Never been a big Chicago fan of the early year. I have tried several times to get into those early albums. But unless it was a radio hit or was played a lot on album stations, I never paid them much mind. Even after getting into Chicago in the early/mid eighties, I tried again to listen to the early stuff, but still can not get into it. A lot of fans tend to shy away from the later stuff that I like.
IX Greatest Hits (A) This 1975 release as all the songs I like from the early years. So no need for me to go get the for the early stuff to enjoy theses songs.
Greatest Hits, Vol 2 (B+) Some more good songs from the years that I don't really care for. But all the good songs from 75 to 81 are here.
16 (B+) First Chicago cd I ever bought, and what made dig into the back catalog. Nothing in early years was as good as this. Big hit Hard To Say I'm Sorry, and Love Me Tomorrow, plus some other songs that didnt make the radio like Rescue You and Chains. Never knew horns could rock so, and just about the whole cd does.
17 (A) Power ballads, rock songs, and songs with a danceable beat are what make up this cd, and make for Chicago's finest cd since the start of the band till today in 2008. Plenty of big hits, an no filler. Stay The Night, Hard Habit To Break, Along Comes A Woman, Your The Inspiration are just some of the awesome songs on this cd.
18 (B) Peter Cetera is gone on to solo fields, and is replace by Jason Scheff. Jason comes in having to fill some big shoes, and does a pretty good job of it. And he only gets better with each cd. Just listen to Will You Still Love Me, this is a good a lot of Cetera era. As are some of the other songs, If S
he Would Have Been Faithful, It's Alright, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now, and I Believe. But rest of the cd is filler, and a odd remake of 25 Or 6 To 4.
19 (A-) More big hits, and a little filler make for their second best cd. The haunting I Don't Want To Live Without Your Love is one of my top 3 Chicago songs along with Look Away, both of which are on this cd. Victorious and Runaround are the only weak songs on the cd. A great cd.
20 Greatest Hits (A+) Great songs from 16 to 19. But could have placed a couple more songs on the cd.
21 (C+) 12 song cd, only half are good, and they are good!! God Save The Queen, You Come To My Senses, Explain It To My Heart, What Does It Take, Chasin The Wind, and Who Do Love are some very strong songs by the group. Holdin On is ok, but rest of the cd is stale at best.
Night And Day; Big Band (A-) A great cd. My dad had a lot of big band cds back from his day, and before I got into rock I use to put them on and listen to them. But I could have swore that most of theses songs didn't have lyrics to them, so I had to go back and find out. It was good to listen to the old records, but I have to say I really like what Chicago did to the songs. They Chicagoized them, and to very good results. The lyrics fit the songs to a tee.
25 The Christmas Album (B) What Night And Day did to improve for the big band era, Chicago tries to do the same for the classic Christmas era songs. For the most part it works, and Chicago adds their own unique style to the Christmas songs. A stray song here and there misses the mark (not by far). But a good cd to add to you Christmas rotation.
26 The Live Album (C-) Chicago has never had a great live cd (nor great live boot). This effort fails just like all the others. Sadly it sticks to a lot of the older songs, and skips the 80's and 90's. The new songs never get off the ground and that is sad with the remake of You Love Keeps Lift Me Higher And Higher.
30 (B+) A great comeback cd by the band. Some really strong songs on this cd. Feel (the single mix) is one of the best rock songs the band has done in a while. Jason is fantastic on King Of Might Have Been. Fantastic harmonies on Caroline and Long Lost Friend. No bad songs, but a couple songs are filler, and could have done without the horned version of Feel.
Group Portrait (B) 4 cds Cover from the beginning to 1981..a little too much early Chicago for me, but a good collection
The Heart Of Chicago 1967-1997 (A-) New songs Here In My Heart and The Only One are worthy additions to the Chicago catalog of songs. Rest of the cds is pretty good too. Some good songs are missing, but are in Vol. 2.
The Heart Of Chicago 1967-1998 Vol. 2 (A-) All Roads Lead To You is a awesome new song, but the other new one Show Me A Sign shows signs of live only during the chorus. Most of the songs that were missing on Vol 1 are here. A shame nothing from 21 or Night And day are on here, both cds had really good songs on them.
PETER CETERA solo cds
Solitude.Solitaire (B-) Some good songs on this cd, but the production and beat of the cd really hurt it. Gl
ory Of Love, Next Time I Fall In Love, and Only Love Knows Why are the standouts on this disk.
One More Story (B+) Production is better as is rest of the cd. Best Of Times, One Good Woman, Heaven Help The Lonely Man, Save Me, and Peace of Mind all from the first half of the cd are standout songs. The second half of the cd is pretty good too.
World Falling Down (B) Peter slows things down a little on his cd and aims more for the AC market, which suits him fine. Some good songs, Have You Ever Been In Love my favorite Cetera solo song, but nothing else really stands out this time around.
One Clear Voice (B-) The title track is awesome as is Faithfully. Happy Man remake from his Chicago days is ok. Rest of the songs are not bad, but not great either.
Another Perfect World (C) I hated this cd when it first came out, HATED IT!!! But know after giving a few more times over the past 6 or 7 years, it has grown on me, kind of like a wart. Can't say I would included anything on a hits cd, but not a complete waste of plastic either.
You Gotta Love Christmas (B-) Why do Peter and Chicago seem so inter twinned? Not has good as Chicago's Christmas cd, but still worth playing on the holidays.
Glory Of Love; Live (B) Better than Chicago's live cds, but not as good as I was hoping.
Your The Inspiration; A Collection (B-) 3 recordings of Chicago songs, and a collection of his hits that don't cover everything. Could have been so much better!
Greatest Hits (B) This 2002 release isn't much better than the above, at least this one has the Glory Of Love on it.
