Chicago (studio album)
by Chicago
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Chicago bestography
Chicago is ranked as the best album by Chicago.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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75/100  | 10/22/2025 14:28 | classicjoe | | 76/100 |
70/100 | 09/23/2025 02:31 |  AAL2014 | | 75/100 |
55/100 | 09/19/2025 11:59 |  Norman Bates | | 75/100 |
70/100 | 07/19/2025 12:33 | machiaj | | 71/100 |
75/100 | 07/09/2025 07:24 |  Liedzeit | | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1971 Grammy Awards
Good album, though like Chicago's debut, it probably did not need to be a double album, which just makes it a hassle to listen to sometimes. That said, there's a lot of very strong material here for an excellent single album—Fancy Colours, Poem for the People, It Better End Soon, the always excellent 25 or 6 to 4, and the underrated prog-jazz epic Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon (which includes the singles Make Me Smile and Colour My World). Cut the fluff and I think you've got a superb record here.
Jazz, Rock, Classical, and Soul all rolled into one. Featuring a guitarist once referred to as Jimi Hendrix as "Better than me," Chicago II is a hidden gem that everyone should give a listen. The best part is definitely the middle.
More soul and less rock than on the first one, but it's still another superb album from when Chicago were clearly on a roll. Another double album too. Underrated.
Like the bands Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra, listening to Chicago records was been one of the better way to love jazz music for the 80's young people.
nitomano 12/27/2016 06:03
Highlights: Make Me Smile, Colour My World, 25 Or 6 To 4, Movin' In
RoundTheBend 04/09/2016 17:04
Quite the body of musical work. It's just not my thing. Jazz, Rock, Classical mixed together, and that's quite cool... I just quickly lost interest.
Joeingram 09/01/2015 22:44
Heavily underrated and I strongly encourage anyone to listen to this.
poppmusic 01/14/2015 18:03
Some listeners today might be repulsed by the easy-going sound. Really, what they're hearing is that easy-going sunny seventies feel that's been all but lost today. Terry Kath's soulful vocals shine in "Make Me Smile", "In the Country", and "It Better End Soon", while his guitar blazes "25 or 6 to 4"
Most of the album was kind of boring, but not necessarily bad. It caught my attention near the end with "It Better End Soon". The song's title is exactly what I was thinking before heard that song. Anyways, nothing special, but enjoyable at times.
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