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2006 studio album by Chicago
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Chicago XXX is the twentieth studio album, and thirtieth album overall, by the American band Chicago , released on March 21, 2006. It was Chicago's first album of entirely new material since 1991's Twenty 1 .
Background
The album was recorded in Nashville , Tennessee with horn sessions in Los Angeles , California over the summer of 2005. Production duties were handled by Jay DeMarcus of the country group Rascal Flatts , who came to the project through a friendship with Chicago's bassist-singer Jason Scheff . DeMarcus used several session players for the album.
Chicago XXX peaked at number 41 in the US during a brief chart stay, spawning minor hits "Feel" and "Love Will Come Back." This would be the last studio recording with long-time vocalist and keyboardist Bill Champlin, as he departed Chicago in August 2009.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) Lead vocals 1. "Feel" (Hot single mix ) Danny Orton, Blair Daly Robert Lamm 4:01 2. "King of Might Have Been" Greg Barnhill, Jason Scheff , Dennis Matkosky Jason Scheff 3:52 3. "Caroline" Scheff, Chas Sandford Champlin/Scheff 3:39 4. "Why Can't We" Bill Champlin , Jay DeMarcus , Scheff, SandfordChamplin/Shelly Fairchild 4:07 5. "Love Will Come Back" (featuring Rascal Flatts ) Scheff, DeMarcus, Sandford Scheff/Gary LeVox/Jay DeMarcus/Champlin/Joe Don Rooney 3:48 6. "Long Lost Friend" Scheff, DeMarcus, Brett James Scheff 4:33 7. "90 Degrees and Freezing" Lamm, Scheff, DeMarcus, James Lamm/Scheff 3:52 8. "Where Were You" Scheff, Champlin, DeMarcus Scheff/Champlin 4:17 9. "Already Gone" Champlin, George Hawkins Jr. Champlin/Scheff 6:51 10. "Come to Me, Do" Lamm Lamm 4:36 11. "Lovin' Chains" DeMarcus, Marcus Hummon Champlin/Scheff 3:56 12. "Better" Champlin, Sandford Champlin 4:41 13. "Feel" (Horn section mix) Orton, Daly Lamm 4:30
Personnel
Chicago
Robert Lamm – vocals, acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano , Hammond B3 organ , horn arrangements (10)
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn , piccolo trumpet
James Pankow – trombone, horn arrangements (2–9, 11–13)
Walt Parazaider – saxophones, flutes
Bill Champlin – vocals, Hammond B3 organ, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes , BGV arrangements
Jason Scheff – vocals, bass, BGV arrangements
Tris Imboden – drums (1, 5, 7–13)
Keith Howland – guitars
Additional musicians
Jay DeMarcus – keyboards, guitars, loops , programming, acoustic piano (2), arrangements
James Matchack – keyboards, loops, sequencing , arrangements
Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Dann Huff – guitars (3–5, 7, 9, 11)
Jack Kincaid – guitars (6)
Yankton Mingua – guitars (6)
Dean DeLeo – guitars (12)
John Brockman – drums (2, 6)
Steve Brewster – drums (3, 4)
Lee Thornburg – trumpet
Joseph Williams – additional backing vocals (2)
Bobby Kimball – additional backing vocals (3)
Shelly Fairchild – lead vocal (4)
Rascal Flatts (Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney ) – guest vocals (5)
Production
Produced by Jay DeMarcus
Production Coordinator – Mike "Frog" Griffith
Recorded by Jeff Balding, Ben Fowler, James Matchack, Sean Neff and Chas Sanford.
Assistant Engineers – David Frick Jay Goin, Jed Hackett, Jody Sappington, Aaron Walk and Tony Zeller.
Tracks #1, 2 & 7–13 mixed by Jeff Balding, assisted by Jed Hackett.
Tracks #3–6 mixed by James Matchack
Digital Editing – Jed Hackett and Sean Neff
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME).
Photography by Jimmy Katz and Hugh Brown, assisted by Andy Strauss.
Design by Hugh Brown, assisted by Andy Strauss.
Charts
Album - Billboard (United States)
Singles - Billboard (United States)
Year
Single
Chart
Position
2006
"Feel"
Adult Contemporary
19
2006
"Love Will Come Back"
Adult Contemporary
21
References
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