Chicago XXV (The Christmas Album)

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:50:42
Chicago: Lee Loughnane (vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn); Robert Lamm (vocals, piano, electric piano); Bill Champlin (vocals, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, programming); Jason Scheff (vocals, keyboards, bass, programming); Keith Howland (guitar); Walt Parazaider (flute, alto & tenor saxophones); James Pankow (trombone, synthesizers); Tris Imboden (drums). Additional personnel includes: Roy Bittan (accordion, piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizers); Luis Conte (percussion). Recorded at A&M Studios, Hollywood, California; Rumbo Studios, Canoga Park, California; Goldmine Studios, Woodland Hills, California. Personnel: Bill Champlin (vocals, guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, background vocals); Lee Loughnane (vocals, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn, background vocals); Robert Lamm (vocals, piano, electric piano); Jason Scheff (vocals, keyboards, fretless bass, programming, background vocals); Tim Pierce (guitar, acoustic guitar); Keith Howland (guitar); Walter Parazaider (flute, alto flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Roy Bittan (accordion, piano, organ, keyboards, bells); James Pankow (trombone, synthesizer); John Durrill (synthesizer); Tris Imboden (drums); Luis Conte (percussion); George Black (programming); Carmen Twillie (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Ed Thacker. Recording information: A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA; Goldmine Studio, Woodland Hills, CA; Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, CA. Arrangers: James Pankow; Jason Scheff; John Durrill; Lee Loughnane; Bill Champlin; Robert Lamm. Chicago ventures into the Christmas market with XXV. They've been around so long it was an inevitable move, the only surprise is that they waited this long to make it. XXV features classic Christmas songs like "Little Drummer Boy," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "O Come All Ye Faithful" done up Chicago-style. Over the years, the band's original U.S.-Beatles-with-horns sound had mutated into a smooth R&B/pop sound, but those trademark horns are still there to let you know they haven't forgotten their roots. The band's secret weapon is singer/keyboardist Bill Champlin, founder of the hippie-era San Francisco band Sons of Champlin. One of the more believable blue-eyed soul singers extant, Champlin invests these songs with palpable emotion and commitment.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)