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Chicago 19 (1988)

Where the lyrics of Chicago 19 take you, and where it was really made.

Chicago 19 is the nineteenth album overall but only the sixteenth studio album.

Key places

Recorded and mixed at The Record Plant (1988)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — The album credits list The Record Plant in Los Angeles among the studios where it was recorded and mixed. The point marks the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded and mixed at A&M Studios in Hollywood (1988)

Recording site A&M Recording Studios — The album credits list A&M Studios in Hollywood among its recording and mixing locations. The point marks the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded and mixed at Can-Am Recorders in Tarzana (1988)

Recording site Can-Am Studios — The album credits list Can-Am Recorders in Tarzana among its recording and mixing locations. The point marks the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded and mixed at Gold Mine in Woodland Hills (1988)

Recording site Gold Mine — The album credits list Gold Mine in Woodland Hills among its recording and mixing locations. The point is approximate. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Sixteenth studio album and nineteenth overall by American rock band Chicago
• Released 20 June 1988
• Producers Ron Nevison and Chas Sandford; Full Moon Records imprint moved to Reprise Records
• First album to feature Dawayne Bailey as the band's new guitarist
• Final album with original drummer Danny Seraphine, who was dismissed in 1990

Background

• Followed Chicago 18, which was made with David Foster; this album was made mainly with Nevison and Sandford
• Five of the ten compositions came from outside writers
• First two singles were written or co-written by Diane Warren; the third was written by British-born songwriter Jimmy Scott
• Seraphine was fired after the tour for undisclosed reasons

Recording

• Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 10 produced by Chas Sandford; tracks 2, 4, 6 and 9 by Ron Nevison
• Recorded and mixed at Record Plant and Secret Sound in Los Angeles, A&M Studios in Hollywood, Gold Mine in Woodland Hills, and Can-Am Recorders in Tarzana
• Extensive use of the then popular Roland D-50 synthesizer presets

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967.
• The band described itself as a "rock and roll band with horns" and blended classical music, jazz, R&B, and pop.
• The group first called itself the Big Thing, became Chicago Transit Authority in 1968, and shortened its name to Chicago in 1969.

Members

• The original line-up was Peter Cetera (bass), Terry Kath (guitar), Robert Lamm (keyboards), Lee Loughnane (trumpet), James Pankow (trombone), Walter Parazaider (woodwinds), and Danny Seraphine (drums).
• Lamm, Loughnane, and Pankow have remained constant members since 2009.
• Terry Kath died in 1978 after an accidental gunshot wound.

Career

• The band's debut double album, Chicago Transit Authority (1969), was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014.
• In 1971 Chicago became the first rock act to sell out a week at Carnegie Hall.
• "If You Leave Me Now" (1976) became the group's first number-one single and won its only Grammy.
• Billboard placed the band among the most successful chart acts in its history, and it has sold more than 100 million records.
• The original line-up was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
• Chicago received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award on October 16, 2020.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Reached number 37 on the US album chart during a stay of 42 weeks
• Reception was similar to its predecessor, Chicago 18
• Did not chart in the UK

Records

• Went platinum
• Look Away reached No. 1
• I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love reached No. 3
• You're Not Alone reached No. 10
• A remixed version of What Kind of Man Would I Be? reached No. 5 in late 1989 as part of the follow-up Greatest Hits 1982-1989
• The first two singles were written or co-written by Diane Warren; the third was written by Jimmy Scott
• Five of the ten compositions were by outside writers, so the album relied heavily on them

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album makes extensive use of the then popular Roland D-50 synthesizer presets, including Pressure Me Strings and PCM E-Piano sounds.
• Danny Seraphine was fired from the band for undisclosed reasons after the tour for Chicago 19.
• This was the first album to spotlight Bill Champlin, and all three hit singles from it were sung by him.
• The Full Moon Records imprint moved to Reprise Records for this album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org

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