| # | Title | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Take Me Back to Chicago | 5:17 |
| 2 | Mississippi Delta City Blues | 4:42 |
| 3 | Baby, What a Big Surprise- assistant recording engineer and recording engineer:
- Armin Steiner (strings)
- assistant engineer:
- Tom Likes
- engineer:
- Wayne Tarnowski
- producer:
- James William Guercio
- acoustic guitar and bass:
- James William Guercio (in 1977)
- additional background vocals:
- Tim Cetera (in 1977) and Carl Wilson (in 1977)
- orchestrator:
- Peter Cetera, Dominic Frontiere and James William Guercio
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS, Inc. (in 1977, in 1978), Chicago Records Inc. (in 1977) and Rhino Entertainment Company (in 2002, in 2007)
- recorded at:
- Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States and Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (strings)
- mixed at:
- Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States
- recording of:
- Baby, What a Big Surprise (in 1977)
- orchestrator:
- Dominic Frontiere
- lyricist and composer:
- Peter Cetera (in 1977)
- publisher:
- BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs, Inc., Island Music Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
| 3:05 |
| 4 | Prelude (Little One) | 0:49 |
| 5 | Little One | 5:47 |
| 6 | Not Tell Lover- engineer:
- Jim Boyer, Lee DeCarlo and Don Gehman
- producer:
- Chicago and Phil Ramone
- mixer:
- Jim Boyer and Phil Ramone
- synthesizer:
- Blue Weaver (from 1978-05 until 1978-06)
- synthesizer [synthesizer strings]:
- Blue Weaver (in 1978)
- background vocals:
- Peter Cetera (in 1978), Donnie Dacus (in 1978), Robert Lamm (in 1978) and Lee Loughnane (in 1978)
- lead vocals:
- Peter Cetera (in 1978, from 1978-05 until 1978-06)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Rhino Entertainment Company (in 2002)
- mixed at:
- A&R Recording Studio in New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- No Tell Lover (from 1978-05 until 1978-06)
- writer:
- Peter Cetera (in 1978), Lee Loughnane (in 1978) and Danny Seraphine (in 1978)
- publisher:
- BMG Songs, Inc., COM Music (in 1978), Polish Prince Music (in 1978) and Street Sense Music (in 1978)
- recording of:
- No Tell Lover (in 1978)
- writer:
- Peter Cetera (in 1978), Lee Loughnane (in 1978) and Danny Seraphine (in 1978)
- publisher:
- BMG Songs, Inc., COM Music (in 1978), Polish Prince Music (in 1978) and Street Sense Music (in 1978)
| 4:13 |
| 7 | Closer to You | 4:56 |
| 8 | Gone Long Gone | 4:00 |
| 9 | Alive Again | 4:07 |
| 10 | Must Have Been Crazy | 3:24 |
| 11 | Doin' Business | 3:27 |
| 12 | Song for You | 3:40 |
| 13 | Thunder and Lightning | 3:33 |
| 14 | The American Dream | 3:17 |
| 15 | Beginnings (live) | 6:18 |
