Chic-Ism

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Chic-ism
Studio album by Chic
Released	March 3, 1992
Recorded	1992
Genre	Disco / Funk / R&B / Jazz / Samba
Length	62:47
Label	WEA
Producer	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Chic chronology
Believer (1983) Chic-ism (1992) Chic Freak and More Treats (1996)

Chic-Ism is the eighth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on the WEA 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 album Believer, during which Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards had worked as songwriters and producers for David Bowie, Madonna, Duran Duran, Robert Palmer, The B52's to name but a few, 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 reissued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006.

Contents 1 Tracklisting 2 Personnel 2.1 Production 3 US Singles

[edit] Tracklisting

1. "Chic Mystique" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 6:27 Listen (help·info)
2. "Your Love" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 5:54 Listen (help·info)
3. "Jusagroove" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 3:41
4. "Something You Can Feel" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:31
5. "One And Only One" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:27
6. "Doin' That Thing For Me" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:05
7. "Chicism" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:06
8. "In It To Win It" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 5:45
9. "My Love's For Real" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:52
10. "Take My Love" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 5:36
11. "High" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:29
12. "M.M.F.T.C.F." (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:36
13. "Chic Mystique (Reprise)" (Edwards, Rodgers) - 4:05

[edit] Personnel

• Brenda White King - vocals
• Briz - vocals
• Dennis Collins - vocals
• Fonzi Thornton - vocals
• Jenn Thomas - vocals
• Michelle Cobbs - vocals
• Sylver Logan Sharp - vocals
• Tawatha Agee - vocals
• Bernard Edwards - bass guitar, vocals
• Nile Rodgers - guitar, vocals
• Sonny Emory - drums
• Sterling Campbell - drums
• Richard Hilton - keyboards, programming
• Andreas Levin - programming
• Geraldo Velez - percussion
• Princessa - rap
• Stan Harrison - saxophone, alto & tenor
• Steve Elson - saxophone, alto, tenor & baritone
• Mac Gollehon - trumpet, flugelhorn, trumpet (piccolo)
• Al 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)

[edit] Production

• Bernard Edwards - producer
• Nile Rodgers - producer
• Bob Ludwig - mastering
• Dave O'Donell - mixing
• Jon Goldberger - mixing

[edit] US Singles

"Chic Mystique"

"Chic Mystique" (Warner Bros. Records promo 12" PRO-A-5069, 1992)
Side A:

1. "Chic Mystique" (Club Mix) - 7:59
2. "Chic Mystique" (Club Dub) - 8:06
3. "Chic Mystique" (Bonus A Cappella) -1:24
   • Remix trks 1-3 Masters At Work

Side B:

1. "Chic Mystique" (12" Remix Extended Album Version) - 6:50
2. "Chic Mystique" (Lovely Club Mix) - 6:46
3. "Chic Mystique" (4 A.M. Mix) - 7:03
   • Remix trks 2 & 3 Roger Sanchez

"Chic Mystique (Remixes)" (Warner Bros. Records 12" 0-40225, 1992)
Side A:

1. "Chic Mystique" (Club Mix) - 7:59
2. "Chic Mystique" (Club Dub) - 8:06
3. "Chic Mystique" (Lovely Club Mix) - 8:13
   • Remix trks 1-2: Masters At Work, trk 3: Roger Sanchez

Side B:

1. "Chic Mystique" (Brothers In Rhythm 12" Mix) - 7:41
2. "Chic Mystique" (Taramasalta And Jam Dub) - 6:34
3. "Chic Mystique" (12" Extended Album Version) - 6:50
4. "Chic Mystique" (Reprise Album Version) - 4:05
   • Remix trks 1-2: Brothers In Rhythm

"Chic Mystique" (Warner Bros. Records CD single 9362 40225-2, 1992)

1. "Chic Mystique" (Single Version) - 4:08
2. "Chic Mystique" (Club Mix) - 7:59
3. "Chic Mystique" (Brothers In Rhythm 12" Mix) - 7:41
4. "Chic Mystique" (Reprise Album Version) - 4:05
5. "Chic Mystique" (Lovely Club Mix) 8:13
6. "Chic Mystique" (4 AM Mix) - 7:03
7. "Chic Mystique" (12" Remix Extended Album Version) - 6:50
8. "Chic Mystique" (Taramasalta And Jam Dub) - 6:34
9. "Chic Mystique" (Club Dub) - 8:06
   • Remix trks 2 & 9: Masters At Work, trks 3 & 8: Brothers In Rhythm, trk 5 & 6: Roger Sanchez.

"Your Love"

"Your Love" (Warner Bros Records. 12" single 0-40393, 1992)
Side A:

1. "Your Love" (12 Remix) - 7:12
2. "Your Love" (Remix Instrumental) - 7:12
3. "Your Love" (Album Edit) - 4:17
   • Remix trks 1 & 2: Nellee Hooper

Side B:

1. "Your Love" (Extended Album Version) - 6:25
2. "Your Love" (Hank's Mix) - 4:25
3. " M.M.F.T.C.F." (Album Version) - 4:37
   • Remix trk 1: Gail "Sky" King, remix trk 2: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers

"Your Love" (Warner Bros Records. CD single 9362 40393-2, 1992)

1. "Your Love" (Album Edit) - 4:17
2. "Your Love" (12" Remix) - 7:12
3. "Your Love" (Hank's Mix) - 4:25
4. "M.M.F.T.C.F." (Album Version) - 4:37
5. "Your Love" (Extended Album Version) - 6:25
6. "Your Love" (Remix Instrumental) - 7:12
   • Remix trks 2 & 6: Nellee Hooper, trk 3: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers, trk 5: Gail "Sky" King

v • d • e Chic Main albums Chic (1977) · C'est Chic (1978) · Risqué (1979) · Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979) · Real People (1980) · Take It Off (1981) · Soup For One (soundtrack) (1982) · Tongue in Chic (1982) · Believer (1983) · Chic-Ism (1992) · Chic Freak and More Treats (1996) · Live at the Budokan (1999) · A Night in Amsterdam (2006) Produced by Chic Norma Jean Wright: Norma Jean (1978) · Sister Sledge: We Are Family (1979) · Sheila and B. Devotion: King of the World (1980) · Sister Sledge: Love Somebody Today (1980) · Diana Ross: diana (1980) · Deborah Harry: Koo Koo (1981) Main compilations Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge (1988) · Megachic: Best of Chic (1990) · Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic (1991) · The Best of Chic, Volume 2 (1992) · Everybody Dance (1995) · Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits (1997) · The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge (1999) · The Very Best of Chic (2000) · Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (Chic & Sister Sledge) (2005) · The Definitive Groove Collection (2006)