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	~~!align="center"~~ ~~bgcolor="darkturquoise"~~ ~~style="color:black";~~ ~~colspan~~=~~"3"\|''~~Chicago at Carnegie Hall''		\| name = Chicago at Carnegie Hall
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			\| cover = ChicagoCarnegieCover.jpg
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			\| released = October 25, 1971<ref name="album at official web site">{{cite web \|url=http://www.chicagotheband.com/albums/chicago4.html \|title=Albums: Chicago at Carnegie Hall \|website=Chicago - The Band \|publisher=Chicago Touring \|access-date=November 14, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102222545/http://www.chicagotheband.com/albums/chicago4.html \|archive-date=November 2, 2017 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
			\| recorded = April 5–10, 1971
			\| venue = ] (New York City)
			\| studio =
			\| genre =
			*]<ref> allmusic - At Carnegie Hall, Vol. 1-4</ref>
			*]
			\| length = '''1971''': 2:48:33 <br /> '''2005''': 3:43:59 <br /> '''2021''': 14:34:00
			\| label = ]
			\| producer = ]
			\| prev_title = ]
			\| prev_year = 1971
			\| next_title = ]
			\| next_year = 1972
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			\| title = Chicago at Carnagie Hall
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			\| next_year = 1972
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			{{Album ratings
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			\| rev1Score = {{Rating\|2.5\|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic\|class=album\|id=r3845\|pure_url=yes}}</ref>
			\|rev2 = '']''
			\|rev2Score = C−<ref>{{cite book\|last=Christgau\|first=Robert\|author-link=Robert Christgau\|year=1981\|title=]\|publisher=]\|isbn=089919026X\|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: C\|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70\|access-date=February 23, 2019\|via=robertchristgau.com\|archive-date=April 13, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413062714/https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70\|url-status=live}}</ref>
			}}

			'''''Chicago at Carnegie Hall''''' (also known as '''''Chicago IV''''') is the first live ], and fourth album overall, by ] band ]. It was initially released on October 25, 1971 by ] as a four-] vinyl ], and was also available for a time as two separate two-record sets. A ] mix of the album was proposed, but was never made, possibly due to the band's objection to the album being released in the first place. This is the only Chicago album of the group's first ten releases not to have a quadraphonic release in any format.

			The album reached No. 3 on the ]. It was certified gold by the ] (RIAA) two weeks after its release, and was certified platinum in 1986.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Chicago+at+Carnegie+Hall#search_section \|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA: Chicago: Live at Carnegie Hall \|work=RIAA \|access-date=November 13, 2017 \|language=en-US \|archive-date=October 10, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010053455/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Chicago+at+Carnegie+Hall#search_section \|url-status=live }}</ref>

			==Background==
			While touring in support of '']'', Chicago played ] for a week in April 1971 and recorded all of their shows. A four-LP ] for release as Chicago's fourth album (that distinction being responsible for the album's nickname of ''Chicago IV'') was the result. ] told writer William James Ruhlmann that "The reason behind the live record for Carnegie Hall is, we were the first rock 'n' roll group to sell out a week at Carnegie Hall, and that was worth rolling up the trucks for, putting the mikes up there, and really chronicling what happened in 1971."<ref name= Ruhlmannp5>{{cite AV media notes \|title=Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set) \|year=1991 \|url=http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Chicago_Box_Set_-_Page_5.html \|page=5 \|access-date=November 13, 2017 \|first=William James \|last=Ruhlmann \|format=CD booklet archived online \|publisher=Columbia Records \|location=New York City, NY \|archive-date=September 30, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930035745/http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Chicago_Box_Set_-_Page_5.html \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

			Columbia were very skeptical on the risk the extended set posed,{{citation needed\|reason=Source for this claim?\|date=November 2017}} and with a decrease in royalties to counter that fear (a similar situation befell their 1969 debut, '']''),{{citation needed\|reason=Source for this claim?\|date=November 2017}} Chicago released ''Chicago at Carnegie Hall'' that October to a mixed reaction. While the set sold very well, reaching No. 3 in the US<ref name="Album on Billboard 200">{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chicago/chart-history/tlp/ \|title=Chicago At Carnegie Hall Chart History \|magazine=Billboard \|access-date=November 13, 2017 \|archive-date=May 8, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508160311/https://www.billboard.com/music/chicago/chart-history/billboard-200/song/829315 \|url-status=live }}</ref> (but failing to chart in the UK),<ref name=":0">{{cite web \|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13861/chicago/ \|title=CHICAGO {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company \|website=www.officialcharts.com \|language=en \|access-date=November 13, 2017 \|archive-date=December 4, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204115420/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13861/chicago/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> the critics found the album too long—and even indulgent with its inclusions of tune-ups.{{citation needed\|reason=Which critics?\|date=November 2017}}

