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Return To Paradise (Styx Album)
''Return to Paradise'' is the second live album by Styx, released in 1997, and their first album after signing with CMC International. It features songs from their successful reunion tour with Tommy Shaw, but without John Panozzo, who died in July 1996. It includes three new studio tracks, "On My Way," "Paradise," and "Dear John." Shaw wrote the latter as a tribute to Panozzo, while "Paradise" featured upon Dennis DeYoung's solo album and was newly recorded with the band. Track listing Disc 1 #"On My Way" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:02 #"Paradise" (Dennis DeYoung) – 4:29 #"A.D. 1928" / "Rockin' the Paradise" (Dennis DeYoung, James Young, Tommy Shaw) – 5:23 #" Blue Collar Man" (Tommy Shaw) – 4:34 #"Lady" (Dennis DeYoung) – 3:28 #"Too Much Time on My Hands" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:43 #" Snowblind" (James Young, Dennis DeYoung) – 5:26 #" Suite Madame Blue" (Dennis DeYoung) – 8:31 #"Crystal Ball" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:56 Disc 2 #"The Grand Illusion" (Dennis DeYoung) – 6:50 #"Foolin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Collar Man
"Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" is a song by American rock band Styx, released as the first single from their eighth studio album, ''Pieces of Eight'' (1978). Released in 1978, the single came in two 7" vinyl formats: one with the b-side "Superstars" (a track from ''The Grand Illusion'') and a second single with the instrumental album track "Aku-Aku" as the b-side. Some printings of the single were also issued in a translucent blue vinyl, which are now highly sought after collectors items. Lyrics and music Tommy Shaw recalled that a friend of his was laid off from the railroad. "He was having to go stand in line at the unemployment office. It just drove him nuts, because he’s like, ‘I wanna work! I don’t wanna be standing around here, asking for a handout…’ It really bugged him, and that was the inspiration for that song.” As read in a ''Circus'' magazine (or the like) of the time, the music was composed by Shaw after hearing the sound of his motor boat engine when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renegade (Styx Song)
"Renegade" is a 1979 hit song recorded by the American rock band Styx on their ''Pieces of Eight'' album. Although songwriter Tommy Shaw and fellow Styx guitarist James Young usually played lead guitar on their own compositions, Shaw asked Young if he could take the solo on "Renegade". Young agreed, and Young later returned the favor by allowing Shaw to play lead on his "Half-Penny, Two-Penny" on the '' Paradise Theatre'' album. When performed live from 1978 to 1983, drummer John Panozzo increased the tempo of the drum pattern during the guitar solo sections. Also, the track would serve as the drum solo spot for Panozzo during that time frame. Background The song is a first-person narrative of an outlaw, captured for a bounty, who recognizes that he is about to be executed for his criminal activities. The execution will be by hanging, as the outlaw laments, "Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long." Some pressings of the single were made with translu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Sail Away
"Come Sail Away" is a song by American progressive rock group Styx, written and sung by singer and songwriter Dennis DeYoung and featured on the band's seventh album ''The Grand Illusion'' (1977). Upon its release as the lead single from the album, "Come Sail Away" peaked at #8 in January 1978 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and helped ''The Grand Illusion'' achieve multi-platinum sales in 1978. It is one of the biggest hits of Styx's career. Background and writing Lyrically, the song uses sailing as a metaphor to achieve one's dreams. The lyrics touch on nostalgia of "childhood friends," escapism, and a religious thematic symbolized by "a gathering of angels" singing "a song of hope." The ending lyrics explain a transformation from a sailing ship into a starship, by narrating that "they climbed aboard their starship and headed for the skies". DeYoung revealed on ''In the Studio with Redbeard'' (which devoted an entire episode to the making of ''The Grand Illusion''), that he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babe (Styx Song)
"Babe" is a song by the American rock band Styx. It was the lead single from the band's 1979 triple-platinum album ''Cornerstone''. The song was Styx's first, and only, US number-one single, spending two weeks at No. 1 in December 1979, serving as the penultimate number-one single of the 1970s. "Babe" also went to No. 9 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It additionally held the number-one spot for six weeks on the Canadian ''RPM'' national singles chart, charting in December 1979 and becoming the opening chart-topper of the 1980s. It was also the band's only UK Top 40 hit, peaking at No. 6. It also reached No. 1 in South Africa. Background and content The song was written by member Dennis DeYoung as a birthday present for his wife Suzanne. The theme of the song is "the separation of two people." DeYoung stated of it that "If they've figured out what's more important than a relationship between two people, I don't know what it is. The finished track was recorded as a demo with j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorelei (Styx Song)
