RhinoA newly remixed version of Chicago's classic second album, Chicago II, will be reissued on January 27. The record, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 in 1970, was remixed by British prog-rock musician and acclaimed producer Steven Wilson using the original multi-track tapes.
Chicago II, which originally was released as a two-LP set, caught the band at the height of its creative powers, featuring explorations into jazz-fusion and symphonic rock, along with inspired hard-rock tunes and melodic ballads. The album yielded three of the group's most enduring hits "25 or 6 to 4," "Make Me Smile" and "Colour My World," all of which reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The record's centerpiece was "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon," a seven-part song cycle that included "Make Me Smile" and "Colour My World."
Wilson says he considers Chicago II to be the band's "pre-eminent masterpiece," while noting, "It's got everything: moments of tender beauty to power riffs and scorched-earth jazz-rock, catchy melodies and gorgeous vocal harmonies."
A new two-LP vinyl edition of the album is due out later in 2017.
Here's the full track list of Chicago II:
"Movin' In"
"The Road"
"Poem for the People"
"In the Country"
"Wake Up Sunshine"
"Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon"
--"Make Me Smile"
--"So Much to Say, So Much to Give"
--"Anxiety's Moment"
--"West Virginia Fantasies"
--"Colour My World"
--"To Be Free"
--"Now More Than Ever"
"Fancy Colours"
"25 or 6 to 4"
"Memories of Love"
--"Prelude"
--"A.M. Mourning"
--"P.M. Mourning"
--"Memories of Love"
"It Better End Soon"
--"1st Movement"
--"2nd Movement"
--"3rd Movement"
--"4th Movement"
"Where Do We Go from Here"
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