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Chicago XXXVIII: Born for This Moment (2022)

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Chicago's 38th album grew out of a pandemic-era side project, and by the time it came out, three of the members who recorded it had already left the band.

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Album story

Overview

• Chicago XXXVIII: Born for This Moment, the 26th studio album by the American rock band Chicago
• The band's 38th album overall
• Released July 15, 2022
• Released under Chicago Records, II, Inc.
• First new album of original material since 2014's Chicago XXXVI: Now
• First full studio album in about three years, following Chicago XXXVII: Chicago Christmas (2019)
• Lead single 'If This Is Goodbye' released May 20, 2022

Background

• The impetus came from Robert Lamm's collaborations with Jim Peterik of the Ides of March and Bruce Gaitsch during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Producer Joe Thomas heard about this work through Peterik and asked Lamm if Chicago would be interested in a recording project
• Lamm said only three members are calling the shots; the rest are contracted players
• Lamm said the process was less free-flowing than he thought it should be, and named this as the biggest change
• Keith Howland, Lou Pardini and Brett Simons were members during recording but left before release
• This is the first album without Lou Pardini since Chicago XXX (2006)

Recording

• Credited lineup: Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow, Walfredo Reyes Jr., Ray Herrmann, Neil Donell, Ramon 'Ray' Yslas
• Loren Gold plays piano on track 13
• Neil Donell sings lead on nine tracks
• Discogs credits Frank Pappalardo as mixer and Joe Thomas as producer and mixer

Cover

• Housed in a Digipak
• 'Made in Germany' printed on the back cover

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.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

• Ultimate Classic Rock's Gary Graff wrote that the album hews to the middle of the road, with plenty of pop melodies and Chicago's trademark brass arrangements
• Graff said the 14-track set marks the real arrival of singer and guitarist Neil Donell
• Graff concluded that the album has cringe-y moments, but still has enough hallmarks to engage any longtime fan for a moment, if not longer
• The single 'If This Is Goodbye' came out in May 2022, about two months before the album
• The album was released on July 15, 2022 through Chicago Records, II, Inc.
• Neil Donell takes lead vocals on nine of the album's tracks
• The album came out after three members who played on it had left the band, so the release-time lineup differed from the recording lineup

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The single 'If This Is Goodbye' came out on May 20, 2022, about two months before the album.
• The title track 'Born for This Moment' runs 4:50 and is credited to Robert Lamm and Jim Peterik.
• The standard track listing has 14 songs.
• Keith Howland, Lou Pardini and Brett Simons were in the band during recording but left before release.
• With Lou Pardini absent, this is the first album since Chicago XXX (2006) without him.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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