Chicago V

Following the release of Chicago III in 1971, the group changed from producing double albums, with many songs arranged in extended suites, in favor of more concise tracks on a single album.{{Cite book|title=Street Player: My Chicago Story|last=Seraphine|first=Danny|publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc.|year=2011|isbn=9780470416839|page=125}} It is often considered the group's return-to-basics as it has a sound resembling their first album, Chicago Transit Authority. Chicago V is also notable for Robert Lamm's prolific songwriting; Eight out of its ten tunes are composed solely by him. Terry Kath wrote and sang the album's final track "Alma Mater", which showcased his acoustic guitar abilities. The song "A Hit by Varèse" is a tribute to French-American composer Edgard Varèse. This would be the last album not to have any compositions from Peter Cetera during his tenure in the band.

Recorded just before Chicago at Carnegie Hall was released in late 1971, Chicago V was cut in just over a week and held over for release until the following summer. Released shortly before the album, the single "Saturday in the Park" was the band's biggest hit to that point, reaching No. 3 in the US.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/music/chicago/chart-history|title=Chicago Chart History: Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-date=October 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021194439/http://www.billboard.com/music/chicago/chart-history|url-status=live}} Chicago V was critically acclaimed and became Chicago's first No.1 album,{{Cite book|title=Street Player: My Chicago Story|last=Seraphine|first=Danny|publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc.|year=2011|isbn=9780470416839|page=127}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chicago/chart-history/tlp/|title=Chicago Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-date=October 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023201309/http://www.billboard.com/music/chicago/chart-history/billboard-200|url-status=live}} spending nine weeks atop the charts in the US.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1972/billboard-200|title=Billboard 200 - 1972 Archive {{!}} Billboard Charts Archive|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 21, 2017|language=en|archive-date=November 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106110753/http://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1972/billboard-200|url-status=live}} In the UK, the release managed to reach No. 24.{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13861/chicago/|title=CHICAGO {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204115420/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13861/chicago/|url-status=live}} The follow-up single "Dialogue (Part I & II)" also became a hit, peaking at No. 24 in the US.

This album was mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic. 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".

On August 17, 2011, Warner Japan released this album as a hybrid stereo-multichannel Super Audio CD in their Warner Premium Sound series.{{cite web|url=http://wmg.jp/sacdcd/?icid=top110810#header |title=Warner Premium Sound 17 August 2011 releases |language=ja |access-date=2011-11-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813061646/http://www.wmg.jp/sacdcd/?icid=top110810 |archive-date=2011-08-13 }}

• 1973: Chicago V, Best Small-Combo LP, Playboy Jazz & Pop Poll{{Cite magazine |date=February 1973 |title=Jazz & Pop '73 |magazine=Playboy |publisher=HMH Publishing Co., Inc. }} available at, [http://bondiviewertest.azurewebsites.net/DataView/Article/PB?issueKey=19730201&articleKey=19730201084 Bondi Data Viewer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021111452/http://bondiviewertest.azurewebsites.net/DataView/Article/PB?issueKey=19730201&articleKey=19730201084 |date=2017-10-21 }} |access-date=October 20, 2017{{cite news |last=Harral |first=Don |title=Chicago To Appear In State Tuesday |newspaper=The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press |location=Lawton, Oklahoma, USA |date=February 18, 1973 |page=2D |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14545788/the_lawton_constitution_and_morning/ |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=October 20, 2017 |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021060016/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14545788/the_lawton_constitution_and_morning/ |url-status=live }} {{free access}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Vocals

| headline = Side One

| title1 = A Hit by Varèse

| writer1 = Robert Lamm

| extra1 = Lamm

| length1 = 4:56

| title2 = All Is Well

| writer2 = Lamm

| extra2 = Lamm

| length2 = 3:52

| title3 = Now That You've Gone

| writer3 = James Pankow

| extra3 = Terry Kath

| length3 = 5:01

| title4 = Dialogue (Part I)

| writer4 = Lamm

| extra4 = Kath, Peter Cetera

| length4 = 2:57

| title5 = Dialogue (Part II)

| writer5 = Lamm

| extra5 = Kath, Cetera

| length5 = 4:13

}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Vocals

| headline = Side Two

| title1 = While the City Sleeps

| writer1 = Lamm

| extra1 = Lamm

| length1 = 3:53

| title2 = Saturday in the Park

| writer2 = Lamm

| extra2 = Lamm, Cetera

| length2 = 3:56

| title3 = State of the Union

| writer3 = Lamm

| extra3 = Cetera

| length3 = 6:12

| title4 = Goodbye

| writer4 = Lamm

| extra4 = Cetera

| length4 = 6:02

| title5 = Alma Mater

| writer5 = Kath

| extra5 = Kath

| length5 = 3:56

}}{{Tracklisting

| headline = 2002 reissue bonus tracks

| extra_column = Vocals

| title11 = A Song for Richard and His Friends

| note11 = Studio version without vocals

| length11 = 8:15

| writer11 = Lamm

| title12 = Mississippi Delta City Blues

| note12 = First recorded version with scratch vocal

| length12 = 5:28

| writer12 = Kath

| title13 = Dialogue (Part I & II)

| note13 = Single edit

| length13 = 5:02

| writer13 = Lamm

}}

• Robert Lamm – acoustic piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, Hohner Pianet, lead and backing vocals
• Terry Kath – electric and acoustic guitars, lead and backing vocals
• Peter Cetera – bass guitar, wah-wah bass, lead and backing vocals
• James Pankow – trombone, percussion, brass arrangements
• Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute, percussion
• Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, backing vocals
• Danny Seraphine – drums, congas, antique bells, percussion

• Produced by James William Guercio
• Engineered by Wayne Tarnowski
• Logo Design – Nick Fasciano
• Album Design – John Berg
• Photography – Jim Houghton and Earl Steinbicker
• Lettering – Beverly Scott
• Remastering – Joe Gastwirt

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