We Are Family

According to WhoSampled, 7 of the 8 songs have been sampled by other artists, with “he’s the greatest dancer” leading the way—duh, it’s getting jiggy with it. No samples for “you’re a friend to me” and only one for “somebody loves me.” But I get it: these grooves are infectious. Obviously “we are family” is the standout, and it always makes me think of the Pittsburgh pirates.
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"my creme de la creme, please take me home"

If I never have to hear the track "We are family" in my life again, I would be glad. Not sure why they needed to put all 3 different versions on the album. I wasn't expecting much from this album but it sent me to a very funky place, and I didn't dislike it.

"He's the greatest dancer" might be one of the most danceable tracks that has ever graced my ears, and I think that's the main draw of this album - something to get down n groovy with. (playlist track). "Lost in music" has a really nice chorus with a funky guitar backing, I could really hear someone like daft punk sampling this track. Beyond these starter tracks, I was let down by this album.

3/5

Fun disco sound. Some classics on here.

In the first 5 seconds, I was already bopping. That’s gotta be a record.

There isn’t a lot of depth to these songs and that’s okay! It does exactly what it sets out to do: it makes you want to boogie!

Learned this was a Chic album! Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, and Tony Thompson play funk with a Pop sensibility throughout and it's kind of above criticism.

Trying to approach these albums as one would when rating a wine or beer (possibly): is it a good example of the genre? Is it well crafted? This album is certainly a well crafted piece of music, Disco or not.

As much as "We are Family" is a standout, nothing here falls flat. There are some cheesy musical tropes (breathy whispering "why?" in the call-and response, the nearly overwhelming string section), but it's all much more innocent abstractions that service the songs. This album sounds great and is an example of Chic's musical genius - songwriting, producing, and playing gives them artistic control and they thrive in the dance pop environment, obviously.

Heb ik het hele album afgeluisterd. Houd ik door de eerste seconden nog steeds Will Smith in mijn hoofd. Terwijl dit origineel toch ook grijs gedraaid is. Het doet mij blijkbaar niet veel. En aangezien de rest van het album hetzelfde klinkt, geldt dat ook voor de rest.

Wow - there's a LOT of disco sucks hate here. Come on, what's not to love, Nile absolutely drives this funky train along. (Completely unnecessary remixes included - HARD agree)

FUNKY

This is perfect disco really, even if it probably was one of the last gasps of the dying genre. The 4 singles are fantastic; smooth, funky and groovy. Just makes you want to dance. Thinking of You is my favourite of them, it's a real earworm! The other album tracks don't live up to the rest, but they're pleasant enough to listen to.

Some of these suffer from overplaying but this is pretty much wall to wall great

This was a nice palate cleanser after some AWFUL electronica albums. While definitely OF ITS TIME (holy disco, Batman!), it sounds great. Great singing, GREAT bass and guitar (Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, respectively, who also wrote all the songs - this is basically a Chic album with the Sisters Sledge singing). Probably my only complaint is that the guitar part is pretty repetitive - the same scratching style on every song - I know that's his thing and he's great at it, but after a while it started to sound pretty repetitive. I'd definitely listen again, but not sure I'd go out of my way to seek it out, which would make it a 3 not a 4. But, since I kept listening a lot, I guess it deserves a 4. Favorite tracks - He's the Greatest Dancer (This is what GOOD disco sounds like!), Lost in Music (got stuck in my head), Thinking of You (great guitar groove), We Are Family (truly classic and worth being played a billion times. What a great bass line).

Decent, for disco, although Lost in Music is a hypnotically great track. Some of the slower songs drag massively, and even the big hits are only decent. Involvement of Chic elevates it slightly, but I just didn't enjoy it enough for it to score very highly.

"Gettin' jiggy wit it!" (Gah, curses Will Smith!)

Definitely feel all of Nile Rodgers' contributions on this album.

Some of the tracks were a bit drab, but overall I had a good old boogie to the popular disco tracks. 3.5

Great disco album

Diskoklassikoita! Eipä tästä muuta voi sanoa kuin että toimii. 4/5

I'm not very well-versed in disco but I'm digging this album. Amazing vocal performances and the instrumentals are incredibly layered and catchy.

Está bien, es historia de la música popular. Solo por We are family ya merece un respeto. Ojo también He's the greatest dancer, de donde sacó un sample Will Smith para uno de sus éxitos. Le doy 3 estrellas solo por esos dos temas.

Enjoy the instrumentation and smooth production but as the album goes on I start to lose interest. Some nice tracks but as an album it doesn't hold tigether for me.