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LOS ANGELES -- In 40
years, Chicago has done it all -- five consecutive #1 albums, 13 platinum
albums, 21 Top 10 singles, a Grammy and a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
Five years after it began restoring the band’s extensive catalogue, Rhino
Records salutes one of America’s best-selling and longest-running bands with a
newly compiled, two-CD set that encompasses the group’s entire recording
history. THE BEST OF CHICAGO: 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION will be available
for a limited time from Rhino Records at all regular retail outlets October 2nd
for a suggested list price of $18.98 and at digital outlets for a suggested
retail price of $11.99.
Spanning Chicago’s entire career -- from its 1969 debut Chicago Transit
Authority, to 2006’s Chicago XXX -- the 30-song, double-disc
anthology contains 30 Top 40 radio tracks including a trio of #1 smashes: “Look
Away,” “Hard To Say I’m Sorry,” and the Grammy-winning “If You Leave Me Now.”
Sequenced chronologically, the first disc features “Make Me Smile,” the band’s
first Top 10 hit, along with “Does Any One Really Know What Time It Is?” and
“Beginnings” from the band’s debut, “Colour My World” from Chicago II,
“Saturday In The Park,” from Chicago V and the group’s signature “25 Or 6
To 4.”
The second disc continues the hit parade with the epic rock ballad “Love Me
Tomorrow,” plus “You’re The Inspiration” and “Hard Habit To Break” from the
back-to-back hit albums Chicago 16 (1982) and Chicago 17 (1984)
before concluding with the 2006 hit, “Love Will Come Back.”
The album’s cover art and internal graphics were selected through a fan contest
with long-time fan Mark Rosenmeier's cover chosen from over 400 entries. Inside,
10 of the runner-up designs are included, which is testament to the power and
talent of Chicago’s fans. Music journalist Bill DeYoung penned the liner notes,
based on new interviews with the band.
To further celebrate this impressive achievement, Rhino will release a Rhino
Handmade 7” singles boxed set of the band’s hits in October, a reissue of
Heart of Chicago in MVI on November 20, and a Scrapbook 1967-1977 DVD
on January 29, 2008, which features footage of the band’s first ten years,
including a live show in Japan in 1972, a Dick Clark Special that has long been
requested by fans, new interviews with the four original members, and
never-before-seen home video from Robert Lamm. As the first band to play with
The University of Notre Dame marching band, an exclusive DVD, The Greatest
Halftime Show, will be available of that performance in September 2008.
In February 2007, Chicago became a member of an exclusive and exceptionally
talented club of artists when the National Association of Recording
Merchandisers (NARM) bestowed them with the Chairman’s Award for Sustained
Creative Achievement during the organization’s 49th Annual Convention in
Chicago.
Formed in their namesake city in 1967, Chicago’s music mixed rock, pop, and jazz
in a completely new way, Propelled by innovative horn arrangements, the band’s
commercial potential was soon apparent; when in 1970 the band hit the charts
with its first of 21 Top 10 singles. The group would go on to score five
consecutive #1 albums starting in 1972 with Chicago V, and concluding
with Chicago IX – Chicago’s Greatest Hits. In a career both influential
and extensive, Chicago has sold more than 100 million records and continues to
tour every year to SRO audiences.
THE BEST OF CHICAGO: 40TH
ANNIVERSARY EDITION Track Listing:
Disk 1
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“Questions 67 And
68”
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“25 Or 6 To 4”
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“Does Anybody
Really Know What Time It Is?”
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“Make Me Smile”
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“Beginnings”
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“Colour My World”
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“Saturday In The
Park”
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“Feelin’ Stronger
Every Day”
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“Just You ‘N’ Me”
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“Wishing You Were
Here”
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“Old Days”
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“Another Rainy Day
In New York City”
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“If You Leave Me
Now”
Disk 2
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“Baby, What A Big
Surprise”
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“No Tell Lover”
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“Hard To Say I’m
Sorry”
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“Love Me Tomorrow”
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“Hard Habit To
Break”
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“You’re The
Inspiration”
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“Will You Still
Love Me?”
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“If She Would Have
Been Faithful…”
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“I Don’t Wanna Live
Without Your Love”
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“Look Away”
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“What Kind Of Man
Would I Be?”
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“You’re Not Alone”
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“Here In My Heart”
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“Feel” (with Horns)
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“Love Will Come
Back”
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