For years, if you wanted a comprehensive Chicago hits collection, your choices were slim. 1975's single-disc/eleven-track collection, Greatest Hits (Chicago IX) ..
Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits 1982–1989
Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album, and ninth album overall, by the American band Chicago and was released in 1975 by Columbia Records in both stereo (PC 33900) and SQ quadraphonic (PCQ 33900) versions. Including all of Chicago's biggest hits thus far, this set stretches from their 1969 debut, The Chicago Transit Authority, to 1974's Chicago VII. Chicago VIII and its hits, having only come out just months earlier, were considered too recent to anthologize, while Chicago III's material was overlooked for inclusion because of its lack of truly big hit singles. Chicago IX proved to be an enormous seller. It reached #1 in the US during a chart stay of 72 weeks. Even though 2002's The Very Best of: Only the Beginning superseded it, Chicago IX was also reissued by Rhino Records, Chicago's current distributor. The album did not chart in the UK. "25 or 6 to 4" (Robert Lamm) – 4:51 "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Robert Lamm) – 3:20 CD 2:53 LP/Cassette On the original LP (and cassette) version of IX, most of the intro was cut off. "Colour My World" (James Pankow) – 2:59 "Just You 'N' Me" (James Pankow) – 3:42 "Saturday in the Park" (Robert Lamm) – 3:54 "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (Peter Cetera/James Pankow) – 4:14 "Make Me Smile" (James Pankow) – 2:59 This is the single edit that also includes parts of "Now More Than Ever". "Wishing You Were Here" (Peter Cetera) – 4:34 "Call on Me" (Lee Loughnane) – 4:02 "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" (James Pankow) – 4:29 "Beginnings" (Robert Lamm) – 7:51 CD 6:28 LP/Cassette On the original LP version of IX this song was faded out about 1:20 early. John Berg – design Peter Cetera – bass, guitar, lead & background vocals Laudir DeOliveira – percussion Nick Fasciano – logo James William Guercio – producer Terry Kath – guitars, lead & background vocals Robert Lamm – keyboards, lead & background vocals Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, background vocals Reid Miles – photography James Pankow – trombone, percussion, background vocals Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, percussion, background vocals Daniel Seraphine – drums, percussion Album - Billboard (North America) Year Chart Position 1975 Pop Albums 1 1976 Preceded by Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon Billboard 200 number-one album December 13, 1975 - January 16, 1976 Succeeded by Gratitude by Earth, Wind & Fire
Greatest Hits 1982–1989 is the third greatest hits album, and twentieth album overall, by the American band Chicago, released by Full Moon/Reprise Records on November 21, 1989. Covering the era that stretched from 1982's Chicago 16 to Chicago 19 in 1988, the set is also balanced by the appearances of both Peter Cetera and his replacement Jason Scheff.