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Chicago Twenty 1
Studio album by Chicago
Released	29 January 1991
Recorded	1990
Genre	Adult Contemporary
Length	52:01
Label	Full Moon/Reprise Records
Producer(s)	Ron Nevison Except "Explain It To My Heart": Humberto Gatica
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (2/5) link
Chicago chronology
Greatest Hits 1982-1989 (1989)	Chicago Twenty 1 (1991)	Night & Day Big Band (1995)

Chicago Twenty 1 is the twenty-first album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1991. As their first album of the 1990s, Chicago Twenty 1 was intended to extend Chicago's continuing success into another decade.

Retaining producer Ron Nevison from Chicago 19, the band sacked founding drummer Danny Seraphine and replaced him with Tris Imboden (though it should be noted session player John Keane played the majority of tracks on Chicago Twenty-1) and added Dawayne Bailey as an extra guitarist for Chicago Twenty 1's 1990 sessions.

Unfortunately, while the music for Chicago Twenty 1 was familiar and commercial, the shifting of musical trends (Nirvana and the grunge movement were months away) lost Chicago valuable radio support and, consequently, Chicago Twenty 1 and its songs went mostly unheard upon their January 1991 release. Although "Chasin' The Wind" (#39) became a minor hit, Chicago Twenty 1 merely scraped to #66 before expiring.

As a result, Chicago would take a different tack for its subsequent album, Stone of Sisyphus, hiring producer Peter Wolf to develop a more ambitious effort. Unfortunately, this album has yet to be released, although its songs would appear subsequently on various Chicago compilations as well as solo albums by Robert Lamm and Jason Scheff. Chicago Twenty 1 would be Chicago's last album of new songs written predominantly by group members to come out until Chicago XXX in 2006.

1. "Explain it to My Heart" (Diane Warren) – 4:44
2. "If It Were You" (Jason Scheff/Darin Scheff/Tony Smith) – 4:43
3. "You Come to My Senses" (Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly) – 3:49
4. "Somebody, Somewhere" (Bill Champlin/Dennis Matkosky/Kevin Dukes) – 4:21
5. "What Does It Take" (Jason Scheff/Gerard McMahon) – 4:38
6. "One from the Heart" (Robert Lamm/Gerard McMahon) – 4:43
7. "Chasin' the Wind" (Diane Warren) – 4:18
8. "God Save the Queen" (James Pankow/Jason Scheff) – 4:19
9. "Man to Woman" (Jason Scheff/Adam Mitchell) – 3:56
10. "Only Time Can Heal the Wounded" (Robert Lamm/Gerard McMahon) – 4:43
11. "Who Do You Love" (Bill Champlin/Dennis Matkosky) – 3:20
12. "Holdin' On" (Bill Champlin/Tom Saviano) – 4:15

Chicago Twenty 1 (Full Moon/Reprise 26391) reached #66 in the US during a chart stay of 11 weeks. It did not chart in the UK.

• Dawayne Bailey - guitars, background vocals
• Bill Champlin - pianos, keyboards, guitars
• Tris Imboden - drums, percussion
• Robert Lamm - keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Lee Loughnane - trumpet, flugelhorn, background vocals
• James Pankow - trombone, percussion, background vocals
• Walter Parazaider - saxophones, flute, background vocals
• Jason Scheff - bass, vocals, background vocals

Additional personnel

• John Keane - drums
• Robbie Buchanan - keyboards
• Efrain Toro - keyboards
• Tom Keane - keyboards
• Steve Porcaro - keyboards programming
• David Foster - acoustic piano
• Michael Landau - guitar
• Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone