this band’s unstoppable 20 year run of success morbidly fascinates me... first three albums all doubles of eclectic pop/jazz/r&b/latin styles. followed by a goddam quadruple live album recorded at Carnegie Hall... followed by a steady move to straight MOR (slight return to more “ambitious” extended jazzy stuff with 1974’s VII)..and a absolute blockbuster in 1976. 2 years later, key member accidentally kills himself pointing thought-to-be-unloaded gun at his head at party. Band continues on and slumps chartwise for a couple albums but keeps on rolling with 80s MOR tide and comes back to rule the adult contemporary charts for 2/3rds of the decade? So many albums. I don’t really like their music, kinda hate James Pankow’s arrangements/horn sound on the earlier stuff + cant really stand Peter cetera’s “thing”.. idk any thoughts on Chicago?
― brimstead, Thursday, 10 September 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link