Chicago XXX

Chicago XXX
Studio album by Chicago
Released	March 21, 2006
Recorded	Summer 2005
Genre	Rock
Length	52:57
Label	Rhino
Producer	Jay DeMarcus
Chicago chronology
Love Songs (2005)Love Songs2005 Chicago XXX (2006) The Best Of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition (2007)The Best Of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition2007

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Chicago XXX is the twentieth studio album, and thirtieth album overall, by the American band Chicago, released on March 21, 2006. It was Chicago's first album of entirely new material since 1991's Twenty 1.

Background

The album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with horn sessions in Los Angeles, California over the summer of 2005. Production duties were handled by Jay DeMarcus of the country group Rascal Flatts, who came to the project through a friendship with Chicago's bassist-singer Jason Scheff. DeMarcus used several session players for the album.

Chicago XXX peaked at number 41 in the US during a brief chart stay, spawning minor hits "Feel" and "Love Will Come Back." This would be the last studio recording with long-time vocalist/keyboardist Bill Champlin, who had originally been brought in to replace the missing baritone of the band's original guitarist, Terry Kath.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
1.	"Feel" (Hot single mix)	Blair Daly, Danny Orton	Robert Lamm	4:01
2.	"King of Might Have Been"	Greg Barnhill, Dennis Matkosky, Jason Scheff	Jason Scheff	3:52
3.	"Caroline"	Chas Sandford, Scheff	Champlin/Scheff	3:39
4.	"Why Can't We"	Bill Champlin, Jay DeMarcus, Sandford, Scheff	Champlin/Shelly Fairchild	4:07
5.	"Love Will Come Back"	DeMarcus, Sandford, Scheff	Scheff/Rascal Flatts	3:48
6.	"Long Lost Friend"	DeMarcus, Brett James, Scheff	Scheff	4:33
7.	"90 Degrees and Freezing"	DeMarcus, James, Lamm, Scheff	Lamm/Scheff	3:52
8.	"Where Were You"	Champlin, DeMarcus, Scheff	Scheff/Champlin	4:17
9.	"Already Gone"	Champlin, George Hawkins Jr.	Champlin/Scheff	6:51
10.	"Come to Me, Do"	Lamm	Lamm	4:36
11.	"Lovin' Chains"	DeMarcus, Marcus Hummon	Champlin/Scheff	3:56
12.	"Better"	Champlin, Sandford	Champlin	4:41
13.	"Feel" (Horn section mix)	Daly, Orton	Lamm	4:30

Personnel

Chicago

• Robert Lamm: acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, vocals, horn arrangement on "Come to Me, Do"
• Lee Loughnane: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
• James Pankow: trombone, horn arrangements
• Walt Parazaider: saxophones, flutes
• Bill Champlin: Hammond B3 organ, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, vocals, vocal arrangements
• Jason Scheff: bass guitar, vocals, vocal arrangements
• Tris Imboden: drums
• Keith Howland: guitars

Additional musicians

• Steve Brewster: drums on "Caroline", "Why Can't We"
• John Brockman: drums on "King of Might Have Been", "Long Lost Friend"
• Tom Bukovac: acoustic & electric guitars
• Dean DeLeo: guitar on "Better"
• Jay DeMarcus: keyboards, guitars, loops, programming, acoustic piano on "King of Might Have Been", arrangements
• Shelly Fairchild: vocal on "Why Can't We"
• Dann Huff: guitar on "Caroline", "Why Can't We", "Love Will Come Back", "90 Degrees and Freezing", "Already Gone", "Lovin' Chains"
• Bobby Kimball: additional background vocals on "Caroline"
• Jack Kincaid: guitar on "Long Lost Friend"
• James Matchack: keyboards, loops, sequencing, arrangements
• Yankton Mingua: guitar on "Long Lost Friend"
• Rascal Flatts (Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus & Joe Don Rooney): vocals on "Love Will Come Back"
• Lee Thornburg: trumpet
• Joseph Williams: additional background vocals on "King of Might Have Been"

Production

• Produced by Jay DeMarcus
• Production Coordinator: Mike "Frog Griffith
• Recorded by Jeff Balding, Ben Fowler, James Matchack, Sean Neff & Chas Sanford.
• Assistant Engineers: David Frick Jay Goin, Jedd Hackett, Jody Sappington, Aaron Walk & Tony Zeller.
• Tracks #1, 2, 7-13 mixed by Jeff Balding, assisted by Jedd Hackett.
• Tracks #3-6 mixed by James Matchack
• Digital Editing: Jedd Hackett & Sean Neff
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig
• Photography by Jimmy Katz & Hugh Brown, assisted by Andy Strauss.
• Design by Hugh Brown, assisted by Andy Strauss.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2006	Billboard 200	41

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2006	"Feel"	Adult Contemporary	19
2006	"Love Will Come Back"	Adult Contemporary	21