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'''''Chic-ism''''' is the eighth studio album by American [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] band [[Chic (band)|Chic]], released on the [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] label in 1992. |
'''''Chic-ism''''' is the eighth studio album by American [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] band [[Chic (band)|Chic]], released on the [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] label in 1992. |
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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 (Chic album)|Believer]]'', during which [[Nile Rodgers]] and [[Bernard Edwards]] had worked as songwriters and producers for artists such as [[David Bowie]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Duran Duran]], [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]], and [[The B-52's]], 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. |
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 1983 album ''[[Believer (Chic album)|Believer]]'', during which [[Nile Rodgers]] and [[Bernard Edwards]] had worked as songwriters and producers for artists such as [[David Bowie]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Duran Duran]], [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]], and [[The B-52's]], 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. |
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''Chic-ism'' was digitally remastered and re-issued by [[Wounded Bird Records]] in 2006. |
''Chic-ism'' was digitally remastered and re-issued by [[Wounded Bird Records]] in 2006. |
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==Track listing== |
==Track listing== |
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All songs written by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards except as indicated. |
All songs written by [[Nile Rodgers]] and [[Bernard Edwards]] except as indicated. |
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#"[[Chic Mystique]]" |
#"[[Chic Mystique]]" – 6:27 (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards/Princesa) {{audio|Chic - Chic Mystique.ogg|'''Listen'''}} |
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#"Your Love" |
#"Your Love" – 5 :54 {{audio|Chic - Your Love.ogg|'''Listen'''}} |
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#"Jusagroove" |
#"Jusagroove" – 3:41 |
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#"Something You Can Feel" |
#"Something You Can Feel" – 4:31 (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards/Princesa) |
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#"One and Only One" |
#"One and Only One" – 4:27 |
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#"Doin' That Thing to Me" |
#"Doin' That Thing to Me" – 4:05 |
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#"Chicism" |
#"Chicism" – 4:06 (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards/Princesa) |
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#"In It to Win It" |
#"In It to Win It" – 5:45 |
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#"My Love's for Real" |
#"My Love's for Real" – 4:52 |
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#"Take My Love" |
#"Take My Love" – 5:36 |
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#"High" |
#"High" – 4:29 |
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#"M.M.F.T.C.F." |
#"M.M.F.T.C.F." – 4:36 |
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#"Chic Mystique (Reprise)" |
#"Chic Mystique (Reprise)" – 4:05 (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards/Princesa) |
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==Personnel== |
==Personnel== |
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* [[Sylver Logan Sharp]] |
* [[Sylver Logan Sharp]] – [[lead vocals]] <small>(tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13)</small> |
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* Jenn Thomas |
* Jenn Thomas – lead vocals <small>(tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13)</small> |
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*[[Nile Rodgers]] - [[guitar]], vocals |
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* Briz – vocals |
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* Michelle Cobbs – vocals |
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* Dennis Collins – vocals |
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* Fonzi Thornton – vocals |
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* Brenda White King – vocals |
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* [[Nile Rodgers]] – [[guitar]], vocals |
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* [[Sterling Campbell]] |
* [[Sterling Campbell]] – [[Drum kit|drums]] |
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* Geraldo Velez |
* Geraldo Velez – [[Percussion instrument|percussion]] |
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* [[Stan Harrison]] |
* [[Stan Harrison]] – alto & tenor [[saxophone]] |
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* Steve Elson |
* Steve Elson – alto, tenor & baritone saxophone |
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* Mac Gollehon |
