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Title: yes, the last Chicago album worth listening to
Review: As several people have said, this was the last interesting Chicago album (unless you like the sappy ballads that made them so much cash during the 80s). At its best, this album is really exciting and fresh. The instrumental music holds up better than most of the jazz/rock fusion of the 70s, and the pop songs are among their strongest. On the negative side, there are, as on most double albums, two or three weak songs. The other negative is that, in listening to the pop songs--even the good ones--you can hear the direction they were headed in. No more experimentation, no more fun. Maybe it was unrealistic to think a band could continue being this schizophrenic.
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