Riding High (Faze-O album)

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Riding High
Riding high faze-o cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1977
Recorded1977 at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre Funk
Length31:54
Label She Records
Producer Tight Corporation
Faze-O chronology
Riding High
(1977)
Good Thang
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Riding High is the first album by the Dayton, Ohio funk band Faze-O. [2] Released in 1977 on Atlantic Records subsidiary label, She Records, it was produced by the Ohio Players. They would chart in 1978 with the top ten R&B single, "Riding High".

Contents

"Riding High" went on to be an oft-sampled song for many hip hop and R&B acts from the late 1980s onwards. [3] It was first sampled in Fresh Four's "Wishing on a Star" in 1989, produced by The High & Mighty.

Tracks

  1. "Riding High" - 5:21
  2. "Funky Reputation" - 5:10
  3. "You And I (Belong Together)" - 5:20
  4. "Toe Jam" - 4:59
  5. "True Love" - 3:19
  6. "Get Some Booty" - 2:49
  7. "Test - This Is Faze-O" - 4:44

Personnel

Faze-O

Additional Musicians

Charts

Album

YearAlbumChart positions [4]
US US
R&B
1978Riding High9819

Single

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US R&B [5]
1978"Riding High"9

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References

  1. Riding High at AllMusic
  2. Wynn, Ron. "Biography". ALLMusic. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  3. Muggs, Joe; Stevens, Brian (2020). Bass, Mids, Tops: An Oral History of Sound System Culture. MIT Press. p. 543. ISBN   1913689050.
  4. "Faze-O US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  5. "Faze-O US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-09.