Chicago "XI" (2003) -Pop Rock / Westcoast Rock / Pop Soul-

Label : Warner Strategic Marketing / Rhino Records

 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)
06 - Vote For Me (Robert Lamm)

07 - Takin' It On Uptown (Fred Kagan & Terry Kath)
08 - This Time (Lee Loughnane)
09 - The Inner Struggles Of A Man (Dominic Frontiere)
10 - Prelude (Little One) (Danny Seraphine & David 'Hawk' Wolinski)
11 - Little One (Danny Seraphine & David 'Hawk' Wolinski)

Bonus Selections :

12 - Wish I Could Fly (James Pankow) (Rehearsal)

13 - Paris (Robert Lamm) (Rehearsal)

Chicago

Robert Lamm : Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Steinway on "Little One", Clavinet on "Wish I Could Fly"
Terry Kath : Guitars, Percussion, Vocals, Electric Guitars on "Baby, What A Big Surprise"

Peter Cetera : Bass, Vocals

Danny Seraphine : Drums, Percussion, Flugel Solo for "Prelude (Little One)"

Laudir de Oliveira : Percussion

James Pankow : Trombone, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Steinway on "Till The End Of Time", Keyboards on "Wish I Could Fly", Brass Arrangements for "Mississippi Delta City Blues", "Policeman" (w/Robert Lamm), "Take Me Back To Chicago", (w/Danny Seraphine), "Vote For Me", This Time (w/Lee Loughnane), "Little One"*

Walter Parazaider : Woodwinds, Baritone Sax on "Vote For Me"

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

With :

David 'Hawk' Wolinski : Arp Synthesizer on "Take Me Back To Chicago", Fender Rhodes on "Little One"

James William Guercio : Acoustic Guitars & Bass on "Baby, What A Big Surprise"

Tim Cetera & Carl Wilson : Additional Background vocals on "Baby, What A Big Surprise"

Chaka Khan : Background vocals & Incredible Preach at End of "Take Me Back To Chicago"

Dominic Frontiere : Orchestral Conception & Orchestration for "Take Me Back To Chicago (w/Peter Cetera & James William Guercio), Orchestration for "The Inner Struggles Of A Man", Strng & Orchestral Arrangements for "Little One"

The Voices Of Inspiration (of Compton, CA), Directed by Alexander Hamilton : Choir on "Vote For Me"

Produced by James William Guercio

Engineered by Warne Tarnowski
Assisted by Tom Likes

Recorded & Mixed at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, CO
Strings Recorded by Armin Steiner at Sound Labs, Hollywood, CA

This Reissue :

A&R Project / Supervision : Lee Loughnane, Jeff Magid, David McLees & Gary Peterson

Bonus Selection Mixed by David Donnelly, Jeff Magid at DNA Studio A, Studio City, CA

Remastering : David Donnelly at DNA Mastering, Studio City, CA

01 - Mississippi Delta City Blues

Lead vocal by Terry Kath

02 - Baby, What A Big Surprise

Lead vocal by Peter Cetera

Also Issued as Columbia Single #3-10620 (9/77) ; Pop #4, AC #8

03 - Till The End Of Time

Lead vocal by James Pankow

Also Issued as Columbia Single #3-10683 (1/78)

04 - Policeman

Lead vocal by Robert Lamm

Also Issued as Columbia Single #3-10737 (5/78)

05 - Take Me Back To Chicago

Lead vocal by Robert Lamm

Also Issued as Columbia Single (Edit) #3-10737 (5/78) ; Pop #63, AC #39

06 - Vote For Me

Lead vocal by Robert Lamm

07 - Takin' It On Uptown

Lead vocal by Terry Kath

Also Issued as Columbia Single (Edit) #3-10620 (9/77)

08 - This Time

Lead vocal by Lee Loughnane

09 - The Inner Struggles Of A Man

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10 - Prelude (Little One)

Lead vocal by Terry Kath

11 - Little One

Lead vocal by Terry Kath

Also Issued as Columbia Single (Edit) #3-10683 (1/78); Pop #44, AC #40

12 - Wish I Could Fly

Rehearsal

Previously Unissued (Recorded 4/22/77)

13 - Paris 

Rehearsal

Lead vocal by Robert Lamm

Previously Unissued (Recorded 4/23/77)