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Post by mtxmind on Aug 7, 2017 15:25:51 GMT
Sound off on your three picks for the best studio albums by the original lineup
(Note: Chicago IV is a live album & IX is a 'best of',so they don't count)
Mine: Chicago III Chicago Transit Authority Chicago VII
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Post by mtxmind on Sept 4, 2017 7:24:12 GMT
Geeze,am I the only one over 50 on this board?
I know a lot of the younger crowd probably thinks of Chicago as a sappy power ballad "hits" band,but believe it or not,there was a time in the 70's when-(top 40 hits aside) Chicago was a genuine & quite innovative Rock band.Go back to the first 5-7 albums & the "deep tracks" that didn't get radio play.A band that had three strong,distinct lead vocalists,one of the greatest guitarists ever,one of the most underrated Bassists & Drummers ever.....the list goes on & on!!
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Post by Captain Spencer on Sept 5, 2017 3:24:41 GMT
I'm 50 and I love the vintage Chicago stuff. They were at their very best during the 1969-1974 period. I'm more familiar with their singles as opposed to the albums. In fact the only Chicago album I've listened to all the way through was The Chicago Transit Authority, which was great. Someday I'll get around to the other early ones.
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Post by mtxmind on Sept 5, 2017 16:13:13 GMT
I'm 50 and I love the vintage Chicago stuff. They were at their very best during the 1969-1974 period. I'm more familiar with their singles as opposed to the albums. In fact the only Chicago album I've listened to all the way through was The Chicago Transit Authority, which was great. Someday I'll get around to the other early ones. Up until the mid-late 80's,that was also pretty much the case for me too. I knew all the hits,but I don't think I had ever really heard a complete album of theirs,let alone any "deep tracks". But there was a radio program on Sundays that would play a lot of "lost tracks",& I heard "Sing A Mean Tune Kid" from the 3d album,& was just blown away by Terry Kath's epic solo at the end.I started buying all the original lineup's albums,& pretty much the first 7 or so albums are nothing short of amazing.Admittedly,while the later ones (the last 3 they did while Kath was still alive) had their moments,you could tell the direction they were heading,& after Kath died they never really got it back/ The best one they've done since then was their "covers" album of Big Band era songs back in the 90's,& their most recent (XXXVI-Now) wasn't too bad,but sadly they'll never be as ground breaking as they were in their heyday.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Sept 5, 2017 16:19:17 GMT
There are a number of people over 50 around here. I'm over 50, too.
I picked I, II and VI, but really, I love all of them. I love later Chicago, too. They did have a couple weaker albums later on, I wouldn't rate every single album of theirs a 5/5, but I'd rate most of them a 5/5. I don't have narrow tastes. I love subtly sophisticated pop, AOR, contemporary R&B, etc. just as much as the proggy rock that Chicago did early on.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Sept 6, 2017 16:21:42 GMT
I and III are the only ones I've heard in this century. I should probably revisit II at some point in the near future.
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Post by flyerzzrul on Oct 17, 2017 22:22:13 GMT
Sound off on your three picks for the best studio albums by the original lineup (Note: Chicago IV is a live album & IX is a 'best of',so they don't count) Mine: Chicago III Chicago Transit Authority Chicago VII How about 4? Chicago Transit Authority Chicago Chicago VI Chicago VIl 17 is right up there for me
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