			The band themselves have remained divided through the years over the merits of the album. ] and Walter Parazaider defended the album to William James Ruhlmann, while ] and ] were not happy with the result.<ref name= Ruhlmannp5/> Pankow told Ruhlmann, "I hate it. ... The acoustics of Carnegie Hall were never meant for amplified music, ...the brass after being miked came out sounding like ]s."<ref name= Ruhlmannp5/><ref name="ref1"> {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307231359/http://www.chicagotheband.com/history07.htm \|date=2008-03-07}}</ref> ] said that although he thinks the album is good, there were many things he didn't like about it and that he didn't think the album should have been released.<ref name="Chi Story Ch 7">{{cite web \|url=https://www.chicagotheband.com/chicago_story.html \|title=A Chicago Story: Chapter 7 — Success \|website=Chicago - The Band \|publisher=Chicago Touring \|access-date=November 13, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102043938/http://www.chicagotheband.com/chicago_story.html \|archive-date=January 2, 2017 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

			In recognition of setting Carnegie Hall records and the ensuing four LP live recordings, the group was awarded a '']'' 1972 Trendsetter Award.<ref name="Trendsetter Award">{{cite magazine \|date=December 25, 1971 \|title=Talent in Action: Billboard 1972 Trendsetter Awards \|magazine= Billboard\|location= New York, NY\|publisher= Billboard Publications, Inc. \|volume=83 \|number=52 \|url={{Google books\|SQ8EAAAAMBAJ\|page=52\|plainurl=yes}} \|page= TA-4, TA-20 \|via=Google Books}}</ref> Despite poor sound quality, ''Chicago at Carnegie Hall'', according to William James Ruhlmann, went on to become "perhaps" the best-selling box set by a rock act until the release of the '']'' five-LP live box set by ] & the ] in 1986.<ref name= Ruhlmannp5/> It is still the best-selling four-LP set.{{citation needed\|reason=Source for this claim?\|date=November 2017}}

			In 2005, ''Chicago at Carnegie Hall'' was remastered and re-issued on three ]s by ] with improved sound quality, a bonus disc of eight tracks of alternate takes and songs not on the 1971 edition, and recreations of nearly all the original posters and packaging.

			On Monday April 5th, 2021, 50 years to the day of their first Carnegie Hall show, Rhino Records announced a 50th Anniversary 16-CD box set called ''Chicago Live At Carnegie Hall Complete''. The collection includes all six shows in their entirety which were performed from April 5 through April 10, 1971, plus two matinee performances. The set was produced by engineer Tim Jessup along with band member Lee Loughnane, and was released on September 10, 2021.

			==Artwork and packaging==
			The original LP release of this set contained two giant posters of the band, a poster of Carnegie Hall's exterior, an insert about voting information, and a 20-page softcover booklet; this last contained photos of the band members playing during the concert, and on the back bore a full touring schedule from their first tour through their 1971 US tour.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Wagner \|first=David F. \|title=Columns and opinion: ''Chicago at Carnegie Hall, Vols. 1-4'' \|newspaper=The Post-Crescent \|date=March 5, 1972 \|location=Appleton, Wisconsin, USA \|page=6, "Showtime" supplement \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15091909/the_postcrescent/ \|via=] \|access-date=November 13, 2017 \|archive-date=November 14, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114040415/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15091909/the_postcrescent/ \|url-status=live }} {{free access}}</ref> The band's official web site labels the cover design "white tile".<ref name="album at official web site"/>

