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Take It Off (album)

Field	Value
name	Take It Off
type	studio
artist	Chic
cover	Chic - Take It Off.jpg
released	November 16, 1981
recorded	1981
studio	Power Station, New York City
genre	Post-disco, funk
label	Atlantic
producer	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
prev_title	Real People
prev_year	1980
next_title	Soup for One
next_year	1982
misc	{{Singles
name	Take It Off
type	studio
single1	Stage Fright
single1date	December 1981

Take It Off is the fifth studio album by American band Chic. It was released on Atlantic Records in November 16, 1981. It includes the single "Stage Fright", which reached number 35 on the US R&B chart, but was the first Chic single failing to enter the US Pop charts, and this album only proved to be moderately successful as well, stalling at number 124 on the US albums chart and number 36 on the R&B chart.

Take It Off was one of three albums written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers in 1981, the other two being Blondie lead singer Debbie Harry's debut solo album Koo Koo and Johnny Mathis' I Love My Lady.

Take It Off was transferred to CD and re-released by Atlantic Records/Warner Music in 1991. It was digitally remastered and reissued by Wounded Bird Records in 2006.

Reception

Writing in The Boston Phoenix, Milo Miles said that the album "marks the welcome return of Chic as a team. ... In a period of black music dominated by sporadic upheavals of singles from the underground and cautiously bland albums from the mainstream, Take It Off stands out as a collection of 10 distinct cuts that hang together with formidable consistency."

Track listing

All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.

Side A

"Stage Fright" – 3:55
"Burn Hard" – 5:12
"So Fine" – 4:10
"Flash Back" – 4:28
"Telling Lies" – 2:28

Side B

"Your Love Is Cancelled" – 4:12
"Would You Be My Baby" – 3:34
"Take It Off" – 5:12
"Just Out of Reach" – 3:45
"Baby Doll" – 3:10

Personnel

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

Production

Bernard Edwards – producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
Nile Rodgers – producer for Chic Organization Ltd.
Bill Scheniman – sound engineer
Jason Corsaro – sound engineer
Dennis King – mastering
Sandi Young – art direction
Tony Wright – cover art
Recorded and mixed at The Power Station, NYC.
Mastered at Atlantic Studios, NYC.

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak
position

References

"Chic singles".
[{{AllMusic
"Chic".
(1992). "The Rolling Stone Album Guide". Random House.
(26 January 1982). "Dancing Chic to Chic". The Boston Phoenix.

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