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"Beginnings" is a song written by Robert Lamm for the rock band Chicago Transit Authority and recorded for its debut album Chicago Transit Authority, released in 1969. The song is the band's second single (after " Questions 67 and 68 "), but failed to chart on its initial release.
Classic Rock Review says the song is "one of the most indelible Chicago tunes". [14] In 2019, Bobby Olivier and Andrew Unterberger, music critics for Billboard magazine, ranked the song number one on their list of "The 50 Best Chicago Songs". [15] Guitar World rated "25 or 6 to 4" No. 22 for "greatest wah solos of all time." [16]
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning is a double greatest hits album by the American band Chicago, their twenty-seventh album overall.Released in 2002, this collection marked the beginning of a long-term partnership with Rhino Entertainment which, between 2002 and 2005, would remaster and re-release Chicago's 1969–1980 Columbia Records catalog.
Columbia Records released the song only as a radio-only promotional 45 rpm single, with the English version on the other side. [14] This recording was released digitally in 1998 on the Japan-only compilation CD The Heart Of Chicago 1967-1971 Volume II Special Edition (green cover), which also contains " Lowdown " sung in Japanese.
"Colour My World" is the first significant hit by Chicago to largely abstain from their heavy woodwind and brass oriented sound. It became a popular "slow dance" song at high school proms, university dances and weddings during the 1970s. [4] [5] [6] Chicago continues to perform the song, either on its own, or as part of the Ballet.
Mike Stahl said the new arrangements gave the song a whole new "feeling" and "sparkle". [5] Cash Box said it has " aggressive horns, high riding vocals, tight and melodic structure and a bright optimism." [6] Record World said that the song "rocks stronger than previous [Chicago] releases with the guitar work and Cetera's lead vocals of prime ...
Record World called it a "James Pankow tune that's done in typical Chicago fashion." [7] In 2019, Bobby Olivier, writing for Billboard, judged the song to be the group's "greatest love song, hard stop." [2] "Just You 'n' Me" was the final song played by Chicago AM radio station WLS before switching to a talk radio format in 1989. [8]
It consists of two discs containing 30 of Chicago's top 40 singles. It is the fourth compilation of past hits released by their label since beginning of the decade. Most of the songs on this compilation are presented as their shorter length radio-single edits, as opposed to the album versions.