Greatest Hits, Volume II (Chicago album)
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| Compilation album by Chicago | ||
| Released | 23 November 1981 | |
| Recorded | January 1969 - June 1978 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 35:49 | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Producer(s) | James William Guercio, Phil Ramone and Chicago |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Chicago chronology | ||
| Chicago XIV (1980) |
Greatest Hits, Volume II (1981) |
Chicago 16 (1982) |
Greatest Hits, Volume II is the second greatest hits album by American rock band Chicago - their fifteenth overall - and was released in 1981.
Following the commercial flop of 1980's Chicago XIV, Columbia Records dropped Chicago from their roster and cancelled a lucrative contract that had recently been signed. While the band had begun their association with David Foster and were in the process of building a new identity, Columbia put together a sequel to their first - and highly successful - hits package, 1975's Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits.
Released in November 1981, Greatest Hits, Volume II primarily samples material from Chicago VIII through 1978's Hot Streets, after which the hits stopped coming, though it also stretches back to pick up overlooked hits from the era first covered by their original compilation album. Because it appeared just before Chicago's unexpected career revival with Chicago 16, this set performed very poorly at retail, only reaching #171 in the US.
Like its predecessor, Greatest Hits, Volume II has since been superseded by 2002's The Very Best of: Only the Beginning and is out of print.
[edit] Track listing
- "Baby, What A Big Surprise" (Peter Cetera) – 3:03
- "Dialogue (Part II)" (Robert Lamm) – 4:10 - incorrectly listed as "Parts I & II"
- "No Tell Lover" (Peter Cetera/Lee Loughnane/Danny Seraphine) – 3:47 - single edit
- "Alive Again" (James Pankow) – 3:32 - single edit
- "Old Days" (James Pankow) – 3:29
- "If You Leave Me Now" (Peter Cetera) – 3:55
- "Questions 67 and 68" (Robert Lamm) – 3:26 - single edit
- "Happy Man" (Peter Cetera) – 3:15
- "Gone Long Gone" (Peter Cetera) – 3:57
- "Take Me Back To Chicago" (Danny Seraphine/David Wolinski) – 3:00 - single edit
Greatest Hits, Volume II (Columbia 37682) reached #171 in the US during a chart stay of 5 weeks. It did not chart in the UK.
[edit] Personnel
- Peter Cetera - electric bass, acoustic guitar, vocals, background vocals
- Terry Kath - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
- Robert Lamm - piano, keyboards, percussion, vocals, background vocals
- Lee Loughnane - trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet, guitar, percussion, background vocals
- James Pankow - trombone, percussion, background vocals
- Walter Parazaider - saxophone, flute, clarinet
- Danny Seraphine - drums, percussion
- Laudir DeOliveira - congas, bongos, Latin percussion
- Donnie Dacus - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1981 | Pop Albums | 171 |
| Chicago |
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| Robert Lamm | James Pankow | Lee Loughnane | Walter Parazaider | Bill Champlin Jason Scheff | Tris Imboden | Keith Howland Terry Kath | Peter Cetera | Danny Seraphine | Laudir DeOliveira | Donnie Dacus | Chris Pinnick | Dawayne Bailey |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: The Chicago Transit Authority | Chicago | Chicago III | Chicago V | Chicago VI |Chicago VII | Chicago VIII | Chicago X | Chicago XI | Hot Streets | Chicago 13 | Chicago XIV | Chicago 16 | Chicago 17 | Chicago 18 | Chicago 19 | Twenty 1 | Night & Day Big Band | Chicago XXX |
| Live albums: Chicago at Carnegie Hall | Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert |
| Compilations: Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits | Greatest Hits, Volume II | Greatest Hits 1982-1989 The Heart of Chicago 1967-1997 | The Heart of Chicago 1967-1998 Volume II | The Very Best of: Only the Beginning | Love Songs |
| Christmas albums: Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album | What's It Gonna Be, Santa? |
| Unreleased album: Stone of Sisyphus |
| Box sets: The Box |
