Chicago - The Best Of Chicago 40th Anniversary
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Free Music Notes for The Best Of Chicago 40th Anniversary
Free Music Review: Disappointed - not the original length of play
Hit: 2 Stars
The music is great to hear again but many of the songs are not at full length as when released 40 years ago. It's not nice to fool us "oldies but goodies"! The CD should be re-released with each song played in its entirety!Free Music Review: Not up to par
Hit: 2 Stars
It sounded like it had been recorded from an old CD. I love Chicago and this sounded like it was 40 years old.Free Music Review: Buy "The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning" instead.
Hit: 1 Stars
This is quite a puzzling and pointless release. After Rhino had gotten the rights to Chicago's back catalog back in the early 2000's they started re-releasing remastered/expanded editions of some of their seminal albums. A fantastic 2 disc set was then offered in 2002 called "The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning" which offered album versions of almost all of their best known hits instead of the horribly butchered/edited radio single versions. For people who don't quite want to splurge on the lavish box set, this 2 disc set was great for people wanting the full versions of most of their classic tracks.
Back in 2007 for some reason, Rhino then released a new 2 disc set that only has 30 tracks versus the 39 on Only the Beginning. But the biggest horror is that these are instead of the album versions the horribly edited single versions in most cases.
Case in point, the single edit on here of "25 or 6 to 4" omits THE ENTIRE SECOND VERSE AND HALF OF THE GUITAR SOLO! Beginnings is present in a little under 3 minute version instead of the almost complete 6 1/2 minute version that is on The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning.
The only thing that this newer 2 disc set can boast is that it does have some of their singles released in the 2000's but those songs aren't really that great anyway.
I think that the greatest sin is that each disc doesn't come close to maxing out the alloted 80 minutes of length that each CD can hold.
So instead of buying this pointless travesty of a release, get The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning instead.
Free Music Review: Beware compilations that do not list running times
Hit: 1 Stars
I only got three tracks into this two disc compilation when I angrily popped the CD out of my player and took it back to the store. Half the tracks on the first CD are the radio edits of the songs. "25 or 6 to 4," "Does Anyone Really Know What Time it Is" and several others are eviscerated ("25" has the entire second verse AND the famous guitar solo cut out!!!!).
Of all the songs they could have cut to fit on the collection, why did they pick Chicago's classic, timeless stuff? Why couldn't they have cut some of the corporate swill from the second half of CD 2? On top of that, this is not a "Greatest Hits" compilation, which one could rationalize that the songs became hits due to their radio versions. This is a "Best of" album, which means the song should be included in their entirety.
Skip this bargain basement collection unless you are an extremely casual fan.
Free Music Review: Never thought I'd say this, skip this one.
Hit: 1 Stars
"The Best of Chicago:40th Anniversary Edition" does a grave disservice to all of its fans old and new by including the shorty 45 edits of its hits. That means that '25 or 6 to 4", which runs 4:50 in its full length, only runs 2:53 here. "Beginnings", at 7:51 for its complete version, only runs 2:52 here (even the "Greatest Hits" edit ran 6:26, only editing off the percussion run-off at the end, but leaving the body of the song intact). Doing this is NOT giving good value for the money. Do yourselves a favor - skip this, and pay the extra few dollars for "The Very Best Of Chicago: Only the Beginning". It has more songs, and the early hits are represented by their more complete versions. The current release smacks of what record companies do best: exploit, underestimate, and take advantage of their customers in the name of the almighty dollar.