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2007 greatest hits album by Chicago
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The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary is a
double greatest hits album, and the thirty-first album overall, by
American
rock band
Chicago , released by
Rhino Records on October 2, 2007. It consists of two discs containing 30 of Chicago's top 40 singles. It is the fourth compilation of past hits released by their label since beginning of the decade. Most of the songs on this compilation are presented as their shorter length radio-single edits, as opposed to the album versions. It also features "Love Will Come Back" without
Rascal Flatts ' vocals.
The 39 tracks of
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning holds all the tracks of 40th Anniversary except for the tracks 13-15 on disc 2.
Although no indication is given on the discs or the cover, the album could also be considered as Chicago XXXI (31) in their canon, as it is preceded by
Chicago XXX (30) in 2006, and followed by
Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus in 2008. This is further emphasized by the display of albums on the band's website.
Track listing
Disc Two Title Writer(s) Original album 1. "
Baby, What a Big Surprise " Cetera
Chicago XI , 19773:06 2. "
No Tell Lover " (Single version) Loughnane/
Danny Seraphine /Cetera
Hot Streets , 19783:50 3. "
Hard to Say I'm Sorry " (Single version) Cetera/
David Foster
Chicago 16 , 19823:41 4. "
Love Me Tomorrow " (Single version) Cetera/Foster Chicago 16 3:58 5. "
Hard Habit to Break " Cetera/Foster
Chicago 17 , 19844:45 6. "
You're the Inspiration " Cetera/Foster Chicago 17 3:48 7. "
Will You Still Love Me? " (Single version) Foster/
Tom Keane /
Richard Baskin
Chicago 18 , 19864:13 8. "
If She Would Have Been Faithful... "
Steve Kipner /
Randy Goodrum Chicago 18 3:51 9. "
I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love "
Albert Hammond /
Diane Warren
Chicago 19 , 19883:54 10. "
Look Away " (Single version) Warren Chicago 19 4:00 11. "
What Kind of Man Would I Be? " (Single version)
Jason Scheff , Chas Sandford,
Bobby Caldwell Chicago 19 4:19 12. "
You're Not Alone " (Single version) Jim Scott Chicago 19 4:00 13. "
Here in My Heart "
Glen Ballard /
James Newton Howard
The Heart of Chicago 1967–1997 , 19974:20 14. "Feel" (
Horn section
mix ) Danny Orton/Blair Daly
Chicago XXX , 20064:31 15. "Love Will Come Back" Scheff/
Jay DeMarcus /Sandford Chicago XXX 3:43
Charts
Weekly charts
Personnel
Chicago
Dawayne Bailey –
guitar ,
vocals
Peter Cetera –
bass , vocals
Bill Champlin – guitar,
keyboards , vocals, group member
Donnie Dacus – guitar, vocals
Laudir DeOliveira –
percussion ,
congas , vocals
Bruce Gaitsch – guitar
Keith Howland – guitar, vocals, group member
Tris Imboden –
drums , group member
Terry Kath – guitar, vocals
Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals,
lyrics ,
songwriting , group member
Lee Loughnane –
trumpet ,
flugelhorn , vocals, lyrics, songwriting, group member
James Pankow –
trombone , vocals, lyrics, songwriting, group member
Walter Parazaider – vocals,
woodwinds , lyrics, songwriting, group member
Chris Pinnick – guitar
Jason Scheff – bass, vocals, group member
Daniel Seraphine – percussion, drums, vocals
Production
Producer –
Jay DeMarcus ,
David Foster ,
James William Guercio ,
James Newton Howard ,
Ron Nevison ,
Phil Ramone , Chas Sandford, Mike Engstrom,
Cheryl Pawelski
Album cover design – Mark Paul Rosenmeier
Design – Joshua Banker,
Don Jr. Garlock , Vincent Gonzales, Jim Jamitis, Jean Krikorian, Arnaud Leger, Al Mainwaring, Craig Stevens, Ashley Underwood
Photography – Jimmy Katz
Remastering – David Donnelly
Liner notes – Bill DeYoung
Product Manager – Mike Engstrom
Project assistant – Scott Webber
Supervisor – Jeff Magid
Editorial Supervision – Vanessa Atkins, Sheryl Farber
Annotation – Steve Woolard
Certifications
References
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