CHICAGO 17 RARE OOP REMASTERED 24 KARAT GOLD MOBILE FIDELITY MFSL GOLD

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CHICAGO 17 RARE OOP REMASTERED 24 KARAT GOLD MOBILE FIDELITY MFSL GOLD:
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Click to EnlargeCHICAGO 17 RARE OUT OF PRINT REMASTERED 24 KARAT GOLD MOBILE FIDELITY ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDING ULTRADISC II UDCD 789. Best sound you will find on this superb release. STAY THE NIGHT, HARD HABIT TO BREAK, ALONG COMES A WOMAN, YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION. Sounds like a greatest hits doesn't it. One of the latter best produced by DAVID FOSTER.ITEM CONDITION:
VERY GOOD CONDITION/line in upc bar code. Shipped within 24hrs. FIRST CLASS also EXPEDITED/PRIORITY available.
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The CHART with SHIPPING RATES is below in the SHIPPING TERMS.Chicago 17 on numbered limited edition Gold CD from Mobile Fidelity 1984 blockbuster includes four top 20 hit singles: "You're the Inspiration," "Stay the Night," "Hard Habit to Break," "Along Comes A Woman" Mastered from the original master tapes: Standard-setting adult-contemporary production by David Foster now sounds absolutely incredible Tenor vocalist Peter Cetera's final record with the bandChicago 16 finally gave Chicago a big hit after a four-year drought, thanks in large part to new producer David Foster, who steered the jazz-rock veterans toward a streamlined, crisply produced pop direction on that 1982 effort. Given that success, it's no surprise that the septet teamed with Foster again for its next album, 1984's Chicago 17 (apparently Roman numerals were left behind along with their progressive jazz-rock). It's also no surprise that Foster took an even greater control of 17, steering the group further down the adult contemporary road and pushing Peter Cetera toward the front of the group, while pushing the horns toward the back. Indeed, it's often possible to not notice the horns on 17; they either fade into the background or meld seamlessly with the synthesizers that are the primary instruments here, providing not just the fabric but foundation of nearly all the arrangements, as synth bass and drum machines replaced the rhythm section. This did not sit well with many longtime fans -- and it may have also caused some tension within the group, since Cetera left after this album -- but it did make for the biggest hit album in Chicago's history, going quadruple platinum and peaking at number four on the Billboard charts. A big reason for its success is the pair of hit ballads in "Hard Habit to Break" and "You're the Inspiration," two big and slick dramatic ballads that each peaked at number three on the charts and helped set the sound for adult contemporary pop for the rest of the decade; the likes of Michael Bolton and Richard Marx are unimaginable without these songs existing as a blueprint (in fact, Marx sang backup vocals on "We Can Stop the Hurtin'" on 17).Ballads were a big part of 17 -- in fact, these hits and album cuts like "Remember the Feeling" are among the first power ballads, ballads that were given arena rock flourishes and dramatic arrangements but never took the focus off the melody, so housewives and preteens alike could sing along with them. Power ballads later became the province of hair metal bands like Bon Jovi and Poison, but Foster's work with Chicago on 17 really helped set the stage for them, since he not only gave the ballads sweeping rock arrangements, but the harder, punchier tunes here play like ballads. Even when the band turns up the intensity here -- "Stay the Night" has a spare, rather ominous beat that suggests they were trying for album-oriented rock; "Along Comes a Woman" has a stiff drum loop and a hiccupping synth bass that suggests dance-pop -- the music is still slick, shiny, and soft, music that can appeal to the widest possible audience. 17 did indeed find the widest possible audience, as it ruled radio into late 1985, by which time there were plenty of imitators of Foster's style. There may have been plenty of imitators -- soon, solo Cetera was one of them, making music that was indistinguishable from this -- but nobody bettered Foster, and Chicago 17 is his pièce de résistance, a record that sounded so good it didn't quite matter that some of the material didn't stick as songs; as a production, it was the pinnacle of his craft and one of the best adult contemporary records of the '80s, perhaps the best of them all. Certainly, it's hard to think of another adult contemporary album quite as influential within its style as this -- not only did it color the records that followed, but it's hard not to think of Chicago 17 as the place where soft rock moved away from the warm, lush sounds that defined the style in the late '70s and early '80s and moved toward the crisp, meticulous, synthesized sound of adult contemporary pop, for better or worse, depending on your point of view.1 Stay the NightPeter CeteraChicago3:50 2 We Can Stop the Hurtin'Bill Champlin / Robert Lamm / Deborah NealChicago4:12 3 Hard Habit to BreakSteve Kipner / John Lewis Parker / John ParkerChicago4:45 4 Only YouJames PankowChicago3:55 5 Remember the FeelingPeter Cetera / Bill ChamplinChicago4:29 6 Along Comes a WomanPeter Cetera / Mark GoldenbergChicago4:18 7 You're the InspirationPeter Cetera / David FosterChicago3:49 8 Please Hold OnBill Champlin / Bill Chaplin / David Foster / Lionel RichieChicago3:38 9 Prima DonnaPeter Cetera / Mark GoldenbergChicago4:12 10 Once in a LifetimeJames PankowChicago4:16
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