| | Chicago VIII CD Chicago Discography of CDs
(5 Customer Reviews)
Expanded & Remastered features the original albums 10 more pop-oriented tracks, including the hits 'Old Days,' 'Harry Truman' and 'Brand New Love Affair.' Also includes 3 bonus tracks 'Sixth Sense' (rehearsal version), 'Bright Eyes' (rehearsal ... Full Descriptionversion) & 'Satin Doll' (live, 1974). Rhino. 2002.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Recorded at Sound Labs, Hollywood, Clifornia and Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado in September 1974. Originally released on Columbia (33100). Includes liner notes by Phil Gallo.
Chicago: Terry Kath (vocals, guitar); Robert Lamm (vocals, keyboards); Peter Cetera (vocals, bass); Walter Parazaider (winds); Lee Loughnane (trumpet, background vocals); James Pankow (trombone); Danny Seraphine (drums); Laudir De Oliveira (congas, percussion).
Hide Description Chicago VIII Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Chicago at its Best Chicago weaves into jazz, rock, latin
and never loses its identity. An excellent album. Submitted by a reviewer (San Francisco, Ca. USA)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Mediocre reputation is undeserved This album has soft moments but is more rock oriented than other Chicago albums of the era. "Oh, Thank You Great Spirit" may be a particular surprise to people who expect soft pop from Chicago; after a slow, dreamy build-up, it rocks pretty hard. The three bonus tracks are from the appropriate time period and are pleasant, although their jazz orientation doesn't match the other tracks.
Critics tend to consider this album mediocre, but it exhibits a high level of creativity and quality--especially compared to the band's later output. Submitted by Reviewer (Seattle) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
their best got your attention !
dare I say,yes I do
guitar work,vocals,bass,brass
everything in top form
terry kath is awesome
sure miss him
chicago VII not even close
the only thing previous person
has right is the fact that the artwork is wrong Submitted by robert (rockford,il.usa) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Superior Rock-Classic Music!!!! This is another superior classic rock album from Chicago. The vocals are tight and the bass is excellent. An excellent set of songwriting indeed. Submitted by jejr9 (Irvine) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
The picture of the cover is wrong!! The picture of the cover shown here is the cover of Cicago VII, which is a far superior album. Submitted by AVF (Australia) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 0 of 1 found this helpful.
| Have you heard this album? |  |
Purchase Chicago VIII CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Chicago II CD (1970) Remastered
Chicago VIII album
$6.39 CHICAGO II remains a classic album, encapsulating its time (1969) in all its tumult and glory. The Vietnam War (and the civil unrest it inspired) was still raging, the counterculture dream had not yet crashed and burned, and rock music could be taken seriously as an "art form" while still generating radio hits. Chicago, with their then-new fusion of jazz, rock, and pop, rose high on the charts, while taken seriously both in and beyond the rock-critic establishment. (Some jazz listeners respected and enjoyed Chicago as well.) Their approach had a freshness and vibrancy--"25 Or 6 To 4" was surging, dramatic, and slightly ominous; "Fancy Colours" and "Make Me Smile" were full of soulful optimism; a four-movement suite showed the band had ambition beyond the three- or four-minute pop song. To paraphrase one of Chicago's song titles, it was only the beginning.
In some ways the first real Chicago album (1969's self-titled CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY had, in addition to the longer band name, a harder and somewhat more experimental sound), 1970's CHICAGO II is fairly progressive and jazzy, especially in comparison to the straight pop records the ensemble would be making in only a few short years. The album, originally a double-disc record on vinyl, is composed as four side-length suites ...
| | Chicago V CD (1972) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
Chicago VIII CD music
$6.39 CHICAGO V (from 1972) was in some ways the end of the "old" Chicago, pointing the way towards a smoother, mellower style they'd adopt in the years to come. V still has jazz and progressive elements ("A Hit By Varèse," "Dialogues"), political commentary ("State of the Union"), and melodious, sunny, horn-laden pop (the huge hit "Saturday In The Park"). The playing was still tight and clean, and the vocals still earnest and heartfelt, but a lighter ...
| | Chicago VI CD (1973) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
Chicago VIII music CDs
$6.39 The album on which Chicago fully dropped its early jazz-rock roots and went strictly pop, 1973's CHICAGO VI features two of the band's finest singles, the romantic "Just You 'N' Me" and the uplifting "Feelin' Stronger Every Day," along with a solid set of album tracks. Although Robert Lamm's solo piano ballad "Critics' Choice" reveals a thin skin concerning the group's poor reviews from the hipster press, Terry Kath's "What's This World Coming To" and Lamm's dreamy "Something in This City Changes People" are nearly as strong as the big hits. Elsewhere, the country-fried "In Terms of Two" proves an interesting stylistic detour. Chicago has always been a definitive singles band, but those looking to explore their catalogue ...
| | Chicago VII CD (1974) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
Chicago VIII songs
$6.39
| | Chicago X CD (1976) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
Chicago VIII album
$6.39
| | Chicago XI CD (1977) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
Chicago VIII CD music
$6.39
| | Sham 69 Volunteer CD (1988) Import
Chicago VIII music CDs
$9.55
| | Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida CD (1968)
Chicago VIII songs
$6.39
| | Necronomicon CD (1999)
Chicago VIII album
$7.79
| | Grateful Dead Dick's Picks Volume Nineteen CDs (2000)
Chicago VIII CD music
$17.45
| | Aruz Studio Presents Ragasamurai CD (2007) (Import)
$42.05 | | Dane Tucquet Bury Me In My Headphones CD (2007) (Import)
Chicago VIII music CDs
$23.65
| | Rene Thomas Real Cat CD (2002)
Chicago VIII songs
$11.65
|
|
|
|
 |
|

|