Chicago "XI" (1977) -Pop Rock / Westcoast Rock / Pop Soul-

  

 Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side One

01 - Mississippi Delta City Blues (Terry Kath)
02 - Baby, What A Big Surprise (Peter Cetera)
03 - Till The End Of Time (James Pankow)
04 - Policeman (Robert Lamm)
05 - Take Me Back To Chicago (Danny Seraphine & David 'Hawk' Wolinski)

Side Two

01 - Vote For Me (Robert Lamm)
02 - Takin' It On Uptown (Fred Kagan & Terry Kath)
03 - This Time (Lee Loughnane)
04 - The Inner Struggles Of A Man (Dominic Frontiere)
05 - Prelude (Little One) (Danny Seraphine & David 'Hawk' Wolinski)
06 - Little One (Danny Seraphine & David 'Hawk' Wolinski)


Robert Lamm : Keyboards, Vocals & Percussion
Terry Kath : Guitars, Vocals & Percussion

James Pankow : Trombone, Vocals, Keyboards & Percussion
Peter Cetera : Bass & Vocals

Lee Loughnane : Trumpet & Vocals

Walter Parazaider : Woodwinds
Danny Seraphine : Drums & Percussion

Laudir de Oliveira : Percussion

Most of the Brass Arrangements on this Album were written by James Pankow with important compositional contributions by all of the guys

Produced by James William Guercio

Recorded & Mixed at Caribou Ranch
Engineered by Warne Tarnowski
Assistant Engineer : Tom Likes
Mastering Engineer : Mike Reese

Side One

01 - Mississippi Delta City Blues

Terry Kath : Lead vocal

Brass Arrangements by James Pankow

02 - Baby, What A Big Surprise

James William Guercio : Acoustic Guitars & Bass

Terry Kath : Electric Guitars

Thank You Tim Cetera & Carl Wilson for helping out with Background vocals

Orchestral Concepcion & Orchestration : Peter Cetera, Dominik Frontiere & James William Guercio

03 - Till The End Of Time

James Pankow : Lead vocal & Steinway

04 - Policeman

Robert Lamm : Lead vocal

Brass Arrangements by James Pankow & Robert Lamm

05 - Take Me Back To Chicago

Robert Lamm : Lead vocal

Background vocals & incredible preach at end : Chaka Khan

David 'Hawk' Wolinski : Arps

Brass Arrangements by James Pankow with a little help from Danny Seraphine

Special thanks to David 'Hawk' Wolinski for his great contributions to this song

Side Two

01 - Vote For Me

Robert Lamm : Lead vocal

Walter Parazaider : Baritone Sax

Brass Arrangements by James Pankow 

Special thanks to the Voice of Inspiration of Compton, California Directed by Alexander Hamilton

02 - Takin' It On Uptown

Terry Kath : Lead vocal

03 - This Time

Lee Loughnane : Lead vocal

Brass Arrangements by James Pankow with contributions from Lee Loughnane

04 - The Inner Struggles Of A Man

Orchestration : Dominic Frontiere

05 - Prelude (Little One)

Terry Kath : Lead vocal

Robert Lamm : Steinway

David 'Hawk' Wolinski : Fender Rhodes

Brass Arrangements by James Pankow

String & Orchestral Arrangement by Dominic Frontiere

06 - Little One

Terry Kath : Lead vocal