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Years later in his autobiography, Rodgers described his feelings about the album at the time "I knew it was a flop right away. I'd been so afraid of being labelled a disco musician that I was too tentative about the album's direction. And the songs weren't hooky enough. Over all, I wasn't clear
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productions, and is also looser, raunchier and more fun to listen to than Chic usually is." However, while he was very complimentary to the album in terms of pure groove, he felt that it was lacking in passion and somewhat "contrived", particularly in comparison to other recent funk albums by
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The album ended up having the opposite effect, contributing to Chic's disbanding as
Rodgers and Edwards pursued their personal projects. However, upon reviving Chic in 2015, Rodgers created the "Land of the Good Groove" record label.
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is Nova Joisea. Some of Lower
Manhattan's streets and avenues are shown as Twenty-Thirdium, Houstanus, Canalus and Via Broadicus. Other areas include Tribeccium, Terra Financicus and Villagius Easticus.
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will revive the semiconscious Chic, whose career is at a low point, and transport Nile
Rodgers and Bernard Edwards back to the top of the charts with their next album."
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Rodgers album "Adventures in the land of the good groove"
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806:"Nile Rodgers Preps First Chic Album in Two Decades"
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is half as good it will be excellent". Greg Tate of
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367:All tracks written by Nile Rodgers.
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393:"The Land of the Good Groove"
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573:Frank Simms
492:"Most Down"
315:David Bowie
832:Categories
748:Smash Hits
636:References
629:Bob Ludwig
622:– producer
608:Production
601:Rob Sabino
559:Sarah Dash
311:Smash Hits
299:Smash Hits
221:New Jersey
194:Background
141:chronology
547:Personnel
404:"Yum-Yum"
228:Reception
213:dog latin
89:worldbeat
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332:The Time
252:Allmusic
217:Brooklyn
127:Producer
120:Atlantic
68:Recorded
60:Released
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517:Length
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415:"Beet"
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