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Chicago Transit Authority is the debut studio album by the American rock band Chicago, known at the time of release as Chicago Transit Authority. This double album was released on April 28, 1969 and became a sleeper hit, reaching number 17 on the Billboard 200 by 1971.
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Chicago Transit Authority by Chicago released in 1969. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Chicago Transit Authority is the debut album by the American pop&jazz rock group Chicago (then known as Chicago (2)). It was recorded and released in 28. April 1969 and became a sleeper hit, reaching number 17 on the Billboard 200 by 1971 and spawning several successful singles, including Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
The band’s self-titled debut album showed the world how they could rock with brass and successfully incorporate funk, jazz, and pop balladry into a groundbreaking double-platinum rock & roll classic. The album stayed on the charts for a then-record 171 weeks, and was certified gold and later platinum and double platinum.
Long before they became reliable hit-makers, the Chicago Transit Authority (the septet’s original name) served up genre-crossing jams with a daring disregard for convention. CTA’s 1969 debut testifies to the band’s initial brilliance, matching a Stan Kenton-like brass attack with gutsy blues-rock.