like most critics, i'd generally (and unfairly) dismissed chicago as aor drivel. however after listening to the steve wilson remaster i was curious enough to listen again to their first and third albums and was struck by how listenable they are. there's a lot of aimless instrumentals and the big hits are profoundly overexposed, but there's are a lot of good deep tracks (including an uncanny csny rip on the third record) and terry kath is sort of an overlooked ace on guitar.