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).
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Izdan | 2. julij 2002 |
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Posnet | januar 1969 – januar 1995 |
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Slog | rock, jazz fusion, adult contemporary, soft rock, pop rock |
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Dolžina | 157:44 |
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Založba | Rhino |
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Producent | James William Guercio, Phil Ramone, Chicago, David Foster, Chas Sandford, Ron Nevison, Bruce Fairbairn, David McLees |
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The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits |
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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)
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1. | "Make Me Smile" (spremenjena verzija) | James Pankow | Chicago, 1970 | 4:26 |
2. | "25 or 6 to 4" | Robert Lamm | Chicago | 4:50 |
3. | "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (singel verzija) | Lamm | Chicago Transit Authority, 1969 | 3:20 |
4. | "Beginnings" (verzija z albuma Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits, 1975) | Lamm | Chicago Transit Authority | 6:26 |
5. | "Questions 67 and 68" (spremenjena verzija) | Lamm | Chicago Transit Authority | 4:52 |
6. | "I'm a Man" (spremenjena verzija) | Jimmy Miller, Steve Winwood | Chicago Transit Authority | 5:44 |
7. | "Colour My World" | Pankow | Chicago | 3:00 |
8. | "Free" | Lamm | Chicago III, 1971 | 2:17 |
9. | "Lowdown" | Peter Cetera, Danny Seraphine | Chicago III | 3:34 |
10. | "Saturday in the Park" | Lamm | Chicago V, 1972 | 3:56 |
11. | "Dialogue (Part I & II)" (singel verzija) | Lamm | Chicago V | 5:00 |
12. | "Just You 'n' Me" | Pankow | Chicago VI, 1973 | 3:42 |
13. | "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" | Cetera, Pankow | Chicago VI | 4:14 |
14. | "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" | Pankow | Chicago VII, 1974 | 4:29 |
15. | "Wishing You Were Here" | Cetera | Chicago VII | 4:36 |
16. | "Call on Me" | Lee Loughnane | Chicago VII | 4:02 |
17. | "Happy Man" (verzija z albuma Greatest Hits, Volume II, 1981) | Cetera | Chicago VII | 3:15 |
18. | "Another Rainy Day in New York City" | Lamm | Chicago X, 1976 | 3:00 |
19. | "If You Leave Me Now" | Cetera | Chicago X | 3:57 |
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1. | "Old Days" | Pankow | Chicago VIII, 1975 | 3:31 |
2. | "Baby, What a Big Surprise" | Cetera | Chicago XI, 1977 | 3:06 |
3. | "Take Me Back to Chicago" (singel verzija) | Seraphine, David Wolinski | Chicago XI | 2:57 |
4. | "Alive Again" | Pankow | Hot Streets, 1978 | 4:04 |
5. | "No Tell Lover" | Cetera, Loughnane, Seraphine | Hot Streets | 4:13 |
6. | "Love Me Tomorrow" (singel verzija) | Cetera, Foster | Chicago 16, 1982 | 3:58 |
7. | "Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away" | Cetera, Foster, Lamm | Chicago 16 | 5:05 |
8. | "Stay the Night" | Cetera, Foster | Chicago 17, 1984 | 3:50 |
9. | "Hard Habit to Break" | Steve Kipner, Jon Parker | Chicago 17 | 4:45 |
10. | "You're the Inspiration" | Cetera, Foster | Chicago 17 | 3:49 |
11. | "Along Comes a Woman" (singel verzija) | Cetera, Mark Goldenberg | Chicago 17 | 3:47 |
12. | "Will You Still Love Me?" (singel verzija) | Foster, Tom Keane, Richard Baskin | Chicago 18, 1986 | 4:12 |
13. | "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." | Randy Goodrum, Kipner | Chicago 18 | 3:51 |
14. | "Look Away" (singel verzija) | Diane Warren | Chicago 19, 1988 | 4:00 |
15. | "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" | Jason Scheff, Bobby Caldwell, Chas Sandford | Chicago 19 | 4:14 |
16. | "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" | Warren, Albert Hammond | Chicago 19 | 3:57 |
17. | "We Can Last Forever" (singel verzija) | Scheff, John Dexter | Chicago 19 | 3:44 |
18. | "You're Not Alone" (singel verzija) | Jim Scott | Chicago 19 | 4:00 |
19. | "Chasin' the Wind" | Warren | Twenty 1, 1991 | 4:18 |
20. | "Sing, Sing, Sing" (z Gipsy Kings) | Louis Prima | Night & Day: Big Band, 1995 | 3:20 |
Seznam skladb (The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits)
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1. | "If You Leave Me Now" | Cetera | Chicago X | 3:57 |
2. | "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (singel verzija) | Cetera, Foster, Lamm | Chicago 16 | 3:51 |
3. | "You're the Inspiration" | Cetera, Foster | Chicago 17 | 3:49 |
4. | "Hard Habit to Break" | Kipner, Parker | Chicago 17 | 4:45 |
5. | "Will You Still Love Me?" (singel verzija) | Foster, Keane, Baskin | Chicago 18 | 4:12 |
6. | "Baby, What a Big Surprise" | Cetera | Chicago XI | 3:06 |
7. | "Look Away" (singel verzija) | Warren | Chicago 19 | 4:00 |
8. | "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" | Scheff, Caldwell, Sandford | Chicago 19 | 4:14 |
9. | "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" | Warren, Hammond | Chicago 19 | 3:57 |
10. | "Love Me Tomorrow" (singel verzija) | Cetera, Foster | Chicago 16 | 3:58 |
11. | "Just You 'n' Me" | Pankow | Chicago VI | 3:42 |
12. | "Happy Man" (verzija z albuma Greatest Hits, Volume II) | Cetera | Chicago VII | 3:15 |
13. | "You're Not Alone" (singel verzija) | Jim Scott | Chicago 19 | 4:00 |
14. | "Chasin' the Wind" | Warren | Twenty 1 | 4:18 |
15. | "Wishing You Were Here" | Cetera | Chicago VII | 4:36 |
16. | "No Tell Lover" | Cetera, Loughnane, Seraphine | Hot Streets | 4:13 |
17. | "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" | Pankow | Chicago VII | 4:29 |
18. | "Colour My World" | Pankow | Chicago | 3:00 |
19. | "You Come to My Senses" | Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg | Twenty 1 | 3:48 |
20. | "We Can Last Forever" (singel verzija) | Scheff, Dexter | Chicago 19 | 3:44 |
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1. | "25 or 6 to 4" | Lamm | Chicago | 4:50 |
2. | "Saturday in the Park" | Lamm | Chicago V | 3:56 |
3. | "Questions 67 and 68" (spremenjena verzija) | Lamm | Chicago Transit Authority | 4:52 |
4. | "I'm a Man" (spremenjena verzija) | Miller, Winwood | Chicago Transit Authority | 5:44 |
5. | "Stay the Night" | Cetera, Foster | Chicago 17 | 3:50 |
6. | "Only You" | Foster, Pankow | Chicago 17 | 3:54 |
7. | "Dialogue (Part I & II)" (singel verzija) | Lamm | Chicago V | 5:00 |
8. | "Old Days" | Pankow | Chicago VIII | 3:31 |
9. | "Beginnings" (verzija z albuma Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits) | Lamm | Chicago Transit Authority | 6:26 |
10. | "Lowdown" | Cetera, Seraphine | Chicago III | 3:34 |
11. | "Another Rainy Day in New York City" | Lamm | Chicago X | 3:00 |
12. | "Call on Me" | Loughnane | Chicago VII | 4:02 |
13. | "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" | Cetera, Pankow | Chicago VI | 4:14 |
14. | "Take Me Back to Chicago" (singel verzija) | Seraphine, Wolinski | Chicago XI | 2:57 |
15. | "Sing, Sing, Sing" (z Gipsy Kings) | Prima | Night & Day: Big Band | 3:20 |
16. | "Along Comes a Woman" (singel verzija) | Cetera, Goldenberg | Chicago 17 | 3:47 |
17. | "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (singel verzija) | Lamm | Chicago Transit Authority | 3:20 |
18. | "Make Me Smile" (spremenjena verzija) | Pankow | Chicago | 4:26 |
19. | "Street Player" (singel verzija) | Seraphine, Wolinski | Chicago 13, 1979 | 4:22 |
- Dawayne Bailey – kitara, vokal
- Peter Cetera – vokal, bas; kitara pri on »Wishing You Were Here«
- Bill Champlin – vokal, klaviature, kitara
- Donnie Dacus – kitara, vokal pri »Alive Again« in »No Tell Lover«
- Bruce Gaitsch – kitara pri »Sing, Sing, Sing«
- Tris Imboden – bobni pri »Sing, Sing, Sing«
- Terry Kath – vokal, kitara, tolkala; bas pri »Happy Man« in »Wishing You Were Here«
- Robert Lamm – vokal, klaviature, tolkala
- Lee Loughnane – trobenta, krilnica, tolkala, vokal
- Laudir de Oliveira – konge, tolkala, vokal
- James Pankow – trombon, tolkala, vokal, aranžmaji
- Walter Parazaider – pihala, tolkala, vokal
- Chris Pinnick – kitara
- Jason Scheff – vokal, bas
- Danny Seraphine – bobni, tolkala, vokal
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Produkcija
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- 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?«)
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Certifikati
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Certifikat
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Prodaja
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Avstralija (ARIA)[15]
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Zlat
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35,000
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Brazilija (Pro-Música Brasil)[16]
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Zlat
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50,000
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Nemčija (BVMI)[17]
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Zlat
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150,000
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ZDA (RIAA)[18]
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2x platinast
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1,000,000
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Združeno kraljestvo (BPI)[19]
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Zlat
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100,000
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Zgodovina izdaj
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Datum
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Založba
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Format
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Katalog
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The Very Best Of: Only the Beginning
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ZDA
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2. julij 2002
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Rhino Entertainment
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dvojna zgoščenka
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R2 76170
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The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits
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Združeno kraljestvo
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september 2002
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Rhino Entertainment
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dvojna zgoščenka
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8122736302
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Avstralija
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oktober 2002
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Warner Music Australasia
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dvojna zgoščenka
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8122736062
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