* Mac Gollehon – [[trumpet]], [[flugelhorn]], piccolo trumpet |
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* Alfred Brown - [[string instrument|strings]] |
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* Elena Barere - strings |
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* Alfred Brown – [[string instrument|strings]] |
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* Elena Barere – strings |
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* Fred Zlotkin – strings |
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* Gerald Tarack – strings |
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* Julien Barber – strings |
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* Juliet Haffner – strings |
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* Marti Sweet – strings |
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* Matthew Raimondi – strings |
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* Max Ellen – strings |
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* Mitsue Takayama – strings |
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* Regis Iandiorio – strings |
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* Richard Locker – strings |
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* Richard Sortomme – strings |
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* Winterton Garvey – strings |
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===Production=== |
===Production=== |
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* [[Bernard Edwards]] |
* [[Bernard Edwards]] – [[record producer|producer]] |
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* [[Nile Rodgers]] |
* [[Nile Rodgers]] – producer |
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* [[Bob Ludwig]] |
* [[Bob Ludwig]] – [[Audio mastering|mastering]] |
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* Dave O'Donell |
* Dave O'Donell – mixing |
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* Jon Goldberger |
* Jon Goldberger – mixing |
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* Jeff Gold, Robin Lynch |
* Jeff Gold, Robin Lynch – art direction and design |
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* Stéphane Sednaoui |
* Stéphane Sednaoui – photography |
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==US Singles== |
==US Singles== |
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*Warner Bros. Records promo 12" PRO-A-5069, 1992 |
*Warner Bros. Records promo 12" PRO-A-5069, 1992 |
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;Side A |
;Side A |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Club Mix) |
#"Chic Mystique" (Club Mix) – 7:59 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Club Dub) |
#"Chic Mystique" (Club Dub) – 8:06 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Bonus A Cappella) |
#"Chic Mystique" (Bonus A Cappella) – 1:24 |
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#* Remix tracks 1-3 [[Masters |
#* Remix tracks 1-3 [[Masters at Work]] |
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;Side B |
;Side B |
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#"Chic Mystique" (12" Remix Extended Album Version) |
#"Chic Mystique" (12" Remix Extended Album Version) – 6:50 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Lovely Club Mix) |
#"Chic Mystique" (Lovely Club Mix) – 6:46 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (4 A.M. Mix) |
#"Chic Mystique" (4 A.M. Mix) – 7:03 |
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#* Remix tracks 2 & 3 [[Roger Sanchez]] |
#* Remix tracks 2 & 3 [[Roger Sanchez]] |
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===="Chic Mystique (Remixes)"==== |
===="Chic Mystique (Remixes)"==== |
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*Warner Bros. Records |
* Warner Bros. Records 12" 0-40225, 1992 |
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;Side A |
;Side A |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Club Mix) |
#"Chic Mystique" (Club Mix) – 7:59 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Club Dub) |
#"Chic Mystique" (Club Dub) – 8:06 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Lovely Club Mix) |
#"Chic Mystique" (Lovely Club Mix) – 8:13 |
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#* Remix tracks 1-2: Masters |
#* Remix tracks 1-2: Masters at Work, track 3: Roger Sanchez |
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;Side B |
;Side B |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Brothers |
#"Chic Mystique" (Brothers in Rhythm 12" Mix) – 7:41 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Taramasalta |
#"Chic Mystique" (Taramasalta and Jam Dub) – 6:34 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (12" Extended Album Version) |
#"Chic Mystique" (12" Extended Album Version) – 6:50 |
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#"Chic Mystique" |
#"Chic Mystique" (Reprise Album Version) – 4:05 |
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#* Remix tracks 1-2: [[Brothers |
#* Remix tracks 1-2: [[Brothers in Rhythm]] |
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===="Chic Mystique"==== |
===="Chic Mystique"==== |
