Riding High (Faze-O album)

Riding High is the first album by the Dayton, Ohio funk band Faze-O. 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
Studio album by Faze-O
Released	1977
Recorded	1977 at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Funk
Length	31:54
Label	She Records
Producer	Tight Corporation
Faze-O chronology
Riding High (1977) Good Thang (1978)

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"Riding High" went on to be an oft-sampled song for many hip hop and R&B acts from the late 1980s onwards. 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

Album

Year	Album	Chart positions
		US	US R&B
1978	Riding High	98	19

Single

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US R&B
1978	"Riding High"	9

External links

• Faze-O-Riding High at Discogs