“Love Me Tomorrow” represents the upper echelon of Chicago ballads. The Peter Cetera/David Foster composition from 1982’s Chicago 16 contains another excellent Cetera vocal, an equally strong backing vocal arrangement by Peter featuring a multi-tracked Cetera, and a Foster rhythm arrangement which is subtly effective.
Lyrically, the song is solid. Chicago isn’t breaking any new ground, but “Love Me Tomorrow” is still stronger than the music of their contemporaries.
A No. 22 charting hit (No. 8 on the adult-contemporary chart), this would have made an excellent Peter Cetera solo song. Jeremy Lubbock’s string arrangement is stellar, with the final flourish being most noteworthy.
The intro guitars, perhaps by Chris Pinnick, give a rock flavor while the melodic piano solo by David Foster enhances this track’s gravitas. It does seem obvious that most of founding members are missing, as “Love Me Tomorrow” has no place for horns and Robert Lamm was instrumentally replaced by Foster.
While the song contains one of the last gasps of Peter Cetera’s bass and Danny Seraphine’s acoustic drums, the writing for Chicago’s instrumental contributions was on the wall.
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