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*Warner Bros. Records CD single 9362 40225-2, 1992 |
*Warner Bros. Records CD single 9362 40225-2, 1992 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Single Version) |
#"Chic Mystique" (Single Version) – 4:08 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Club Mix) |
#"Chic Mystique" (Club Mix) – 7:59 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Brothers |
#"Chic Mystique" (Brothers in Rhythm 12" Mix) – 7:41 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Reprise Album Version) |
#"Chic Mystique" (Reprise Album Version) – 4:05 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Lovely Club Mix) 8:13 |
#"Chic Mystique" (Lovely Club Mix) 8:13 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (4 AM Mix) |
#"Chic Mystique" (4 AM Mix) – 7:03 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (12" Remix Extended Album Version) |
#"Chic Mystique" (12" Remix Extended Album Version) – 6:50 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Taramasalta |
#"Chic Mystique" (Taramasalta and Jam Dub) – 6:34 |
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#"Chic Mystique" (Club Dub) |
#"Chic Mystique" (Club Dub) – 8:06 |
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#* Remix tracks 2 & 9: Masters |
#* Remix tracks 2 & 9: Masters at Work, tracks 3 & 8: Brothers in Rhythm, track 5 & 6: Roger Sanchez. |
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==="Your Love"=== |
==="Your Love"=== |
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===="Your Love"==== |
===="Your Love"==== |
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*Warner Bros Records. 12" single 0-40393, 1992 |
* Warner Bros Records. 12" single 0-40393, 1992 |
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;Side A |
;Side A |
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#"Your Love" (12 Remix) |
#"Your Love" (12 Remix) – 7:12 |
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#"Your Love" (Remix Instrumental) |
#"Your Love" (Remix Instrumental) – 7:12 |
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#"Your Love" (Album Edit) |
#"Your Love" (Album Edit) – 4:17 |
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#* Remix tracks 1 & 2: [[Nellee Hooper]] |
#* Remix tracks 1 & 2: [[Nellee Hooper]] |
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;Side B |
;Side B |
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#"Your Love" (Extended Album Version) |
#"Your Love" (Extended Album Version) – 6:25 |
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#"Your Love" (Hank's Mix) |
#"Your Love" (Hank's Mix) – 4:25 |
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#" M.M.F.T.C.F." (Album Version) |
#" M.M.F.T.C.F." (Album Version) – 4:37 |
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#* Remix track 1: Gail "Sky" King, remix track 2: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers |
#* Remix track 1: Gail "Sky" King, remix track 2: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers |
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===="Your Love"==== |
===="Your Love"==== |
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*Warner Bros Records. CD single 9362 40393-2, 1992 |
* Warner Bros Records. CD single 9362 40393-2, 1992 |
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#"Your Love" (Album Edit) |
#"Your Love" (Album Edit) – 4:17 |
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#"Your Love" (12" Remix) |
#"Your Love" (12" Remix) – 7:12 |
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#"Your Love" (Hank's Mix) |
#"Your Love" (Hank's Mix) – 4:25 |
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#"M.M.F.T.C.F." (Album Version) |
#"M.M.F.T.C.F." (Album Version) – 4:37 |
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#"Your Love" (Extended Album Version) |
#"Your Love" (Extended Album Version) – 6:25 |
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#"Your Love" (Remix Instrumental) |
#"Your Love" (Remix Instrumental) – 7:12 |
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#* Remix tracks 2 & 6: Nellee Hooper, track 3: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers, track 5: Gail "Sky" King |
#* Remix tracks 2 & 6: Nellee Hooper, track 3: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers, track 5: Gail "Sky" King |
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Released | March 3, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Studio | The Power Station (Manhattan, New York City) Skyline Studios (New York City) | |||
Genre | Disco, funk, R&B | |||
Length | 62:47 | |||
Label | WEA | |||
Producer | Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers | |||
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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 1983 album Believer, during which Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards had worked as songwriters and producers for artists such as David Bowie, Madonna, Duran Duran, Robert Palmer, and The B-52's, 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 re-issued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006.
Track listing
All songs written by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards except as indicated.
