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Name = Chicago 18 | | name = Chicago 18
Type = ] | | type = studio
Artist = ] | | artist = ]
Cover = Chicago18.jpg | | cover = Chicago18.jpg
| alt =
Released = {{Start date|1986|09|29}} |
Recorded = March-June 1986 | | released = {{Start date|1986|09|29}}
| recorded = March–September 1986
Genre = ], ] |
| studio = ] (Malibu, California) <br> ] (Los Angeles) <br> Skyline Recording Company (Malibu, California)
Length = 45:19|
Label = ]/] | | genre = ]
| length = 45:19
Producer = ]|
| label = ]/]
Last album = '']''<br />(1984) |
| producer = ]
This album = '''''Chicago 18'''''<br />(1986) |
| prev_title = ]
Next album = '']''<br />(1988) |
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = ]
| next_year = 1988
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Chicago 18
| type = studio
| single1 = ]
| single1date = August 1986 (US) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Chicago&titel=25+Or+6+To+4+%5B1986%5D&cat=s|title=Chicago singles}}</ref>
| single2 = ]
| single2date = October 24, 1986 (US) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Chicago&titel=Will+You+Still+Love+Me%3F&cat=s|title=Chicago singles}}</ref>
| single3 = ]
| single3date = March 6, 1987 (US) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Chicago&titel=If+She+Would+Have+Been+Faithful&cat=s|title=Chicago singles}}</ref>
| single4 = ]
| single4date = June 1987
}}
}} }}


'''''Chicago 18''''' is the fifteenth studio album by the ] band ], released on September 29, 1986. As the successor to 1984's multiplatinum hit '']'', this album is the first without cofounding member ]. '''''Chicago 18''''' is the fifteenth studio album by the American ] band ], released on September 29, 1986. This album is the first without original vocalist ], and the first to feature ] on bass and vocals.


With Cetera having quit the band in 1985 in favor of a solo career, Chicago eventually hired ] to fill Cetera's position as vocalist and bassist. The most used voices in Chicago now belonged to its two newest recruits, Scheff and ], who had joined the band in 1981. With Cetera having left the band in 1985 for a solo career, Chicago eventually hired Scheff to fill Cetera's position as vocalist and bassist. With Scheff and ], who had joined the band in 1981, the most prominent voices in Chicago now belonged to its two newest recruits.


Chicago again hired producer ] to create a ] followup to ''Chicago 17''. Chicago again hired producer ] to create a followup to ''Chicago 17''.


The band recorded an updated high-tech remake of their hit classic "]" (#48). Then, "]" (#3) and "]" (#17) became hits. Scheff is lead vocalist on all three releases. The album features a brief, ''a cappella'' horn riff, Pankow's "Free Flight." ''Chicago 18'' ultimately went gold, peaking at #35. The band recorded an updated, high-tech remake of their classic "]" (#48). Scheff recalled when he asked Foster on the way he should sing the song, the latter responded: "Just like Cetera."{{Citation Needed|date=June 2021}} The following singles, "]" (#3) and "]" (#17) became hits. Scheff was lead vocalist on all three releases. The album also features a brief instrumental horn riff, Pankow's "Free Flight."

Despite the success of its predecessor, ''Chicago 18'' ultimately only went gold, peaking at #35 on the Billboard Top 200 charts.

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r3862/review}}</ref>
}}
''Chicago 18'' (Full Moon/Warner Bros. 25509) reached gold status and #35 in the US during a chart stay of 45 weeks. It did not chart in the UK.


==Track listing== ==Track listing==
{{Track listing {{Track listing
| extra_column = Vocals | extra_column = Lead vocals
| headline = Side one
| writing_credits = yes
| headline = Side One
| title1 = ] | title1 = ]
| writer1 = ]/] | writer1 = ]/]
| extra1 = ] | extra1 = Scheff with ]
| length1 = 3:43 | length1 = 3:43


| title2 = Forever | title2 = Forever
| writer2 = ]/Bill Gable | writer2 = ]/Bill Gable
| extra2 = Lamm | extra2 = Lamm
| length2 = 5:17 | length2 = 5:17
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| title3 = ] | title3 = ]
| writer3 = Kipner/] | writer3 = Kipner/]
| extra3 = Scheff, with ] | extra3 = Scheff with Champlin
| length3 = 3:51 | length3 = 3:51


| title4 = ] | title4 = ]
| writer4 = Lamm/] | writer4 = ]
| extra4 = Scheff | extra4 = Scheff
| length4 = 4:20 | length4 = 4:20


| title5 = ] | title5 = ]
| writer5 = ]/]/] | writer5 = ]/]/]
| extra5 = Scheff, with Champlin | extra5 = Scheff with Champlin
| length5 = 5:44 | length5 = 5:44
}} }}


{{Track listing {{Track listing
| extra_column = Vocals | extra_column = Lead vocals
| headline = Side two
| writing_credits = yes
| headline = Side Two
| title6 = Over and Over | title6 = Over and Over
| writer6 = Lamm/]/] | writer6 = Lamm/]/]
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| title7 = It's Alright | title7 = It's Alright
| writer7 = ]/Foster | writer7 = Bill Champlin/Foster
| extra7 = Champlin | extra7 = Champlin
| length7 = 4:29 | length7 = 4:29


| title8 = Free Flight | title8 = Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
| writer8 = Pankow | writer8 = Scheff/]
| extra8 = instrumental | extra8 = Scheff
| length8 = 0:25 | length8 = 4:45


| title9 = Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Now | title9 = I Believe
| writer9 = Scheff/] | writer9 = Champlin
| extra9 = Scheff | extra9 = Champlin, with Scheff
| length9 = 4:25 | length9 = 4:20


| title10 = I Believe | title10 = One More Day
| writer10 = Champlin | writer10 = Pankow/Carmen Grillo
| extra10 = Champlin, with Scheff | extra10 = Lamm, Champlin, Scheff
| length10 = 4:20 | length10 = 4:13

| title11 = One More Day
| writer11 = Pankow/Carmen Grillo
| extra11 = Lamm, Champlin, Scheff
| length11 = 4:13
}} }}


'''Notes:'''
Some songs were recorded during the ''Chicago 17'' sessions but not released. "Sweet Marie" by Bill Champlin was only performed live in 1983-1984. "Good For Nothing" was later released on the '']'' superstar charity album in 1985. This is the last released Chicago song to feature ] on vocals. ] sings lead vocals in a demo version of "]". A re-recorded version of "When Will the World Be Like Lovers?" (Robert Lamm/Tom Keane/David Foster) appears on Robert Lamm's 1995 solo album ''Life Is Good In My Neighborhood''.
*A re-recorded version of "When Will the World Be Like Lovers?" (Robert Lamm/Tom Keane/David Foster) appears on Robert Lamm's 1995 solo album ''Life Is Good In My Neighborhood''. The original recorded version from the ''Chicago 18'' sessions also appears online.
*"Free Flight", a 25-second unlisted instrumental composed by ], appears at the beginning of "Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Now".
*David Boruff plays the saxophone solo on "Forever" instead of Walter Parazaider.


==Reception== == Personnel ==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r3862/review}}</ref>
}}
''Chicago 18'' (Full Moon/Warner Bros. 25509) reached gold status and #35 in the US during a chart stay of 45 weeks. It did not chart in the UK.


<ref name=Credits>All credits from CD booklet.</ref>
==Personnel==
*] – ], vocals
*] – ], ]
*] – ]
*] – ], brass arrangements
*] – ]
*] – ], vocals
*] – ], drum programming


=== Chicago ===
*Vocal arrangements by Chicago, Bill Champlin, and David Foster
* ] – keyboards, vocals
* ] – keyboards, vocals
* ] – trumpet
* ] – trombone, brass arrangements
* ] – woodwinds
* ] – bass, vocals
* ] – drums, drum programming
* Vocal arrangements by Chicago, Bill Champlin, and David Foster


===Additional musicians=== === Additional musicians ===
* ] – keyboards, additional arrangements, brass contributions
*] – ]
* ] – keyboards, backing vocals
*] – ]
*] – guitar * ] – synthesizer programming
* David Boruff – synthesizer programming, tenor saxophone on "Forever"
*] – ], additional arrangements, and brass contributions
* ] – synthesizer programming
*] – keyboards, background vocals
*Bo Tomlyn – synthesizer programming * Bo Tomlyn – synthesizer programming
*] – synthesizer programming * ] – guitars
* ] – guitars
*David Boruff- synthesizer programming
*] – synthesizer programming * ] – guitars
*Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements on "If She Would Have Been Faithful...", "Will You Still Love Me?", and "I Believe" * ] – string arrangements on "If She Would Have Been Faithful...", "Will You Still Love Me?", and "I Believe"
*Jules Chakin – string contractor * Jules Chaikin – string contractor
*Gerald Vinci – concertmaster * Gerald Vinci – concertmaster
* Betty Joyce – kids choir contractor on "One More Day" * Betty Joyce – kids choir contractor on "One More Day"
*John Joyce – kids choir conductor on "One More Day" * Jon Joyce – kids choir conductor on "One More Day"
*Rebecca Clinger, Christopher Leach, Julie Leach, Myhanh Tran, Peter Wade, Jason Pasol, Brandon Roberts, Alitzah Wiener, Betty Joyce, Laurie Parazaider, Felicia Parazaider, Melody Wright & Bettina Bush – kids choir on "One More Day" * Rebecca Clinger, Christopher Leach, Julie Leach, Myhanh Tran, Peter Wade, Jason Pasol, Brandon Roberts, Alitzah Wiener, Betty Joyce, Laurie Parazaider, Felicia Parazaider, Melody Wright and Bettina Bush – kids choir on "One More Day"


===Production=== == Production ==
*Produced by David Foster * Produced by David Foster<ref name=Credits/>
*Engineered & Mixed by ] * Engineered and Mixed by ]
* Recorded at ] (Malibu, CA) and ] (Los Angeles, CA), assisted by Claudio Ordenes and Ray Pyle.
*Assistant Engineers – Claudio Ordenes, Britt Bacon, David Garfield, and Ray Pyle
* Horn Sessions recorded at Skyline Recording Company (Malibu, CA), assisted by Britt Bacon and David Garfield.
*Mix Assistant – Laura Livingston
* Mixed at Lion Share Recording Studio, assisted by Laura Livingston.
*Mastered by George Marino
* Originally mastered by ] at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
*Art Direction – Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff
* CDD Pre-mastering by WCI Record Group
*Design – Hugh Brown & Jeri McManus
* Art Direction – ]
*Album Cover: Mosaic – Maria Sarno
*Photography – Hugh Brown * Design – Hugh Brown and Jeri McManus
* Album Cover (Mosaic) – Maria Sarno
*Stylist & Wardrobe – Kali Korn
* Photography – Hugh Brown
*Group Photo by Guy Webster
* Stylist/Wardrobe – Kali Korn
* Group Photography – Guy Webster

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for ''Chicago 18''
! scope="col" | Chart (1986–1987)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Canada|53|artist=Chicago|album=Chicago 18|chartid=0750|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums (])<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | page= 166 | language= fi}}</ref>
| align="center"| 31
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|49|artist=Chicago|album=18|id=461|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums (])<ref>{{cite book |title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 |publisher=] |location=Roppongi, Tokyo |year=2006 |isbn=4-87131-077-9 |language=ja}}</ref>
|align="center"|23
|-
{{album chart|Norway|12|artist=Chicago|album=18|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|15|artist=Chicago|album=18|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|18|artist=Chicago|album=18|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|35|artist=Chicago|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Chicago 18''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1986|region=United States|award=Gold|certyear=1986|artist=Chicago|title=Chicago 18|access-date=June 21, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}


==References== ==References==
{{Reflist}} {{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite web|url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2014/09/29/chicago-18/|title=Danny Seraphine, Bill Champlin on the complicated legacy of Chicago 18|first=Nick | last=Deriso |date=September 29, 2014|website=Something Else!|accessdate=September 1, 2017}}


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1986 studio album by Chicago
Chicago 18
Studio album by Chicago
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1986 (1986-09-29)
RecordedMarch–September 1986
StudioChartmaker Studios (Malibu, California)
Lion Share Recording Studio (Los Angeles)
Skyline Recording Company (Malibu, California)
GenreRock
Length45:19
LabelFull Moon/Warner Bros.
ProducerDavid Foster
Chicago chronology
Take Me Back to Chicago
(1985)
Chicago 18
(1986)
Chicago 19
(1988)
Singles from Chicago 18
  1. "25 or 6 to 4"
    Released: August 1986 (US)
  2. "Will You Still Love Me?"
    Released: October 24, 1986 (US)
  3. "If She Would Have Been Faithful..."
    Released: March 6, 1987 (US)
  4. "Niagara Falls"
    Released: June 1987

Chicago 18 is the fifteenth studio album by the American rock band Chicago, released on September 29, 1986. This album is the first without original vocalist Peter Cetera, and the first to feature Jason Scheff on bass and vocals.

With Cetera having left the band in 1985 for a solo career, Chicago eventually hired Scheff to fill Cetera's position as vocalist and bassist. With Scheff and Bill Champlin, who had joined the band in 1981, the most prominent voices in Chicago now belonged to its two newest recruits.

Chicago again hired producer David Foster to create a followup to Chicago 17.

