Chicago V
by Chicago
- Type: Album
- Released: 10 July 1972
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:03:58
- Community rating: 3.9/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow, Peter Cetera, James William Guercio, Walter Parazaider, Terry Kath
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Breaking from their tradition of sprawling double albums, the jazz-rock titans delivered a tightly focused, single-disc effort that yielded their first number one position on the Billboard 200. The record perfectly balances intricate, politically charged horn arrangements with Robert Lamm's soaring pop sensibilities, notably featuring the massive hit 'Saturday in the Park'. It captures the band at the absolute zenith of their compositional and commercial power.
Genres
Descriptors: conscious, progressive, political, uncommon-time-signatures, virtuosic
Tracklist
- A Hit by Var猫se (4:54)
- All Is Well (3:50)
- Now That You've Gone (5:00)
- Dialogue (Pt. I) (3:01)
- Dialogue (Pt. II) (4:13)
- While the City Sleeps (3:53)
- Saturday in the Park (3:55)
- State of the Union (6:15)
- Goodbye (6:05)
- Alma Mater (3:59)
- A Song for Richard and His Friends - Without Vocals (8:15)
- Mississippi Delta City Blues (5:28)
- Dialogue, Pt. I & Pt. II (5:03)
Credits
- Chicago - primary artist, vocals
- Nick Fasciano - artwork [woodcarving]
- Peter Cetera - bass, vocals
- Daniel Seraphine - bells [antique bells], congas, drums
- Terry Kath - guitar, vocals, written-by
- Robert Lamm - keyboards, vocals, written-by
- Beverly Scott - lettering
- James Pankow - trombone, percussion, written-by