Chic Mystique" – 6:27 (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards/Princesa) Listen ^ⓘ
2. "Your Love" – 5 :54 Listen ^ⓘ
3. "Jusagroove" – 3:41
4. "Something You Can Feel" – 4:31 (Rodgers/Edwards/Princesa)
5. "One and Only One" – 4:27
6. "Doin' That Thing to Me" – 4:05
7. "Chicism" – 4:06 (Rodgers/Edwards/Princesa)
8. "In It to Win It" – 5:45
9. "My Love's for Real" – 4:52
10. "Take My Love" – 5:36
11. "High" – 4:29
12. "M.M.F.T.C.F." – 4:36
13. "Chic Mystique (Reprise)" – 4:05 (Rodgers/Edwards/Princesa)

Personnel

• Sylver Logan Sharp – lead vocals (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–9, 11, 13)
• Jenn Thomas – lead vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6–8, 10, 11, 13)
• Princessa (Jennece S. Moore) – lead vocals/rap (tracks 1, 4, 7, 13)
• Tawatha Agee – vocals
• Briz – vocals
• Michelle Cobbs – vocals
• Dennis Collins – vocals
• Fonzi Thornton – vocals
• Brenda White King – vocals
• Nile Rodgers – guitar, vocals
• Richard Hilton – keyboards, programming
• Andreas Levin – programming
• Bernard Edwards – bass guitar, vocals
• Sterling Campbell – drums
• Sonny Emory – drums
• Geraldo Velez – percussion
• Stan Harrison – alto & tenor saxophone
• Steve Elson – alto, tenor & baritone saxophone
• Mac Gollehon – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
• Alfred Brown – strings
• Elena Barere – strings
• Fred Zlotkin – strings
• Gerald Tarack – strings
• Julien Barber – strings
• Juliet Haffner – strings
• Marti Sweet – strings
• Matthew Raimondi – strings
• Max Ellen – strings
• Mitsue Takayama – strings
• Regis Iandiorio – strings
• Richard Locker – strings
• Richard Sortomme – strings
• Winterton Garvey – strings
• Gene Orloff – conductor (strings)

Production

• Bernard Edwards – producer
• Nile Rodgers – producer
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Dave O'Donell – mixing
• Jon Goldberger – mixing
• Jeff Gold, Robin Lynch – art direction and design
• Stéphane Sednaoui – photography

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top R&B Albums	39 [7]
UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Albums	35

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
"Chic Mystique"	U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs	1 [8]
	U.S. Billboard Dance Singles Sales	4 [9]
	RPM Canadian Dance/Urban Songs	7 [10]
	U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles	48
"Your Love"	U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs	3 [11]
	U.S. Billboard Dance Singles Sales	6 [12]

References

1. Hayes, Kelvin. Chic-ism at AllMusic
2. Kot, Greg (March 26, 1992). "Chic Chic-ism (Warner)". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune.
3. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau - Consumer Guide Reviews: Chic". robertchristgau.com.
4. Browne, David (March 27, 1992). "Chic: Chicism". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly.
5. Powell, Kevin (March 3, 1992). "Chic: Chic-ism". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone.
6. Ro, Ronin (May 1992). "Chic: Chicism". Spin. p. 80.
7. "Chic: Chic-ism (Top R&B Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
8. "Chic: Chic Mystique (Dance/Club Play Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
9. "Chic: Chic Mystique (Dance Singles Sales)". billboard.com. Billboard.
10. RPM Dance. Vol. 55. RPM. May 30, 1992.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
11. "Chic: Your Love (Dance/Club Play Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
12. "Chic: Your Love". billboard.com. Billboard.