The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning

The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning je dvojni kompilacijski album chichaške rock zasedbe Chicago (skupno 27. album). Album je izšel leta 2002 pri založbi Rhino Records, s tem pa se je pričelo dolgoletno partnerstvo skupine s to založbo, ki je med letoma 2002 in 2005 remasterizirala in ponovno izdala celoten katalog skupine Columbie Records (1969–1980).

The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
Kompilacijski album:
Izdan2. julij 2002
Posnetjanuar 1969januar 1995
Slogrock, jazz fusion, adult contemporary, soft rock, pop rock
Dolžina157:44
ZaložbaRhino
ProducentJames William Guercio, Phil Ramone, Chicago, David Foster, Chas Sandford, Ron Nevison, Bruce Fairbairn, David McLees
Kronologija: Chicago
Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert
(1999)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning The Box
(2003)
The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits
Strokovne kritike
Ocene
Vir Ocena
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[1]

V Evropi je kompilacija izšla pod imenom The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits z drugačnim vrstnim redom skladb.

The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning zajema skoraj vse največje uspehe skupine iz celotne kariere, z vseh albumov, razen s Chicago 13 (1979) in Chicago XIV (1980). Nekatere skladbe so se na albumu pojavile v spremenjeni obliki, vključno s skladbama »I'm a Man«, pri kateri je bil odrezan bobnarski solo Dannyja Seraphinea, in »Dialogue (Part I & II)«, ki se je na albumu pojavila v skrajšani singel verziji.

Seznam skladb (The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning) uredi

Disk 1
Št.NaslovPisecZ albumaDolžina
1."Make Me Smile" (spremenjena verzija)James PankowChicago, 19704:26
2."25 or 6 to 4"Robert LammChicago4:50
3."Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (singel verzija)LammChicago Transit Authority, 19693:20
4."Beginnings" (verzija z albuma Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits, 1975)LammChicago Transit Authority6:26
5."Questions 67 and 68" (spremenjena verzija)LammChicago Transit Authority4:52
6."I'm a Man" (spremenjena verzija)Jimmy Miller, Steve WinwoodChicago Transit Authority5:44
7."Colour My World"PankowChicago3:00
8."Free"LammChicago III, 19712:17
9."Lowdown"Peter Cetera, Danny SeraphineChicago III3:34
10."Saturday in the Park"LammChicago V, 19723:56
11."Dialogue (Part I & II)" (singel verzija)LammChicago V5:00
12."Just You 'n' Me"PankowChicago VI, 19733:42
13."Feelin' Stronger Every Day"Cetera, PankowChicago VI4:14
14."(I've Been) Searchin' So Long"PankowChicago VII, 19744:29
15."Wishing You Were Here"CeteraChicago VII4:36
16."Call on Me"Lee LoughnaneChicago VII4:02
17."Happy Man" (verzija z albuma Greatest Hits, Volume II, 1981)CeteraChicago VII3:15
18."Another Rainy Day in New York City"LammChicago X, 19763:00
19."If You Leave Me Now"CeteraChicago X3:57
Disk 2
Št.NaslovPisecZ albumaDolžina
1."Old Days"PankowChicago VIII, 19753:31
2."Baby, What a Big Surprise"CeteraChicago XI, 19773:06
3."Take Me Back to Chicago" (singel verzija)Seraphine, David WolinskiChicago XI2:57
4."Alive Again"PankowHot Streets, 19784:04
5."No Tell Lover"Cetera, Loughnane, SeraphineHot Streets4:13
6."Love Me Tomorrow" (singel verzija)Cetera, FosterChicago 16, 19823:58
7."Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away"Cetera, Foster, LammChicago 165:05
8."Stay the Night"Cetera, FosterChicago 17, 19843:50
9."Hard Habit to Break"Steve Kipner, Jon ParkerChicago 174:45
10."You're the Inspiration"Cetera, FosterChicago 173:49
11."Along Comes a Woman" (singel verzija)Cetera, Mark GoldenbergChicago 173:47
12."Will You Still Love Me?" (singel verzija)Foster, Tom Keane, Richard BaskinChicago 18, 19864:12
13."If She Would Have Been Faithful..."Randy Goodrum, KipnerChicago 183:51
14."Look Away" (singel verzija)Diane WarrenChicago 19, 19884:00
15."What Kind of Man Would I Be?"Jason Scheff, Bobby Caldwell, Chas SandfordChicago 194:14
16."I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love"Warren, Albert HammondChicago 193:57
17."We Can Last Forever" (singel verzija)Scheff, John DexterChicago 193:44
18."You're Not Alone" (singel verzija)Jim ScottChicago 194:00
19."Chasin' the Wind"WarrenTwenty 1, 19914:18
20."Sing, Sing, Sing" (z Gipsy Kings)Louis PrimaNight & Day: Big Band, 19953:20

Seznam skladb (The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits) uredi

