1999 Chicago – Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert
Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert is a live album by the American band Chicago, their twenty-sixth album overall, released in 1999. It is composed mostly of their wealth of hits, with three brand new studio recordings ending the album, one of which, Jackie Wilson’s “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”, features non-band member Michael McDonald on lead vocals.
Tracks
1 The Ballet (Ballet For A Girl In Buchanon) (James Pankow) 13:28
1.1 Make Me Smile
1.2 So Much To Say, So Much To Give
1.3 Anxiety’s Moment
1.4 West Virginia Fantasies
1.5 Colour My World
1.6 To Be Free
1.7 Now More Than Ever
2 (I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long (James Pankow) 4:39
3 Mongonucleosis (James Pankow) 3:38
4 Hard Habit To Break (Steve Kipner, John Parker) 5:15
5 Call On Me (Lee Loughnane) 4:33
6 Feelin’ Stronger Every Day (Peter Cetera, James Pankow) 4:24
7 Just You ‘N’ Me (James Pankow) 6:17
8 Beginnings (Robert Lamm) 5:50
9 Hard To Say I’m Sorry/Get Away (Peter Cetera, David Foster, Robert Lamm) 5:38
10 25 Or 6 To 4 (Robert Lamm) 5:53
11 Back To You (Robert Lamm, Keith Howland) 3:41
12 If I Should Lose You (Burt Bacharach, Tonio K) 4:29
13 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher (Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner, Carl Smith) 4:12
Biography
Band
| Bass | Jason Scheff |
| Drums | Tris Imboden |
| Guitar | Keith Howland |
| Guitar | Bill Champlin |
| Acoustic Guitar | Keith Howland |
| Acoustic Guitar | Robert Lamm |
| Keyboards | Bill Champlin |
| Keyboards | Robert Lamm |
| Clarinet | Walter Parazaider |
| Flugelhorn | Lee Loughnane |
| Flute | Walter Parazaider |
| Sax | Walter Parazaider |
| Trombone | James Pankow |
| Trumpet | Lee Loughnane |
| Percussion | Tris Imboden |
| Percussion | Robert Lamm |
| Percussion | James Pankow |
| Background Vocals | Bill Champlin |
| Background Vocals | Keith Howland |
| Background Vocals | Robert Lamm |
| Background Vocals | Lee Loughnane |
| Background Vocals | James Pankow |
| Background Vocals | Walter Parazaider |
| Background Vocals | Jason Scheff |
| Vocals | Bill Champlin |
| Vocals | Jason Scheff |
| Vocals | Robert Lamm |
Studio Tracks
11 Back To You
| Vocals | Jason Scheff |
12 If I Should Lose You
| Vocals | Bill Champlin |
13 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
| Vocals | Michael McDonald |
Liner Notes
Producer – Mervyn Warren (Track 13)
Engineer – Ted Perlman, Ed Thacker, Roger Gibbons
Engineer (Additional) – Carlos Garcia
Mixed By – Ed Thacker (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Mixed By – Humberto Gatica (Tracks 11, 12, 13)
Art direction, Design – John Kosh
Recorded Live In Chicago, IL, July 1999
Recording At Caesar’s, Atlantic City, NY
Recording At Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT
Phonographic Copyright Chicago Records Inc
Copyright Chicago Records Inc