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| venue =
| venue =
| studio = [[Caribou Ranch]], [[Nederland, Colorado]]
| studio = [[Caribou Ranch]], [[Nederland, Colorado]]
| genre = [[Jazz rock]]
| genre =
*[[Jazz rock]]
*[[progressive rock]]
| length = 38:21
| length = 38:21
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer = [[James William Guercio]]
| producer = [[James William Guercio]]
| prev_title = [[Chicago V]]
| prev_title = [[Live in Japan (Chicago album)|Live in Japan]]
| prev_year = 1972
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = [[Chicago VII]]
| next_title = [[Chicago VII]]
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| type = studio
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Feelin' Stronger Every Day]]
| single1 = [[Feelin' Stronger Every Day]]
| single1date = June 1973
| single1date = June 5, 1973
| single2 = [[Just You 'n' Me]]
| single2 = [[Just You 'n' Me]]
| single2date = September 1973
| single2date = September 7, 1973
}}
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Planer |first=Lindsay |url={{Allmusic|class=album |id=r33024 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Chicago VI - Chicago : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=June 18, 2012}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Planer |first=Lindsay |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r33024 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Chicago VI - Chicago : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = C<ref>{{cite book |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau |year=1981 |title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]] |publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]] |isbn=089919026X |chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: C |chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70 |accessdate=February 23, 2019 |via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
|rev2Score = C<ref>{{cite book |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |year=1981 |title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]] |publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]] |isbn=089919026X |chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: C |chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70 |access-date=February 23, 2019 |via=robertchristgau.com |archive-date=April 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413062714/https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev3Score = (not rated)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/chicago/albums/album/112111/review/6067514/chicago_vi |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106165106/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/chicago/albums/album/112111/review/6067514/chicago_vi |archivedate=January 6, 2008 |last=Fletcher |first=Gordon |title=Chicago: Chicago VI : Music Reviews: Rolling Stone |publisher=RollingStone.com |date=August 17, 1973 |accessdate=June 18, 2012}}</ref>
| rev3Score = (not rated)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/chicago/albums/album/112111/review/6067514/chicago_vi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106165106/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/chicago/albums/album/112111/review/6067514/chicago_vi |archive-date=January 6, 2008 |last=Fletcher |first=Gordon |title=Chicago: Chicago VI : Music Reviews: Rolling Stone |publisher=RollingStone.com |date=August 17, 1973 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref>
}}
}}


'''''Chicago VI''''' is the fifth studio album by [[United States|American]] [[rock music|rock]] band [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] and was released on June 25, 1973. It was the band's second in a string of five consecutive albums to make it to No. 1 in the [[United States|US]],<ref name="Billboard 200" /> was certified [[Music recording certification|gold]] less than a month after its release, and has been certified two-times [[Music recording certification|platinum]] since.<ref name="RIAA" /> It is the first album to feature percussionist [[Laudir de Oliveira]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Street Player: My Chicago Story |last=Seraphine |first=Danny |publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc. |year=2011 |isbn=9780470416839 |location= |page=132}}</ref> who would become a full-fledged member of the band for ''[[Chicago VIII]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Street Player: My Chicago Story |last=Seraphine |first=Danny |publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc. |year=2011 |isbn=9780470416839 |location= |page=138}}</ref><ref name="Ruhlmannp7">{{cite album-notes |title=Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set) |year=1991 |url=http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Chicago_Box_Set_-_Page_7.html |page=7 |access-date=January 29, 2016 |first=William James |last=Ruhlmann |format=CD booklet archived online |publisher=Columbia Records |location=New York City}}</ref>''
'''''Chicago VI''''' is the fifth studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] and was released on June 25, 1973, by [[Columbia Records]]. It was the band's second in a string of five consecutive albums to make it to No. 1 in the [[United States|US]],<ref name="Billboard 200" /> was certified [[Music recording certification|gold]] less than a month after its release, and has been certified two-times [[Music recording certification|platinum]] since.<ref name="RIAA" /> It is the first album to feature percussionist [[Laudir de Oliveira]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Street Player: My Chicago Story |last=Seraphine |first=Danny |publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc. |year=2011 |isbn=9780470416839 |page=132}}</ref> who would become a full-fledged member of the band for ''[[Chicago VIII]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Street Player: My Chicago Story |last=Seraphine |first=Danny |publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc. |year=2011 |isbn=9780470416839 |page=138}}</ref><ref name="Ruhlmannp7">{{cite AV media notes |title=Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set) |year=1991 |url=http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Chicago_Box_Set_-_Page_7.html |page=7 |access-date=January 29, 2016 |first=William James |last=Ruhlmann |format=CD booklet archived online |publisher=Columbia Records |location=New York City |archive-date=February 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213222057/http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Chicago_Box_Set_-_Page_7.html |url-status=live }}</ref> '''''VI''''' is the first studio album (the other being 1975's compilation ''[[Chicago IX]]'') to feature the original band members on the cover before the death of leader and co-founder [[Terry Kath]].


==Background==
==Background==
After having recorded all of Chicago's first five albums in [[New York City]] (except for parts of the second album recorded at CBS in [[Los Angeles]]), producer [[James William Guercio]] had his own Caribou Studios built in [[Nederland, Colorado]] during 1972. It was finished in time for the band to record their sixth album the following February,<ref name=Rosen>{{cite book |last=Rosen |first=Craig |date=1996 |title=The Billboard Book Of Number One Albums|publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications |page=163 |isbn=0-8230-7586-9}}</ref> and would remain their recording base for the next four years.<ref name=Ruhlmannp7 />
After having recorded all of Chicago's first five albums in [[New York City]] (except for parts of the second album recorded at CBS in [[Los Angeles]]), producer [[James William Guercio]] had his own Caribou Studios built in [[Nederland, Colorado]] during 1972. It was finished in time for the band to record their sixth album the following February,<ref name=Rosen>{{cite book |last=Rosen |first=Craig |date=1996 |title=The Billboard Book Of Number One Albums|publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications |page=163 |isbn=0-8230-7586-9}}</ref> and would remain their recording base for the next four years.<ref name=Ruhlmannp7 />


[[Robert Lamm]] authored half of the album's tracks, including his response to some of Chicago's negative reviewers in "Critics' Choice". [[James Pankow]] wrote the album's two hits, "[[Just You 'n' Me]]", which peaked at No. 4 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart,<ref name=BB100p1>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chicago |title=Chicago Chart History: Hot 100 |last= |first= |date= |website=Billboard |page=1 |access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> and "[[Feelin' Stronger Every Day]]", which peaked at No. 10.<ref name=BB100p2>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chicago |title=Chicago Chart History: Hot 100 |last= |first= |date= |website=Billboard |page=2 |access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> The latter was co-composed with [[Peter Cetera]], who also wrote "In Terms of Two", and sang lead vocal on all three songs.
[[Robert Lamm]] authored half of the album's tracks, including his response to some of Chicago's negative reviewers in "Critics' Choice". [[James Pankow]] wrote the album's two hits, "[[Just You 'n' Me]]", which peaked at No. 4 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart,<ref name=BB100p1>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chicago |title=Chicago Chart History: Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |page=1 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201100256/https://www.billboard.com/music/chicago |url-status=live }}</ref> and "[[Feelin' Stronger Every Day]]", which peaked at No. 10.<ref name=BB100p2>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chicago |title=Chicago Chart History: Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |page=2 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201100256/https://www.billboard.com/music/chicago |url-status=live }}</ref> The latter was co-composed with [[Peter Cetera]], who also wrote "In Terms of Two", and sang lead vocal on all three songs.


Released in June 1973, ''Chicago VI'' was another commercial success, spending five non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart in the [[United States|US]],<ref name="Billboard 200">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chicago |title=Chicago Chart History: Billboard 200 |last= |first= |date= |website=Billboard |access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref><ref name=Rosen /> and was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)]] less than a month after its release.<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ |title=Gold & Platinum |last= |first= |date= |website=RIAA |language=en-US |access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref> It was certified two-times platinum in 1986, the first year the RIAA awarded platinum certification to albums released before 1976.<ref name=Grein>{{cite news |title=CBS gets Pre-1976 Certs: 132 Honors Issued |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=December 13, 1986 |work=Billboard |url={{Google books|ICUEAAAAMBAJ|page=67 |plainurl=yes}} |pp=4, 67 |accessdate=February 11, 2019 |via=Google books}}</ref> The album did not chart in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], although the band's first three studio albums had charted in the top ten there.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13861/chicago/ |title=CHICAGO {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company |last= |first= |date= |website=www.officialcharts.com |access-date=February 11, 2019}}</ref>
Released in June 1973, ''Chicago VI'' was another commercial success, spending five non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart in the [[United States|US]],<ref name="Billboard 200">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chicago |title=Chicago Chart History: Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201100256/https://www.billboard.com/music/chicago |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Rosen /> and was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)]] less than a month after its release.<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ |title=Gold & Platinum |website=RIAA |language=en-US |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212231947/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was certified two-times platinum in 1986, the first year the RIAA awarded platinum certification to albums released before 1976.<ref name=Grein>{{cite magazine |title=CBS gets Pre-1976 Certs: 132 Honors Issued |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=December 13, 1986 |magazine=Billboard |url={{Google books|ICUEAAAAMBAJ|page=67 |plainurl=yes}} |pages=4, 67 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |via=Google books}}</ref> The album did not chart in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], although the band's first three studio albums had charted in the top ten there.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13861/chicago/ |title=CHICAGO {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company |website=www.officialcharts.com |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=December 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224023924/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13861/chicago/ |url-status=live }}</ref>


The album was mixed and released in both stereo and [[quadraphonic]]. The original US CD release (Columbia CK #32400) was mastered for CD by [[Joe Gastwirt]]. ''Chicago VI'' was remastered and reissued by [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Records]] in 2002, with two bonus tracks: a Terry Kath demo called "Beyond All Our Sorrows", and a recording of [[Al Green]]'s "[[Tired of Being Alone]]", taken from the 1973 TV special ''Chicago in the Rockies''. In 2013, the audiophile reissue company Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab remastered ''Chicago VI'' and released it on Hybrid SACD, which can be played on both CD players and SACD players.
The album was mixed and released in both stereo and [[quadraphonic]]. The original US CD release (Columbia CK #32400) was mastered for CD by [[Joe Gastwirt]]. ''Chicago VI'' was remastered and reissued by [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Records]] in 2002, with two bonus tracks: a Terry Kath demo called "Beyond All Our Sorrows", and a recording of [[Al Green]]'s "[[Tired of Being Alone]]", taken from the 1973 TV special ''Chicago in the Rockies''. In 2013, the audiophile reissue company Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab remastered ''Chicago VI'' and released it on Hybrid SACD, which can be played on both CD players and SACD players.
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{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side One
| headline = Side One
| extra_column = Vocals
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Critics' Choice
| title1 = Critics' Choice
| length1 = 2:49
| length1 = 2:49
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| writer4 = [[Terry Kath]]
| writer4 = [[Terry Kath]]
| extra4 = Terry Kath
| extra4 = Terry Kath
| title5 = What's This World Coming To
| title5 = What's This World Comin' To
| length5 = 4:58
| length5 = 4:58
| writer5 = Pankow
| writer5 = Pankow
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{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side Two
| headline = Side Two
| extra_column = Vocals
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title6 = Something in This City Changes People
| title6 = Something in This City Changes People
| length6 = 3:42
| length6 = 3:42
| writer6 = Lamm
| writer6 = Lamm
| extra6 = Kath, Lamm, Loughnane
| extra6 = Kath, Lamm, Cetera, [[Lee Loughnane]]
| title7 = Hollywood
| title7 = Hollywood
| length7 = 3:52
| length7 = 3:52
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{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline=Bonus tracks (2002 [[reissue]])
| headline=Bonus tracks (2002 [[reissue]])
| extra_column = Vocals
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1=Beyond All Our Sorrows
| title1=Beyond All Our Sorrows
| note1=Terry Kath [[Demo (music)|demo]]
| note1=Terry Kath [[Demo (music)|demo]]
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== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==


===Chicago===
=== Chicago ===
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* [[Peter Cetera]] – bass, lead vocals, backing vocals, [[harmonica]] on "In Terms of Two"
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* [[Terry Kath]] – electric, acoustic and slide guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals
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* [[Robert Lamm]] – acoustic piano, [[Hammond organ]], [[clavinet]], [[Wurlitzer electric piano]], [[Fender Rhodes]], [[ARP synthesizer]], [[Hohner Pianet]], lead vocals, backing vocals
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* [[Lee Loughnane]] – trumpet, backing vocals, percussion, co-lead vocals on “Something in This City Changes People”
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* [[James Pankow]] – trombone, brass arrangements
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* [[Walter Parazaider]] – saxophones, [[flute]]
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* [[Danny Seraphine]] – drums, percussion


