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

• Keith Harrison - Arp, Clavinet, composer, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, Minimoog, percussion, piano, electric piano, lead and backing vocals
• Ralph "Love" Aikens - guitar, talk box, lead and backing vocals
• Tyrone "Flye" Crum - bass, backing vocals
• Robert Neal Jr. - percussion, lead and backing vocals
• Roger Parker - drums, percussion

Additional Musicians

• Robert "C.D." Jones - congas
• Bobby Lewis, Jack Kramer, Paul Serrano - trumpets

Charts

Single

External links

• Faze-O-Riding High at Discogs

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.