Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority (1969) [gnodde]

Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority (1969) [gnodde]



Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967. The group began calling itself the Chicago Transit Authority (after the city's mass transit agency) in 1968, then shortened the name in 1969. Self-described as a "rock and roll band with horns", Chicago was much influenced by jazz in its early years, and its songs often also combine elements of classical music, R&B, and pop music.

Chicago Transit Authority is the debut studio album, a double album, a rarity for a band's initial studio release. It was recorded and released in 1969 and became a sleeper hit, reaching number 17 on the Billboard 200 by 1971 and spawning several successful singles, including "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "Questions 67 and 68" and "Beginnings". The album stayed on the Billboard chart for 171 weeks, and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

For this inaugural recording effort the group was nominated for a Grammy Award for 1969 Best New Artist of the Year. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014.

Tracks:
01 - Introduction
02 - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
03 - Beginnings
04 - Questions 67 and 68
05 - Listen
06 - Poem 58
07 - Free Form Guitar
08 - South California Purples
09 - I'm a Man
10 - Prologue, August 29, 1968
11 - Someday (August 29 1968)
12 - Liberation

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