Chicago V

Chicago V
Chicago V
Studio album by Chicago
Released July 10, 1972 (1972-07-10)
Recorded September 20, 1971 (1971-09-20)–September 29, 1971 (1971-09-29), Columbia Recording Studios, New York
Genre Rock
Length 45:16
Label Columbia
Producer James William Guercio
Chicago chronology
Chicago at Carnegie Hall
(1971)
Chicago V
(1972)
Chicago VI
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone (not rated)[2]

Chicago V is the fourth studio album (fifth overall) by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1972. It is notable for being the group's first single full-length release, after having released three consecutive double albums and a box set of live material.

Following the release of Chicago III in 1971, which almost left Chicago creatively spent, the band decided to curb their penchant for double albums and work on more concise numbers (in contrast to the suites that had typified their previous work) in order to fit all of their new material onto a single album. Chicago V is also notable for Robert Lamm's prolific songwriting; eight out of its ten tunes are composed solely by him.

Recorded just before Chicago at Carnegie Hall was released in the fall of 1971, Chicago V was cut in just over a week and held over for release until the following summer. Preceded by "Saturday In The Park", which reached #3 - the band's biggest hit thus far, the critically acclaimed Chicago V became the biggest hit album of 1972, not only becoming Chicago's first #1 album but spending nine weeks in the pole position in the US. In the UK, the release managed to reach #24. Follow-up single, "Dialogue (Part I & II)" (#24) also became a Top 30 hit.

In 2002, Chicago V was remastered and reissued by Rhino Records with three bonus tracks: a rehearsal of Lamm's "A Song For Richard And His Friends", which was debuted at Carnegie Hall, an early rehearsal of Kath's "Mississippi Delta City Blues" (which would later be re-recorded and released on Chicago XI), and a single-edit of "Dialogue".

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "A Hit by Varèse"   Lamm 4:56
2. "All Is Well"   Lamm 3:52
3. "Now That You've Gone"   Pankow 5:01
4. "Dialogue (Part I)"   Lamm 2:57
5. "Dialogue (Part II)"   Lamm 4:13
6. "While the City Sleeps"   Lamm 3:53
7. "Saturday in the Park"   Lamm 3:56
8. "State of the Union"   Lamm 6:12
9. "Goodbye"   Lamm 6:02
10. "Alma Mater"   Kath 3:56

Personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1972 Billboard Black Albums 33
1972 Billboard Pop Albums 1
1972 Billboard Jazz Albums 1

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1972 "Dialogue (Parts I & II)" Billboard Pop Singles 24
1972 "Saturday in the Park" Billboard Pop Singles 3

Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – USA Gold July 31, 1972
RIAA – USA Platinum November 21, 1986
RIAA – USA Double Platinum November 21, 1986

References

Preceded by
Honky Château by Elton John
Billboard 200 number-one album
August 19 - October 20, 1972
Succeeded by
Super Fly (soundtrack) by Curtis Mayfield

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