Time Chill: A Retrospective

by Robert Lamm

Overview

Robert Lamm became the first member of Chicago to release a solo record back in 1974 but he put his extracurricular activities on ice until 1993, when he released Life Is Good in My Neighborhood. Another album, In My Head, followed in 1999, but it was Like a Brother -- a 2000 collaboration with America's Gerry Beckley and Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys -- that opened up a streak of laid-back albums stretching into the 2010s. Time Chill: A Retrospective focuses on these albums, selecting highlights from 2003's Subtlety & Passion, 2004's Too Many Voices, 2008's The Bossa Project, and 2012's Living Proof, adding a bonus track from a reissue of Like a Brother and a mix from Robert Lamm Songs: The JVE Remixes. All of this holds together because Lamm specializes in smooth grooves in his solo work, grooves that are surprisingly informed by electronic dance and hip-hop: witness "Sleeping in the Middle of the Bed," which actually includes raps from Lamm. Hints of Chicago can be heard in places that aren't JVE's remix of "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" -- they are there in the soaring melodies, Latin rhythms, and jazzy inclinations, but Lamm's work is distinguished by its electronic gleam. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/02/2017
Label:	Omnivore
UPC:	0816651013524
Rank:	121316

Tracks

1. 4 Bells
2. Angels Fly [JVE Remix]
3. Sing to Me Lady
4. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? [JVE Remix]
5. Sleeping in the Middle of the Bed
6. Send Rain
7. Everyday, It¿¿¿s Always Something
8. Out of the Blue
9. Sunny
10. Samba in Your Life [JVE Remix]
11. You're My Sunshine Everyday [JVE Remix]
12. Standing at Your Door
13. It¿¿¿s a Groove, This Life [JVE Remix]
14. You Never Know the Story
15. Will People Ever Change?

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Robert Lamm   Primary Artist,Drums,Vocals,Keyboards,Percussion
Carl Wilson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Beckley-Lamm-Wilson   Primary Artist
Gerry Beckley   Primary Artist,Vocals
John Van Eps   Keyboards,Percussion,Bass,Drums,Vocals
Ross Traut   Guitar
Gerard McMahon   Vocals
Hank Linderman   Guitar,Vocals
Jason Scheff   Bass,Vocals
John McCurry   Guitar
Keith Howland   Guitar
Zosia Karbowiak   Vocals
Trent Gardner   Bass,Vocals,Trombone,Keyboards
Tris Imboden   Drums,Percussion
Larry Klimas   Saxophone
Lee Loughnane   Trumpet

Technical Credits

John Van Eps   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming,Mixing,Arranger
Marty Grebb   Composer
Robert Lamm   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Liner Notes,Programming,Compilation Producer
Phil Galdston   Composer
Hank Linderman   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
John McCurry   Composer
Abiodun Oyewole   Composer
Reuben Cohen   Mastering
Lee Lodyga   Project Assistant
Jonathan Exley   Cover Photo
Audrey Bilger   Project Assistant
Dutch Cramblitt   Project Assistant
Brad Rosenberger   Compilation Producer
Jordan Pollack   Project Assistant
Trent Gardner   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Tris Imboden   Composer,Programming
Bobby Hebb   Composer
Cheryl Pawelski   Project Assistant
Parthenon Huxley   Composer
Greg Allen   Design,Art Direction
Gavin Lurssen   Mastering