Chicago Transit Authority

Rock · 1969 · 5 tracks

Chicago Transit Authority

A gritty, ambitious double-debut where aggressive brass arrangements collide with psychedelic guitar feedback and urgent political commentary.

It's the one where they actually rock out and the guitar player sounds like he's trying to set his amp on fire.

A high-octane collision of urban sophistication and raw, rebellious energy.

Chicago Transit Authority · vs · Chicago

Social Commentary+2.1σ

The writing leans far further into social commentary than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks

02

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

4:33

07

Free Form Guitar

6:53

10

Prologue, August 29, 1968

0:57

11

Someday (August 29, 1968)

4:13

12

Liberation

15:41

Moments Worth Waiting For

The jarring transition from the polished pop of track 2 into the experimental feedback of Free Form Guitar

The chilling use of actual 1968 Democratic National Convention protest chants leading into Someday

Terry Kath's blistering, distorted guitar solo on Liberation that stretches for nearly ten minutes

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