Chicago XXX

Chicago XXX
Studio album by Chicago
Released	March 21, 2006
Recorded	Summer 2005
Genre	Rock/Adult Contemporary
Length	52:57
Label	Rhino
Producer	Jay DeMarcus
Chicago chronology
Love Songs (2005) Chicago XXX (2006) The Best Of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition (2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Chicago XXX is the nineteenth studio album, and thirtieth album overall, by the American band Chicago, released on March 21, 2006. It was Chicago's first album of entirely new material since 1991's Twenty 1.

The album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with horn sessions in Los Angeles, California over the summer of 2005. Production duties were handled by Jay DeMarcus of the country group Rascal Flatts, who came to the project through a friendship with Chicago's bassist-singer Jason Scheff. DeMarcus used several session players for the album.

Chicago XXX peaked at #41 in the US during a brief chart stay, spawning minor adult contemporary hits "Feel" and "Love Will Come Back."

Track listing

1. "Feel" (Blair Daly, Danny Orton) – 4:01
2. "King Of Might Have Been" (Greg Barnhill, Dennis Matkosky, Jason Scheff) – 3:52
3. "Caroline" (Chas Sandford, Jason Scheff) – 3:39
4. "Why Can't We" (Bill Champlin, Jay DeMarcus, Chas Sandford, Jason Scheff) – 4:07
5. "Love Will Come Back" (Jay DeMarcus, Chas Sandford, Jason Scheff) – 3:48
6. "Long Lost Friend" (Jay DeMarcus, Brett James, Jason Scheff) – 4:33
7. "90 Degrees And Freezing" (Jay DeMarcus, Brett James, Robert Lamm, Jason Scheff) – 3:52
8. "Where Were You" (Bill Champlin, Jay DeMarcus, Jason Scheff) – 4:17
9. "Already Gone" (Bill Champlin, George Hawkins Jr.) – 6:51
10. "Come To Me, Do" (Robert Lamm) – 4:36
11. "Lovin' Chains" (Jay DeMarcus, Marcus Hummon) – 3:56
12. "Better" (Bill Champlin, Chas Sandford) – 4:41
13. "Feel" (The Horn Section Mix) (Blair Daly, Danny Orton) – 4:30

Personnel

• Robert Lamm: piano, vocals
• Lee Loughnane: trumpet, flugelhorn
• James Pankow: trombone
• Walt Parazaider: saxophones, flutes
• Bill Champlin: Hammond organ, piano, vocals
• Jason Scheff: bass guitar, vocals
• Tris Imboden: drums
• Keith Howland: guitar

Additional musicians:

• Steve Brewster: drums
• John Brockman: drums
• Tom Bukovac: acoustic & electric guitars
• Dean DeLeo: guitar
• Jay DeMarcus: keyboards, guitars, piano
• Shelly Fairchild: vocal on "Why Can't We"
• Dann Huff: guitar
• Bobby Kimball: background vocals
• Jack Kincaid: guitar
• James Matchack: keyboards
• Yankton Mingua: guitar
• Rascal Flatts (Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, Joe Don Rooney): vocals on "Love Will Come Back"
• Lee Thornburg: trumpet
• Joseph Williams: background vocals

Chart positions

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

References