Disk 1
Št.NaslovPisecZ albumaDolžina
1."If You Leave Me Now"CeteraChicago X3:57
2."Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (singel verzija)Cetera, Foster, LammChicago 163:51
3."You're the Inspiration"Cetera, FosterChicago 173:49
4."Hard Habit to Break"Kipner, ParkerChicago 174:45
5."Will You Still Love Me?" (singel verzija)Foster, Keane, BaskinChicago 184:12
6."Baby, What a Big Surprise"CeteraChicago XI3:06
7."Look Away" (singel verzija)WarrenChicago 194:00
8."What Kind of Man Would I Be?"Scheff, Caldwell, SandfordChicago 194:14
9."I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love"Warren, HammondChicago 193:57
10."Love Me Tomorrow" (singel verzija)Cetera, FosterChicago 163:58
11."Just You 'n' Me"PankowChicago VI3:42
12."Happy Man" (verzija z albuma Greatest Hits, Volume II)CeteraChicago VII3:15
13."You're Not Alone" (singel verzija)Jim ScottChicago 194:00
14."Chasin' the Wind"WarrenTwenty 14:18
15."Wishing You Were Here"CeteraChicago VII4:36
16."No Tell Lover"Cetera, Loughnane, SeraphineHot Streets4:13
17."(I've Been) Searchin' So Long"PankowChicago VII4:29
18."Colour My World"PankowChicago3:00
19."You Come to My Senses"Tom Kelly, Billy SteinbergTwenty 13:48
20."We Can Last Forever" (singel verzija)Scheff, DexterChicago 193:44
Disk 2
Št.NaslovPisecZ albumaDolžina
1."25 or 6 to 4"LammChicago4:50
2."Saturday in the Park"LammChicago V3:56
3."Questions 67 and 68" (spremenjena verzija)LammChicago Transit Authority4:52
4."I'm a Man" (spremenjena verzija)Miller, WinwoodChicago Transit Authority5:44
5."Stay the Night"Cetera, FosterChicago 173:50
6."Only You"Foster, PankowChicago 173:54
7."Dialogue (Part I & II)" (singel verzija)LammChicago V5:00
8."Old Days"PankowChicago VIII3:31
9."Beginnings" (verzija z albuma Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits)LammChicago Transit Authority6:26
10."Lowdown"Cetera, SeraphineChicago III3:34
11."Another Rainy Day in New York City"LammChicago X3:00
12."Call on Me"LoughnaneChicago VII4:02
13."Feelin' Stronger Every Day"Cetera, PankowChicago VI4:14
14."Take Me Back to Chicago" (singel verzija)Seraphine, WolinskiChicago XI2:57
15."Sing, Sing, Sing" (z Gipsy Kings)PrimaNight & Day: Big Band3:20
16."Along Comes a Woman" (singel verzija)Cetera, GoldenbergChicago 173:47
17."Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (singel verzija)LammChicago Transit Authority3:20
18."Make Me Smile" (spremenjena verzija)PankowChicago4:26
19."Street Player" (singel verzija)Seraphine, WolinskiChicago 13, 19794:22

Osebje uredi

Chicago uredi

Produkcija uredi

  • Chicago – produkcija (»Alive Again« in »No Tell Lover«), produkcija kompilacije
  • David Donnelly – remastering
  • Bruce Fairbairn – produkcija (»Sing, Sing, Sing«)
  • David Foster – produkcija (od Chicago 16 do Chicago 18)
  • James William Guercio – produkcija (od Chicago Transit Authority do Chicago XI)
  • Lee Loughnane – remastering
  • Jeff Magid – remastering
  • David McLees – produkcija kompilacije
  • Ron Nevison – produkcija (odChicago 19 do Twenty 1)
  • Phil Ramone – produkcija (»Alive Again« in »No Tell Lover«)
  • Chas Sandford – produkcija (»What Kind of Man Would I Be?«)

Lestvice uredi

Lestvica (2002) Najvišja
uvrstitev
Avstralija[2] 86
Avstrija[3] 4
Evropa[4] 20
Irska[5] 6
Nemčija[6] 25
Nizozemska[7] 77
Norveška[8] 4
Švedska[9] 1
Švica[10] 29
ZDA (Billboard 200)[11] 38
Združeno kraljestvo[12] 11
Lestvica (2003) Najvišja
uvrstitev
Danska[13] 12
Finska[14] 32

Certifikati uredi

Regija Certifikat Prodaja
Avstralija (ARIA)[15] Zlat 35,000
Brazilija (Pro-Música Brasil)[16] Zlat 50,000
Nemčija (BVMI)[17] Zlat 150,000
ZDA (RIAA)[18] 2x platinast 1,000,000
Združeno kraljestvo (BPI)[19] Zlat 100,000

Zgodovina izdaj uredi

Naslov Regija Datum Založba Format Katalog
The Very Best Of:
Only the Beginning
ZDA 2. julij 2002 Rhino Entertainment dvojna zgoščenka R2 76170
The Chicago Story:
Complete Greatest Hits
Združeno kraljestvo september 2002 Rhino Entertainment dvojna zgoščenka 8122736302
Avstralija oktober 2002 Warner Music Australasia dvojna zgoščenka 8122736062

Sklici uredi

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  9. »Swedishcharts.com – Chicago – The Chicago Story – Complete Greatest Hits«. Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Pridobljeno 2. marca 2019.
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