| If You Leave Me Now | |
| Type: | Compilation album |
| Artist: | Chicago |
| Cover: | If You Leave Me Now Album Cover.jpg |
| Released: | March 1983[1] |
| Recorded: | 1969–1980 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 42:42 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | James William Guercio, Phil Ramone & Chicago, Tom Dowd |
| Prev Title: | Chicago 16 |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Chicago 17 |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
If You Leave Me Now is a compilation album by American rock band Chicago. In an attempt to capitalize on the band's second #1 single ("Hard to Say I'm Sorry") as well as its Top 40 follow-up ("Love Me Tomorrow"), Columbia Records built a collection around the Grammy-winning single, which had previously been their only other chart-topper.
Since Columbia was the owner of the recordings at the time, this is an official release, but has never been considered a proper part of their numbered canon of works. While the practice of repackaging older works when an artist has a resurgence with another label is not new, it is almost always frowned upon, as demonstrated in William Ruhlmann's review at AllMusic: "At least a few people will mistake it for new product and take it home".
In 2012, Rhino reissued it yet again, with "(And Other Hits)" added in its title.[2]