The band recorded an updated, high-tech remake of their classic "25 or 6 to 4" (#48). Scheff recalled when he asked Foster on the way he should sing the song, the latter responded: "Just like Cetera." The following singles, "Will You Still Love Me?" (#3) and "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." (#17) became hits. Scheff was lead vocalist on all three releases. The album also features a brief instrumental horn riff, Pankow's "Free Flight."

Despite the success of its predecessor, Chicago 18 ultimately only went gold, peaking at #35 on the Billboard Top 200 charts.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

Chicago 18 (Full Moon/Warner Bros. 25509) reached gold status and #35 in the US during a chart stay of 45 weeks. It did not chart in the UK.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Niagara Falls"Steve Kipner/Bobby CaldwellScheff with Bill Champlin3:43
2."Forever"Robert Lamm/Bill GableLamm5:17
3."If She Would Have Been Faithful..."Kipner/Randy GoodrumScheff with Champlin3:51
4."25 or 6 to 4"Robert LammScheff4:20
5."Will You Still Love Me?"David Foster/Tom Keane/Richard BaskinScheff with Champlin5:44
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
6."Over and Over"Lamm/James Newton Howard/Steve LukatherLamm4:20
7."It's Alright"Bill Champlin/FosterChamplin4:29
8."Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"Scheff/Buzz FeitenScheff4:45
9."I Believe"ChamplinChamplin, with Scheff4:20
10."One More Day"Pankow/Carmen GrilloLamm, Champlin, Scheff4:13

Notes:

  • A re-recorded version of "When Will the World Be Like Lovers?" (Robert Lamm/Tom Keane/David Foster) appears on Robert Lamm's 1995 solo album Life Is Good In My Neighborhood. The original recorded version from the Chicago 18 sessions also appears online.
  • "Free Flight", a 25-second unlisted instrumental composed by James Pankow, appears at the beginning of "Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Now".
  • David Boruff plays the saxophone solo on "Forever" instead of Walter Parazaider.

Personnel

Chicago

Additional musicians

  • David Foster – keyboards, additional arrangements, brass contributions
  • Tom Keane – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming
  • David Boruff – synthesizer programming, tenor saxophone on "Forever"
  • Rhett Lawrence – synthesizer programming
  • Bo Tomlyn – synthesizer programming
  • Michael Landau – guitars
  • Howard "Buzz" Feiten – guitars
  • Steve Lukather – guitars
  • Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements on "If She Would Have Been Faithful...", "Will You Still Love Me?", and "I Believe"
  • Jules Chaikin – string contractor
  • Gerald Vinci – concertmaster
  • Betty Joyce – kids choir contractor on "One More Day"
  • Jon Joyce – kids choir conductor on "One More Day"
  • Rebecca Clinger, Christopher Leach, Julie Leach, Myhanh Tran, Peter Wade, Jason Pasol, Brandon Roberts, Alitzah Wiener, Betty Joyce, Laurie Parazaider, Felicia Parazaider, Melody Wright and Bettina Bush – kids choir on "One More Day"

Production

  • Produced by David Foster
  • Engineered and Mixed by Humberto Gatica
  • Recorded at Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, CA) and Lion Share Recording Studio (Los Angeles, CA), assisted by Claudio Ordenes and Ray Pyle.
  • Horn Sessions recorded at Skyline Recording Company (Malibu, CA), assisted by Britt Bacon and David Garfield.
  • Mixed at Lion Share Recording Studio, assisted by Laura Livingston.
  • Originally mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).
  • CDD Pre-mastering by WCI Record Group
  • Art Direction – Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff
  • Design – Hugh Brown and Jeri McManus
  • Album Cover (Mosaic) – Maria Sarno
  • Photography – Hugh Brown
  • Stylist/Wardrobe – Kali Korn
  • Group Photography – Guy Webster

Charts

Chart performance for Chicago 18
Chart (1986–1987) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 53
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) 31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 49
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 23
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 18
US Billboard 200 35

Certifications

Certifications for Chicago 18
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "Chicago singles".
  2. "Chicago singles".
  3. "Chicago singles".
  4. Chicago 18 at AllMusic
  5. ^ All credits from CD booklet.
  6. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0750". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  7. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Chicago – 18" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  9. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  10. "Norwegiancharts.com – Chicago – 18". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  11. "Swedishcharts.com – Chicago – 18". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  12. "Swisscharts.com – Chicago – 18". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  13. "Chicago Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  14. "American album certifications – Chicago – Chicago 18". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

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