Album Description
Expanded & remastered. This album shows the emergence of Chicago’s more pop-oriented style, and features the hit singles ‘Just You ‘N’ Me’ and ‘Feelin’ Stronger Every Day’ with 8 more original tracks, plus the bonus tracks ‘Tired Of Being Alone’ (with a Al Green) & ‘Beyond All Our Sorrows’ (Terry Kath Demo). 2002…. More >>
March 9th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
>Remember for all you CHICAGO fans,this is the next to last
>album you will hear Terry Kath,playing guitar
Really? I thought that would be X? XI was the last one with Kath.
CTA and II are my personal favorites.
Rating: 4 / 5
March 9th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Some of the songs here are so bad they’re painful to listen to (such as “Critic’s Choice”).
But there are some brilliant ones here, too, meaning that you have to get this album. “Just You And Me” is some of their best singing and instrumental playing, for example.
“Darling Dear” is strong albeit a little compromised. “What’s This World Coming To” offers a strangely optimistic message which is hard to resist. “In Terms of Two” is great fun and very listenable, if a little unusual as an admixture of styles.
And then, “Something in this City Changes People” is the first inkling of the downer stuff to come – expressing disillusionment with the fruits of success is honest, but not necessarily interesting.
[sigh] You just have to buy it, whether you want to or not…
Rating: 3 / 5
March 9th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
This was a real” change” in CHICAGO’s production. After putting
out the very sucessful CHICAGO V,with such hits as “Saturday
in the Park,Dialogue PT 1& 2,While the city sleeps”,the band now does a completly different change than their previous V “jazz
like album”. For VI, “feeling stronger every day” is their
big hit, I really enjoy the rest of the album. The 1st cut
puts you right into the mood of the album. I like
“hollywood”. Its a nice album,listen to all the songs.
Remember for all you CHICAGO fans,this is the next to last
album you will hear Terry Kath,playing guitar. After CHICAGO VII,
Kath is accidently killed,cleaning his gun at a party..
Buy it. I really think once you go past Chicago VIII,they
are going somewhat commericial. Great for the collection!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
March 9th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
This was among the last of the original line-up projects. The formula was not completely in place and there are some break out numbers here as a result. While not their best effort, nonetheless, it has held its own through the years.
Rating: 4 / 5
March 10th, 2010 at 12:36 am
This album still sounds as great as it did in the mid seventies. Some of Chicago’s finest songs were not hits and they are on this album. This album displays the true talent, the non-commercial side of this enduring group.
Rating: 5 / 5