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" 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.
Contents
Tracks
"Riding High" - 5:21
"Funky Reputation" - 5:10
"You and I (Belong Together)" - 5:20
"Toe Jam" - 4:59
"True Love" - 3:19
"Get Some Booty" - 2:49
"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