Believer (album)

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Believer
Studio album by Chic
Released	November 14 1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Disco / Funk / R&B / Jazz / Samba
Length	37:42
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
Chic chronology
Tongue in Chic (1982) Believer (1983) Chic-Ism (1992)

Believer is the seventh studio album by American R&B band Chic, their last for the Atlantic Records label, and the last featuring the classic line-up of Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Alfa Anderson, Luci Martin, and Tony Thompson. The album includes the single "Give Me The Lovin'" which managed to reach #57 on the US R&B chart, the album itself failed to make much of an impact and shortly after its release the group disbanded. 1983 had seen Nile Rodgers releasing his first solo album, Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove - also largely overlooked, at least on a strictly commercial level. The following production assignment however was to change the future for both Rodgers and his colleague Bernard Edwards completely; the album was David Bowie's Let's Dance.

Believer was transferred to compact disc and re-released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991.

The album was digitally remastered and re-issued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006.

Contents 1 Tracklisting 2 Personnel 2.1 Production 2.2 US Singles

[edit] Tracklisting

All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.
Side A:

1. "Believer" - 5:06
2. "You Are Beautiful" - 4:34
3. "Take A Closer Look" - 4:38
4. "Give Me The Lovin'" - 4:52 Listen (help·info)

Side B:

1. "Show Me Your Light" - 3:57
2. "You Got Some Love" - 4:52
3. "In Love With Music" - 3:52
4. "Party Everybody" - 4:51

[edit] Personnel

• Alfa Anderson - vocals
• Brenda White - vocals
• Fonzi Thornton - vocals
• Curtis King - vocals
• Luci Martin - vocals
• Bernard Edwards - bass guitar
• Nile Rodgers - guitar
• Tony Thompson - drums
• Rob Sabino - keyboards

[edit] Production

• Bernard Edwards - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
• Nile Rodgers - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
• Jason Corsaro - sound engineer

[edit] US Singles

"Give Me The Lovin'"

• "Give Me The Lovin'" (7" Edit) - 3:38 / "You Got Some Love" - 4:52 (Atlantic 7" 89725, 1983)
  
• "Give Me The Lovin" - 4:52 / "Give Me The Lovin'" (7" Edit) - 3:38 (Atlantic promo 12" DMD 693, 1983)
  

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