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{{Infobox album
| name       = Chicago V
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
| cover      = Chicago - Chicago V.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|1972|7|10}}
| recorded   = September 20–29, 1971
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Columbia Records#Studio B|Columbia 52nd Street]], New York City
| genre      = *[[Rock music|Rock]]
*[[jazz rock]]
| length     = 45:16
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer   = [[James William Guercio]]
| prev_title = [[Chicago at Carnegie Hall]]
| prev_year  = 1971
| next_title = [[Live in Japan (Chicago album)|Live in Japan]]
| next_year  = 1972
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Chicago V
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Saturday in the Park (song)|Saturday in the Park]]
 | single1date = July 13, 1972
 | single2     = [[Dialogue (Part I & II)]]
 | single2date = October 1972
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Planer |first=Lindsay |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r3847 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Chicago V - Chicago : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2012-06-18}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev2Score = (not rated)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/chicago/albums/album/106041/review/5940585/chicago_v |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123153600/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/chicago/albums/album/106041/review/5940585/chicago_v |archive-date=2010-01-23 |title=Chicago: Chicago V : Music Reviews |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=1972-12-07 |url-status=dead |access-date=2012-06-18}}</ref>
}}

'''''Chicago V''''' is the fourth studio album by the American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]. It was released on July 10, 1972, by [[Columbia Records]]. It is the group's first single album release, after having released three consecutive [[double album]]s and a four-disc [[box set]] of live material.

==History==
Following the release of ''[[Chicago III]]'' in 1971, the group changed from producing double albums, with many songs arranged in extended suites, in favor of more concise tracks on a single album.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Street Player: My Chicago Story|last=Seraphine|first=Danny|publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc.|year=2011|isbn=9780470416839|page=125}}</ref> It is often considered the group's return-to-basics as it has a sound resembling their first album, ''[[Chicago Transit Authority (album)|Chicago Transit Authority]].'' ''Chicago V'' is also notable for [[Robert Lamm]]'s prolific [[song]]writing; Eight out of its ten tunes are composed solely by him. [[Terry Kath]] wrote and sang the album's final track "Alma Mater", which showcased his [[acoustic guitar]] abilities. The song "A Hit by Varèse" is a tribute to French-American composer [[Edgard Varèse]]. This would be the last album not to have any compositions from [[Peter Cetera]] during his tenure in the band.

Recorded just before ''[[Chicago at Carnegie Hall]]'' was released in late 1971, ''Chicago V'' was cut in just over a week and held over for release until the following summer. Released shortly before the album, the single "Saturday in the Park" was the band's biggest hit to that point, reaching No. 3 in the US.<ref name=Hot100>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/music/chicago/chart-history|title=Chicago Chart History: Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-date=October 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021194439/http://www.billboard.com/music/chicago/chart-history|url-status=live}}</ref>  ''Chicago V'' was critically acclaimed and became Chicago's first No.1 album,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Street Player: My Chicago Story|last=Seraphine|first=Danny|publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc.|year=2011|isbn=9780470416839|page=127}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chicago/chart-history/tlp/|title=Chicago Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-date=October 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023201309/http://www.billboard.com/music/chicago/chart-history/billboard-200|url-status=live}}</ref> spending nine weeks atop the charts in the [[United States|US]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1972/billboard-200|title=Billboard 200 - 1972 Archive {{!}} Billboard Charts Archive|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 21, 2017|language=en|archive-date=November 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106110753/http://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1972/billboard-200|url-status=live}}</ref>  In the [[United Kingdom|UK]], the release managed to reach No. 24.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13861/chicago/|title=CHICAGO {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=October 21, 2017|archive-date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204115420/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13861/chicago/|url-status=live}}</ref>  The follow-up single "Dialogue (Part I & II)" also became a hit, peaking at No. 24 in the US.<ref name=Hot100/>

This album was mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic. In 2002, ''Chicago V'' was remastered and reissued by [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Records]] with three bonus tracks: a rehearsal of Lamm's "A Song for Richard and His Friends", which was debuted at [[Chicago at Carnegie Hall|Carnegie Hall]], an early rehearsal of Kath's "Mississippi Delta City Blues" (which would later be re-recorded and released on ''[[Chicago XI]]''), and a single edit of "Dialogue".

