Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits
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Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album, and ninth album overall, by the American band Chicago and was released in 1975 by Columbia Records in both stereo (PC 33900) and SQ quadraphonic (PCQ 33900) versions.
Including all of Chicago's biggest hits thus far, this set stretches from their 1969 debut, The Chicago Transit Authority, to 1974's Chicago VII. Chicago VIII and its hits, having only come out just months earlier, were considered too recent to anthologize, while Chicago III's material was overlooked for inclusion because of its lack of truly big hit singles.
Chicago IX proved to be an enormous seller. It reached #1 in the US during a chart stay of 72 weeks.[2] Even though 2002's The Very Best of: Only the Beginning superseded it, Chicago IX was also reissued by Rhino Records, Chicago's current distributor. The album did not chart in the UK.
Track listing
Side one
- "25 or 6 to 4" (Robert Lamm) – 4:51
- "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Robert Lamm) – 3:20 CD 2:53 LP/Cassette
- This has most of the instrumental intro cut off. On the original LP (and cassette) version of IX, most of the intro was cut off.
- "Colour My World" (James Pankow) – 2:59
- "Just You 'N' Me" (James Pankow) – 3:42
- "Saturday in the Park" (Robert Lamm) – 3:54
- "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (Peter Cetera/James Pankow) – 4:14
Side two
- "Make Me Smile" (James Pankow) – 2:59
- This is the single edit that also includes parts of "Now More Than Ever".
- "Wishing You Were Here" (Peter Cetera) – 4:34
- "Call on Me" (Lee Loughnane) – 4:02
- "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" (James Pankow) – 4:29
- "Beginnings" (Robert Lamm) – 7:51 CD 6:28 LP/Cassette
- On the original LP version of IX this song was faded out about 1:20 early.
Personnel
- John Berg – design
- Peter Cetera – bass, guitar, vocals
- Laudir DeOliveira – percussion
- Nick Fasciano – logo
- James William Guercio – producer
- Terry Kath – guitars, vocals
- Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
- Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, vocals
- Reid Miles – photography
- James Pankow – trombone, percussion
- Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, percussion
- Daniel Seraphine – drums, percussion
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1975 | Pop Albums | 1 |
| 1976 |
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r3851/review
- ^ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955-1985, Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 71.