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    Posted: February 01 2012 at 17:50
Ok I read all the reviews for Styx albums and they are pouring out that their Cornerstone album is quote " Simply catasrophic and Babe makes it sink even deeper than the Mariana Trench. Avoid it , it StynX. "

Nice. I can understand the hate towards power ballads buy hey I like Babe - at least its catchy.

But have they got any albums worth hearing? I have no Styx album but have babe on some dang compilation of Power Ballads.  I have heard Mr Roboto on MTV and admired it from a distance. Great film clip and chant - "domo ari goto mr roboto" is all I remember of the song....

What are their proggiest albums? 

I have none but would get a prog album of Styx if it exists.

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The Grand Illusion
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Cornerstone is sweet!  Yeah, it has a few sappy ballads but so what, it also has some very good tracks.  I know I'm in the minority being a Styx fan around here, but like Kansas they get too much abuse.  Frankly, Styx-haters can kiss my rump. 

Scott, the first four Wooden Nickel albums are good but more hard rock affairs, their first guitarist was a bit different than Shaw.  You can check those out later.  These are the peak art-period albums, the litmus test to whether Styx is for you or not.  I would check them out in this order:

The Grand Illusion
Pieces of Eight

then...in any order
Crystal Ball
Paradise Theater
Cornerstone
Equinox
Wooden Nickel compilation

Keep in mind, Styx is not "prog" but rather great art-rock.....theatrical hard rock with occasionally proggy references.  If you need it to be "real prog" in order to enjoy it, skip it.  If you just like good music, check it out. 

Edit: The first four albums are a LOT of fun, especially "Serpent is Rising" which is considered their weirdest album.  But try Grand Illusion before you venture back to the early ones.



Edited by Finnforest - February 01 2012 at 20:23
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I couldn't help but think of the South Park episode where Cartman has this thing about if you start singing "I'm sailing away.." and he has to finish the whole song.
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I have a Styx recommendation.....give 'em a miss and put on the good ol' Grateful Dead.
 
 
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Sorry, that wasn't very nice....I kinda like Styx II and some of those old radio songs were pretty good.....Snowblind!
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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EQUINOX is sensational.
Shake & bake.
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Originally posted by Finnforest

Cornerstone is sweet!  Yeah, it has a few sappy ballads but so what, it also has some very good tracks.  I know I'm in the minority being a Styx fan around here, but like Kansas they get too much abuse.  Frankly, Styx-haters can kiss my rump. 

Scott, the first four Wooden Nickel albums are good but more hard rock affairs, their first guitarist was a bit different than Shaw.  You can check those out later.  These are the peak art-period albums, the litmus test to whether Styx is for you or not.  I would check them out in this order:

The Grand Illusion
Pieces of Eight

then...in any order
Crystal Ball
Paradise Theater
Cornerstone
Equinox
Wooden Nickel compilation

Keep in mind, Styx is not "prog" but rather great art-rock.....theatrical hard rock with occasionally proggy references.  If you need it to be "real prog" in order to enjoy it, skip it.  If you just like good music, check it out. 

Edit: The first four albums are a LOT of fun, especially "Serpent is Rising" which is considered their weirdest album.  But try Grand Illusion before you venture back to the early ones.


Thanks I will have a listen to Grand Illusion as soon as I can,
good music from the small amount I have heard.
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Hey I love Miss America! And had heard it before somewhere. Great album really - The Grand Illusion.
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I think Equinox is quite solid.  And it has "Suite Madame Blue" which might be their best song.  It's kind of the precursor to "Come Sail Away", same kind of thing.

I think "The Serpent is Rising" has a strange song about a plexiglass toilet on it, but my recollection is hazy.
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^
LOLIndeed it does, with a sing-along that touched on butt wiping among other things.  Needless to say that album is the one Dennis DeYoung wishes he could erase from history, but lots of fans enjoy it.
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FOUND IT!  Tongue

"I can't believe it's Styx." -- you, after hearing this.

It's part of the track called "As Bad as This".  This clip just presents the toilet section.




Edited by HolyMoly - February 08 2012 at 15:11
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^LOL

Featuring this great lyric

A boy of 5 stands close to the toilet
Holds the lid up with one hand
Won't let go the lid for fear that
On his banana it will land
Don't sit down on the Plexiglas toilet yeah



This was the work of the rather eccentric first guitarist, replaced in 75 by Shaw.  
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