Last Great Chicago Album
MCW | Ohio United States | 06/18/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"For hard core early Chicago fans, this is the last great Chicago album. Chicago would never be the same after the death of lead singer and guitarist Terry Kath. The album is a hodge-podge but features some spectacular tracks, namely: Mississippi Delta City Blues, Baby What a Big Suprise, Takin it on Uptown, Inner Struggles of a Man-Little One. It also has some average/good songs like Policeman, Vote for Me, Take Me Back to Chicago, and This Time. The weakest track is Till the End of Time. Take Me Back to Chicago has an almost prophetic feel, predicting the depression that would soon overcome the band in the aftermath of Kath's death. Keyboardist Robert Lamm does a good Steely Dan imitation, and there are some great vocals by Chaka Khan. It won't be until the album "Night and Day (1995)" that Chicago will return to its old form with keyboardist Robert Lamm emerging from his seclusion as the leader of the band."