Group Portrait [4 CD] by Chicago (CD, Feb-1993, 4 Discs, Chicago Records Dist.)

Album Features
UPC:	703404301826
Artist:	Chicago
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1993
Record Label:	Chicago Records Dist.
Genre:	Rock & Pop
Number Of Discs:	4

Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Introduction
2. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
3. Beginnings
4. Questions 67 and 68
5. Listen
6. Poem 58
7. I'm a Man
8. Make Me Smile
9. So Much to Say, So Much to Give
10. Anxiety's Moment
11. West Virginia Fantasies
12. Colour My World
13. To Be Free
14. Now More Than Ever
15. Fancy Colours
16. 25 or 6 to 4
17. Where Do We Go From Here

DISC 2:
1. Flight 602
2. Free
3. What Else Can I Say
4. Mother
5. Lowdown
6. Song For Richard and His Friends, A
7. Hit by Varese, A
8. Saturday in the Park
9. Dialogue Part I
10. Dialogue Part II
11. Alma Mater
12. Feelin' Stronger Every Day
13. In Terms of Two
14. Critics' Choice
15. Just You 'N' Me
16. Something in This City Changes People

DISC 3:
1. Life Saver
2. Happy Man
3. I've Been Seachin' So Long
4. Skinny Boy
5. Byeblos
6. Wishing You Were Here
7. Call on Me
8. Brand New Love Affair Part I and II
9. Harry Truman
10. Old Days
11. You Are on My Mind
12. If You Leave Me Now
13. Together Again
14. Another Rainy Day in New York City
15. Hope For Love

DISC 4:
1. Take Me Back to Chicago
2. Mississippi Delta City Blues
3. Baby, What a Big Surprise
4. Prelude (Little One)
5. Little One
6. No Tell Lover
7. Closer to You
8. Gone Long Gone
9. Alive Again
10. Must Have Been Crazy
11. Doin' Business
12. Song For You
13. Thunder and Lightning
14. American Dream, The
15. Beginnings (Live)

Details
Distributor:	Chicago Records Dist.
Recording Type:	Mixed
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
A digitally remastered 4-disc set including 63 songs.Weighing in at four discs and 63 songs, Group Portrait offers an excellent, comprehensive overview of Chicago's prime period. Be forewarned: this does not dip into the group's early-'80s hits or post-Peter Cetera recordings, choosing to end the story before their 1982 comeback. Although this music is missed, this isn't a fatal flaw, since instead of telling the band's story, this box sketches a portrait of the group at their creative peak. And it works very well indeed. Chicago most certainly made albums, yet those albums, no matter if they were intended conceptually, really played better as a series of moments. This collects those moments, whether they're hits or album tracks, spotlighting Chicago at their very best. Is it for everybody? No, since most casual listeners will be content with the fine hits collections, and some hardcore fans will still swear by the albums -- yet for the audience that wants all of prime '70s Chicago in one set, this box set couldn't be better. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine