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Chicago XXX is the twentieth studio album, and thirtieth album overall, by the American band Chicago, released on March 21, 2006. It was Chicago's first album of entirely new material since 1991's Twenty 1.

Chicago XXX
Studio album by Chicago
Released	March 21, 2006
Recorded	Summer 2005
Genre	Rock
Length	52:57
Label	Rhino
Producer	Jay DeMarcus
Chicago chronology
Love Songs (2005) Chicago XXX (2006) The Best Of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Background

The album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with horn sessions in Los Angeles, California over the summer of 2005. Production duties were handled by Jay DeMarcus of the country group Rascal Flatts, who came to the project through a friendship with Chicago's bassist-singer Jason Scheff. DeMarcus used several session players for the album.

Chicago XXX peaked at number 41 in the US during a brief chart stay, spawning minor hits "Feel" and "Love Will Come Back." This would be the last studio recording with long-time vocalist and keyboardist Bill Champlin, as he departed Chicago in August 2009.

Track listing

Personnel

Chicago

• Robert Lamm – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ, vocals, horn arrangements (10)
• Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
• James Pankow – trombone, horn arrangements (2-9, 11-13)
• Walt Parazaider – saxophones, flutes
• Bill Champlin – Hammond B3 organ, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, vocals, BGV arrangements
• Jason Scheff – bass guitar, vocals, BGV arrangements
• Tris Imboden – drums (1, 5, 7-13)
• Keith Howland – guitars

Additional musicians

• Jay DeMarcus – keyboards, guitars, loops, programming, acoustic piano (2), arrangements
• James Matchack – keyboards, loops, sequencing, arrangements
• Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Dann Huff – guitars (3-5, 7, 9, 11)
• Jack Kincaid – guitars (6)
• Yankton Mingua – guitars (6)
• Dean DeLeo – guitars (12)
• John Brockman – drums (2, 6)
• Steve Brewster – drums (3, 4)
• Lee Thornburg – trumpet
• Joseph Williams – additional backing vocals (2)
• Bobby Kimball – additional backing vocals (3)
• Shelly Fairchild – lead vocal (4)
• Rascal Flatts (Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney) – guest vocals (5)

Production

• Produced by Jay DeMarcus
• Production Coordinator – Mike "Frog" Griffith
• Recorded by Jeff Balding, Ben Fowler, James Matchack, Sean Neff and Chas Sanford.
• Assistant Engineers – David Frick Jay Goin, Jed Hackett, Jody Sappington, Aaron Walk and Tony Zeller.
• Tracks #1, 2 & 7-13 mixed by Jeff Balding, assisted by Jed Hackett.
• Tracks #3-6 mixed by James Matchack
• Digital Editing – Jed Hackett and Sean Neff
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME).
• Photography by Jimmy Katz and Hugh Brown, assisted by Andy Strauss.
• Design by Hugh Brown, assisted by Andy Strauss.

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
2006	Billboard 200	41

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2006	"Feel"	Adult Contemporary	19
2006	"Love Will Come Back"	Adult Contemporary	21

References

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