Tongue in Chic is the sixth studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1982. The album includes the singles "Hangin'" (R&B #48) and "I Feel Your Love Comin' On" (issued only in the Netherlands). Tongue in Chic peaked at No. 173 on the Billboard 200.
The album was the second of two projects to be written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers in 1982, the other being the soundtrack to movie Soup for One.
Tongue in Chic 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 2003.
Critical reception The Spin Alternative Record Guide wrote that the album "offers some extended nasty grooves that would soon be watered down for Bowie's Let's Dance, but the songwriting falters halfway."
Track listing All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. Side A "Hangin'" – 5:12 "I Feel Your Love Comin' On" – 6:52 "When You Love Someone" – 5:06 Side B "Chic (Everybody Say)" – 4:46 "Hey Fool" – 3:40 "Sharing Love" – 2:40 "City Lights" – 4:26
Personnel Alfa Anderson – lead vocals (A3, B2) Jocelyn Brown – vocals Michelle Cobbs – vocals Luci Martin – vocals Dolette McDonald – vocals Fonzi Thornton – vocals Nile Rodgers – guitar, vocals Marty Celay – additional guitar on "When You Love Someone" Raymond Jones – keyboards Rob Sabino – keyboards Bernard Edwards – bass guitar; lead vocals (A1, A2, B3) Tony Thompson – drums Sammy Figueroa – percussion Robert Aaron – saxophone Ray Maldonado – trumpet Gene Orloff – strings
Production Bernard Edwards – producer for Chic Organization Ltd. Nile Rodgers – producer for Chic Organization Ltd. Bill Scheniman – sound engineer Jason Corsaro, Dave "The Rave" Greenberg – second engineer Scott Litt – sound mix Bob Ludwig – mastering Bob Defrin – art direction Herbert Schulz – photography Recorded and mixed at Power Station NYC. Mastered at Atlantic Studios NYC.
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