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.
| If You Leave Me Now | ||||
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| Released | March 1983[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1969–1980 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 42:42 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | James William Guercio, Phil Ramone & Chicago, Tom Dowd | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
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".[2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "If You Leave Me Now" | Chicago X (1976) | 3:57 |
| 2. | "Saturday in the Park" | Chicago V (1972) | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" | Chicago VI (1973) | 4:14 |
| 4. | "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" | Chicago VII (1974) | 4:29 |
| 5. | "25 or 6 to 4" | Chicago (1970) | 4:52 |
| 6. | "Baby, What a Big Surprise" | Chicago XI (1977) | 3:05 |
| 7. | "Wishing You Were Here" | Chicago VII | 4:35 |
| 8. | "No Tell Lover (Single edit)" | Hot Streets (1978) | 3:52 |
| 9. | "Another Rainy Day in New York City" | Chicago X | 3:02 |
| 10. | "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (Greatest hits edit)*" | Chicago Transit Authority (1969) | 2:54 |
| 11. | "Song for You" | Chicago XIV (1980) | 3:41 |
- The CD version of Chicago's Greatest Hits restored some of the edited intro to "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", making this the only source of the original Greatest Hits edit available on compact disc.
In 2012, Rhino reissued it yet again, with "(And Other Hits)" added in its title.[3]
References
edit- ^ Chicago: The Box Liner Notes
- ^ a b https://www.allmusic.com/album/r3859/review
- ^ "Chicago Shop entry". Archived from the original on 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2013-09-18.