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=== Additional personnel ===
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* [[Peter Cetera]] – [[bass guitar|bass]], lead and backing vocals, [[harmonica]] on "In Terms of Two"
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* [[Terry Kath]] – electric and acoustic [[guitars]], [[slide guitar]], lead and backing vocals
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* [[Robert Lamm]] – [[acoustic piano]], [[Hammond organ]], [[clavinet]], [[Wurlitzer electric piano]], [[Fender Rhodes]], [[ARP synthesizer]], [[Hohner Pianet]], lead and backing vocals
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* [[Lee Loughnane]] – [[trumpet]], backing vocals, [[percussion]], co-vocals on “Something In This City Changes People”
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* [[James Pankow]] – [[trombone]], brass arrangements
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* [[Walter Parazaider]] – [[saxophones]], [[flute]]
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* [[Danny Seraphine]] – [[drum kit|drums]], [[percussion]]

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===Additional personnel===
* [[Laudir de Oliveira]] – [[congas]]
* [[Laudir de Oliveira]] – [[congas]]
* [[Joe Lala]] – congas
* [[Joe Lala]] – congas
* J. G. O'Rafferty – [[pedal steel]]
* J. G. O'Rafferty – [[pedal steel guitar]]


===Production===
== Production ==
* Produced by James William Guercio
* Produced by James William Guercio
* Engineered by Wayne Tarnowski
* Engineered by Wayne Tarnowski
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==Charts==
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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!align="left"|Chart (1973)
!align="left"|Peak<br>position
|-
|-
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! scope="col"| Chart (1973-1974)
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| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=62}}</ref>
! scope="col"| Position
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|-
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! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=62}}</ref>
| 12
| 12
|-
|-
{{album chart|Canada|3|artist=Chicago|album=Chicago VI|chartid=4872|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
| United States ([[Billboard 200]])<ref name=BB200>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chicago/chart-history/billboard-200/song/820561|title=Billboard 200: Chicago III|last=|first=|date=|website=Billboard|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref>
| 1
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|}

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==Certifications==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | page= 166 | language= fi}}</ref>
!align="left"|Organization
!align="left"|Level
| align="center"| 26
!align="left"|Date
|-
|-
! scope="row"|Italian Albums (''[[Musica e Dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e Dischi]]|language=it|access-date=June 20, 2024}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Chicago".</ref>
|align="left"|RIAA – USA
|align="left"|Gold
|align="center"|22
|align="left"|July 18, 1973<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 |publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]] |location=Roppongi, Tokyo |year=2006 |isbn=4-87131-077-9 |language=ja}}</ref>
|align="left"|RIAA – USA
|align="left"|Platinum
|align="center"|18
|align="left"|November 21, 1986<ref name="RIAA" />
|-
|-
{{album chart|Norway|13|artist=Chicago|album=VI|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|align="left"|RIAA – USA
|-
|align="left"|Double Platinum
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Chicago|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|align="left"|November 21, 1986<ref name="RIAA" /><ref name=Grein />
|}
|}

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==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1973|region=Canada|award=Platinum|certyear=1977|artist=Chicago|title=Chicago VI|access-date=June 21, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1973|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1986|artist=Chicago|title=Chicago VI|access-date=June 21, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}


==References==
==References==
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Chicago VI
Studio album by
Chicago
ReleasedJune 25, 1973
RecordedFebruary 1973
StudioCaribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado
Genre
Length38:21
LabelColumbia
ProducerJames William Guercio
Chicago chronology
Live in Japan
(1972) 		Chicago VI
(1973) 		Chicago VII
(1974)
Singles from Chicago VI
  1. "Feelin' Stronger Every Day"
    Released: June 5, 1973
  2. "Just You 'n' Me"
    Released: September 7, 1973
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]
Rolling Stone(not rated)[3]

Chicago VI is the fifth studio album by American rock band Chicago and was released on June 25, 1973, by Columbia Records. It was the band's second in a string of five consecutive albums to make it to No. 1 in the US,[4] was certified gold less than a month after its release, and has been certified two-times platinum since.[5] It is the first album to feature percussionist Laudir de Oliveira,[6] who would become a full-fledged member of the band for Chicago VIII.[7][8] VI is the first studio album (the other being 1975's compilation Chicago IX) to feature the original band members on the cover before the death of leader and co-founder Terry Kath.

Background

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After having recorded all of Chicago's first five albums in New York City (except for parts of the second album recorded at CBS in Los Angeles), producer James William Guercio had his own Caribou Studios built in Nederland, Colorado during 1972. It was finished in time for the band to record their sixth album the following February,[9] and would remain their recording base for the next four years.[8]

Robert Lamm authored half of the album's tracks, including his response to some of Chicago's negative reviewers in "Critics' Choice". James Pankow wrote the album's two hits, "Just You 'n' Me", which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[10] and "Feelin' Stronger Every Day", which peaked at No. 10.[11] The latter was co-composed with Peter Cetera, who also wrote "In Terms of Two", and sang lead vocal on all three songs.

Released in June 1973, Chicago VI was another commercial success, spending five non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in the US,[4][9] and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) less than a month after its release.[5] It was certified two-times platinum in 1986, the first year the RIAA awarded platinum certification to albums released before 1976.[12] The album did not chart in the UK, although the band's first three studio albums had charted in the top ten there.[13]

The album was mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic. The original US CD release (Columbia CK #32400) was mastered for CD by Joe Gastwirt. Chicago VI was remastered and reissued by Rhino Records in 2002, with two bonus tracks: a Terry Kath demo called "Beyond All Our Sorrows", and a recording of Al Green's "Tired of Being Alone", taken from the 1973 TV special Chicago in the Rockies. In 2013, the audiophile reissue company Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab remastered Chicago VI and released it on Hybrid SACD, which can be played on both CD players and SACD players.

Track listing

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Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Critics' Choice"Robert LammRobert Lamm2:49
2."Just You 'n' Me"James PankowPeter Cetera3:42
3."Darlin' Dear"LammLamm2:56
4."Jenny"Terry KathTerry Kath3:31
5."What's This World Comin' To"PankowLamm, Cetera, Kath4:58
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
6."Something in This City Changes People"LammKath, Lamm, Cetera, Lee Loughnane3:42
7."Hollywood"LammLamm3:52
8."In Terms of Two"Peter CeteraCetera3:29
9."Rediscovery"LammLamm4:47
10."Feelin' Stronger Every Day"Cetera/PankowCetera4:15
Bonus tracks (2002 reissue)
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Beyond All Our Sorrows" (Terry Kath demo)KathKath7:06
2."Tired of Being Alone" (with Al Green)GreenGreen4:09

Personnel

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Chicago

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Additional personnel

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Production

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  • Produced by James William Guercio
  • Engineered by Wayne Tarnowski
  • Assistant Engineer – Jeff Guercio
  • Mixed by Phil Ramone
  • Mix Assistant – Richard Blakin
  • Cover Design – John Berg and Nick Fasciano
  • Photography by Barry Feinstein

Charts

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Chart (1973-1974) Position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[14] 12
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[15] 3
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[16] 26
Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)[17] 22
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[18] 18
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] 13
US Billboard 200[20] 1

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[21] Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[22] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "Chicago VI - Chicago : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Fletcher, Gordon (August 17, 1973). "Chicago: Chicago VI : Music Reviews: Rolling Stone". RollingStone.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2008. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Chicago Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Seraphine, Danny (2011). Street Player: My Chicago Story. John Wiley & Sons Inc. p. 132. ISBN 9780470416839.
  7. ^ Seraphine, Danny (2011). Street Player: My Chicago Story. John Wiley & Sons Inc. p. 138. ISBN 9780470416839.
  8. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William James (1991). Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set) (CD booklet archived online) (Media notes). New York City: Columbia Records. p. 7. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  9. ^ a b Rosen, Craig (1996). The Billboard Book Of Number One Albums. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 163. ISBN 0-8230-7586-9.
  10. ^ "Chicago Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  11. ^ "Chicago Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. p. 2. Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  12. ^ Grein, Paul (December 13, 1986). "CBS gets Pre-1976 Certs: 132 Honors Issued". Billboard. pp. 4, 67. Retrieved February 11, 2019 – via Google books.
  13. ^ "CHICAGO | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  14. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 62. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  15. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4872". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  16. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  17. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved June 20, 2024. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Chicago".
  18. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  19. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Chicago – VI". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  20. ^ "Chicago Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  21. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Chicago – Chicago VI". Music Canada. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  22. ^ "American album certifications – Chicago – Chicago VI". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
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