Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits

Chicago IX:
Chicago's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Chicago
Released November 10, 1975
Recorded January 1969 – December 1973
Genre Rock
Length 47:18
Label Columbia
Producer James William Guercio
Chicago chronology
Chicago VIII
(1975)Chicago VIII1975		 Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits
(1975)		 Chicago X
(1976)Chicago X1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album, and ninth album overall, by the American band Chicago and was released in 1975 by Columbia Records in both stereo (PC 33900) and SQ quadraphonic (PCQ 33900) versions.

Including all of Chicago's biggest hits to date, this set stretches from their 1969 debut, The Chicago Transit Authority, to 1974's Chicago VII. Chicago VIII and its hits, having only come out just months earlier, were considered too recent to anthologize, while Chicago III's material was overlooked for inclusion due to its lack of top-selling singles.

Chicago IX proved to be an enormous success upon its release. It reached #1 in the US and remained on the Billboard 200 for a total of 72 weeks.[2] It has since been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA, signifying sales of over five million copies.[3] Even though 2002's The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning superseded it, Chicago IX was also reissued by Rhino Records, Chicago's current distributor. The album did not chart in the UK. This album was mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "25 or 6 to 4" (Robert Lamm) – 4:51
  2. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Lamm) – 3:20 CD 2:53 LP/Cassette
    • On the original LP (and cassette) version of Chicago IX, most of the intro was cut off.
  3. "Colour My World" (James Pankow) – 2:59
  4. "Just You 'n' Me" (Pankow) – 3:42
  5. "Saturday in the Park" (Lamm) – 3:54
  6. "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (Peter Cetera/Pankow) – 4:14

Side two

  1. "Make Me Smile" (Pankow) – 2:59
    • This is the single edit that also includes parts of "Now More Than Ever".
  2. "Wishing You Were Here" (Cetera) – 4:34
  3. "Call on Me" (Lee Loughnane) – 4:02
  4. "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" (Pankow) – 4:29
  5. "Beginnings" (Lamm) – 7:51 CD 6:28 LP/Cassette
    • On the original Lp version, this song fades out about 1:20 early.

The UK version contain the additions of "Never Been in Love Before" and a shortened 3:27 version of "I'm a Man". The Brazilian version has the addition of "Happy Man" and moves "25 or 6 to 4" to the end of Side 1. "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" and "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" are omitted.

Personnel

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1975 Pop Albums 1
1976
Preceded by
Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon		 Billboard 200 number-one album
December 13, 1975 - January 16, 1976 		Succeeded by
Gratitude by Earth, Wind & Fire

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r3851/review
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955-1985, Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 71.
  3. ↑ "Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits RIAA certification". RIAA. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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