The Box [Box] by Chicago

Pros: Nobody does career retrospectives like Rhino Records. This is a top-notch box set

Cons: You've got to be a SERIOUS Chicago fan to love all of it?

The Bottom Line: Rhino offers you the chance to discover what you're missing in your appreciation of a true original. Chicago's discography provides four decades of (mostly) fabulous jazz/rock/soul/pop for this box set.

Review: There are not a lot of major bands/artists out there anymore that can claim to have been recording albums and touring the world since the sixties the Rolling Stones come immediately to mind, as do Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Santana, but there...

Pros: Lots of great tunes on the first two and a half CDs

Cons: The last two and a half CDs are abominable

The Bottom Line: Well-worth buying not just for nostalgia types. Too bad there's so much junk from the post-1978 days.

Review: Answer: If you went to high school in the 1970s (like me), where ever you were, you were listening to Chicago (neeChicago Transit Authority). Especially if you were FROM Chicago (like me). They were on the radio. They were on your turntable...

Pros: awesome packaging, booklet, remastered songs, bonus DVD

Cons: a bit pricy... but worth it!

The Bottom Line: This box set will rank with the best ever made. You won't find a more complete representation of Chicago anywhere. I recommend it to everyone!

Review: What better way for the legendary jazz/rock band Chicago to sum up their so-far 37-year career in the mainstream of music than to produce the 5 CD/DVD Chicago Box Set which is now available in stores on Rhino records. Everything about...

Pros: GREAT packaging, liners, photos, etc. Decent selection from CTA - VI albums.

Cons: Too many lame 1980s - early 1990s tracks.

The Bottom Line: Comprehensive, but too much emphasis on the 1980s weaker material.

Review: This is the second attempt at a Chicago boxed set. The first effort, CBS' "Group Portrait" from 1991 is sadly out of print. I say sadly because I'm primarily a fan of the 1969-80 recordings, with little use for what came after, save "Night and Day,"...