Chicago ♫ Chicago XI ♫ 1977 Columbia Records Original Vinyl LP w/Insert 🔥

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I combine shipping on multiple orders to save you money and gladly ship worldwide. Please look closely at all pictures, read all relevant details and ask any questions you may have before buying. I offer a full 30-day return policy on everything I sell, so buy with confidence! And most importantly, thanks for looking! Chicago XIStudio album by ChicagoReleasedSeptember 12, 1977RecordedApril – June 1977StudioCaribou Ranch, Nederland, ColoradoGenreRockLength44:33LabelColumbiaProducerJames William GuercioChicago chronologyChicago X (1976)Chicago XI (1977)Hot Streets (1978)Singles from Chicago XI"Baby, What a Big Surprise" Released: September 1977"Little One" Released: January 1978"Take Me Back to Chicago" Released: May 1978Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusicChicago XI is the ninth studio album (eleventh overall) by the American band Chicago, released in 1977. The album marked the end of an era for Chicago in more ways than one. This would be the last Chicago album to feature guitarist and founding member Terry Kath prior to his death in an accident with a gun just over four months later, and the last Chicago album to be produced by James William Guercio.BackgroundAccording to the web site, Ultimate Classic Rock, Chicago XI seems like a collection of solo songs rather than the work of the ensemble whole Chicago had been earlier in the 1970s. Peter Cetera aimed to replicate the success of the Grammy-winning "If You Leave Me Now" with "Baby, What A Big Surprise", which proved to be the album's biggest hit, going to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. This was his only writing contribution to the album and, quite atypically, the only song with him on lead vocals. Terry Kath revived his old live favorite "Mississippi Delta City Blues" for the album, while turning in a touching vocal on Danny Seraphine's "Little One." Seraphine also co-wrote "Take Me Back to Chicago", which charted at No. 63. Kath, who was planning a forthcoming solo album, may have intended "Takin' It On Uptown" — which, besides some uncredited backup singers, possibly features only Kath himself — as a solo album "preview" along the lines of Lamm's "Skinny Boy" on Chicago VII. James Pankow sang lead on his own "Till The End Of Time," as did Lee Loughnane on his original, "This Time." The once-prolific Robert Lamm contributed only two songs, the sympathetic "Policeman" and "Vote For Me."The cover design for the album is called "Regional Map" on the group's official web site.Upon its September 1977 release, Chicago XI (Columbia 34860) reached No. 6 in the US on the Billboard 200, stayed in the charts for 20 weeks and went platinum in October the same year. It did not chart in the UK.In her review of the album for The Sydney Morning Herald, Christine Hogan said, "If there had never been a Chicago X, this album would have been the best ever made by these perennials." Writing for the Wilmington, Delaware Evening Journal, Hugh Cutler called the album a "critical and commercial triumph" and said it even drew a "rave review" from Rolling Stone magazine.While recording Chicago XI, longtime producer James William Guercio's smothering artistic control had reached its breaking point, with the band deciding to take their career into their own hands and strike out on their own after finishing the album with him. However, as big a change in their career as Guercio's dismissal would be for Chicago, it would be minor in comparison to the tragedy that awaited them.On January 23, 1978, a few months after Chicago XI's release, Terry Kath, regarded by many as the "soul" of Chicago, accidentally and fatally shot himself during a party at roadie Don Johnson's house. A gun enthusiast, Kath attempted to calm the guests' surprise when—while reportedly inebriated—he pulled out his gun to clean it by demonstrating that it was unloaded and promptly pointed the gun to his head and pulled the trigger, not realizing a bullet was in the chamber. The remaining members of Chicago were shocked and devastated by Kath's death, and even considered breaking up. After a few weeks of mourning, they decided to move on, thus beginning a new era in the band's history. They would recruit singer/guitarist Donnie Dacus for the follow-up, Hot Streets.Track listingSide OneNo.TitleWriter(s)VocalsLength1."Mississippi Delta City Blues"Terry KathTerry Kath4:392."Baby, What a Big Surprise"Peter CeteraPeter Cetera3:043."Till the End of Time"James PankowJames Pankow4:49[nb 2]4."Policeman"Robert LammRobert Lamm4:025."Take Me Back to Chicago"Danny Seraphine/Hawk WolinskiLamm5:17Side TwoNo.TitleWriter(s)VocalsLength6."Vote for Me"LammLamm3:477."Takin' It on Uptown"KathKath4:458."This Time"Lee LoughnaneLee Loughnane4:449."The Inner Struggles of a Man"Dominic Frontiere[nb 3]Instrumental2:4410."Prelude (Little One)"Seraphine/WolinskiKath0:5211."Little One"Seraphine/WolinskiKath5:40

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