Four singles were released from the album, all of which placed in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[5] The success of the singles propelled Chicago 17 to achieve an RIAA certification of six times platinum.[6]Chicago 17 remains the biggest-selling album in the band's history.
In 2006, Rhino Entertainment remastered and reissued the album, using the original analog versions of "Please Hold On" (which was co-written with Lionel Richie who was enjoying success from his album Can't Slow Down) and "Prima Donna" and adding a Robert Lamm demo, "Here Is Where We Begin" as a bonus track.
In keeping with the majority of their albums up to that time (1984), the traditional "Chicago" logo, designed by John Berg and Nick Fasciano,[13][14] is the main feature of the album cover. It does not feature any photos of the group. In a 2020 article for Muse by Clio, it was listed among "Nine Great Album Covers, Chosen by Gregory Sylvester." Sylvester describes the cover as, " ... an illusion of a package within a package ... brown kraft paper, twine and a faux red stamp."[15] The album cover looks like a package wrapped in brown paper tied with twine and (on the back) secured with tape. On the front, the "Chicago" logo appears to be in bas-relief (it is not), covered by the wrapping paper. The number "17," in Arabic numerals rather than the Roman numerals used by the group formerly, appears to be stamped on the wrapping paper below the logo. In the upper left-hand quadrant of the cover back, a pink "receipt form" is depicted (designated as a "TOPS FORM 3014" in small print at the bottom of the "receipt"), tucked underneath the "twine," with the "Chicago" logo stamped on it near the top in purple ink and, below the logo, a "DESCRIPTION OF PACKAGE" lists the tracks on side one and side two. The bottom of the "receipt form" shows production and engineering credits and the Warner Bros. logo "stamped" on the slip. On the inner dust sleeve, a large group photo of the band appears on one side: (back row, left to right) Lee Loughnane, Bill Champlin, James Pankow, Walt Parazaider, Robert Lamm, (front row, left to right) Danny Seraphine, Peter Cetera. The reverse side of the dust sleeve gives track listings, song lyrics, and song and album credits, including credits for artwork and packaging: Art Direction/Design, Simon Levy; Album Cover Art, Larry Vigon; Photography, Harry Langdon, James Goble.[2]
Some songs were recorded during the Chicago 17 sessions but not released. "Good for Nothing" was later released on the We Are the World superstar charity album in 1985.[17][18] This is the last released Chicago song to feature Peter Cetera on vocals.
A song called "Sweet Marie" recorded during sessions for the Chicago 17 album has been performed by the Norwegian band TOBB. Bill Champlin offered this song to the band. It was released on May 14, 2014 by TOBB, the 30th anniversary of the Chicago 17 albums release.[19] It was performed by Chicago on rare occasions in 1984,[19] and has surfaced online from VHS recordings of some of their performances.
A subsequent international release in 2010 (included in the Studio Albums 1979 - 2008 boxed set from 2015) has the original album restored, with additional bonus tracks of alternate versions of "Only You", "You're the Inspiration", and "Prima Donna" as well as "Here Is Where We Begin". A demo version of "Hard Habit to Break" exists with Robert Lamm on vocals, as briefly heard during the documentary “Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago.”
