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Free Music Notes for Chicago 16
Free Music Review: At full volume almost.
Hit: 4 Stars
This is a fairly good album by Chicago. It also introduced their newest member at the time, Bill Champlin. The songs had more of an electric feel to a lot of them. My personal favorite: the soul oriented "Sonny Think Twice". The only thing I didn't like about this release was the sound quality. It's like I have to turn it up on full blast to enjoy it. Other than that, it's a great album. Check it out.Free Music Review: Chicago's Warner Bros. debut
Hit: 5 Stars
Reportedly,Chicago put out their final Columbia album in 1980. Their contract with the label was never renewed,but instead they found a new home at Warner Bros. in or around 1982. Lead vocalist-guitarist Peter Cetera put out his solo debut on WB in '81 and stayed there until 1992. This is Chicago's sixteenth overall album of course(this includes the hit compilation released in '75),and it spawned two Top 20 hits:HARD FOR ME TO SAY I'M SORRY and LOVE ME TOMORROW. This '82 WB debut of theirs was a very good one but 1984's CHICAGO 17 was a best-seller. The band first signed with Columbia in 1968 or '69 and their soul-flavored style of rock really rocked!Free Music Review: What's up with the edits?
Hit: 2 Stars
Edits? Unbelievable! While the sound is much, much better on an A/B compare, that comparison also reveals that they changed two songs as pointed out by other reviewers. I thought I was going to get the exact same songs, in their entirety, as on the original recording, only remastered. I am disappointed that the choice was made to change "What You're Missing" and "Love Me Tomorrow". I'm surprised that they didn't include some lame DRM rootkit scheme or something to further throw salt into the wound.Free Music Review: Chicago's comeback album
Hit: 4 Stars
This album marks Chicago's return to commercial success. It features the huge hits "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" and "Love Me Tomorrow" along with a third single "What You're Missing". In addition to being their first album with Warner Bros. Records, it also marks the debut of Bill Champlin as a member. He sings lead on three tracks: "Waiting For You To Decide", "Follow Me", and "Sonny Think Twice" which he also co-wrote. He also wrote the bonus track "Daddy's Favorite Fool". A few members of the rock band Toto also play on the album.
Interestingly, unlike previous Chicago reissues, this release does not include chart information nor does it include any photos of the band. It's also strange that Rhino substituted the original version of "Love Me Tomorrow" with a slightly edited version that also appeared on the compilation "The Heart Of Chicago Vol. II" which runs eight seconds shorter.
That notwithstanding, this is still a very enjoyable album with nary a weak track. It's no tour de force, but with two hit singles "16" put Chicago back on the map and proved they would still be around for a while.
Free Music Review: Radio Edits
Hit: 1 Stars
Well Rhino does it again. The original album had full versions of What You're Missing and Love me Tomorrow.
Both these songs are edited or radio versions, why?
There's plenty of space on the CD.
They could've had the full versions and have the radio edits as bonus tracks.
Be careful when you buy Rhino especially the Pretenders box set with radio edits.
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