Chicago "Chicago 17 (2006 Reissue, Japanese Edition)"

Chicago 17 is the fourteenth studio album by American band Chicago, released on May 14, 1984. It was the group's second release for Full Moon/Warner Bros. Records, their second album to be produced by David Foster and their last with founding bassist/vocalist Peter Cetera.

Four singles were released from the album, all of which placed in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The success of the singles propelled Chicago 17 to achieve an RIAA certification of six times platinum. Chicago 17 remains the biggest-selling album in the band's history.

In 1985 the album received three Grammy Awards. David Foster won for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (tied in this category with Lionel Richie and James Anthony Carmichael), Humberto Gatica won for Best Engineered Recording – Non-Classical, and David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock won for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) for "Hard Habit to Break" which was also nominated for Record of the Year, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals and Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices. In his review of the album for AllMusic, music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine says Chicago 17 is "the pinnacle of [producer David Foster's] craft and one of the best adult contemporary records of the '80s," and one of the most influential albums "within its style."

In 2006, Rhino Entertainment remastered and reissued the album, using the original analog versions of "Please Hold On" (which was co-written with Lionel Richie who was enjoying success from his album Can't Slow Down) and "Prima Donna" and adding a Robert Lamm demo, "Here Is Where We Begin" as a bonus track.

Track listing

1. "Stay the Night" Peter Cetera, David Foster Vocals:Peter Cetera 3:48
2. "We Can Stop the Hurtin'" Bill Champlin, Robert Lamm, Deborah Neal Vocals:Robert Lamm 4:11
3. "Hard Habit to Break" Steve Kipner, John Lewis Parker Vocals:Cetera with Bill Champlin 4:43
4. "Only You" Foster, James Pankow Vocals:Lamm with Champlin 3:53
5. "Remember the Feeling" Cetera, Champlin Vocals:Cetera 4:28
6. "Along Comes a Woman" Cetera, Mark Goldenberg Vocals:Cetera 4:14
7. "You're the Inspiration" Cetera, Foster Vocals:Cetera 3:49
8. "Please Hold On" Champlin, Foster, Lionel Richie Vocals:Champlin 3:37
9. "Prima Donna" Cetera, Goldenberg Vocals:Cetera 4:09
10. "Once in a Lifetime" Pankow Vocals:Champlin with Cetera 4:12

Total length: 41:53

Bonus tracks on Rhino reissue

1. "Here Is Where We Begin" (featuring David Pack) Lamm Vocals:Lamm with David Pack 3:53

David Foster – producer

Humberto Gatica – engineer, mixing

Terry Christian – assistant engineer

Eddie Delena – assistant engineer

Laura Livingston – assistant engineer

Larry Fergusson – mix assistant, additional overdubs

Paul Lani – additional overdubs

Simon Levy – art direction, design

Larry Vigon – album cover art

James Goble – photography

Harry Langdon – photography

Recorded at The Lighthouse (North Hollywood, CA); Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA); Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA).

Mixed at Lion Share Recording Studio (Los Angeles, CA).

2006 Reissue

Mike Engstrom – A&R, project supervision

Lee Loughnane – A&R, project supervision

Jeff Magid – A&R, project supervision, mixing (bonus selections)

David Donnelly – mixing (bonus selections), remastering

Cory Frye – editorial supervision

Greg Allen – art direction, design

Karen LeBlanc – project assistance

Steve Woolard – project assistance

Mixed at DNA Studio (Studio City, CA).

Mastered at DNA Mastering (Studio City, CA).