Album · 2002
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Make Me Smile (new edit)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:28
2
25 or 6 to 4
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:51
3
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (new edit)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:21
4
Beginnings
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
6:30
5
Questions 67 and 68
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:54
6
I’m a Man (new edit)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
5:44
7
Colour My World
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:02
8
Free
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
2:18
9
Lowdown
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:36
10
Saturday in the Park
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:55
11
Dialogue (Part I & II) (single version)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
5:02
12
Just You ’n’ Me
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:43
13
Feelin’ Stronger Every Day
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:15
14
(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:29
15
Wishing You Were Here
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:37
16
Call on Me
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:02
17
Happy Man (GH2 edit)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:16
18
Another Rainy Day in New York City
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:01
19
If You Leave Me Now
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:57
Disc 2
1
Old Days
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:31
2
Baby What a Big Surprise
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:05
3
Take Me Back to Chicago (single version)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
2:58
4
Alive Again
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:06
5
No Tell Lover
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:14
6
Love Me Tomorrow (single version)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:59
7
Hard to Say I’m Sorry / Get Away
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
5:06
8
Stay the Night
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:50
9
Hard Habit to Break
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:45
10
You’re the Inspiration
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:51
11
Along Comes a Woman (single version)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:49
12
Will You Still Love Me? (single version)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:14
13
If She Would Have Been Faithful…
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:52
14
Look Away (single version)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:02
15
What Kind of Man Would I Be? (single version)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:14
16
I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:57
17
We Can Last Forever (single version)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:45
18
You’re Not Alone (single version)
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:01
19
Chasin’ the Wind
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
4:19
20
Sing, Sing, Sing
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
3:20
In print
First pressed 2002, still pressed 2012 — 12 pressings across 4 countries.
Credits
Hugh Brown
Art Direction
Maria Villar
Art Direction
Bruce Gaitsch
Instrument · guitar
Chris Pinnick
Instrument · guitar
Danny Seraphine
Instrument · drums, percussion, drum programming, vocals
Dawayne Bailey
Instrument · guitar, vocals
James Pankow
Instrument · trombone, percussion, vocals, arranged by [most brass arrangements]
Keith Howland
Instrument · guitar
Laudir de Oliveira
Instrument · congas, percussion, vocals
Tris Imboden
Instrument · drums, harmonica
Bill DeYoung
Liner Notes
Gary Peterson
Liner Notes
David Donnelly
Mastering · remastered by [remastering by]
Jeff Magid
Mastering · remastered by [remastering by]
Lee Loughnane
Mastering · remastered by [remastering by]
Bill Schnee
Mix
Erwin Musper
Mix
Greg Walsh
Mix
Humberto Gatica
Mix
James Guthrie
Mix
Jim Boyer
Mix
Jeff Katz
Photography
Michael Ochs Archives
Photography
Norman Seeff
Photography
Bruce Fairbairn
Producer
Chas Sandford
Producer
Chicago
Producer · compilation producer
David Foster
Producer
David McLees
Producer · compilation producer
James William Guercio
Producer
Phil Ramone
Producer
Ron Nevison
Producer
Bill Champlin
Vocal · vocals, keyboards, guitar
Donnie Dacus
Vocal · vocals, guitar
Jason Scheff
Vocal · vocals, bass
Peter Cetera
Vocal · vocals, bass
Robert Lamm
Vocal · vocals, keyboards, percussion
Terry Kath
Vocal · vocals, guitar, percussion
Albert Hammond
Writer
Bobby Caldwell
Writer
David “Hawk” Wolinski
Writer
Diane Warren
Writer
Jimmy Miller
Writer
Jimmy Scott
Writer
John Dexter
Writer
John Lewis Parker
Writer
Louis Prima
Writer
Mark Goldenberg
Writer
Randy Goodrum
Writer
Richard Baskin
Writer
Steve Kipner
Writer
Steve Winwood
Writer
Tom Keane
Writer
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