			==Track listing==

			{\| class="wikitable"
			! colspan=6 \| Side one
	\|-		\|-
			! No. !! colspan=2 \| Title !! Writer(s) !! Lead vocals !! Length
	\|align="center" colspan="3"\|]
	\|-		\|-
			\| 1 \|\| colspan=2 \| "In the Country" \|\| ] \|\| {{hlist\|Kath\|]}} \|\| 10:35
	!align="center" bgcolor="darkturquoise" colspan="3"\|] by ]
	\|-		\|-
			\| 2 \|\| colspan=2 \| "Fancy Colours" \|\| ] \|\| Cetera \|\| 5:15
	!align="left" valign="top"\|Released
	\|align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|], ]
	\|-		\|-
			\| 3 \|\| colspan=2 \| "]" (Free form intro) \|\| rowspan=2" \| Lamm \|\| — \|\| 6:20
	!align="left" valign="top"\|Recorded
	\|align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|]-], ], ], ]
	\|-		\|-
			\| 4 \|\| colspan=2 \| "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" \|\| Lamm \|\| 3:47
	!align="left" valign="top"\|]
	\|align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|]
	\|-		\|-
			! colspan=6 \| Side two
	!align="left" valign="top"\|Length
	\|align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|168 ] 38 ]
	\|-		\|-
			! No. !! colspan=2 \| Title !! Writer(s) !! Lead vocals !! Length
	!align="left" valign="top"\|]
	\|align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|]
	\|-		\|-
			\| 1 \|\| colspan=2 \| "]" \|\| rowspan="2" \| Lamm \|\| Lamm \|\| 15:35
	!align="left" valign="top"\|]
	\|align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|]
	\|-		\|-
			\| 2 \|\| colspan=2 \| "]" \|\| {{hlist\|Lamm\|Cetera}} \|\| 5:36
	!align="center" bgcolor="darkturquoise" colspan="3"\|Professional reviews
	\|-		\|-
			! colspan=6 \| Side three
	!align="left" valign="top"\|<small>]</small>
	\|valign="top" align=center\|2.5/5
	\|valign="top"\|<small></small>
	\|-		\|-
			! No. !! colspan=2 \| Title !! Writer(s) !! Lead vocals !! Length
	!bgcolor="darkturquoise" colspan="3" align="center" style="color:black;"\|Chicago Chronology
			\|-
	\|-align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:80%;"
			\| 1 \|\| colspan=2 \| "Sing a Mean Tune Kid" \|\| rowspan="2"\| Lamm \|\| Cetera \|\| 12:54
	\|'']''<br>(])
			\|-
	\|'']''<br>(])
			\| 2 \|\| colspan=2 \| "]" \|\| Lamm \|\| 6:27
	\|'']''<br>(])
			\|-
			! colspan=6 \| Side four
			\|-
			! No. !! colspan=2 \| Title !! Writer(s) !! Lead vocals !! Length
			\|-
			\| 1 \|\| colspan=2 \| "It Better End Soon – 1st Movement" \|\| Lamm \|\| Kath \|\| 2:54
			\|-
			\| 2 \|\| colspan=2 \| "It Better End Soon – 2nd Movement" (Flute solo) \|\| {{hlist\|Lamm\|]}} \|\| rowspan="2" \| — \|\| 5:00
			\|-
			\| 3 \|\| colspan=2 \| "It Better End Soon – 3rd Movement" (Guitar solo) \|\| rowspan="2" \| {{hlist\|Lamm\|Kath}} \|\| 2:42
			\|-
			\| 4 \|\| colspan=2 \| "It Better End Soon – 4th Movement" (Preach) \|\| rowspan="2" \| Kath \|\| 3:09
			\|-
			\| 5 \|\| colspan=2 \| "It Better End Soon – 5th Movement" \|\| Lamm \|\| 2:09
			\|-
			! colspan=6 \| Side five
			\|-
			! No. !! colspan=2 \| Title !! Writer(s) !! Lead vocals !! Length
			\|-
			\| 1 \|\| colspan=2 \| "Introduction" \|\| Kath \|\| Kath \|\| 7:10
			\|-
			\| 2 \|\| colspan=2 \| "Mother" \|\| Lamm \|\| Lamm \|\| 8:21
			\|-
			\| 3 \|\| colspan=2 \| "]" \|\| {{hlist\|Cetera\|]}} \|\| Cetera \|\| 3:58
			\|-
			! colspan=6 \| Side six
			\|-
			! No. !! colspan=2 \| Title !! Writer(s) !! Lead vocals !! Length
			\|-
			\| 1 \|\| colspan=2 \| "Flight 602" \|\| Lamm \|\| Lamm \|\| 3:31
			\|-
			\| 2 \|\| colspan=2 \| "Motorboat to Mars" \|\| Seraphine \|\| — \|\| 3:00
			\|-
			\| 3 \|\| colspan=2 \| "]" \|\| Lamm \|\| Kath \|\| 5:15
			\|-
			\| 4 \|\| colspan=2 \| "]" \|\| Cetera \|\| Cetera \|\| 4:08
			\|-
			\| 5 \|\| colspan=2 \| "I Don't Want Your Money" \|\| {{hlist\|Kath\|Lamm}} \|\| Lamm \|\| 5:23
			\|-
			! colspan=6 \| Side seven
			\|-
			! No. !! colspan=2 \| Title !! Writer(s) !! Lead vocals !! Length
			\|-
			\| 1 \|\| colspan=2 \| "Happy Cause I'm Going Home" \|\| Lamm \|\| {{hlist\|Lamm\|Cetera}} \|\| 7:56
			\|-
			\| rowspan=7 \| 2–8 \|\| rowspan=7 \| "]"<br>{{small\|(total length: 15:25)}} \|\| "]" \|\| rowspan="7" \| ] \|\| Kath \|\| 3:30
			\|-
			\| "So Much to Say, So Much to Give" \|\| Lamm \|\| 1:00
			\|-
			\| "Anxiety's Moment" \|\| rowspan="2" \| — \|\| 1:08
			\|-
			\| "West Virginia Fantasies" \|\| 1:31
			\|-
			\| "]" \|\| Kath \|\| 3:26
			\|-
			\| "To Be Free" \|\| — \|\| 1:21
			\|-
			\| "Now More Than Ever" \|\| Kath \|\| 3:25
			\|-
			! colspan=6 \| Side eight
			\|-
			! No. !! colspan=2 \| Title !! Writer(s) !! Lead vocals !! Length
			\|-
			\| 1 \|\| colspan=2 \| "A Song for Richard and His Friends" \|\| rowspan="2" \| Lamm \|\| Lamm \|\| 6:58
			\|-
			\| 2 \|\| colspan=2 \| "]" \|\| Cetera \|\| 6:35
			\|-
			\| 3 \|\| colspan=2 \| "]" \|\| {{hlist\|]\|]}} \|\| {{hlist\|Kath\|Lamm\|Cetera}} \|\| 8:51
	\|}		\|}
	'''''Chicago at Carnegie Hall''''' (aka '''''Chicago IV''''') is the first live ] by ] band ], released in ]. (See ]).

