Chicago Discography of CDs

One of Artist's specialties in the third act of their career is Christmas music. Since 1998's Artist 25: The Christmas Album, seasonal albums have been common for Artist, and 2012's Ultimate...

O Christmas Three is the third collection containing Artist's versions of holiday standards along with a few new originals. The 14 cuts include "Wonderful Christmas Time," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree,"...

Artist commemorates 35 years of playing together with the career-spanning 2-CD anthology ONLY THE BEGINNING. This Windy City septet started out as one of the few '60s groups aside from Blood,...

THE HEART OF Artist 1967-1997 is a collection of Artist's hits with two new tracks, "Here In My Heart" and "The Only One." The title of this retrospective speaks for itself. Here...

Does anyone need another Artist album besides this one? For the casual fan, the answer is definitely no. The 1975 blockbuster includes all the band's hits from its prime. And while...

The album on which Artist fully dropped its early jazz-rock roots and went strictly pop, 1973's Artist VI features two of the band's finest singles, the romantic "Just You 'N' Me"...

Though they began life as band that combined late-'60s progressive rock with Big Band horn charts and Beatlesque pop, Artist toned down their sound over the course of their long career....

Artist 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...

This 1993 show from the long-lived rock band Artist features performances of such fan favorites as "Saturday in the Park," "25 or Six to Four," and "You're the Inspiration," in front...

One of Artist's specialties in the third act of their career is Christmas music. Since 1998's Artist 25: The Christmas Album, seasonal albums have been common for Artist, and 2012's Ultimate...

Artist commemorates 35 years of playing together with the career-spanning 2-CD anthology ONLY THE BEGINNING. This Windy City septet started out as one of the few '60s groups aside from Blood,...

This debut has surprisingly endured, whereas all their following 18,000 albums with the same title (other than a number change) have little or no credibility in the public's memory. This album ...

Artist 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...

Two of the most popular and critically acclaimed bands in rock history, not to mention the most musically diverse, joined forces for a legendary tour in the summer of 2004. Both ...

O Christmas Three is the third collection containing Artist's versions of holiday standards along with a few new originals. The 14 cuts include "Wonderful Christmas Time," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree,"...

Legendary jazz rock band Artist is captured live in the Netherlands in this performance recorded for Dutch television. Artist Live in the Netherlands 1977.

This double-CD set, not the "legendary" triple-CD (four-LP) Carnegie Hall concert, is the one to get to hear what Artist sounded like in their classic early period. In contrast to the...

This Hollywood adaptation of the classic Broadway musical sparkles with glamour and reverberates with the energy of good, old-fashioned song and dance. As the film leaps into its first riveting act, ...

After issuing three consecutive studio double LPs, Artist topped themselves with this four-album live box set. As the title suggests, At Carnegie Hall, Vols. 1-4 (Artist IV) (1971) finds the band...

This 1993 show from the long-lived rock band Artist features performances of such fan favorites as "Saturday in the Park," "25 or Six to Four," and "You're the Inspiration," in front...

Does anyone need another Artist album besides this one? For the casual fan, the answer is definitely no. The 1975 blockbuster includes all the band's hits from its prime. And while...

Artist V (from 1972) was in some ways the end of the "old" Artist, pointing the way towards a smoother, mellower style they'd adopt in the years to come. V still...

For years, if you wanted a comprehensive Artist hits collection, your choices were slim. 1975's single-disc/eleven-track collection, Greatest Hits (Artist IX) remained your best bet, but it only included tracks from...

Track Listing of songs: Winter Wonderland; Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!; Jolly Old St. Nicholas; Little Drummer Boy, The; This Christmas; Feliz Navidad; Bethlehem; Christmas Song, The; O Come ...

Track Listing of songs: Stay the Night; We Can Stop the Hurtin'; Hard Habit to Break; Only You; Remember the Feeling; Along Comes a Woman; You're the Inspiration; Please Hold On; Prima Donna; ...

Artist returned from a career dip in 1982 with "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" and continued to hit with power ballads, among them "Hard Habit to Break" and "You're the Inspiration,"...

In 2002 Artist performed this special show for their fans, taking requests from the stage as listeners called in or e-mailed song suggestions to them. The resulting 14 song concert was...

Road-weary and running low on steam, the members of Artist began tinkering with their formula on the nostalgic Artist VIII. Robert Lamm continued to loosen his grip on the songwriting, allowing...

Produced by David Foster, Artist's acclaimed 1982 comeback album introduced the smash ballad "Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Get Away," now one of the band's signature songs. Artist 16 includes new liner...

This musical release from the classic rock band Artist captures a live performance by the ensemble, recorded in front of a delighted crowd. Some of the songs featured in the performance...

Four decades after its 1967 founding, the venerable pop/rock institution known as Artist issued this well-selected two-disc anthology. Although the collection draws on the Illinois-based ensemble's early era as the Artist...

This two-disc set features greatest-hits collections from American pop/rock legends Artist and Foreigner. The aptly titled Very Best of Artist & Foreigner claims 15 tracks from the former and 14 from...

Track Listing of songs: Once or Twice; You Are on My Mind; Skin Tight; If You Leave Me Now; Together Again; Another Rainy Day in New York City; Mama Mama; Scrapbook; Gently I'll ...

Although Artist tragically marked its decade anniversary with the bitter loss of lead guitarist Terry Kath, Hot Streets (1978) was not only the first release without him, it was also the band's initial offering away from James William Guercio -- with whom the group had worked on every one of its previous dozen long-players. Donnie Dacus (guitar/vocals) was brought in to fill Kath's formidable shoes. His maiden voyage would likewise mark the beginning of...