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Chicago VII by Chicago
Chicago VII is an album by Chicago, released in 1974. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Call On Me”, on 1 list with a best position of #841.
Chicago VII, the band's sixth studio album, arrived on Columbia on March 11, 1974, and it found the self-styled rock and roll band with horns stretching out over two discs of new music for the first time since Chicago III in 1971. It would be the last time they ever made a studio double album.
The seven-man lineup was intact: Terry Kath on guitar, Peter Cetera on bass, Robert Lamm on keyboards, Danny Seraphine on drums, and a horn section of Lee Loughnane on trumpet, James Pankow on trombone and Walter Parazaider on woodwinds, with Cetera, Kath and Lamm trading lead vocals. The record swings from jazz-fusion workouts to soft-rock polish to progressive ambition, and "Call On Me" shows how smoothly they could fold brass into a pop song. Session percussionist Laudir de Oliveira sits in here, and by Chicago VIII he was a full member.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Chicago VII on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call On Me | 1 | #841 | – | 2010 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.