IX Greatest Hits (A) This 1975 release as all the songs I like from the early years. So no need for me to go get the for the early stuff to enjoy theses songs.
Greatest Hits, Vol 2 (B+) Some more good songs from the years that I don't really care for. But all the good songs from 75 to 81 are here.
16 (B+) First Chicago cd I ever bought, and what made dig into the back catalog. Nothing in early years was as good as this. Big hit Hard To Say I'm Sorry, and Love Me Tomorrow, plus some other songs that didnt make the radio like Rescue You and Chains. Never knew horns could rock so, and just about the whole cd does.
17 (A) Power ballads, rock songs, and songs with a danceable beat are what make up this cd, and make for Chicago's finest cd since the start of the band till today in 2008. Plenty of big hits, an no filler. Stay The Night, Hard Habit To Break, Along Comes A Woman, Your The Inspiration are just some of the awesome songs on this cd.
18 (B) Peter Cetera is gone on to solo fields, and is replace by Jason Scheff. Jason comes in having to fill some big shoes, and does a pretty good job of it. And he only gets better with each cd. Just listen to Will You Still Love Me, this is a good a lot of Cetera era. As are some of the other songs, If S
he Would Have Been Faithful, It's Alright, Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now, and I Believe. But rest of the cd is filler, and a odd remake of 25 Or 6 To 4.19 (A-) More big hits, and a little filler make for their second best cd. The haunting I Don't Want To Live Without Your Love is one of my top 3 Chicago songs along with Look Away, both of which are on this cd. Victorious and Runaround are the only weak songs on the cd. A great cd.
20 Greatest Hits (A+) Great songs from 16 to 19. But could have placed a couple more songs on the cd.
21 (C+) 12 song cd, only half are good, and they are good!! God Save The Queen, You Come To My Senses, Explain It To My Heart, What Does It Take, Chasin The Wind, and Who Do Love are some very strong songs by the group. Holdin On is ok, but rest of the cd is stale at best.
Night And Day; Big Band (A-) A great cd. My dad had a lot of big band cds back from his day, and before I got into rock I use to put them on and listen to them. But I could have swore that most of theses songs didn't have lyrics to them, so I had to go back and find out. It was good to listen to the old records, but I have to say I really like what Chicago did to the songs. They Chicagoized them, and to very good results. The lyrics fit the songs to a tee.
25 The Christmas Album (B) What Night And Day did to improve for the big band era, Chicago tries to do the same for the classic Christmas era songs. For the most part it works, and Chicago adds their own unique style to the Christmas songs. A stray song here and there misses the mark (not by far). But a good cd to add to you Christmas rotation.
26 The Live Album (C-) Chicago has never had a great live cd (nor great live boot). This effort fails just like all the others. Sadly it sticks to a lot of the older songs, and skips the 80's and 90's. The new songs never get off the ground and that is sad with the remake of You Love Keeps Lift Me Higher And Higher.
30 (B+) A great comeback cd by the band. Some really strong songs on this cd. Feel (the single mix) is one of the best rock songs the band has done in a while. Jason is fantastic on King Of Might Have Been. Fantastic harmonies on Caroline and Long Lost Friend. No bad songs, but a couple songs are filler, and could have done without the horned version of Feel.
Group Portrait (B) 4 cds Cover from the beginning to 1981..a little too much early Chicago for me, but a good collection
The Heart Of Chicago 1967-1997 (A-) New songs Here In My Heart and The Only One are worthy additions to the Chicago catalog of songs. Rest of the cds is pretty good too. Some good songs are missing, but are in Vol. 2.
The Heart Of Chicago 1967-1998 Vol. 2 (A-) All Roads Lead To You is a awesome new song, but the other new one Show Me A Sign shows signs of live only during the chorus. Most of the songs that were missing on Vol 1 are here. A shame nothing from 21 or Night And day are on here, both cds had really good songs on them.
PETER CETERA solo cds
Solitude.Solitaire (B-) Some good songs on this cd, but the production and beat of the cd really hurt it. Gl
ory Of Love, Next Time I Fall In Love, and Only Love Knows Why are the standouts on this disk.One More Story (B+) Production is better as is rest of the cd. Best Of Times, One Good Woman, Heaven Help The Lonely Man, Save Me, and Peace of Mind all from the first half of the cd are standout songs. The second half of the cd is pretty good too.
World Falling Down (B) Peter slows things down a little on his cd and aims more for the AC market, which suits him fine. Some good songs, Have You Ever Been In Love my favorite Cetera solo song, but nothing else really stands out this time around.
One Clear Voice (B-) The title track is awesome as is Faithfully. Happy Man remake from his Chicago days is ok. Rest of the songs are not bad, but not great either.
Another Perfect World (C) I hated this cd when it first came out, HATED IT!!! But know after giving a few more times over the past 6 or 7 years, it has grown on me, kind of like a wart. Can't say I would included anything on a hits cd, but not a complete waste of plastic either.
You Gotta Love Christmas (B-) Why do Peter and Chicago seem so inter twinned? Not has good as Chicago's Christmas cd, but still worth playing on the holidays.
Glory Of Love; Live (B) Better than Chicago's live cds, but not as good as I was hoping.
Your The Inspiration; A Collection (B-) 3 recordings of Chicago songs, and a collection of his hits that don't cover everything. Could have been so much better!
Greatest Hits (B) This 2002 release isn't much better than the above, at least this one has the Glory Of Love on it.
Jason Scheff
Chancey (A-) Great first solo cd from Jason. Included some of the then unreleased Chicago cd The Stone Of Syphilis. Some songs have a good jazz feel to them, never really cared for that type of music, but Jason does it right. Well worth looking for this hard to find cd.
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