Chicago XXX
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| Studio album by Chicago | ||||
| Released | March 21, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 2005 | |||
| Genre | Rock/Adult Contemporary | |||
| Length | 52:57 | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
| Producer | Jay DeMarcus | |||
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Chicago XXX is an album by the American band Chicago, released on March 21, 2006. Their thirtieth official album, it is Chicago's first studio release of new and original material since 1991's Twenty 1.
The album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with horn sessions in Los Angeles, California over the summer of 2005. Production duties were handled by Jay DeMarcus of the country group Rascal Flatts, who came to the project through a friendship with Chicago's bassist-singer Jason Scheff. DeMarcus used several session players for the album.
Chicago XXX peaked at #41 in the US during a brief chart stay, spawning minor adult contemporary hits "Feel" and "Love Will Come Back." It ranks among their poorest sellers, alongside "13," "XIV," and "Twenty 1."[citation needed]
[edit] Track listing
- "Feel" (Blair Daly, Danny Orton) – 4:01
- "King of Might Have Been" (Greg Barnhill, Dennis Matkosky, Jason Scheff) – 3:52
- "Caroline" (Chas Sandford, Scheff) – 3:39
- "Why Can't We" (Bill Champlin, Jay DeMarcus, Sandford, Scheff) – 4:07
- "Love Will Come Back" (Jay DeMarcus, Sandford, Scheff) – 3:48
- "Long Lost Friend" (DeMarcus, Brett James, Scheff) – 4:33
- "90 Degrees and Freezing" (DeMarcus, James, Robert Lamm, Scheff) – 3:52
- "Where Were You" (Champlin, DeMarcus, Scheff ) – 4:17
- "Already Gone" (Champlin, George Hawkins Jr.) – 6:51
- "Come to Me, Do" (Lamm) – 4:36
- "Lovin' Chains" (DeMarcus, Marcus Hummon) – 3:56
- "Better" (Champlin, Sandford ) – 4:41
- "Feel" (The Horn Section Mix) (Daly, Orton ) – 4:30
[edit] Personnel
- Robert Lamm: piano, vocals
- Lee Loughnane: trumpet, flugelhorn
- James Pankow: trombone
- Walt Parazaider: saxophones, flutes
- Bill Champlin: Hammond organ, piano, vocals
- Jason Scheff: bass guitar, vocals
- Tris Imboden: drums
- Keith Howland: guitar
Additional musicians:
- Steve Brewster: drums
- John Brockman: drums
- Tom Bukovac: acoustic & electric guitars
- Dean DeLeo: guitar
- Jay DeMarcus: keyboards, guitars, piano
- Shelly Fairchild: vocal on "Why Can't We"
- Dann Huff: guitar
- Bobby Kimball: background vocals
- Jack Kincaid: guitar
- James Matchack: keyboards
- Yankton Mingua: guitar
- Rascal Flatts (Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, Joe Don Rooney): vocals on "Love Will Come Back"
- Lee Thornburg: trumpet
- Joseph Williams: background vocals
[edit] Chart positions
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2006 | The Billboard 200 | 41 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2006 | "Feel" | Adult Contemporary | 19 |
| 2006 | "Love Will Come Back" | Adult Contemporary | 21 |
