Like so many goodbyes, nobody knew “Better” would represent Bill Champlin’s last released original recording with Chicago.

“Where Were You” stands out for what’s not there: A gaggle of hired-hand sessions guys meant to bolster Chicago musically.

There has been only one time that I purchased an album on the day it was released, and that was 2006’s ‘Chicago XXX.’ It didn’t work out.

The Jason Scheff co-written “Caroline” seems to be making the same old mistakes, until a key figure from Chicago’s modern era arrives to save the day.

Chicago added three inoffensive new studio songs to this concert recording, and “If I Should Ever Lose You” is the best of a half-hearted bunch.

Chicago’s “Here In My Heart” is special to me, and every time I hear it I reminisce about my last two months of middle school and the broken heart I had.

It wasn’t a daring break from the past, but at least “All Roads Lead to You” was new music that played to Chicago’s strengths.

The obscure bonus track “String of Pearls” was yet another line item on a long list of missed opportunities for Chicago.

Chicago’s update of the Duke Ellington classic “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” is fun and lively, but could have been so much more.

Chicago’s terrific update of “Blues In the Night” is proof that artists don’t have to write their own material to offer originality and eclecticism.