Chicago's "Lost Album"

Chicago has been making music for more than 40 years.

You don't get to stick around that long unless your songs have staying power -- an attribute the group is no doubt counting on as it releases its latest album, "Stone of Sisyphus (XXXII)."

On The Early Show Friday, band member Jimmy Pankow told co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez, "It's the lost album. It went in the can. The can is called limbo -- for records that never get released, and here we are 15 years later or whatever, and it's Chicago 32 instead of Chicago 22. And apparently, the fans are eatin' it up."

Pankow told Rodriguez that, as he reflects on Chicago's long and rich ride, he wouldn't do anything differently, saying, "I don't think so. We're lucky enough to be along on this ride. This music became timeless. Little did we know that people would not get enough of this stuff."

Rodriguez also chatted with the group's other members, Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane and Walt Parazaider at Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island in the group's namesake hometown.

Chicago's achievements include a Grammy Award and record sales topping 100 million, including 20 Top 10 singles, five consecutive No. 1 albums, five No. 1 singles, 13 platinum albums, and five gold singles.

They've truly become an institution in Chicago.

The band and city are tied together in many ways, including: