Album · Chicago
Chicago by Chicago
Chicago is an album by Chicago, released in 1970. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 45 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “25 or 6 to 4”, on 38 lists with a best position of #10.
Chicago, the band's second album and the one everybody now calls Chicago II, rolled out on Columbia on January 26, 1970, another double album like Chicago Transit Authority before it. It was the first record under the shortened name, after the real transit authority threatened to sue, and the first with that cursive logo on the front.
Chicago billed itself as a rock and roll band with horns, and it sounds like one: Lee Loughnane's trumpet, James Pankow's trombone and Walter Parazaider's woodwinds blowing hard over Terry Kath's snarling guitar, Peter Cetera's bass, Robert Lamm's keyboards and Danny Seraphine's drums, with Cetera, Kath and Lamm trading lead vocals. "25 or 6 to 4" hits like a battering ram and "Make Me Smile" struts. The album climbed to No. 4 in America, threw off three top ten singles, and drew a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Chicago on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 or 6 to 4 | 38 | #10 | – | 1991–2026 | |
| 2 | Make Me Smile | 7 | #162 | – | 2014–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.