Chicago IX: Greatest Hits | 
 enlarge | Artist: Chicago
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 5041
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 73229
UPC: 081227322922
EAN: 0081227322922
ASIN: B000AYEI90
Release Date: October 4, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | 25 or 6 To 4 | | • | Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? | | • | Colour My World | | • | Just You 'N' Me | | • | Saturday In the Park | | • | Feelin' Stronger Every Day | | • | Make Me Smile | | • | Wishing You Were Here | | • | Call on Me | | • | (I've Been) Searchin' So Long | | • | Beginnings |
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Album Description
Chicago IX: Greatest Hits '69 - '74 was the band's first greatest hits collection. Originally released 30 years ago in November of 1975, it spent five weeks atop the Billboard album chart and has been certified four times platinum! Still to date, it is the biggest selling album of their career. Chicago IX features signature favorites the band still performs on tour today, such as "25 or 6 to 4", "Beginnings," "Saturday in the Park," "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is," and "Call On Me." It was the first Chicago album to feature pictures of the band on the cover, incorporated into their trademark logo. Chicago IX: Greatest Hits '69-74 completes Rhino's reissues of the band's signature early recordings.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good CD April 10, 2008
B. Henry (Arlington, TX)
Lots of great songs on this CD, but I'd recommend a more recent "greatest hits" release from Chicago if you don't already have this one.
9 IS FINE. NO QUESTIONS ASKED December 27, 2007
JON STRICKLAND (Smithfield, NC United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In Chicago IX: Greatest Hits, the 11 tracks are assembled and arranged perfectly. Almost all of the landmark radio tunes from 1969 to 1975 are present. You have the early hits Make Me Smile, 25 or 6 to 4, as well as the 1970s Adult Contemporary standard, Saturday in the Park. In this package are the early contributions of Peter Cetera, Robert Lamm, and the late, great Terry Kath, all of whom had distinct vocals and personalities.
I will give Chicago IX: Greatest Hits 5 stars, for like The Eagles' Greatest Hits, all songs are a great joy to listen to. If you are able to recall where you were in the 1970s, then listening to the music will cause you to relive certain, fond moments. Knowing that there have been essential collections and anniversary boxed sets of Chicago released since, I would suggest that if Chicago IX is re-released that it should be in distinct fashion as a deluxe set with either a 5.1-mix disc included, as was the case with The Beatles' Love, or a disc containing essential live performances by Chicago, as MCA Records has intermittently done with its artists.
All in all, I will sum it up for Chicago IX, as I did earlier for the soundtrack from the movie, Invincible. If you love the 1970s but hate the disco from that period, this is an ideal collection for you.
Still One of the Best Greatest Hits Collections by Any Artist December 2, 2007
Rik22 (New York)
While Rhino's re-issue of this classic greatest hits collection by pop superband Chicago may be "unnecessary" in light of so many other great Chicago collections out there, this one is an all-time classic and deserves the re-mastering and re-issuing treatment it has received. The songs here are all of Chicago's top ten hits from 1969 through 1974. That's all, just eleven songs. But these are no ordinary eleven songs. These are some of the greatest pop tunes of the rock era and most enduring tracks ever heard on radio. Chicago changed the face of pop rock radio with these gems, and while the band continued to make great music and release many more catchy, musical hit singles, "it" never got better than this.
Chicago IX Greatest Hits was in everyone's LP collection in the 70's as it was a huge seller when released in 1975. And, this classic still deserves to be in every music lover's CD collection as it is one of the best greatest hits collections by any artist. Period.
 Does Anybody really Know What Time It Is? November 29, 2007
John P. Morgan (Beautiful San Dimas, CA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was born in 1965...do the math, yourself...when I was in the middle of my teen years, a lot of my "peers" were getting into New Wave music. Fortunately for me, my siblings as well as my cousins were older than me and greatly influenced my taste in music.
