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Take It Off (album)

Take It Off is the fifth studio album by American band Chic.[1] 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

November 16, 1981

1981

Power Station, New York City

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.

Luci Martin – (A1, A2, A5, B3)

lead vocals

Alfa Anderson – lead vocals (B2, B4)

– vocals

Jocelyn Brown

Michelle Cobbs – vocals

– vocals

Fonzi Thornton

guitar; lead vocals (B1)

Nile Rodgers

Raymond Jones –

keyboards

– keyboards

Rob Sabino

bass guitar; lead vocals (A4, B3, B4)

Bernard Edwards

drums

Tony Thompson

percussion

Manolo Badrena

– percussion

Sammy Figueroa

Roger Squitero – percussion

saxophone

Michael Brecker

– saxophone

Ronnie Cuber

– saxophone

Lenny Pickett

Vinny Della Rocca – saxophone

trumpet, flugelhorn

Randy Brecker

Ray Maldonado – trumpet, flugelhorn