	A remastered version of this album is scheduled to be released on on August 23, 2005.

	==Track listing==
	#"In the Country" (Kath) - 10:34
	#"Fancy Colours" (Lamm) - 5:16
	#"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Lamm) - 6:22
	#"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Lamm) - 3:26
	#"South California Purples" (Lamm) - 15:35
	#"Questions 67 and 68" (Lamm) - 5:36
	#"Sing a Mean Tune Kid" (Lamm) - 12:54
	#"Beginnings" (Lamm) - 6:29
	#"It Better End Soon - 1st Movement" (Lamm) - 2:55
	#"It Better End Soon - 2nd Movement" (Lamm, Parazaider) - 5:01
	#"It Better End Soon - 3rd Movement" (Kath, Lamm) - 2:43
	#"It Better End Soon - 4th Movement" (Lamm) - 3:09
	#"It Better End Soon - 5th Movement" - 2:09
	#"Introduction" (Kath) - 7:11
	#"Mother" (Lamm) - 8:21
	#"Lowdown" (Cetera, Seraphine) - 3:59
	#"Flight 602" (Lamm) - 3:33
	#"Motorboat to Mars" (Seraphine) - 3:00
	#"Free" (Lamm) - 5:05
	#"Where Do We Go from Here?" (Cetera) - 4:08
	#"I Don't Want Your Money" (Kath, Lamm) - 5:24
	#"Happy Cause I'm Going Home" (Lamm) - 7:57
	#"Make Me Smile" (Pankow) - 3:31
	#"So Much to Say, So Much to Give" (Pankow) - 1:00
	#"Anxiety's Moment" (Pankow) - 1:09
	#"West Virginia Fantasies" (Pankow) - 1:31
	#"Colour My World" (Pankow) - 3:27
	#"To Be Free" (Pankow) - 1:22
	#"Now More Than Ever" (Pankow) - 3:25
	#"A Song for Richard and His Friends" (Lamm) - 6:59
	#"25 or 6 to 4" (Lamm) - 6:35
	#"I'm a Man" (Miller, Winwood) - 8:52

