Listen: Chicago’s Robert Lamm Solo Compilation

Omnivore Recordings has released Robert Lamm’s Time Chill, A Retrospective, the first-ever look back at the music Lamm—a founding member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Chicago, and a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame—has been composing as a solo artist for nearly 20 years. Lamm has been writing and recording with Chicago for 50 years, with 16 top 10 singles and 17 platinum albums with the group to his credit.

The collection, released June 2, contains 15 songs that hail from solo albums Lamm has been producing since 1999. Included are tracks from his collaboration with Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys and Gerry Beckley of America; previously unissued remixes by longtime Lamm producer John Van Eps (including a take on Chicago’s “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”); and a previously unreleased version of Bobby Hebb’s classic “Sunny.”

Listen to the remix of “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”

Related: Watch a classic vintage clip of Chicago

“Musicians tend to listen to all types of music,” Lamm writes in his track-by-track liner notes. “It’s the way we are wired. Often we are hearing music internally. That’s always been my experience. I observe, I read, I have interests in cinema, painting, sculpture, fashion and performance. Those communications are what inspire me to compose music. These songs are an emotional and reactive narrative of my life, my love.”

Listen to Lamm’s take on “Sunny”

Track Listing

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 (by the trio Beckley-Lamm-Wilson)
13. It’s A Groove, This Life (Jve Remix)
14. You Never Know The Story
15. Will People Ever Change?

Watch a trailer for Time Chill, a Retrospective