Chicago 18

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Recorded March–June 1986 Chicago 18 (1986) Chicago 19 (1988) Release date 29 September 1986 Label Warner Bros. Records		Length 45:19 Artist Chicago Producer David Foster Genre Rock music

Released September 29, 1986 (1986-09-29) Similar Chicago albums, Rock music albums

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Chicago 18 is the fifteenth studio album by the American band Chicago, released on September 29, 1986. As the successor to 1984's multiplatinum hit Chicago 17, this album is the first without cofounding member Peter Cetera.

With Cetera having quit the band in 1985 in favor of a solo career, Chicago eventually hired Jason Scheff to fill Cetera's position as vocalist and bassist. The most used voices in Chicago now belonged to its two newest recruits, Scheff and Bill Champlin, who had joined the band in 1981.

Chicago again hired producer David Foster to create a soft rock followup to Chicago 17.

The band recorded an updated high-tech remake of their hit classic "25 or 6 to 4" (#48). Then, "Will You Still Love Me?" (#3) and "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." (#17) became hits. Scheff is lead vocalist on all three releases. The album features a brief, a cappella horn riff, Pankow's "Free Flight." Chicago 18 ultimately went gold, peaking at #35.

Track listing

A re-recorded version of "When Will the World Be Like Lovers?" (Robert Lamm/Tom Keane/David Foster) appears on Robert Lamm's 1995 solo album Life Is Good In My Neighborhood. The original recorded version from the Chicago 18 sessions also appears online.

Reception

Chicago 18 (Full Moon/Warner Bros. 25509) reached gold status and #35 in the US during a chart stay of 45 weeks. It did not chart in the UK.

Personnel

Bill Champlin – keyboards, vocals

Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals

Lee Loughnane – trumpet

James Pankow – trombone, brass arrangements

Walter Parazaider – woodwinds

Jason Scheff – bass, vocals

Danny Seraphine – drums, drum programming

Vocal arrangements by Chicago, Bill Champlin, and David Foster

Additional musicians

Michael Landau – guitar

Howard "Buzz" Feiten – guitar

Steve Lukather – guitar

David Foster – keyboards, additional arrangements, and brass contributions

Tom Keane – keyboards, background vocals

Bo Tomlyn – synthesizer programming

Rhett Lawrence – synthesizer programming

David Boruff- synthesizer programming

Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming

Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements on "If She Would Have Been Faithful...", "Will You Still Love Me?", and "I Believe"

Jules Chakin – string contractor

Gerald Vinci – concertmaster

Betty Joyce – kids choir contractor on "One More Day"

John Joyce – kids choir conductor on "One More Day"

Rebecca Clinger, Christopher Leach, Julie Leach, Myhanh Tran, Peter Wade, Jason Pasol, Brandon Roberts, Alitzah Wiener, Betty Joyce, Laurie Parazaider, Felicia Parazaider, Melody Wright & Bettina Bush – kids choir on "One More Day"

Production

Produced by David Foster

Engineered and Mixed by Humberto Gatica

Recorded at Chart Maker Studio (Malibu, CA) and Lion Share Recording Studio (Los Angeles, CA), assisted by Claudio Ordenes and Ray Pyle.

Horn Sessions recorded at Skyline Recording Company (Malibu, CA), assisted by Britt Bacon and David Garfield.

Mixed at Lion Share Recording Studio, assisted by Laura Livingston.

Originally mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound (New York, NY).

CDD Pre-mastering by WCI Record Group

Art Direction – Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff

Design – Hugh Brown and Jeri McManus

Album Cover (Mosaic) – Maria Sarno

Photography – Hugh Brown

Stylist/Wardrobe – Kali Korn

Group Photography – Guy Webster

Songs

1Niagara Falls3:46
2Forever5:20
3If She Would Have Been Faithful3:52

References

Chicago 18 Wikipedia

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