Chicago V

Not to be confused with Chicado V.

Chicago V
Studio album by Chicago
Released	July 10, 1972 (1972-07-10)
Recorded	September 20, 1971 (1971-09-20)–September 29, 1971 (1971-09-29), Columbia Recording Studios, New York
Genre	Rock
Length	45:16
Label	Columbia
Producer	James William Guercio
Chicago chronology
Chicago at Carnegie Hall (1971) Chicago V (1972) Chicago VI (1973)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)[2]

Chicago V is the fourth studio album (fifth overall) by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1972. It is notable for being the group's first single full-length release, after having released three consecutive double albums and a box set of live material.

Following the release of Chicago III in 1971, which almost left Chicago creatively spent, the band decided to curb their penchant for double albums and work on more concise numbers (in contrast to the suites that had typified their previous work) in order to fit all of their new material onto a single album. Chicago V is also notable for Robert Lamm's prolific songwriting; eight out of its ten tunes are composed solely by him.

Recorded just before Chicago at Carnegie Hall was released in the fall of 1971, Chicago V was cut in just over a week and held over for release until the following summer. Preceded by "Saturday In The Park", which reached #3 - the band's biggest hit thus far, the critically acclaimed Chicago V became the biggest hit album of 1972, not only becoming Chicago's first #1 album but spending nine weeks in the pole position in the US. In the UK, the release managed to reach #24. Follow-up single, "Dialogue (Part I & II)" (#24) also became a Top 30 hit.

In 2002, Chicago V was remastered and reissued by Rhino Records with three bonus tracks: a rehearsal of Lamm's "A Song For Richard And His Friends", which was debuted at Carnegie Hall, an early rehearsal of Kath's "Mississippi Delta City Blues" (which would later be re-recorded and released on Chicago XI), and a single-edit of "Dialogue".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Hit by Varèse"	Lamm	4:56
2.	"All Is Well"	Lamm	3:52
3.	"Now That You've Gone"	Pankow	5:01
4.	"Dialogue (Part I)"	Lamm	2:57
5.	"Dialogue (Part II)"	Lamm	4:13
6.	"While the City Sleeps"	Lamm	3:53
7.	"Saturday in the Park"	Lamm	3:56
8.	"State of the Union"	Lamm	6:12
9.	"Goodbye"	Lamm	6:02
10.	"Alma Mater"	Kath	3:56

Personnel

• Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
• Terry Kath – guitar, vocals
• Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
• Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, vocals
• James Pankow – trombone, percussion
• Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, percussion
• Danny Seraphine – drums, congas, antique bells

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Billboard Black Albums	33
1972	Billboard Pop Albums	1
1972	Billboard Jazz Albums	1

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1972	"Dialogue (Parts I & II)"	Billboard Pop Singles	24
1972	"Saturday in the Park"	Billboard Pop Singles	3

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Gold	July 31, 1972
RIAA – USA	Platinum	November 21, 1986
RIAA – USA	Double Platinum	November 21, 1986

References

1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r3847
2. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/chicago/albums/album/106041/review/5940585/chicago_v

Preceded by Honky Château by Elton John

Billboard 200 number-one album August 19 - October 20, 1972

Succeeded by Super Fly (soundtrack) by Curtis Mayfield