Chicago Transit Authority
by: Chicago
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EAN: 0081227617127
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: Rhino / Wea
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Rhino / Wea
Release Date: July 16, 2002
Sales Rank: 1290
Studio: Rhino / Wea
Disc 1:
- Introduction
- Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
- Beginnings
- Questions 67 And 68
- Listen
- Poem 58
- Free Form Guitar
- South California Purples
- I'm A Man
- Prologue, August 29, 1968
- Someday (August 29, 1968)
- Liberation
Editorial Review:
Album Description:
Remastered and repackaged edition of their 1969 album. Features 'Beginnings', 'Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is', 'Questions 67 And 68', 'I'm A Man', 'South California Purples' and more. Digipak in a slipcase with a 16-page booklet featuring complete lyrics and detailed liner notes by Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild. 2002.
Amazon.com:
Having morphed--some would argue devolved--into a predictable ballad machine by the '80s, it's good to be reminded of Chicago's original artistic ethos and vibrant promise. And what better place to start than their spectacular 1969 debut? This digitally remastered edition compiles the double album on a single disc that retains the original LP artwork and features a 16-page booklet with a retrospective essay (based on new band member interviews) by David Wild. Chicago weren't yet the '70s hit-singles factory they would shortly become, and CTA showcases a band whose muscular musicianship and creative restlessness fostered two LPs worth of music that was as aggressive and far-ranging as its singles were friendly and inviting. Tellingly, the hits showcased here--'Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?' 'Beginnings,' 'Questions 67 and 68,' and their rhythmically pumped cover of the Spencer Davis Group's 'I'm a Man'--were often edited down from the original collection's suite-heavy structure. But those familiar cuts belie the downright progressive and angular nature of much of the rest, which fuses Terry Kath's neo-psychedelic guitar (which careens to noisy, feedback-laden Hendrixesque extremes on 'Free Form Guitar') to one of rock's pioneering horn sections with enough experimentalism ('Poem 58') that it frequently overwhelms their undeniable genius with a pop song. Chicago would seldom sound so adventurous after this, one of rock's greatest debut albums. --Jerry McCulley
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- Rock Music at its Peak?Listen to this and you will understand how powerfully creative rock music was in its true heyday. ... Read More
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- Chicago shown to the nationI don't know if Chicago has a transit authority or if the band that became Chicago borrowed that name ... Read More
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- The Spirit of the Times Captured on TapeFirst albums can be tricky and they usually come in one of two forms: fully-formed or the first step to ... Read More
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- all but one !!!!!this album is phenominal - except for one song if you want to call it that. i don't care if it was 1969 ... Read More
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- A wild debut by Chicago This is a high energy debut by Chicago (1969) that features a nice blending of "big band" type arrangements, ... Read More
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