The Box (Chicago album)
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The Box is a five-CD/one DVD career-spanning box set by the popular American group Chicago, compiled and released by Rhino Records in 2003. The set was authorized by the band, who helped choose material from their entire back catalogue.
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| Released | July 22, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | January 1969–1998 | |||
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| Length | 392:55 | |||
| Label | Rhino Records | |||
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The box includes material from every studio album released by the band since its 1969 debut, Chicago Transit Authority, to its late 1990s recordings, along with a few rarities, notably three songs from the then-unreleased 1993 Stone of Sisyphus project. Every charting single from 1969 to 2003 is included, with the exception of the 1986 remake of the band's earlier hit, "25 or 6 to 4."
An additional DVD features rare live recordings from 1972 and promotional material for 1979's Chicago 13. The set also includes a booklet of additional material featuring track-by-track analysis, promotional photos, essays and variations on the familiar Chicago logo.
The set did not chart in the US or the UK.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Harry Truman" | Lamm | Chicago VIII, 1975 | 3:01 |
| 2. | "Old Days" | Pankow | Chicago VIII | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Brand New Love Affair, Part I & II" | Pankow | Chicago VIII | 4:27 |
| 4. | "Never Been in Love Before" | Lamm | Chicago VIII | 4:10 |
| 5. | "You Are on My Mind" (Single version) | Pankow | Chicago X, 1976 | 3:12 |
| 6. | "Mama Mama" | Cetera | Chicago X | 3:30 |
| 7. | "Hope for Love" | Kath | Chicago X | 3:03 |
| 8. | "Another Rainy Day in New York City" | Lamm | Chicago X | 3:01 |
| 9. | "Gently I'll Wake You" | Lamm | Chicago X | 3:33 |
| 10. | "If You Leave Me Now" | Cetera | Chicago X | 3:56 |
| 11. | "Mississippi Delta City Blues" | Kath | Chicago XI, 1977 | 4:39 |
| 12. | "Baby, What a Big Surprise" | Cetera | Chicago XI | 3:04 |
| 13. | "Take Me Back to Chicago" | Seraphine/David Wolinski | Chicago XI | 5:17 |
| 14. | "Prelude (Little One)/Little One" | Seraphine/Wolinski | Chicago XI | 6:34 |
| 15. | "Gone Long Gone" | Cetera | Hot Streets, 1978 | 4:00 |
| 16. | "No Tell Lover" (Single version) | Cetera/Loughnane/Seraphine | Hot Streets | 3:48 |
| 17. | "Alive Again" (Single version) | Pankow | Hot Streets | 3:28 |
| 18. | "The Greatest Love on Earth" | Seraphine/Wolinski | Hot Streets | 3:18 |
| 19. | "Little Miss Lovin'" | Cetera | Hot Streets | 4:36 |
| 20. | "Hot Streets" | Lamm | Hot Streets | 5:14 |
Features live material from 1972 and promotional videos for Chicago 13 in 1979.
- Dawayne Bailey - electric guitar, lead & background vocals
- Peter Cetera - electric bass, lead & background vocals, acoustic guitar
- Bill Champlin - keyboards, lead & background vocals, guitar
- Donnie Dacus - guitar, lead & background vocals
- Laudir de Oliveira– congas, percussion, background vocals
- Bruce Gaitsch - guitar
- Keith Howland - guitar, background vocals
- Tris Imboden - drums, harmonica
- Terry Kath - guitar, lead & background vocals, bass, percussion
- Robert Lamm - piano, keyboards, percussion, lead & background vocals
- Lee Loughnane - trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, background vocals
- James Pankow - trombone, percussion, background vocals
- Walter Parazaider - saxophone, flute, woodwinds, percussion, background vocals
- Chris Pinnick - guitar
- Jason Scheff - bass, lead & background vocals
- Danny Seraphine - drums, drum programming, percussion, background vocals
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. Chicago: The Box - Chicago | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic at AllMusic
- ^ The Box (Media notes). Chicago. Rhino Records. 2003.
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