This album is a classic in terms of redefining soul and dance music ,NILE RODGERS AND BERNARD EDWARDS(rip),took alot of the classical elements of the past and threw some stank on it! Dance music was never the same ,also a lot of bands emulated their unique production style, their ballads were almost chants what huge orchestrations and strong background vocals, their image on the covers of their albums were elegant and sophisticated,which was often reflected in their music, C'EST CHIC is essential to the collection ......TIMELESS

In the late '70, this band has created a brand new musical style. They shown to the world that the definition "dance music" could been a synonym of "good music". I still think about Nile, Bernard and Tony how one of the best rhythm sections that i've heard in my whole life! Their rhythm arrangements was truly amazing and innovative.
Chic's music has been the more meaningful crossover between the "disco" era and the contemporary R&B music. Time flown, but great music never age.
R.I.P. Bernard and Tony...you're gone but not forgotten.

This elegant and innovative album took the clubs and the charts by storm in 1978 at the height of the disco boom. Of course the two hit singles Le Freak and I Want Your Love are the most immediately appealing tracks, both as pop and as dance music. My other favorites include Savoir Faire with its jazzy arrangement and the soulful At Last I Am Free. C'est Chic perfectly encapsulates the mood of an era. Together with Grace Jones' Portfolio, Donna Summer's Bad Girls, Boney M's Love for Sale and the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, it is one of the best disco albums of all time. The Chic movement included Norma Jean and Sister Sledge, both worth your time if you like classy dance music. Read all about the Rodgers/Edwards legacy in Everybody Dance: Chic and The Politics of Disco by Daryl Easlea.

This was definitely a classic Chic album from back in the day. I remember having this album along with quite a few others with my alliance money. To me, these guys were the epitome of Disco music. Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards layed it down like no others back then. If you are any type of fan of Disco music, then Chic should easily be in your collection of music.

I was just a callow youth when I bought this record on vinyl when it first came out all those years ago. The worldwide buzz was all about the massive club hits "Le Freak" and "I Want Your Love", and while I totally understood why and love those songs to this day, my personal favourite was always the album opener, "Chic Cheer".

Few people I met ever shared my view but I finally felt personally vindicated twenty years later when Ron 'Amen-Ra' Lawrence and Sean 'Puffy' Combs sampled the song for Faith Evans' 1998 megahit "Love Like This". I was a amateur DJ back then and was one of the first on the circuit to get the 12 inch single. I remember playing it at a friends birthday party in Chiswick and remember the crowd going wild. And then, a few years later, in 2003, Fatman Scoop & The Crooklyn Clan used the Faith Evans tune as the basis of their similarly massive club hit "Be Faithful". People still go crazy for that one.

Anyway, almost thirty years after its release, this is still one album (I own it on CD now) I play on a regular basis and I enjoy it just as much as I did on day one. It never fails to make me smile, sing along and sometimes even dance, no matter what mood I'm in. Every tune is a winner and I especially love that they included the instrumental - dare I say jazz-fusion? - number, "Savoir Faire". All the songs were written, produced, arranged and conducted by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards and those two will go down in history not just as the kings of disco, which they were, but as the architects of some of the best music my generation was to ever enjoy.

Say Amen for the days when you got just eight songs on a CD and still feel like you got your money's worth. That happens very rarely these days, if at all.