	==Personnel==		==Personnel==
	*] ~~- ],~~ ]		* ] – guitar and vocals
	*] - ], vocals		* ] – bass and vocals
	*] - ], vocals		* ] – keyboards and vocals
			* ] – trumpet, background vocals, percussion, guitar on "Flight 602" and "Where Do We Go From Here?"<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.discogs.com/Chicago-Chicago-At-Carnegie-Hall-Volumes-I-II-III-And-IV/release/7300589 \|title=Chicago - Chicago at Carnegie Hall (Volumes I, II, III and IV) \|website=] \|access-date=2018-08-02 \|archive-date=2018-08-02 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802223447/https://www.discogs.com/Chicago-Chicago-At-Carnegie-Hall-Volumes-I-II-III-And-IV/release/7300589 \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	*] - ], ], guitar, background vocals
	*] - ], percussion		* ] – woodwinds, percussion, background vocals
	*] - ], percussion~~, background vocals~~		* ] – trombone, percussion
	*] - ]		* ] – drums

	==Production==		==Production==
	*~~Producer:~~ James William Guercio		* Produced by James William Guercio
	*Engineers: Don Puluse, Bud Graham, Hank Altman, Aaron Baron, Larry ~~Dalkstrom~~		* Engineers – Don Puluse, Bud Graham, Hank Altman, Aaron Baron and Larry Dahlstrom
			* Recorded at ], New York, NY (by Location Recorders)
	*Art direction: Virginia Team, John Berg
			* Mixed at Columbia Recording Studios, New York, NY
	*Photography: Frank Laffite, Fred Lombardi, Allen Goldblatt
			* Art Direction – ]/Virginia Team
			* Artwork – Fuding Cheng
			* Poster Design – Ron Coro
			* Photography – Allen Goldblatt and Fred Lombardi
			* Poster Photo – Frank Laffire
			* Lettering – Beverly Scott

			==Charts==
			{\| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
			! scope="col"\| Chart (1971-1972)
			! scope="col"\| Peak<br />position
			\|-
			! scope="row"\|Australian Albums (])<ref>{{cite book\|last=Kent\|first=David\|author-link=David Kent (historian)\|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992\|edition=illustrated\|publisher=Australian Chart Book\|location=St Ives, N.S.W.\|year=1993\|isbn=0-646-11917-6\|page=62}}</ref>
			\| 26
			\|-
			{{album chart\|Canada\|3\|artist=Chicago\|album=Chicago at Carnegie Hall\|chartid=5332\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Japanese Albums (])<ref>{{cite book \|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 \|publisher=] \|location=Roppongi, Tokyo \|year=2006 \|isbn=4-87131-077-9 \|language=ja}}</ref>
			\|align="center"\|21
			\|-
			{{album chart\|Billboard200\|3\|artist=Chicago\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
			\|}

			{\| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
			! scope="col"\| Chart (2022)
			! scope="col"\| Peak<br />position
			\|-
			{{album chart\|Hungary\|29\|year=2022\|week=17\|rowheader=true\|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
			\|}

			==Certifications==
			{{Certification Table Top}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|type=album\|relyear=1971\|region=Canada\|award=Gold\|certyear=1977\|artist=Chicago\|title=Chicago at Canergie Hall\|access-date=June 21, 2023}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|type=album\|relyear=1971\|region=United States\|award=Platinum\|certyear=1986\|artist=Chicago\|title=Live at Canergie Hall\|access-date=June 21, 2023}}
			{{Certification Table Bottom\|nosales=true}}

			==References==
			{{Reflist}}

			{{Chicagoband}}
			{{Authority control}}

			{{DEFAULTSORT:Chicago At Carnegie Hall}}
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Latest revision as of 21:57, 17 August 2024

