Chicago - The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
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Free Music Notes for The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
Free Music Review: A Great Collection By A Great Group
Hit: 4 Stars
Chicago was certainly one of my favorite bands as a youth. They had a very unique sound. The horns that were featured so prominently in their earier albums added a lot. They made Chicago different from just about any other group out there.
They recorded a lot of albums and had a great number of top hits over several decades.
This is a very good collection. Although several of the songs it contains are shorter (radio versions), they are still great. The first disc is really superb. It contains lots of great tracks. The second disc not so much. There are a few very good songs on it, but many of them could have been left off and nothing would have been lost.
This is an excellent collection for most fans. It is also very good for introducing new fans to a great sound.
Free Music Review: Can you REALLY live without this album . . .
Hit: 5 Stars
Not if you are of my generation . . . This music and this deal are unbelievable. These songs take me back (cliqued but true, and no pun intended). Time for my generation to get nostalgic . . . we had some great music back in the good old days (can you believe WE are saying that) and time to relive the experience and accept the reality that the days when we are the "old guys" are here . . . .Free Music Review: Best of the Chicago Compilations
Hit: 4 Stars
This is the best of the Chicago comps for a couple of reasons. Mostly that the bulk of the songs are album versions, and the other is the breadth. Thirty-nine songs over two discs, covering from 1967 to 1995. Disc one will likely tickle your nostalgia bone. When the band started, they were a power force between AM and FM radio, rocking with horns on "25 or 6 to Four" and with power ballads like "Searching for So Long." Heck, they even helped to resurrect the Beach Boys by having them sing backups on "Wishing You Were Here."
But from the albums Hot Streets to Chicago 16, the band went cold. The two albums between aren't even here. When Warners/Full Moon signed the band, it seemed like the height of folly. But the band veered sharply into Adult Contemporary land with wedding ballads like "Love Me Tomorrow" and "You're The Inspiration." Suddenly, with help of super-producers like David Foster and hitmakers like Diane Warren, the band was bigger than ever. They just jettisoned the progressive rock and horns for Peter Cetera's blue-eyed soul ballads. (Who eventually bolted for a solo career.) The band continues to soldier on, making ok albums and touring with original members Robert Lamm and James Pankow.
Still, this is good stuff. Missing is "Harry Truman" (could have easily replaced "Take Me back" or "Happy Man"). Even the 80's stuff - if you check the chart positions - often topped the charts. If that is what you're looking for, "Only The Beginning" will satisfy.
Free Music Review: Excellence!!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
I purchased the album using the club membership. I saved money,and it came quickly.Back To The Blanket: A Native Narrative Of Discovery Free Music Review: A least a dozen good ones!
Hit: 4 Stars
Every worthwhile Chicago song that ever received regular radio airplay, plus even more for the true Chicago fan. "25 or 6 to 4" sounded kind of odd, though - the lead guitar downplayed and the horns emphasized too much. It didn't sound as good as the radio. Anyway, few songs interested me past the 14th track on Disc One. Like many of the "Greatest Hits" collections I've accumulated, this really could be reduced down to a single 5-star disc.