Take Me Back to Chicago
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Take Me Back to Chicago is one of two albums by the American Pop-Rock band Chicago that has been legitimately released within the United States on a label to whom they were under contract which does not fit into the general Roman Numeral numbering system of Chicago albums (from Chicago Transit Authority (as "I") through (at this writing) Chicago XXX. (The only other album being "If You Leave Me Now".)
It was issued by Columbia/CBS at the time the band was enjoying many hit singles and swift album sales for Warner Brothers, and consists of hit singles and key album tracks that (save for the title track) had not appeared on the band's two Greatest Hits albums on the Columbia label. Because Chicago had by this time moved to their new label, Take Me Back to Chicago was not directly authorized by the band and they do not acknowledge it in their official discography.
The album was issued on LP and cassette in 1985 with the following track list:
- "Listen" (R. Lamm) - 3:22
- "Free" (R. Lamm) - 2:15
- "Thunder and Lightning" (R. Lamm - D. Seraphine) - 3:32
- "Lowdown" (P. Cetera - D. Seraphine) - 3:34
- "I'm a Man" (S. Winwood - J. Miller) - 7:40
- "Prelude (Little One)/Little One" (D. Seraphine - D. Wolinski) - 6:40
- "You Are On My Mind" (J. Pankow) - 3:20
- "Take Me Back to Chicago" (D. Seraphine - D. Wolinski) - 5:16
- "Mongonucleosis" (J. Pankow) - 3:21
- "Harry Truman" (R. Lamm) - 3:01
It is perhaps because of the issuance of this album that "Free," "Lowdown," and "Harry Truman" received more airplay during 1985-1986 than at any time since their popularity as singles.
