CORNERSTONE

First of all, I was hypnotised by "Boat On The River " ( and I love this ballad till now!). "Babe" was a strange song even then - something what shouldn't be presented in any rock album.

So, I listened this album day after day, and perfectly new all songs included ( not now, for sure). And even from years I remember that feeling - I loved some songs and hated others, but it never was THE ALBUM for me. I really waited for next release just to understand, do I like Styx or not.( And after the next album I just missed any interest for that band for the years).

So, after so many years, I still can say, that it's a strange album - "Boat on The River " is really on of Styx' greatest song ever, and "Babe" is one of the weakest. "Never Say Never" is very american pop-rock, other songs are somewhere belove the average standard.

It looks, that album should be placed somewhere between "nothing good at all" category with just one great song. But returning back to this music again and again, I feel some kind of light attraction - nice voice, often melodic songs, quite technical arrangements. To be honest, that album has it's own magnetism ( having almost nothing of good musical material).

So, something between 2 and 3, but more 2 for prog-rock site.

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