CHICAGO Self titled oR CHICAGO I Vintage vinyl 1972 SPB 234165 gatefold cover
Vinyl is in mint condition
Sleeve has some minor ware and tare on edges
Although the official title of the album is Chicago, it came to be retroactively known as Chicago II, keeping it in line with the succession of Roman numeral-titled albums that officially began with Chicago III in 1971.
While The Chicago Transit Authority was a success, Chicago is considered by many to be Chicago's breakthrough album, yielding a number of Top 40 hits, including "Make Me Smile" (#9), "Colour My World" (#7), and "25 or 6 to 4" (#4). The centerpiece of the album was the thirteen-minute song cycle "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon". Guitarist Terry Kath also participated in an extended classically styled cycle of four pieces, three of which were co-written by the well-known, arranger, composer, and pianist Peter Matz. The politically outspoken keyboardist Robert Lamm also tackles his qualms with "It Better End Soon", another modular piece. Bassist Peter Cetera, later to play a crucial role in the band's music, contributed his first song to Chicago and this album, "Where Do We Go From Here".
Released in January 1970 on Columbia Records, Chicago was an instant hit, reaching #4 in the US and #6 in the UK.
2 - All Is Well
3 - Now That You've Gone
4 - Dialogue (Part One)
5 - Dialogue (Part Two)
1 - While The City Sleeps
2 - Saturday In The Park
3 - State Of The Union
4 - Goodbye
5 - Alma Mater