Chicago II ? Rare 1970 Self-Titled Columbia Records Original First Press Dbl LP

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Chicago Studio album by Chicago Released January 26, 1970 Recorded August 1969 Studio Columbia Recording Studios, New York and Columbia Studios, Hollywood Genre Jazz fusion, rock Length 67:21 Label Columbia Producer James William Guercio Chicago chronology The Chicago Transit Authority
(1969) Chicago
(1970) Chicago III
(1971) Singles from Chicago

1. "Make Me Smile/Colour My World"
   Released: March 1970
2. "25 or 6 to 4"
   Released: June 1970

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Chicago (sometimes referred to as Chicago II) is the second studio album by Chicago-based American rock band Chicago. It was released in 1970 after the band had shortened its name from The Chicago Transit Authority following the release of their self-titled debut album the previous year (to avoid legal action being threatened by the actual mass-transit company).

History

Although the official title of the album is Chicago, it came to be retroactively known as Chicago II, keeping it in line with the succession of Roman numeral-titled albums that officially began with Chicago III in 1971.

While The Chicago Transit Authority was a success, Chicago is considered by many to be Chicago's breakthrough album, yielding a number of Top 40 hits, including "Make Me Smile" (#9), "Colour My World" (#7), and "25 or 6 to 4" (#4). The centerpiece of the album was the thirteen-minute song cycle "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon". Guitarist Terry Kath also participated in an extended classically styled cycle of four pieces, three of which were co-written by the well-known, arranger, composer, and pianist Peter Matz. The politically outspoken keyboardist Robert Lamm also tackles his qualms with "It Better End Soon", another modular piece. Bassist Peter Cetera, later to play a crucial role in the band's music, contributed his first song to Chicago and this album, "Where Do We Go From Here".

Released in January 1970 on Columbia Records, Chicago was an instant hit, reaching #4 in the US and #6 in the UK.

Track listing

Side One No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length 1. "Movin' In" James Pankow Terry Kath 4:06 2. "The Road" Kath Peter Cetera 3:10 3. "Poem for the People" Robert Lamm Lamm/Cetera 5:31 4. "In the Country" Kath Kath/Cetera 6:34 Side Two No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length 5. "Wake Up Sunshine" Lamm Lamm/Cetera 2:29 6. "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon"

1. "Make Me Smile" (3:32)
2. "So Much to Say, So Much to Give" (1:04)
3. "Anxiety's Moment" (1:00)
4. "West Virginia Fantasies" (1:34)
5. "Colour My World" (2:58)
6. "To Be Free" (1:21)
7. "Now More Than Ever" (1:27)"

Pankow
Kath
Lamm

Instrumental
Instrumental
Kath
Instrumental
Kath 12:55 Side Three No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length 7. "Fancy Colours" Lamm Cetera 5:10 8. "25 or 6 to 4" Lamm Cetera 4:50 9. "Memories of Love"

1. "Prelude" (1:18)
2. "A.M. Mourning" (2:05)
3. "P.M. Mourning" (1:59)
4. "Memories of Love (4:01)"

Kath/Peter Matz
Instrumental
Instrumental
Instrumental
Kath 9:12 Side Four No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length 10. "It Better End Soon"

1. "1st Movement" (2:30)
2. "2nd Movement" (3:47)
3. "3rd Movement" (3:19)
4. "4th Movement (1:15)"

Lamm/Kath/Walter Parazaider
Kath
Instrumental
Kath
Kath 10:24 11. "Where Do We Go from Here" Cetera Cetera 2:53