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Chicago XXXVII: Chicago Christmas (2019)

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What began as a plan for a few bonus tracks on a re-release of an older holiday album grew into the band's fourth Christmas collection.

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Album story

Overview

• Chicago XXXVII: Chicago Christmas, the 25th studio album by American rock band Chicago
• Fourth Christmas collection and 37th album overall, also known simply as Chicago Christmas
• Released October 11, 2019
• Unlike previous Christmas albums, mostly original material written by band members
• Only three non-original songs: "What the World Needs Now Is Love", "Sleigh Ride (2019)", and "Here We Come a Caroling"

Background

• The project grew out of a plan to record a few new bonus tracks for a re-release of one of the band's prior holiday albums
• Follows Chicago XXXVI: Now, the previous studio release from 2014
• Chicago Christmas reflects several personnel changes in the lineup since 2014
• First studio album for singer Neil Donell and bassist Brett Simons
• First studio album since the departure of singer and bassist Jason Scheff, who left the group in 2016
• Walfredo Reyes Jr. moved from percussion to drums, and Ramon Yslas took over percussion
• First Chicago album since saxophonist Walter Parazaider retired in 2017; Ray Herrmann replaced him

Recording

• Produced by Lee Loughnane
• Basic tracks recorded by Scott Koopmann
• Recording and mixing by Tim Jessup
• Mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering
• Horn arrangements by Nick Lane; string arrangements by Tim Jessup

Cover

• Cover artwork by Matthew Pardini

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Tracklist

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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

• Released October 11, 2019
• Chicago's 25th studio album, fourth Christmas collection, and 37th album overall
• Unlike previous Christmas albums, mostly original material written by band members
• Only three non-original songs: "What the World Needs Now Is Love", "Sleigh Ride (2019)", and "Here We Come a Caroling"
• Follows Chicago XXXVI: Now, released in 2014
• Lineup changes since 2014 are reflected on the record
• First studio album for singer Neil Donell and bassist Brett Simons
• First Chicago album since saxophonist Walter Parazaider retired in 2017; Ray Herrmann replaced him
• The project began as a plan for a few new bonus tracks for a re-release of an earlier holiday album

Records

• Reached number one on the Billboard Holiday Albums Sales Chart
• Standard CD issue includes a 12-page full-color booklet with photos, credits and lyrics

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The standard CD issue includes a 12-page full-color booklet with photos, credits and lyrics.
• Drummer Tris Imboden left in 2018, and this is the first album since Chicago 19 without him.
• Saxophonist Walter Parazaider retired in 2017, and this is the first Chicago album without him.
• Lee Loughnane, a band trumpeter, is credited as producer.
• Matthew Pardini, credited for the cover artwork, is listed among the production credits.

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

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