Chicago XXXVI: Now

Chicago XXXVI: Now
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 4, 2014
Recorded2013 (2013)–2014 (2014)
Genre
Length50:27
LabelChicago Records II
ProducerChicago, Hank Linderman
Chicago chronology
Chicago XXXV: The Nashville Sessions
(2013)
Chicago XXXVI: Now
(2014)
Chicago at Symphony Hall
(2015)

Chicago XXXVI: Now, sometimes stylized as "NOW" Chicago XXXVI or Now: Chicago XXXVI, is the twenty-fourth studio album, and thirty-sixth overall by Chicago, an American rock band. It was written and recorded in 2013 and 2014, and released on July 4, 2014. Now is the band's first full album of new compositions since 2006's Chicago XXX, not including Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus, which was released in 2008 but recorded in 1993; and notwithstanding the occasional new tracks released in the band's many compilation and cover albums.

This album has the first original Chicago credits for veteran musicians Walfredo Reyes, Jr. and Lou Pardini, since joining the band. It is also the last album with bassist and vocalist Jason Scheff before his departure in 2016. It entered the US Billboard 200 at number 82.