This is not to say that I didn't like some of the music that was coming out. The Pretenders, the Police, English Beat and so on were putting out some fine music, but for the most part I leaned towards music that was older and, how shall I say it without sounding too elitist, of a 'Higher Caliber'....mmmmm...that sounds rather snobbish and quite boorish, I might add...how about I really like the stuff that came out of the 60s and 70s.
I leaned to that stuff like a plant leans towards the Light, because to a teen me, music was the Light. Music was a "saving grace" in my life. Not to sound overly dramatic, but it really kept me stable when I lived on a major "faultline".
My oldest sister really didn't have much influence over me in terms of pop culture. She was one of the "popular kids" and shook her pom poms and smiled her Colgate Smile every chance she could while her baby bother...I mean 'brother'...boy, that was Freudian..., me, was sittin' with the "stoners" in the smoking area with his hair over his eyes wearing a Black Sabbath T-shirt. But she did, begrudgingly, lend me this particular album one Sunday afternoon and I have yet to give it back.
I fell in love with this group's sound because it was completely different.It was jazzy and artsy. Some of my friends' might of considered it too light and fluffy but an agnst ridden teenager doesn't live on dread alone, sometimes...many times...I needed temporary reprieves from the darkness and this album helped.
My favorite song on the whole album is the FM classic, 'Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?' That really hit my mind like a rocket. Not only musically, but philosophically. We really don't know what time it is. Time is made up. An illusion we have all bought into and so when we say that something, like this particular album is 'timeless', it really is. You can say it's 70s rock, you can say it's classic, but the overall feel is that it is timeless because I find that even now it gives me feelings of hope and hope in and of itself keeps us going even when we don't have any rational reason why we should. The only reason why I'm even giving this album four stars instead of five is because the money grubbing producers of this recording did not put the full, incredible version of this song on the album.
C'mon guys, nobody knows what time it is, anyway, so what's an extra ten seconds?
A few reviews were undecided if whether or not a "needed" part of one's record collection. Maybe. Maybe not. For me it is an essential part of my collection and every time my sister comes over for a visit, I find myself hiding it so she doesn't take it back.
My 'inner-teenager' can be very fearful.
If you are a "youngin" and want to hear some "really old" music that your parents listened to...geesh...you might want to consider this album. It made riding out the 'New Wave' era much more tolerable until the 90s when Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Alice In Chains resurrected great music.
Peace & Blessings, everyone!
john, "the Light Coach"
Chicago For Beginners September 3, 2007
Michael Kerner (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
When it comes to music these days, there are a lot of classic acts that are celebrating great anniversaries. The Police recently celebrated a 30th anniversary, along with a well-dedicated reunion tour, as well as Genesis, which reunited with Phil Collins for a 40th anniversary reunion and tour. Aside from Genesis, Chicago also celebrated a 40th anniversary. Even with all the changes the group has gone through, the group has still remained relevant and true to the definitive sound that remains classic as before. But, there are a lot of people who haven't heard their classic style before, and this makes a nice starter record to new Chicago fans.
The 2005 re-release of Chicago IX: Greatest Hits, is a reflection of the groups late 60's and early 70's run as one of the most successful American bands of all time. The harmonies that Peter Cetera, Robert Lamn and company have brought are well and brightly displayed in this classic album. The songs here have all been remastered nicely and include a lot of guilty pleasure songs including Saturday In The Park, the somber and solful Colour My World, and 25 or 6 to 4. The feeling of the group is lively and feels great to listen too, especially with a lot of people being more interested in acts like Justin Timberlake and 50 Cent, or those acts from American Idol. It just takes you back to an era where music came from the heart, and not how you had to look on the outside.
All in all, Chicago IX: Greatest Hits is more like a reintroducton these days to what great music feels like. While die hard fans are awaiting for the 2007 40th anniversary hits collection this October, this album does well at tiding over newcomers who have yet to feel the beginnings of a great Rock N' Brass band.
Album Cover: B
Songs: B-
Price: C+
Remastering: B+
Overall: B-
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