The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning (CD)

Chicago was the longest-running and most commercially successful of the hordes of jazz-rock bands with horn sections that sprang up in the late-1960s wake of Blood, Sweat & Tears. After myriad personnel changes (including the death of founding guitarist Terry Kath due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound), Chicago eventually mutated into a more conventional pop group that was able to score hit after hit well into the '80s, usually with romantic ballads. They remain among the best-selling American bands of all time. In the mid 1990s they briefly returned to their roots with an album of big band-era standards given the Chicago treatment.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  General Rock & Pop
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• Release Date: July 2, 2002
• Label: Rhino Records (USA)
• UPC: 081227617028
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106074139
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #1526 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #747 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
• #548 in General Rock & Pop (See Top 100 General Rock & Pop Bestsellers)

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Producers include: James William Buercio, Phil Ramone, David Foster, Bruce Fairbairn, Ron Nevison.

Compilation producers: Chicago, David McLees.

Includes liner notes by Bill DeYoung.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Chicago commemorates 35 years of playing together with the career-spanning 2-CD anthology ONLY THE BEGINNING. This Windy City septet started out as one of the few '60s groups aside from Blood, Sweat & Tears and The Electric Flag to fuse a full horn section with a rock band. Chicago's early hits included more aggressive fare like "25 Or 6 To 4," "Beginnings," and a scorching cover of The Spencer Davis Group's "I'm A Man," but they became known as a ballads band as the '70s progressed. AM hits like "Saturday In The Park," "Just You 'N' Me," and "Baby, What A Big Surprise" helped solidify this reputation.

Despite stumbling in the late '70s and getting dropped by Columbia Records, Chicago neatly landed on its feet at Warner Brothers. Their chart assault in the '80s continued with ballads like "Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Look Away," "Hard Habit To Break," and the quintessential prom theme/wedding song "You're The Inspiration." Hits sans Peter Cetera (who left in 1985), include "Chasin' The Wind." Wrapping up this 40-song set is "Sing, Sing, Sing," a new collaboration with The Gipsy Kings.

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