Chicago X

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Chicago X
Studio album by
Chicago
ReleasedJune 14, 1976 (1976-06-14)[1]
RecordedMarch – April 1976
StudioCaribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado
Genre
Length37:51
LabelColumbia
ProducerJames William Guercio
Chicago chronology
Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits
(1975) 		Chicago X
(1976) 		Chicago XI
(1977)
Singles from Chicago X
  1. "Another Rainy Day in New York City"
    Released: June 1976
  2. "If You Leave Me Now"
    Released: July 1976
  3. "You Are on My Mind"
    Released: March 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Chicago X (affectionately called "the Chocolate Album" by fans) is the eighth studio album by the American rock band Chicago. It was recorded at Caribou Ranch[3] and it was released by Columbia Records on June 14, 1976. The album made it to number three on the Billboard 200,[4] and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 21, 1976, a week after its release.[5] It was the band's first album to be certified platinum,[1][6] on September 14, 1976, and has since been certified multi-platinum.[5] In honor of the group's platinum album achievement, Columbia Records awarded the group a 25-pound bar of pure platinum, made by Cartier.[7] (Billboard magazine reported it as a 30-pound bar.)[8][Note 1]

Chicago X was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year,[13] and it won a Grammy Award for Best Album Package.[14]

The album produced Chicago's first number one single in the United States, "If You Leave Me Now".[15] The single went on to win two Grammy Awards: for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus, the band's first Grammy Award;[13] and for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists, for arrangers James William Guercio and Jimmie Haskell.[14] It was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.[13]

The two other songs released from the album as singles also charted on the Billboard Hot 100; "Another Rainy Day in New York City" made it to number 32 and "You Are On My Mind" went to number 49.[15]

Record World called "You Are on My Mind" "another Chicago X showstopper."[16]

  1. ^ a b "Albums: Chicago X". Chicago - The Band. Chicago Touring. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r3853/review
  3. ^ Amicone, Michael (July 20, 2002). "A vigorous 35-year-old feelin' stronger every day". Billboard. Howard Lander. p. 42 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Chicago - Billboard 200 Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  6. ^ "RIAA Gold Record Winners: Albums". Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 42. October 16, 1976. p. 16 – via Google books.
  7. ^ a b Young, Charles M. (December 8, 1976). "Random Notes: Rolling Stone: Capitol out of Lennon suit". Tallahassee Democrat. p. 26. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  8. ^ a b "Platinum All the Way (photo caption)". Billboard. Vol. 88, no. 49. December 4, 1976. p. 4. Retrieved December 6, 2017 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Gold & Platinum: Aerosmith". RIAA. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  10. ^ "Aerosmith's First Certified Platinum Album" (PDF). Billboard. July 24, 1976. pp. 12, 13 (Two page advertisement). Retrieved January 22, 2019 – via www.americanradiohistory.com.
  11. ^ "America's favorite. Ask for it by name" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 32, no. 1512. Bob Austin. June 12, 1976. pp. 12–13 (Two-full-pages advertisement for Chicago X). Retrieved March 18, 2019 – via AmericanRadioHistory.com.
  12. ^ Grein, Paul (December 13, 1986). "CBS gets Pre-1976 Certs: 132 Honors Issued". Billboard. pp. 4, 67. Retrieved January 22, 2019 – via Google books.
  13. ^ a b c "Chicago". GRAMMY.com. May 14, 2017. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  14. ^ a b "19th Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY.com. January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  15. ^ a b "Chicago - Hot 100 Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  16. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. April 9, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-16.


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