Bernard Edwards - Glad To Be Here (1983/2013)

Issued the same year as the seventh Chic album, Believer, as well as Nile Rodgers' Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove, Bernard Edwards' lone solo album went virtually nowhere. Released on Atlantic, it failed to register on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart and the impact of its (presumably) only single, “Your Love Is Good to Me,” was identical. Edwards wrote all the original material and produced the album, and the credits look almost identical to those of any Chic release, though Yogi Horton is the primary drummer (Tony Thompson plays on one song) and Edwards handles most of the lead vocals (with some skill, but not much charisma). Little jumps out or begs for a second spin. The ballad “Don’t Do Me Wrong,” featuring the excellent as always Jocelyn Brown, is an exception and deserved regular rotation on quiet storm programs. Otherwise, it’s all well-produced B-grade material. The year 1983 was definitely bigger for Chic’s associates, like Fonzi Thornton and Luther Vandross, than it was for Chic themselves.