The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning is a double greatest hits album by the American band Chicago, their twenty-seventh album overall. Released in 2002, this collection marked the beginning of a long-term partnership with Rhino Entertainment which, between 2002 and 2005, would go on to remaster and re-release Chicago's 1969–1980 Columbia Records catalogue. In Europe, the collection was released as The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits with a slightly different track listing. The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning is a double greatest hits album by the American band Chicago, their twenty-seventh album overall. Released in 2002, this collection marked the beginning of a long-term partnership with Rhino Entertainment which, between 2002 and 2005, would go on to remaster and re-release Chicago's 1969–1980 Columbia Records catalogue. In Europe, the collection was released as The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits with a slightly different track listing. false 2025-11-07 22:15:26 2002 2002-07-02 2002-07-02 162 Jazz Rock Pop Rock Rock Soft Rock 111276 2157350 c99dbfd1-b118-4340-999d-77df19d659c6 3f5be744-e867-42fb-8913-5fd69e4099b5 6c6d3c27-57d2-3483-8a03-7e6c03290bfc /config/metadata/library/6d/6d06b86a19e383e2176c376538457f82/folder.jpg Chicago Chicago feat. Gipsy Kings Chicago 1 1 04:25 1 2 04:49 1 3 03:20 1 4 06:27 1 5 04:52 1 6 05:43 1 7 03:01 1 8 02:16 1 9 03:34 1 10 03:55 1 11 05:01 1 12 03:42 1 13 04:14 1 14 04:28 1 15 04:35 1 16 04:03 1 18 03:01 1 19 03:56 2 1 03:30 2 2 03:05 2 3 02:58 2 4 04:05 2 5 04:14 2 6 03:59 2 6 03:58 2 7 05:06 2 8 03:49 2 9 04:44 2 10 03:50 2 11 03:48 2 11 03:48 2 12 04:13 2 13 03:52 2 14 04:01 2 15 04:14 2 16 03:57 2 17 03:45 2 18 04:00 2 19 04:18 2 20 03:20