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| Artist: Chicago
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 27801
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 74090
UPC: 081227409029
EAN: 0081227409029
ASIN: B000GH3Q9Y
Release Date: October 3, 2006
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Condition: new and sealed cd.....chicago 16
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| Tracks:
| • | What You're Missing - Chicago, Gruska, Jay | | • | Waiting for You to Decide - Chicago, Foster, David [1] | | • | Bad Advice - Chicago, Cetera, Peter | | • | Chains - Chicago, Thomas, Ian [1] | | • | Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away - Chicago, Cetera, Peter | | • | Follow Me - Chicago, Foster, David [1] | | • | Sonny Think Twice - Chicago, Champlin, Bill | | • | What Can I Say - Chicago, Foster, David [1] | | • | Rescue You - Chicago, Cetera, Peter | | • | Love Me Tomorrow - Chicago, Cetera, Peter |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good Comeback Album November 18, 2008
J. R. Johnson (Orlando, Florida)
Chicago 16 was a much better album that the two previous studio albums by Chicago. Chicago had dumped Donnie Dacus, who entered the band for two albums after Terry Kath, original guitarist/vocalist, had died. Actually, on their album previous to Chicago 16, the band did not officially have a guitarist. Anyway, Bill Champlin was added to the band on Chicago 16. Champlin had the gruff tenor that had not been heard since Kath passed away. Additionally, guitarist Chris Pinnick was officially added to the band. He was a definite upgrade over Dacus. It seemed Chicago was finding its roots. Champlin and Cetera's vocals complimented each other very well. On "Waiting for You to Decide" they share the vocals and this provides a moment reminiscent of the Kath and Cetera combination of the past. "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" is easily the best song on the album and was a number one hit. "What You're Missing" was a decent single that went no where. "Love Me Tomorrow" was a sappy single, but it managed to be a hit. Champlin provided excellent vocals on the song "Follow Me" and it proved to be a nice rocker. However, Champlin has the tendency to write funky soul oriented pieces like "Sonny Think Twice" and "Bad Advice" which were also on this album. Champlin's funky soul tendencies were a departure for Chicago. Terry Kath was a blues rocker. Thus, the band did not rock like the old days. Nevertheless, it was good to hear the band sounding somewhat like it did during it's heydays of the 1970's.
On the other hand, there are a few stinkers on this album. The song "Rescue You" is awful. It sounds like a high school kid wrote it and recorded it in their garage. Also, the pop song "Chains" is quite weak.
Overall, this is a good album. It can't match the greatness of Chicago's early 1970's albums. However, it produced some hits and put Chicago back on the map.
At full volume almost. February 23, 2007
Michael G. Hoelen (Grafenwoehr, Germany)
This is a fairly good album by Chicago. It also introduced their newest member at the time, Bill Champlin. The songs had more of an electric feel to a lot of them. My personal favorite: the soul oriented "Sonny Think Twice". The only thing I didn't like about this release was the sound quality. It's like I have to turn it up on full blast to enjoy it. Other than that, it's a great album. Check it out.
 Chicago's Warner Bros. debut February 6, 2007
andy8047 (Nokomis,Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Reportedly,Chicago put out their final Columbia album in 1980. Their contract with the label was never renewed,but instead they found a new home at Warner Bros. in or around 1982. Lead vocalist-guitarist Peter Cetera put out his solo debut on WB in '81 and stayed there until 1992. This is Chicago's sixteenth overall album of course(this includes the hit compilation released in '75),and it spawned two Top 20 hits:HARD FOR ME TO SAY I'M SORRY and LOVE ME TOMORROW. This '82 WB debut of theirs was a very good one but 1984's CHICAGO 17 was a best-seller. The band first signed with Columbia in 1968 or '69 and their soul-flavored style of rock really rocked!
 What's up with the edits? December 26, 2006
Dennis Wilson (Arizona, USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Edits? Unbelievable! While the sound is much, much better on an A/B compare, that comparison also reveals that they changed two songs as pointed out by other reviewers. I thought I was going to get the exact same songs, in their entirety, as on the original recording, only remastered. I am disappointed that the choice was made to change "What You're Missing" and "Love Me Tomorrow". I'm surprised that they didn't include some lame DRM rootkit scheme or something to further throw salt into the wound.
Chicago's comeback album October 18, 2006
EDGAR S. OLIVARES (New York City, NY USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This album marks Chicago's return to commercial success. It features the huge hits "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" and "Love Me Tomorrow" along with a third single "What You're Missing". In addition to being their first album with Warner Bros. Records, it also marks the debut of Bill Champlin as a member. He sings lead on three tracks: "Waiting For You To Decide", "Follow Me", and "Sonny Think Twice" which he also co-wrote. He also wrote the bonus track "Daddy's Favorite Fool". A few members of the rock band Toto also play on the album.
Interestingly, unlike previous Chicago reissues, this release does not include chart information nor does it include any photos of the band. It's also strange that Rhino substituted the original version of "Love Me Tomorrow" with a slightly edited version that also appeared on the compilation "The Heart Of Chicago Vol. II" which runs eight seconds shorter.
That notwithstanding, this is still a very enjoyable album with nary a weak track. It's no tour de force, but with two hit singles "16" put Chicago back on the map and proved they would still be around for a while.
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