Robert Lamm’s “Something’s Coming, I Know” isn’t about taking risks. Instead, it settles for being this Chicago album’s most effortlessly joyous moment.

Marty Penrose, Joe Mandica and Fortunato Isgro inject their signature styles into the session, creating one heck of a spine-tingling performance.

Committee of Vultures’ ‘Everybody Wants the Blues’ is the sound of musicians enjoying each other and their roots, delivering stellar performances.

Serving as an ode to a companion who makes life worth living, Richard Turgeon’s “Better With You” shimmers and shines.

Released 45 years ago today, Muddy Waters’ ‘Hard Again’ marked the kind of comeback you expect from the great ones.

No, there’s nothing transformational here; it’s just the Steely Dan band giving you the good stuff.

‘Inimitable’ is an intimate solo acoustic bass recording where Michael Bisio seemed to have plowed ahead and played with a lot of heart and instinct with not too much forethought.

‘Now’ showed Chicago could produce a better album than they have in years when given complete artistic control. But they still had to include a ballad.

Zan Zone’s ‘It’s Only Natural’ is all over the place, and it’s all over the place in a wonderful all over and very eclectic place way.

‘Tattoo You’ could easily be called the Rolling Stones’ last really good album of original material, given that ‘Blue and Lonesome’ was a covers project.