Chicago 16 Review

07/13/2005 4:15 AM, AMG


With its back to the wall, Chicago switched record labels, dropped Donnie Dacus in favor of Bill Champlin (of the Sons of Champlin), brought in producer David Foster as new Svengali, and went back to power ballads. And it all worked, at least commercially. "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" was the summer ballad of 1982, the album went Top Ten, and Chicago was back in business, albeit with far more limited musical goals than it had had at the beginning. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide