Quad LP/Tape Poll Chicago: Chicago III [SQ/Q8]

[EMB]

Columbia GQ 30110 from 1971.

Record 1, side 1:

Sing a Mean Tune Kid
Loneliness is Just a Word
What Else Can I Say
I Don't Want Your Money

Side 2:

Travel Suite:

Flight 602
Motorboat to Mars
Free
Free Country
At the Sunrise
Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home


Record 2, Side 1:

Mother
Lowdown

An Hour in the Shower:

A Hard Risin' Morning Without Breakfast
Off to Work
Fallin' Out
Dreamin' Home
Morning Blues Again

Side 2:

Elegy:

When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow
Canon
Once Upon a Time...
Progress?
The Approaching Storm
Man Vs. Man: The End




ED

 

[Quad Linda]

6. Fantastic mix. The material would be thin for even a single LP. Free alone is worth the price of admission.

 

[EMB]

The success of the first pair of 2-Lp sets of course made it easier for the band to stretch yet a third time. And like the other two, there are hits (here, literally two, both fine, including the underrated "Lowdown") and misses. I suppose they deserve credit even when they were overreaching, and there's no denying this is a fine mix and the musicianship is impeccable. But as V would prove, there was something to be said for whittling things down to a single slab of vinyl: less chance of going off on pointless tangents. That said, an '8' for the mix and some good music.

ED