Outloud - Out Loud (1987)

Outloud was a group formed by super-producer and Chic-member Nile Rodgers. After a ton of success in the early and mid 1980's as a pop producer for the likes of Madonna, David Bowie and Duran Duran, Nile decided to form a new group, as Chic had been dormant for some time. He recruited singer/guitarist Felicia Collins and multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Philippe Saisse and formed Outloud. All three members wrote and produced the album and provided vocals and instrumentation. The result was a funky workout with a pop sensibilty, much like Rodgers' work with the aforementioned pop stars. The first and only single "It's Love This Time" failed to attract attention, and apparently their label Warner Bros. considered the album to be too experimental to be bothered promoting it. And though the cover is what made me buy the album in the first place, as it's an awesome image, it makes the group somewhat anonymous, which couldn't have helped. What was planned to be a multi-album act became a one-album wonder. But all three members continued on with great success, Rodgers as a producer and member of a reunited Chic, Collins as a session guitarist and member of David Letterman's house band, and Saisse with solo and session work of his own.

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1		Out Loud
2		It's Love This Time
3		Am I On Your Side
4		Square Business
5		KAK
6		Feeling Good
7		Camouflage
8		Good Together
9		Fundamental
10		Circle Of Love / Music Lover