Album · 1973
Chicago VI
by Chicago
Chicago VI is a 1973 rock album by Chicago. It runs 12 tracks across 50 minutes on Rhino.
Rock · Pop Rock · Blue-Eyed Soul
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- 12
- Tracks
- 50 min
- Runtime
- 115 bpm
- Tempo
- A# major
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Chicago VI album cover
The Chicago VI cover was designed by John Berg and Nick Fasciano and photographed by Barry Feinstein.
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- John Berg, Nick Fasciano
- Photography
- Barry Feinstein
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Chicago VI is the fifth studio album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1973. Following the streamlined character of Chicago V, this successor would see the group follow more of a pop music approach, relying less on their trademark horns and exploring varied music forms. After recording all of Chicago's first five albums (including the live album Chicago at Carnegie Hall) in New York City, producer James William Guercio had his own Caribou Studios built in Nederland, Colorado during 1972, finished in time for the band to record their sixth album the following February. It would remain their recording base for the next four years. While Robert Lamm maintains his songwriting prowess on Chicago VI (authoring half of the album's tracks, including his response to some of Chicago's negative reviewers in "Critics' Choice"), it is James Pankow who is responsible for the album's two hits, "Just You 'N' Me" (#4) and "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (#10), the last of which was co-composed with Peter Cetera, who, himself landed another track on Chicago VI, the country-influenced "In Terms Of Two".
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Released in June 1973, Chicago VI was another commercial success, spending five weeks at #1 in the US, while failing to chart in the UK at all, beginning a dry spell there that would last until 1976's Chicago X. On August 23, 1989, just before 7:00pm local time, "Just You 'N' Me" was the last song played on WLS before switching to an all-talk format. The original US CD release(Columbia CK #32400) was mastered for CD by Joe Gastwirt. In 2002, Chicago VI was remastered and reissued by Rhino Records, with two bonus tracks: a Terry Kath demo called "Beyond All Our Sorrows", and a recording of Al Green's "Tired Of Being Alone", taken from the 1973 TV special, "Chicago In The Rockies".
In brief
- When was Chicago VI released?
- Chicago VI was released in 1973 on Rhino.
- How many tracks are on Chicago VI?
- Chicago VI has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 50 minutes.
- What genre is Chicago VI?
- Chicago VI is catalogued under Rock, Pop Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul.
- What BPM is Chicago VI?
- Chicago VI runs at a median tempo of 115 BPM across its tracks, most often in A# major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Chicago VI?
- Listeners of Chicago VI also rate Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John, Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, Abbey Road by The Beatles.
- Who produced Chicago VI?
- James William Guercio produced 10 of the 12 tracks on Chicago VI.
Credits
- Produced by
- Mixed by
- Phil RamoneRichard Blakin
- Engineered by
- Jeff GuercioWayne Tarnowski
- Vocals by
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