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Chicago V
Studio album by Chicago
Released	10 July 1972
Recorded	September 20-29 September 1971, Columbia Recording Studios, New York
Genre	Rock
Length	45:16
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	James William Guercio
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
Chicago chronology
Chicago at Carnegie Hall (1971)	Chicago V (1972)	Chicago VI (1973)

Chicago V is the fifth album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1972. It is notable for being the group's first single full-length release, after having released three consecutive double albums and a box set of live material.

Following the release of Chicago III in 1971, which almost left Chicago creatively spent, the band decided to curb their penchant for double albums and work on more concise numbers (in deference to the suites that had typified their previous work) in order to fit all of their new material onto a single album. Chicago V is also notable for Robert Lamm's prolific songwriting; eight out of its ten are composed solely by him.

Recorded just before Chicago at Carnegie Hall was released in the fall of 1971, Chicago V was cut in just over a week and held over for release until the following summer. Preceded by "Saturday In The Park", which reached #3 - the band's biggest hit thus far, the critically-acclaimed Chicago V became the biggest hit album of 1972, not only becoming Chicago's first #1 album but spending nine weeks in the pole position in the US. In the UK, the release managed to reach #24. Follow-up single, "Dialogue (Part I & II)" (#24) also became a Top 30 hit.

In 2002, Chicago V was remastered and reissued by Rhino Records with three bonus tracks:.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus tracks (2002 reissue) 2 Personnel 3 Charts 4 Certifications

All songs written by Robert Lamm, except where noted.

1. "A Hit by Varèse" – 4:56
2. "All Is Well" – 3:52
3. "Now That You've Gone" (James Pankow) – 5:01
4. "Dialogue, Part I" – 2:57
5. "Dialogue, Part II" – 4:13
6. "While the City Sleeps" – 3:53
7. "Saturday in the Park" – 3:56
8. "State of the Union" – 6:12
9. "Goodbye" – 6:02
10. "Alma Mater" (Terry Kath) – 3:56

1. "A Song for Richard and His Friends" (Studio version, without vocals) – 8:13
2. "Mississippi Delta City Blues" (First recorded version, with scratch vocals) – 5:27
3. "Dialogue (Part I & II)" (Single version) – 5:00

• Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
• Terry Kath – guitar, vocals
• Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
• Danny Seraphine – drums, congas, antique bells
• Lee Loughnane – trumpet, percussion, vocals
• James Pankow – trombone, percussion
• Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, percussion

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Billboard Black Albums	33
1972	Billboard Pop Albums	1
1972	Billboard Jazz Albums	1

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1972	"Dialogue (Parts I & II)"	Billboard Pop Singles	24
1972	"Saturday in the Park"	Billboard Pop Singles	3

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Gold	July 31, 1972
RIAA – USA	Platinum	November 21, 1986
RIAA – USA	Double Platinum	November 21, 1986

Chicago
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