Risqué (album)

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Risqué
Studio album by Chic
Released	July 30 1979
Recorded	1979
Genre	Disco / Funk / R&B / Jazz / Samba
Length	36:46
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Chic chronology
C'est Chic (1978) Risqué (1979) Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979)

Risqué is the third studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1979, the same year that Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers wrote and produced Sister Sledge's massively successful We Are Family. Risqué includes three classic Chic hits; "Good Times" (#1 Pop, #1 R&B June 23 1979), "My Forbidden Lover" (#33 R&B, #43 Pop October 13 1979) and "My Feet Keep Dancing" (#42 R&B, #101 Pop December 8 1979). Risqué reached #5 on the US albums chart and #2 on R&B and was followed by the release of the band's first greatest hits compilation Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits in late 1979.
Risqué was transferred to compact disc and re-released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991 (catalogue number 7567-80406-2), and remains one of two Chic studio albums never to have been reissued in digitally remastered form.

[edit] Track listing

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

1. "Good Times" – 8:08 Listen (help·info)
2. "A Warm Summer Night" – 6:10
3. "My Feet Keep Dancing" – 6:38 Listen (help·info)

Side B:

1. "My Forbidden Lover" – 4:39 Listen (help·info)
2. "Can't Stand to Love You" – 2:56
3. "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" – 4:06
4. "What About Me" – 4:09

[edit] Personnel

• Alfa Anderson - vocals
• Bernard Edwards - vocals, bass guitar
• Fonzi Thornton - vocals
• Luci Martin - vocals
• Michelle Cobbs - vocals
• Ulland McCullough - vocals
  
• Nile Rodgers - guitar
  
• Tony Thompson - drums
  
• Robert Sabino - keyboards
• Andy Schwartz - keyboards
  
• Raymond Jones - keyboards
  
• Sammy Figueroa - percussion
  
• Gene Orloff - concert master
  
• Karen Karlsrud (The Chic Strings) - strings
• Cheryl Hong (The Chic Strings) - strings
• Karen Milne (The Chic Strings) - strings
  
• Valerie Haywood (The Chic strings) - strings
• Jon Faddis - trumpet
• Ellen Seeling - trumpet
  
• Alex Foster - saxophone
• Jean Fineberg - saxophone
  
• Barry Rodgers - trombone
  

[edit] Production

• Bernard Edwards - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
• Nile Rodgers - producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
• Bob Clearmountain - sound engineer
• Jackson Schwartz - engineer
• Jeff Hendrickson - engineer
• Jim Galante - engineer
• Peter Robbins - engineer
• Ray Willard - engineer
  
• Dennis King - mastering
• All songs recorded and mixed at Power Station in New York. Mastered at Atlantic Studios, N.Y.

[edit] US Singles

US promo 12" single including the extended version of "My Forbidden Lover", as yet unreleased on CD.

"Good Times"

• "Good Times" (7" Edit) - 3:24 / "A Warm Summernight" - 6:08 (Atlantic 7" 3584, June 4 1979)
  
• "Good Times" - 8:13 / " Good Times" (7" Edit) - 3:24 (Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 192, 1979)
  
• "Good Times" - 8:13 / "A Warm Summernight" - 6:08 (Atlantic 12" DK 4801, 1979)
  

"My Forbidden Lover"

• "My Forbidden Lover" (7" Edit) - 3:30 / "What About Me" - 4:10 (Atlantic 7" 3620 September 18 1979)
  
• "My Forbidden Lover" (Extended 12" Mix) - 6:29 / "What About Me" - 4:10 (Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 207, 1979)
  

"My Feet Keep Dancing"

• "My Feet Keep Dancing" (7" Edit) - 4:16 / "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" - 4:05 (Atlantic 7" 3683, 1979)
  
• "My Feet Keep Dancing" - 6:38 / "Will You Cry (When You Hear This Song)" - 4:05 (Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 220)