- "Chic Mystique" – 6:27 (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards/Princesa)
- "Your Love" – 5 :54
- "Jusagroove" – 3:41
- "Something You Can Feel" – 4:31 (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards/Princesa)
- "One and Only One" – 4:27
- "Doin' That Thing to Me" – 4:05
- "Chicism" – 4:06 (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards/Princesa)
- "In It to Win It" – 5:45
- "My Love's for Real" – 4:52
- "Take My Love" – 5:36
- "High" – 4:29
- "M.M.F.T.C.F." – 4:36
- "Chic Mystique (Reprise)" – 4:05 (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards/Princesa)
Personnel
- Sylver Logan Sharp – lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13)
- Jenn Thomas – lead vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13)
- Princessa (Jennece S. Moore) – lead vocals/rap (tracks 1, 4, 7, 13)
- Tawatha Agee – vocals
- Briz – vocals
- Michelle Cobbs – vocals
- Dennis Collins – vocals
- Fonzi Thornton – vocals
- Brenda White King – vocals
- Nile Rodgers – guitar, vocals
- Richard Hilton – keyboards, programming
- Andreas Levin – programming
- Bernard Edwards – bass guitar, vocals
- Sterling Campbell – drums
- Sonny Emory – drums
- Geraldo Velez – percussion
- Stan Harrison – alto & tenor saxophone
- Steve Elson – alto, tenor & baritone saxophone
- Mac Gollehon – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
- Alfred 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)
Production
- Bernard Edwards – producer
- Nile Rodgers – producer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Dave O'Donell – mixing
- Jon Goldberger – mixing
- Jeff Gold, Robin Lynch – art direction and design
- Stéphane Sednaoui – photography
US Singles
"Chic Mystique"
"Chic Mystique"
- Warner Bros. Records promo 12" PRO-A-5069, 1992
- Side A
- "Chic Mystique" (Club Mix) – 7:59
- "Chic Mystique" (Club Dub) – 8:06
- "Chic Mystique" (Bonus A Cappella) – 1:24
- Remix tracks 1-3 Masters at Work
- Side B
- "Chic Mystique" (12" Remix Extended Album Version) – 6:50
- "Chic Mystique" (Lovely Club Mix) – 6:46
- "Chic Mystique" (4 A.M. Mix) – 7:03
- Remix tracks 2 & 3 Roger Sanchez
"Chic Mystique (Remixes)"
- Warner Bros. Records 12" 0-40225, 1992
- Side A
- "Chic Mystique" (Club Mix) – 7:59
- "Chic Mystique" (Club Dub) – 8:06
- "Chic Mystique" (Lovely Club Mix) – 8:13
- Remix tracks 1-2: Masters at Work, track 3: Roger Sanchez
- Side B
- "Chic Mystique" (Brothers in Rhythm 12" Mix) – 7:41
- "Chic Mystique" (Taramasalta and Jam Dub) – 6:34
- "Chic Mystique" (12" Extended Album Version) – 6:50
- "Chic Mystique" (Reprise Album Version) – 4:05
- Remix tracks 1-2: Brothers in Rhythm
"Chic Mystique"
- Warner Bros. Records CD single 9362 40225-2, 1992
- "Chic Mystique" (Single Version) – 4:08
- "Chic Mystique" (Club Mix) – 7:59
- "Chic Mystique" (Brothers in Rhythm 12" Mix) – 7:41
- "Chic Mystique" (Reprise Album Version) – 4:05
- "Chic Mystique" (Lovely Club Mix) 8:13
- "Chic Mystique" (4 AM Mix) – 7:03
- "Chic Mystique" (12" Remix Extended Album Version) – 6:50
- "Chic Mystique" (Taramasalta and Jam Dub) – 6:34
- "Chic Mystique" (Club Dub) – 8:06
- Remix tracks 2 & 9: Masters at Work, tracks 3 & 8: Brothers in Rhythm, track 5 & 6: Roger Sanchez.
"Your Love"
"Your Love"
- Warner Bros Records. 12" single 0-40393, 1992
- Side A
- "Your Love" (12 Remix) – 7:12
- "Your Love" (Remix Instrumental) – 7:12
- "Your Love" (Album Edit) – 4:17
- Remix tracks 1 & 2: Nellee Hooper
- Side B
- "Your Love" (Extended Album Version) – 6:25
- "Your Love" (Hank's Mix) – 4:25
- " M.M.F.T.C.F." (Album Version) – 4:37
- Remix track 1: Gail "Sky" King, remix track 2: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
"Your Love"
- Warner Bros Records. CD single 9362 40393-2, 1992
- "Your Love" (Album Edit) – 4:17
- "Your Love" (12" Remix) – 7:12
- "Your Love" (Hank's Mix) – 4:25
- "M.M.F.T.C.F." (Album Version) – 4:37
- "Your Love" (Extended Album Version) – 6:25
- "Your Love" (Remix Instrumental) – 7:12
- Remix tracks 2 & 6: Nellee Hooper, track 3: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers, track 5: Gail "Sky" King
References
- ^ Hayes, Kelvin. Chic-ism at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau - Consumer Guide Reviews: Chic". robertchristgau.com.