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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Label | Alligator Records | |||
| Producer | Son Seals, Bruce Iglauer [1] | |||
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Chicago Fire is a studio album by the blues musician Son Seals, released by Alligator Records in 1980. [2] [3]
| Chicago Fire | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Label | Alligator Records | |||
| Producer | Son Seals, Bruce Iglauer [1] | |||
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Chicago Fire is a studio album by the blues musician Son Seals, released by Alligator Records in 1980. [2] [3]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide | [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [6] |
AllMusic wrote that Seals is "in an experimental mood, utilizing chord progressions that occasionally don't quite fit together seamlessly (but give him an A for trying to expand the idiom's boundaries)." [4]
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