1971 live album by Chicago

Chicago at Carnegie Hall

Live album by Chicago

Released

October 25, 1971

Recorded

April 5–10, 1971

Venue

Carnegie Hall (New York City)

Genre

Length

1971: 2:48:33
2005: 3:43:59
2021: 14:34:00

Label

Columbia

Producer

James William Guercio

Chicago chronology

Chicago III
(1971)

Chicago at Carnegie Hall
(1971)

Chicago V
(1972)

Chicago live chronology

Chicago at Carnagie Hall
(1971)

Live in Japan
(1972)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	C−

Chicago at Carnegie Hall (also known as Chicago IV) is the first live album, and fourth album overall, by American band Chicago. It was initially released on October 25, 1971 by Columbia Records as a four-LP vinyl box set, and was also available for a time as two separate two-record sets. A quadraphonic mix of the album was proposed, but was never made, possibly due to the band's objection to the album being released in the first place. This is the only Chicago album of the group's first ten releases not to have a quadraphonic release in any format.

The album reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) two weeks after its release, and was certified platinum in 1986.

Background

While touring in support of Chicago III, Chicago played Carnegie Hall for a week in April 1971 and recorded all of their shows. A four-LP box set for release as Chicago's fourth album (that distinction being responsible for the album's nickname of Chicago IV) was the result. Walter Parazaider told writer William James Ruhlmann that "The reason behind the live record for Carnegie Hall is, we were the first rock 'n' roll group to sell out a week at Carnegie Hall, and that was worth rolling up the trucks for, putting the mikes up there, and really chronicling what happened in 1971."

Columbia were very skeptical on the risk the extended set posed, and with a decrease in royalties to counter that fear (a similar situation befell their 1969 debut, Chicago Transit Authority), Chicago released Chicago at Carnegie Hall that October to a mixed reaction. While the set sold very well, reaching No. 3 in the US (but failing to chart in the UK), the critics found the album too long—and even indulgent with its inclusions of tune-ups.

The band themselves have remained divided through the years over the merits of the album. Robert Lamm and Walter Parazaider defended the album to William James Ruhlmann, while James Pankow and Peter Cetera were not happy with the result. Pankow told Ruhlmann, "I hate it. ... The acoustics of Carnegie Hall were never meant for amplified music, ...the brass after being miked came out sounding like kazoos." Lee Loughnane said that although he thinks the album is good, there were many things he didn't like about it and that he didn't think the album should have been released.

In recognition of setting Carnegie Hall records and the ensuing four LP live recordings, the group was awarded a Billboard 1972 Trendsetter Award. Despite poor sound quality, Chicago at Carnegie Hall, according to William James Ruhlmann, went on to become "perhaps" the best-selling box set by a rock act until the release of the Live/1975-85 five-LP live box set by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band in 1986. It is still the best-selling four-LP set.

In 2005, Chicago at Carnegie Hall was remastered and re-issued on three CDs by Rhino Records with improved sound quality, a bonus disc of eight tracks of alternate takes and songs not on the 1971 edition, and recreations of nearly all the original posters and packaging.

On Monday April 5th, 2021, 50 years to the day of their first Carnegie Hall show, Rhino Records announced a 50th Anniversary 16-CD box set called Chicago Live At Carnegie Hall Complete. The collection includes all six shows in their entirety which were performed from April 5 through April 10, 1971, plus two matinee performances. The set was produced by engineer Tim Jessup along with band member Lee Loughnane, and was released on September 10, 2021.

Artwork and packaging

The original LP release of this set contained two giant posters of the band, a poster of Carnegie Hall's exterior, an insert about voting information, and a 20-page softcover booklet; this last contained photos of the band members playing during the concert, and on the back bore a full touring schedule from their first tour through their 1971 US tour. The band's official web site labels the cover design "white tile".

