Chic - Take It Off (1981) {Wounded Bird Records}

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Date: 5 Apr 2017 22:17:46

Chic - Take It Off (1981) {Wounded Bird Records}
EAC 0.99pb3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 273MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Funk, Soul

In 1981, a lot of rock & rollers were claiming that the disco era was officially over. Disco, of course, never really died – a lot of the dance-pop, house music, Hi-NRG, and Latin freestyle that was recorded in the '80s and '90s was essentially disco – but as far as many of the radio stations and record company A&R men of 1981 were concerned, disco was dead. And that was bad news for Chic, a group closely identified with the disco era. Even though a lot of Chic's work had as much to do with funk and soul as it did with the Euro-disco sound, Chic was unable to live down its reputation as a disco group. But Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards gave it a try with 1981's Take It Off, an admirable, if uneven, project that finds the group downplaying the Euro-disco elements. With R&B and funk as the foundation, Chic tries to branch out by incorporating elements of pop-rock on "Your Love Is Canceled," and jazz on "Flash Back" and "So Fine" (which shouldn't be confused with the "So Fine" that Kashif produced for R&B singer Howard Johnson in 1982). In fact, a few of Rogers' guitar solos give the impression that he'd been listening to a lot of Wes Montgomery. But as likable as the LP is, it didn't contain a major hit – the single "Stage Fright" only made it to #34 on Billboard's R&B singles chart. And for a group that had enjoyed #1 pop and R&B smashes only two and three years earlier, that was certainly disappointing.

Track List
01. Stage Fright 3:55
02. Burn Hard 5:12
03. So Fine 4:10
04. Flash Back 4:28
05. Telling Lies 2:28
06. Your Love Is Cancelled 4:12
07. Would You Be My Baby 3:34
08. Take It Off 5:12
09. Just Out Of Reach 3:45
10. Baby Doll 3:10

musicians
Luci Martin - Lead vocals (A1, A2, A5, B3)
Alfa Anderson - Lead vocals (B2, B4)
Bernard Edwards - Lead vocals (A4, B3, B4), bass guitar
Nile Rodgers - Lead vocals (B1), guitar
Tony Thompson - drums
Fonzi Thornton - vocals
Jocelyn Brown - vocals
Michelle Cobbs - vocals
Raymond Jones - keyboards
Rob Sabino - keyboards
Sammy Figueroa - percussion
Manolo Badrena - percussion
Roger Squitero - percussion
Lenny Pickett - saxophone
Michael Brecker - saxophone
Ronnie Cuber - saxophone
Vinny Della Rocca - saxophone
Randy Brecker - trumpet, flugelhorn
Ray Maldonado - trumpet, flugelhorn

Produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards

EAC Logfile

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 3 from 28. July 2007

EAC extraction logfile from 8. November 2008, 0:58

Chic / Take It Off

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Dynamic Range Analysis

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Analyzed: Chic / Take It Off
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -0.31 dB -11.79 dB 3:55 01-Stage Fright
DR10 -0.31 dB -11.83 dB 5:14 02-Burn Hard
DR11 -0.32 dB -12.49 dB 4:10 03-So Fine
DR10 -0.31 dB -12.41 dB 4:26 04-Flash Back
DR10 -0.31 dB -11.61 dB 2:29 05-Telling Lies
DR10 -0.31 dB -11.52 dB 4:12 06-Your Love Is Cancelled
DR10 -0.33 dB -12.01 dB 3:32 07-Would You Be My Baby
DR10 -0.31 dB -12.04 dB 5:11 08-Take It Off
DR9 -0.31 dB -11.29 dB 3:45 09-Just Out of Reach
DR10 -0.31 dB -12.06 dB 3:08 10-Baby Doll
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 947 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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