On August 17, 2011, [[Warner Music Group|Warner Japan]] released this album as a hybrid stereo-multichannel [[Super Audio CD]] in their [[The Warner Premium Sound series|Warner Premium Sound series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wmg.jp/sacdcd/?icid=top110810#header |title=Warner Premium Sound 17 August 2011 releases |language=ja |access-date=2011-11-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813061646/http://www.wmg.jp/sacdcd/?icid=top110810 |archive-date=2011-08-13 }}</ref>

==Critical reception==
===Accolades===
*1973: ''Chicago V'', Best Small-Combo LP, ''[[Playboy]]'' Jazz & Pop Poll<ref name="Bondi 1973">{{Cite magazine |date=February 1973 |title=Jazz & Pop '73 |magazine=Playboy |publisher=HMH Publishing Co., Inc. }} available at, [http://bondiviewertest.azurewebsites.net/DataView/Article/PB?issueKey=19730201&articleKey=19730201084 Bondi Data Viewer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021111452/http://bondiviewertest.azurewebsites.net/DataView/Article/PB?issueKey=19730201&articleKey=19730201084 |date=2017-10-21 }} |access-date=October 20, 2017</ref><ref name= "Harral 1973">{{cite news |last=Harral |first=Don |title=Chicago To Appear In State Tuesday |newspaper=The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press |location=Lawton, Oklahoma, USA |date=February 18, 1973 |page=2D |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14545788/the_lawton_constitution_and_morning/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=October 20, 2017 |archive-date=October 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021060016/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14545788/the_lawton_constitution_and_morning/ |url-status=live }} {{free access}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Vocals
| headline = Side One
| title1   = A Hit by [[Edgard Varèse|Varèse]]
| writer1  = [[Robert Lamm]]
| extra1   = Lamm
| length1  = 4:56

| title2   = All Is Well
| writer2  = Lamm
| extra2   = Lamm
| length2  = 3:52

| title3   = Now That You've Gone
| writer3  = [[James Pankow]]
| extra3   = [[Terry Kath]]
| length3  = 5:01

| title4   = [[Dialogue (Part I & II)|Dialogue (Part I)]]
| writer4  = Lamm
| extra4   = Kath, [[Peter Cetera]]
| length4  = 2:57

| title5   = Dialogue (Part II)
| writer5  = Lamm
| extra5   = Kath, Cetera
| length5  = 4:13
}}

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Vocals
| headline = Side Two
| title1   = While the City Sleeps
| writer1  = Lamm
| extra1   = Lamm
| length1  = 3:53

| title2   = [[Saturday in the Park (song)|Saturday in the Park]]
| writer2  = Lamm
| extra2   = Lamm, Cetera
| length2  = 3:56

| title3   = State of the Union
| writer3  = Lamm
| extra3   = Cetera
| length3  = 6:12

| title4   = Goodbye
| writer4  = Lamm
| extra4   = Cetera
| length4  = 6:02

| title5  = Alma Mater
| writer5 = Kath
| extra5  = Kath
| length5 = 3:56
}}{{Tracklisting
| headline      = 2002 reissue bonus tracks
| extra_column  = Vocals
| title11       = A Song for Richard and His Friends
| note11        = Studio version without vocals
| length11      = 8:15
| writer11      = Lamm
| title12       = Mississippi Delta City Blues
| note12        = First recorded version with scratch vocal
| length12      = 5:28
| writer12      = Kath
| title13       = Dialogue (Part I & II)
| note13        = [[Single edit]]
| length13      = 5:02
| writer13      = Lamm
}}

== Personnel ==
=== Chicago ===
* [[Robert Lamm]] – acoustic piano, [[Hammond organ]], [[Fender Rhodes]], [[Hohner Pianet]], lead and backing vocals
* [[Terry Kath]] – electric and acoustic guitars, lead and backing vocals
* [[Peter Cetera]] – bass guitar, [[wah-wah pedal|wah-wah bass]], lead and backing vocals
* [[James Pankow]] – trombone, percussion, brass arrangements
* [[Walter Parazaider]] – saxophones, [[flute]], percussion
* [[Lee Loughnane]] – trumpet, [[flugelhorn]], percussion, backing vocals
* [[Danny Seraphine]] – drums, [[conga]]s, antique bells, percussion

== Production ==
* Produced by James William Guercio
* Engineered by Wayne Tarnowski
* Logo Design – Nick Fasciano
* Album Design – [[John Berg (art director)|John Berg]]
* Photography – Jim Houghton and Earl Steinbicker
* Lettering – Beverly Scott
* Remastering – [[Joe Gastwirt]]

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1972)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=62}}</ref>
| 5
|-
{{album chart|Canada|4|artist=Chicago|album=Chicago V|chartid=4174|rowheader=true|access-date=December 15, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|4|artist=Chicago|album=V|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | page= 166 | language= fi}}</ref>
| align="center"| 14
|-
! scope="row"|Italian Albums (''[[Musica e Dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e Dischi]]|language=it|access-date=June 20, 2024}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Chicago".</ref>
|align="center"|13
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite book |title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 |publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]] |location=Roppongi, Tokyo |year=2006 |isbn=4-87131-077-9 |language=ja}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
{{album chart|Norway|7|artist=Chicago|album=V|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|24|date=19721001|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Chicago|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1972|region=Canada|award=Platinum|certyear=1977|artist=Chicago|title=Chicago V|access-date=June 21, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1972|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=1986|artist=Chicago|title=Chicago V|access-date=June 21, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

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