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Real People
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Real People is Chic's fourth album and was released in 1980 on Atlantic Records. Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers wrote and produced it in a year in which they were also working on records by Sister Sledge, Sheila and B. Devotion and Diana Ross. It was recorded at The Power Station in New York. The singles were Rebels Are We and Real People, and in the United Kingdom only, also 26.
The album did modestly commercially compared with Diana Ross's work and with earlier Chic records, probably because of the anti-disco backlash. Robert Christgau called it better than Risqué and praised the bouncy rhythms and Rodgers's sharp guitar. He placed it at number fifteen on his 1980 year-end list. AllMusic later found it a fine but not essential record, with Rebels Are We, I Got Protection and Chip Off the Old Block as highlights.
Listening
Track list
- 1Open Up3:54Apple Music ↗
- 2Real People5:24Apple Music ↗
- 3I Loved You More3:09Apple Music ↗
- 4I Got Protection6:27Apple Music ↗
- 5Rebels Are We4:55Apple Music ↗
- 6Chip Off the Old Block5:00Apple Music ↗
- 7264:01Apple Music ↗
- 8You Can't Do It Alone4:43Apple Music ↗
30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