| Chicago 19 | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Chicago |
| Cover: | Chicago19.jpg |
| Released: | June 20, 1988[1] |
| Recorded: | Late 1987 – early 1988 |
| Studio: | Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA) Secret Sound (Los Angeles, CA) A&M Studios (Hollywood, CA) Gold Mine (Woodland Hills, CA) Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, CA) |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 44:24 |
| Label: | Full Moon/Reprise |
| Producer: | Ron Nevison and Chas Sandford |
| Prev Title: | Chicago 18 |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Greatest Hits 1982–1989 |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
Chicago 19 is the sixteenth studio album by American rock band Chicago, released on June 20, 1988. After recording Chicago 18 with David Foster, the band worked primarily with producers Ron Nevison and Chas Sandford for this album. Their Full Moon Records imprint moved to Reprise Records. This is the final album to feature the band's original drummer Danny Seraphine, who was dismissed from the group in 1990.
With a reception similar to its predecessor, Chicago 19 became a success on the album chart, going platinum and yielding several hit singles. The album includes "Look Away" (No. 1), "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" (No. 3), and "You're Not Alone" (No. 10). A remixed version of Jason Scheff's "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" (No. 5) would also be successful in late 1989 as part of the follow-up Greatest Hits 1982-1989 release. The album relied heavily on outside writers with five of its ten compositions. The first two singles were either written or co-written by Diane Warren, and the third by British-born songwriter Jimmy Scott.[2]
After the tour for Chicago 19, original drummer Danny Seraphine was fired from the band for undisclosed reasons. Session drummer Tris Imboden then joined the band, in time to record "Explain It to My Heart" (the last song recorded for the album) on Twenty 1.
Chicago 19 (Full Moon/Reprise 25714) reached #37 in the US during a chart stay of 42 weeks. It did not chart in the UK.
An alternate version of "Come in from the Night" exists called "Hide Behind the Window". A cover version of Otis Redding's "I Can't Turn You Loose" was intended for Chicago 19 and was performed live in July 1988. "Dancing in The Streets" was omitted, and performed in 1989 in Houston, Texas as part of an encore; Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" was also performed at the same show.
The album makes extensive use of the then popular Roland D-50 synthesizer presets. For example: "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" with "Pressure Me Strings" and "Look Away" with PCM E-Piano.
| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[3] | 39 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] | 16 |