Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album, and ninth album overall, by the American band Chicago and was released in 1975 by Columbia Records in both stereo (PC 33900) and SQ quadraphonic (PCQ 33900) versions.
Including all of Chicago's biggest hits to date, this set stretches from their 1969 debut, Chicago Transit Authority (referred to as Chicago I in the original LP liner notes), to 1974's Chicago VII. Chicago VIII and its hits, having only come out just months earlier, were considered too recent to anthologize, while Chicago III'''s material was overlooked for inclusion due to its lack of top-selling singles.Chicago IX proved to be an enormous success upon its release. It reached No. 1 in the US (the fifth and final consecutive Chicago album to do so) and remained on the Billboard 200 for a total of 72 weeks.Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955-1985, Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 71. It has since been certified quintuple platinum by the RIAA, signifying sales of over five million copies. Chicago IX'' was reissued by Rhino Records, Chicago's current distributor. The album did not chart in the UK.
Track listing
The UK version contains the additions of "Never Been in Love Before" and a shortened 3:27 version of "I'm a Man". The Brazilian version has the addition of "Happy Man" and moves "25 or 6 to 4" to the end of Side 1. "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" and "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" are omitted.
2025 expanded version To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the original album's release, an expanded version of the album featuring 10 additional tracks was released in 2025. The new edition includes songs from every studio album they released between 1969 and 1980.
Personnel Peter Cetera – bass, guitar, lead & background vocals Terry Kath – guitars, lead & background vocals Robert Lamm – keyboards, lead & background vocals Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, background vocals James Pankow – trombone, percussion, background vocals Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, percussion, background vocals Danny Seraphine – drums, percussion Laudir de Oliveira – percussion James William Guercio – producer John Berg – design Nick Fasciano – logo Reid Miles – photography
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1975–1977) Peakposition Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 16
Chart (2025) Peakposition Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) 11
Year-end charts Chart (1976) Position
Certifications
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