Personnel
All information in this section from except as noted.[20]
Chicago
Peter Cetera – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar on "Stay the Night"; arrangements on "Stay the Night", "Along Comes a Woman", "You're the Inspiration", and "Prima Donna"; vocal arrangements on "Remember the Feeling"
Bill Champlin – keyboards, guitars, lead and backing vocals, vocal arrangements on "Only You"
Robert Lamm – keyboards, lead and backing vocals, arrangements on "We Can Stop the Hurtin'", vocal arrangements on "Only You"
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Chicago 17 is the fourteenth studio album by American band Chicago released on May 14 1984 It was the group s second release for Full Moon Warner Bros Records their second album to be produced by David Foster 4 and their last with founding bassist vocalist Peter Cetera Chicago 17Studio album by ChicagoReleasedMay 14 1984 1984 05 14 1 RecordedMid 1983 early 1984StudioVancouver British ColumbiaLos Angeles CaliforniaGenreSoft rock pop rockLength41 53LabelFull Moon Warner Bros 2 ProducerDavid Foster 2 Chicago chronologyIf You Leave Me Now 1983 Chicago 17 1984 Take Me Back to Chicago 1985 Singles from Chicago 17 Stay the Night Released April 2 1984 1 Hard Habit to Break Released July 2 1984 1 You re the Inspiration Released October 29 1984 1 Along Comes a Woman Released February 4 1985 1 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 3 Four singles were released from the album all of which placed in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 5 The success of the singles propelled Chicago 17 to achieve an RIAA certification of six times platinum 6 Chicago 17 remains the biggest selling album in the band s history In 1985 the album received three Grammy Awards David Foster won for Producer of the Year Non Classical tied in this category with Lionel Richie and James Anthony Carmichael 7 8 Humberto Gatica won for Best Engineered Recording Non Classical 9 and David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock won for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal s 9 for Hard Habit to Break which was also nominated for Record of the Year Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals and Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices 10 In his review of the album for AllMusic music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine says Chicago 17 is the pinnacle of producer David Foster s craft and one of the best adult contemporary records of the 80s and one of the most influential albums within its style 11 Writing for Billboard Bobby Olivier said the album is one of the greatest pure power ballad albums of all time or at least from 1984 and Hard Habit to Break is one of the finest entries 12 In 2006 Rhino Entertainment remastered and reissued the album using the original analog versions of Please Hold On which was co written with Lionel Richie who was enjoying success from his album Can t Slow Down and Prima Donna and adding a Robert Lamm demo Here Is Where We Begin as a bonus track Contents 1 Artwork packaging 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Certifications 6 ReferencesArtwork packaging EditIn keeping with the majority of their albums up to that time 1984 the traditional Chicago logo designed by John Berg and Nick Fasciano 13 14 is the main feature of the album cover It does not feature any photos of the group In a 2020 article for Muse by Clio it was listed among Nine Great Album Covers Chosen by Gregory Sylvester Sylvester describes the cover as an illusion of a package within a package brown kraft paper twine and a faux red stamp 15 The album cover looks like a package wrapped in brown paper tied with twine and on the back secured with tape On the front the Chicago logo appears to be in bas relief it is not covered by the wrapping paper The number 17 in Arabic numerals rather than the Roman numerals used by the group formerly appears to be stamped on the wrapping paper below the logo In the upper left hand quadrant of the cover back a pink receipt form is depicted designated as a TOPS FORM 3014 in small print at the bottom of the receipt tucked underneath the twine with the Chicago logo stamped on it near the top in purple ink and below the logo a DESCRIPTION OF PACKAGE lists the tracks on side one and side two The bottom of the receipt form shows production and engineering credits and the Warner Bros logo stamped on the slip On the inner dust sleeve a large group photo of the band appears on one side back row left to right Lee Loughnane Bill Champlin James Pankow Walt Parazaider Robert Lamm front row left to right Danny Seraphine Peter Cetera The reverse side of the dust sleeve gives track listings song lyrics and song and album credits including credits for artwork and packaging Art Direction Design Simon Levy Album Cover Art Larry Vigon Photography Harry Langdon James Goble 2 Track listing EditSide oneNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength1 Stay the Night Peter Cetera David FosterPeter Cetera3 482 We Can Stop the Hurtin Bill Champlin Robert Lamm Deborah NealRobert Lamm4 113 Hard Habit to Break Steve Kipner John Lewis ParkerCetera with Bill Champlin4 434 Only You Foster James PankowLamm with Champlin3 535 Remember the Feeling Cetera ChamplinCetera4 28 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength6 Along Comes a Woman Cetera Mark GoldenbergCetera4 