Twenty 1
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| Studio album by Chicago | ||
| Released | 29 January 1991 | |
| Recorded | 1990 | |
| Genre | Adult Contemporary | |
| Length | 52:01 | |
| Label | Full Moon/Reprise Records | |
| Producer(s) | Ron Nevison Except "Explain It To My Heart": Humberto Gatica |
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| Chicago chronology | ||
| Greatest Hits 1982-1989 (1989) |
Twenty 1 (1991) |
Night & Day Big Band (1995) |
Twenty 1 is the twenty-first album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1991. As their first album of the 1990s, Twenty 1 was intended to extend Chicago's continuing success into another decade.
Retaining producer Ron Nevison from Chicago 19, the band replaced drummer Danny Seraphine with Tris Imboden (though it should be noted session player John Keane played the majority of tracks on Twenty-1) and added DaWayne Bailey as an extra guitarist for Twenty 1's 1990 sessions.
Unfortunately, while the music for Twenty 1 was familiar and commercial, the shifting of musical trends (Nirvana and the grunge movement were months away) lost Chicago valuable radio support and, consequently, Twenty 1 and its songs went mostly unheard upon their January 1991 release. Although "Chasin' The Wind" (#39) became a minor hit, Twenty 1 merely scraped to #66 before expiring.
As a result, Chicago would take a different tack for its subsequent album, Stone of Sisyphus, hiring producer Peter Wolf and following a more traditional approach. Unfortunately, this album was never released, although its songs would appear subsequently on various Chicago compilations as well as solo albums by Robert Lamm and Jason Scheff. Twenty 1 would be Chicago's last album of new songs written predominantly by group members to come out until Chicago XXX in 2006.
[edit] Track listing
- "Explain it to My Heart" (Diane Warren) – 4:44
- "If It Were You" (Jason Scheff/Darin Scheff/Tony Smith) – 4:43
- "You Come to My Senses" (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly) – 3:49
- "Somebody, Somewhere" (Bill Champlin/Dennis Matkosky/Kevin Dukes) – 4:21
- "What Does It Take" (Jason Scheff/Gerard McMahon) – 4:38
- "One from the Heart" (Robert Lamm/Gerard McMahon) – 4:43
- "Chasin' the Wind" (Diane Warren) – 4:18
- "God Save the Queen" (James Pankow/Jason Scheff) – 4:19
- "Man to Woman" (Jason Scheff/Adam Mitchell) – 3:56
- "Only Time Can Heal the Wounded" (Robert Lamm/Gerard McMahon) – 4:43
- "Who Do You Love" (Bill Champlin/Dennis Matkosky) – 3:20
- "Holdin' On" (Bill Champlin/Tom Saviano) – 4:15
Twenty 1 (Full Moon/Reprise 26391) reached #66 in the US during a chart stay of 11 weeks. It did not chart in the UK.
[edit] Personnel
- Dawayne Bailey - guitars, background vocals
- Bill Champlin - pianos, keyboards, guitars
- Tris Imboden - drums, percussion
- Robert Lamm - keyboards, vocals, background vocals
- Lee Loughnane - trumpet, flugelhorn, background vocals
- James Pankow - trombone, percussion, background vocals
- Walter Parazaider - saxophones, flute, background vocals
- Jason Scheff - bass, vocals, background vocals
Additional personnel
- John Keane - drums
- Robbie Buchanan - keyboards
- Efrain Toro - keyboards
- Tom Keane - keyboards
- Steve Porcaro - keyboards programming
- David Foster - acoustic piano
- Michael Landau - guitar
- Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone
| Chicago |
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| Robert Lamm | James Pankow | Lee Loughnane | Walter Parazaider | Bill Champlin Jason Scheff | Tris Imboden | Keith Howland Terry Kath | Peter Cetera | Danny Seraphine | Laudir DeOliveira | Donnie Dacus | Chris Pinnick | Dawayne Bailey |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: The Chicago Transit Authority | Chicago | Chicago III | Chicago V | Chicago VI |Chicago VII | Chicago VIII | Chicago X | Chicago XI | Hot Streets Chicago 13 | Chicago XIV | Chicago 16 | Chicago 17 | Chicago 18 | Chicago 19 | Twenty 1 | Night & Day Big Band | Chicago XXX |
| Live albums: Chicago at Carnegie Hall | Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert |
| Compilations: Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits | Greatest Hits, Volume II | Greatest Hits 1982-1989 The Heart of Chicago 1967-1997 | The Heart of Chicago 1967-1998 Volume II | The Very Best of: Only the Beginning | Love Songs |
| Christmas albums: Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album | What's It Gonna Be, Santa? |
| Unreleased album: Stone of Sisyphus |
| Box sets: The Box |
