Chicago discography

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Chicago has produced an extensive collection of recordings during their long career. This is intended to be a document of those recordings.

[edit] Official Numbered Releases

There are 30 official releases from the band, including studio albums, live albums and compilations. These official releases are listed here in order of original release.

The Chicago Transit Authority

 Side one
  1. "Introduction"
  2. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
  3. "Beginnings"
 Side two
  1. "Questions 67 and 68"
  2. "Listen"
  3. "Poem 58"
Side three
  1. "Free Form Guitar"
  2. "South California Purples"
  3. "I'm a Man"
 Side four
  1. "Prologue, August 29, 1968"
  2. "Someday (August 29, 1968)"
  3. "Liberation"
Format Country Label Catalogue number Release date Notes
Vinyl US Columbia Records GP 8 April 28, 1969 Two-record set
UK CBS Records S 66221 1969
US Columbia Records GQ-33255 1974 Two-record set; Quadraphonic pressing
CD US Columbia Records C2K 00008 1986 Two-CD set
CGK 8 1988 Reissue on one CD
CK 64409 1992 Sony MasterSound Audiophile CD
Chicago Records CRD-3001 February 28, 1995 Reissue of Columbia CGK 8
Rhino Records 76171 July 16, 2002 Remastered, one CD

Chicago

 Side one
  1. "Movin' In"
  2. "The Road"
  3. "Poem for the People"
  4. "In the Country"
 Side two
  1. "Wake Up Sunshine"
  2. "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon"
    • "Make Me Smile"
    • "So Much to Say, So Much to Give"
    • "Anxiety's Moment"
    • "West Virginia Fantasies"
    • "Colour My World"
    • "To Be Free"
    • "Now More Than Ever"
Side three
  1. "Fancy Colours"
  2. "25 or 6 to 4"
  3. "Prelude"
  4. "A.M. Mourning"
  5. "P.M. Mourning"
  6. "Memories of Love"
 Side four
  1. "It Better End Soon"
    • 1st Movement
    • 2nd Movement
    • 3rd Movement
    • 4th Movement
  2. "Where Do We Go from Here?"
  3. "Someday (August 29, 1968)"
  4. "Liberation"
Format Country Label Catalogue number Release date Notes
Vinyl US Columbia Records KGP 24 January 26, 1970 Two-record set
UK CBS Records S 66233 1970
US Columbia Records GQ-33258 1974 Two-record set; Quadraphonic pressing
CD US Columbia Records C2K 00024 1986 Two-CD set
CGK 24 1988 Reissue on one CD
Chicago Records CRD-3002 February 28, 1995 Reissue of Columbia CGK 24
Rhino Records 76172 July 16, 2002 Remastered, one CD, contains bonus tracks
DVD-Audio US Rhino Records R9-73841 2003 DVD-A 5.1 surround sound and Advanced Resolution Stereo

Chicago III

 Side one
  1. "Sing a Mean Tune Kid"
  2. "Loneliness Is Just a Word"
  3. "What Else Can I Say"
  4. "I Don't Want Your Money"
 Side two
  1. "Travel Suite"
    • "Flight 602"
    • "Motorboat to Mars"
    • "Free"
    • "Free Country"
    • "At the Sunrise"
    • "Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home"
Side three
  1. "Mother"
  2. "Lowdown"
  3. "An Hour in the Shower"
    • "A Hard Risin' Morning without Breakfast"
    • "Off to Work"
    • "Fallin' Out"
    • "Dreamin' Home"
    • "Morning Blues Again"
 Side four
  1. "Elegy"
    • "When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow"
    • "Canon"
    • "Once Upon a Time...."
    • "Progress?"
    • "The Approaching Storm"
    • "Man vs. Man: The End"
Format Country Label Catalogue number Release date Notes
Vinyl US Columbia Records C2 30110 January 11, 1971 Two-record set
UK CBS Records S 66260 1971
US Columbia Records GQ-30110 1974 Two-record set; Quadraphonic pressing
CD US Columbia Records CK 30110 1987 One CD
Chicago Records CRD-3003 February 28, 1995 Reissue of Columbia CK 30110
Rhino Records 76173 July 16, 2002 Remastered, one CD

Chicago at Carnegie Hall

 Side one
  1. "In the Country"
  2. "Fancy Colours"
  3. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (Free Form Intro)"
  4. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
 Side two
  1. "South California Purples"
  2. "Questions 67 & 68"
Side three
  1. "Sing a Mean Tune Kid"
  2. "Beginnings"
 Side four
  1. "It Better End Soon"
    • "1st Movement"
    • "2nd Movement (Flute Solo)"
    • "3rd Movement (Guitar Solo)"
    • "4th Movement (Preach)"
    • "5th Movement"
Side five
  1. "Introduction"
  2. "Mother"
  3. "Lowdown"
 Side six
  1. "Flight 602"
  2. "Motorboat to Mars"
  3. "Free"
  4. "Where Do We Go from Here?"
  5. "I Don't Want Your Money"
Side seven
  1. "Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home"
  2. "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon"
    • "Make Me Smile"
    • "So Much to Say, So Much to Give"
    • "Anxiety's Moment"
    • "West Virginia Fantasies"
    • "Colour My World"
    • "To Be Free"
    • "Now More Than Ever"
 Side eight
  1. "A Song for Richard and His Friends"
  2. "25 or 6 to 4"
  3. "I'm a Man"
Format Country Label Catalogue number Release date Notes
Vinyl US Columbia Records KG 30863 October 25, 1971 Volume I & II (sides 1-4), two-LP set
KG 30864 October 25, 1971 Volume III & IV (sides 5-8), two-LP set
C4X 30865 October 25, 1971 Volumes 1-4, four LP box set
UK CBS Records S 66405 1971
CD US Columbia Records C3K 30865 1987 Three-CD set
Chicago Records CRD-3004 February 28, 1995 Reissue of Columbia C3K 30865
Rhino Records 76174 August 23, 2005 Remastered, four-CD set, contains bonus tracks