147 You re the Inspiration Cetera FosterCetera3 498 Please Hold On Champlin Foster Lionel RichieChamplin3 379 Prima Donna Cetera GoldenbergCetera4 0910 Once in a Lifetime PankowChamplin with Cetera4 12Total length 41 53 Bonus tracks on Rhino reissueNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength11 Here Is Where We Begin featuring David Pack LammLamm with David Pack3 53 UnreleasedNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength11 Sweet Marie Cetera Foster 16 Champlin Some songs were recorded during the Chicago 17 sessions but not released Good for Nothing was later released on the We Are the World superstar charity album in 1985 17 18 This is the last released Chicago song to feature Peter Cetera on vocals A song called Sweet Marie recorded during sessions for the Chicago 17 album has been performed by the Norwegian band TOBB Bill Champlin offered this song to the band It was released on May 14 2014 by TOBB the 30th anniversary of the Chicago 17 albums release 19 It was performed by Chicago on rare occasions in 1984 19 and has surfaced online from VHS recordings of some of their performances A subsequent international release in 2010 included in the Studio Albums 1979 2008 boxed set from 2015 has the original album restored with additional bonus tracks of alternate versions of Only You You re the Inspiration and Prima Donna as well as Here Is Where We Begin A demo version of Hard Habit to Break exists with Robert Lamm on vocals as briefly heard during the documentary Now More Than Ever The History of Chicago Personnel EditAll information in this section from except as noted 20 Chicago Peter Cetera lead and backing vocals bass guitar on Stay the Night arrangements on Stay the Night Along Comes a Woman You re the Inspiration and Prima Donna vocal arrangements on Remember the Feeling Bill Champlin keyboards guitars lead and backing vocals vocal arrangements on Only You Robert Lamm keyboards lead and backing vocals arrangements on We Can Stop the Hurtin vocal arrangements on Only You Lee Loughnane trumpet James Pankow trombone horn arrangements arrangements on Once In a Lifetime Walter Parazaider woodwinds Chris Pinnick guitars Danny Seraphine drumsAdditional personnel David Foster keyboards synthesizer programming synth basses on all tracks except Stay the Night additional arrangements Erich Bulling synthesizer programming Marcus Ryle synthesizer programming John Van Tongeren synthesizer programming Mark Goldenberg guitars additional arrangements on Along Comes a Woman and Prima Donna Paul Jackson Jr guitars Michael Landau guitars Jeff Porcaro drums uncredited on Stay the Night 21 206 John Robinson drums uncredited on Please Hold On Carlos Vega drums uncredited on You re the Inspiration 21 208 Paulinho da Costa percussion Greg Adams trumpet Gary Grant trumpet Jeremy Lubbock string arrangements on Hard Habit to Break Remember the Feeling You re the Inspiration and Once In a Lifetime Jules Chakin string contractor Gerald Vinci concertmaster Kenny Cetera backing vocals on Stay the Night Prima Donna You re the Inspiration and Along Comes a Woman 22 Donny Osmond backing vocals on We Can Stop the Hurtin Richard Marx backing vocals on We Can Stop the Hurtin David Pack duet vocals on Here Is Where We Begin citation needed Production David Foster producer Humberto Gatica engineer mixing Terry Christian assistant engineer Eddie Delena assistant engineer Laura Livingston assistant engineer Larry Fergusson mix assistant additional overdubs Paul Lani additional overdubs Simon Levy art direction design Larry Vigon album cover art James Goble photography Harry Langdon photography Recorded at The Lighthouse North Hollywood CA Sunset Sound Hollywood CA Record Plant Los Angeles CA Mixed at Lion Share Recording Studio Los Angeles CA Production for 2006 reissue Jeff Magid project supervision mixing bonus selections David Donnelly mixing bonus selections remastering Cory Frye editorial supervision Greg Allen art direction design Karen LeBlanc project assistance Steve Woolard project assistance Mixed at DNA Studio Studio City California Mastered at DNA Mastering Studio City California Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Weekly chart performance for Chicago 17 Chart 1984 85 PeakpositionAustralian Albums Kent Music Report 23 65Canadian Albums RPM 24 4Dutch Albums Album Top 100 25 20French Albums IFOP 26 23German Albums Offizielle Top 100 27 12New Zealand Albums RMNZ 28 25Norwegian Albums VG lista 29 14Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 30 1Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 31 6UK Albums OCC 32 24US Billboard 200 33 4 Year end charts Edit Year end chart performance for Chicago 17 Chart PositionCanada Top Albums CDs RPM 34 15French Albums IFOP 26 33German Albums Offizielle Top 100 35 61Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 36 20US Billboard 200 1984 37 62US Billboard 200 1985 38 21Certifications EditCertifications and sales for Chicago 17 Region Certification Certified units salesSwitzerland IFPI Switzerland 39 Gold 25 000 United Kingdom BPI 40 Gold 100 000 United States RIAA 41 6 Platinum 6 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone References Edit a b c d e The Very Best of Chicago Only the Beginning CD liner Chicago Rhino 2002 p 11 R2 76170 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title 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