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"In the Country"		Terry Kath	Kath Peter Cetera	10:35
2	"Fancy Colours"		Robert Lamm	Cetera	5:15
3	"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Free form intro)		Lamm	—	6:20
4	"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"		Lamm	3:47
Side two
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"South California Purples"		Lamm	Lamm	15:35
2	"Questions 67 and 68"		Lamm	Lamm Cetera	5:36
Side three
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"Sing a Mean Tune Kid"		Lamm	Cetera	12:54
2	"Beginnings"		Lamm	Lamm	6:27
Side four
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"It Better End Soon – 1st Movement"		Lamm	Kath	2:54
2	"It Better End Soon – 2nd Movement" (Flute solo)		Lamm Walter Parazaider	—	5:00
3	"It Better End Soon – 3rd Movement" (Guitar solo)		Lamm Kath	—	2:42
4	"It Better End Soon – 4th Movement" (Preach)		Lamm Kath	Kath	3:09
5	"It Better End Soon – 5th Movement"		Lamm	Kath	2:09
Side five
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"Introduction"		Kath	Kath	7:10
2	"Mother"		Lamm	Lamm	8:21
3	"Lowdown"		Cetera Danny Seraphine	Cetera	3:58
Side six
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"Flight 602"		Lamm	Lamm	3:31
2	"Motorboat to Mars"		Seraphine	—	3:00
3	"Free"		Lamm	Kath	5:15
4	"Where Do We Go from Here?"		Cetera	Cetera	4:08
5	"I Don't Want Your Money"		Kath Lamm	Lamm	5:23
Side seven
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"Happy Cause I'm Going Home"		Lamm	Lamm Cetera	7:56
2–8	"Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" (total length: 15:25)	"Make Me Smile"	James Pankow	Kath	3:30
		"So Much to Say, So Much to Give"		Lamm	1:00
		"Anxiety's Moment"		—	1:08
		"West Virginia Fantasies"		—	1:31
		"Colour My World"		Kath	3:26
		"To Be Free"		—	1:21
		"Now More Than Ever"		Kath	3:25
Side eight
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"A Song for Richard and His Friends"		Lamm	Lamm	6:58
2	"25 or 6 to 4"		Lamm	Cetera	6:35
3	"I'm a Man"		Steve Winwood Jimmy Miller	Kath Lamm Cetera	8:51

Personnel

Terry Kath – guitar and vocals
Peter Cetera – bass and vocals
Robert Lamm – keyboards and vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, background vocals, percussion, guitar on "Flight 602" and "Where Do We Go From Here?"
Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, percussion, background vocals
James Pankow – trombone, percussion
Danny Seraphine – drums

Production

Produced by James William Guercio
Engineers – Don Puluse, Bud Graham, Hank Altman, Aaron Baron and Larry Dahlstrom
Recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (by Location Recorders)
Mixed at Columbia Recording Studios, New York, NY
Art Direction – John Berg/Virginia Team
Artwork – Fuding Cheng
Poster Design – Ron Coro
Photography – Allen Goldblatt and Fred Lombardi
Poster Photo – Frank Laffire
Lettering – Beverly Scott

Charts

Chart (1971-1972)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)	26
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)	3
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	21
US Billboard 200	3

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)	29

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)	Gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000
Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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Studio albums	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 Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus Chicago XXXV: The Nashville Sessions Chicago XXXVI: Now Chicago XXXVIII: Born for This Moment
Christmas albums	Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Three Chicago XXXVII: Chicago Christmas
Live albums	Chicago at Carnegie Hall Live in Japan Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert Chicago XXXIV: Live in '75
Compilations	Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Volume II If You Leave Me Now Take Me Back to Chicago Greatest Hits 1982–1989 Group Portrait The Heart of Chicago 1967–1997 The Heart of Chicago 1967–1998 Volume II The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning The Box Love Songs The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition
Singles	"Questions 67 and 68" "Beginnings" "Make Me Smile" "25 or 6 to 4" "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" "Free" "Lowdown" "Saturday in the Park" "Dialogue (Part I & II)" "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" "Just You 'n' Me" "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" "Call on Me" "Wishing You Were Here" "Harry Truman" "Old Days" "Brand New Love Affair" "Another Rainy Day in New York City" "If You Leave Me Now" "Baby, What a Big Surprise" "Take Me Back to Chicago" "Alive Again" "No Tell Lover" "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" "Love Me Tomorrow" "Stay the Night" "Hard Habit to Break" "You're the Inspiration" "Along Comes a Woman" "Will You Still Love Me?" "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." "Niagara Falls" "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" "Look Away" "You're Not Alone" "We Can Last Forever" "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" "Chasin' the Wind" "Here in My Heart"
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