Riding High (Faze-O album) explained

Riding High
Type:Album
Artist:Faze-O
Cover:Riding high faze-o cover.jpg
Released:1977
Recorded:1977 at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre:Funk
Length:31:54
Label:She Records
Producer:Tight Corporation
Next Title:Good Thang
Next Year:1978

Riding High is the first album by the Dayton, Ohio funk band Faze-O.[1] Released in 1977 on Atlantic Records subsidiary label, She Records, it was produced by the Ohio Players. They would chart in 1978 with the top ten R&B single, "Riding High".

"Riding High" went on to be an oft-sampled song for many hip hop and R&B acts from the late 1980s onwards.[2] It was first sampled in Fresh Four's "Wishing on a Star" in 1989, produced by The High & Mighty.

Tracks

  1. "Riding High" - 5:21
  2. "Funky Reputation" - 5:10
  3. "You And I (Belong Together)" - 5:20
  4. "Toe Jam" - 4:59
  5. "True Love" - 3:19
  6. "Get Some Booty" - 2:49
  7. "Test - This Is Faze-O" - 4:44

Personnel

Faze-O

Additional Musicians

Charts

Single

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wynn. Ron. Biography. ALLMusic. 4 August 2014.
  2. Book: Muggs . Joe . Stevens . Brian . Bass, Mids, Tops: An Oral History of Sound System Culture . 2020 . MIT Press . 1913689050 . 543.
  3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p25203/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} Faze-O US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-07-09.
  4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p25203/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Faze-O US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-07-09.