Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits

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Chicago IX:
Chicago's Greatest Hits
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Compilation album by
Chicago
ReleasedNovember 10, 1975
RecordedJanuary 1969 – December 1973
Genre
Length47:18
Label Columbia
Producer James William Guercio
Chicago chronology
Chicago VIII
(1975)		Chicago IX:
Chicago's Greatest Hits
(1975)		 Chicago X
(1976)
Chicago compilation chronology
Chicago IX: Chicago’s Greatest Hits
(1975)		 Greatest Hits, Volume II
(1981)
Professional ratings
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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.

Contents

Including all of Chicago's biggest hits to date, this set stretches from their 1969 debut, Chicago Transit Authority (referred to as Chicago I in the original LP liner notes), 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 due to its lack of top-selling singles.

Chicago IX proved to be an enormous success upon its release. It reached No. 1 in the US (the fifth and final consecutive album to do so) and remained on the Billboard 200 for a total of 72 weeks. [2] It has since been certified quintuple platinum by the RIAA, signifying sales of over five million copies. [3] Chicago IX was reissued by Rhino Records, Chicago's current distributor. The album did not chart in the UK.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "25 or 6 to 4" (Robert Lamm) – 4:51
  2. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Lamm) – 3:20 CD 2:53 LP/Cassette
    • On the original LP (and cassette) version of Chicago IX, the mono promo single version was used. Most of the intro was cut off, and the spoken part over the last verse was also omitted.
  3. "Colour My World" (James Pankow) – 2:59
  4. "Just You 'n' Me" (Pankow) – 3:42
  5. "Saturday in the Park" (Lamm) – 3:54
  6. "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (Peter Cetera/Pankow) – 4:14

Side two

  1. "Make Me Smile" (Pankow) – 2:59
    • This is the single edit that also includes parts of "Now More Than Ever".
  2. "Wishing You Were Here" (Cetera) – 4:34
  3. "Call on Me" (Lee Loughnane) – 4:02
  4. "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" (Pankow) – 4:29
  5. "Beginnings" (Lamm) – 7:51 CD 6:28 LP/Cassette
    • On the original LP version, this song fades out about 1:20 early.

The UK version contains the additions of "Never Been in Love Before" and a shortened 3:27 version of "I'm a Man". The Brazilian version has the addition of "Happy Man" and moves "25 or 6 to 4" to the end of Side 1. "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" and "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" are omitted.

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [11] 3× Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [12] 5× Platinum5,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r3851/review
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955-1985, Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 71.
  3. ↑ "Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits RIAA certification". RIAA. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 62. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  5. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4059a". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Chicago – IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Charts.nz – Chicago – IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Chicago Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2025. 33. hét". MAHASZ . Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5175". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Chicago – Chicago IX Greatest Hits". Music Canada . Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  12. ↑ "American album certifications – Chicago – Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved June 21, 2023.
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