"Lorelei" is a song from rock band Styx. It is on their 1975 album ''Equinox'', and was released as a single in 1976. Background The song peaked at #27 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in April 1976 and was the band's second top 40 hit single. "Lorelei" Billboard Hot 100 Chart history Accessed May 27, 2012. Lorelei also hit number six on the Canadian charts during the weeks of May 8 and 15, 1976. Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "Lorelei" as the 77th most popular hit of 1976. It reached as high as number eight (for two weeks) on their surveys of April 17 and 24, 1976. ''Record World'' described the song as "a hard rocking number with overtones of The Who and Raspberries in its fiery rhythms. "Lorelei" was one of the songs that Styx re-recorded for their '' Regeneration: Volume 1'' EP in 2010 with James Young on lead vocals Personnel *Dennis DeYoung: lead vocals, keyboards * James Young: lead guitar, backing vocals *John Curulewski: r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boat On The River
"Boat on the River" is a 1979 song by Styx, from their album ''Cornerstone''. It was released as a single in 1980 in various countries, but not in the band's native United States, where " Borrowed Time" was released instead. It was popular in several European countries, becoming a top-five hit on the German, Austrian and Swiss charts (reaching number one on the latter). Background The song features Tommy Shaw on lead vocals and mandolin, with Dennis DeYoung accompanying on accordion and harmony vocals. In the video for the song, Chuck Panozzo, John Panozzo, and James J.Y. Young play bowed double bass, tambourine/bass drum and acoustic guitar respectively (even though James J.Y. Young does not play on the original recording). Shaw said of writing the song: But Shaw decided to demonstrate the composition to the band and, according to Shaw, "Dennis liked it enough and said, 'Let’s put it on the album.' That’s one thing I like about being a band that’s been so daring over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show Me The Way (Styx Song)
"Show Me the Way" is a song written by Dennis DeYoung and released as the second single from ''Edge of the Century'' by Styx. It peaked at #3 on the pop singles chart in March 1991. It is, to date, Styx's eighth and last top 10 ''Billboard'' single. Lead vocalist/keyboardist Dennis DeYoung, a devout Roman Catholic, originally wrote the song for his son Matthew as a pseudo-hymn about the struggle to keep the faith in a "world so filled with hatred". Released in November 1990, the song was slowly scaling the charts. In January 1991, just prior to the United States' entry into the Gulf War, Music Director Chris Taylor from WAVA-FM in Washington, D.C., and Knoxville DJ Ray Edwards from WOKI-FM each did their own customized "Desert Shield Mix" incorporating television and call-in comments from officials, soldiers and callers as well as C-SPAN's coverage of the House and Senate debates. Although released in the early 1990s, the song is very reminiscent of the classic Styx power ballad. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
"Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" is the second single released from Styx's ''The Grand Illusion'' (1977) album. On the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop chart in the U.S., the single peaked at #29 in April 1978. It also hit no. 20 on the Canada RPM Top Singles chart the week of May 6, 1978. The song was written by guitarist Tommy Shaw. It was originally based on Shaw's initial perception of Styx keyboardist Dennis DeYoung — an "angry young man" who viewed the group's successes with a wary eye and grew angry or depressed with every setback. It was only in later years that Shaw began to see himself in the lyrics, and the song took on a more personal meaning to him. The composition features a number of time signature changes. The intro and outro are performed in time, led by Shaw's acoustic guitar tracks and Dennis DeYoung's synthesizer melodies. The vocal sections of the song are in . The instrumental features a synthesizer solo in time, before returning to for the final ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grand Illusion (song)
"The Grand Illusion" is a song written by Dennis DeYoung that was released as the title track of Styx's 1977 album ''The Grand Illusion''. Not only is it the title track, but it provides the theme of the entire album. Although not released as a commercial single, it received significant radio airplay. Lyrics and music The theme "Grand Illusion", as well as the ''Grand Illusion'' album, is that things aren't always what they appear to be and it is a "grand illusion" that success will make you happy, and failure will make you miserable. The song's theme also reflects on the pressures of being a media star. The band found that once they became successful, it did not make them any happier. The theme is set up by lyrics such as "Don't be fooled by the radio/the TV or the magazines/They'll show you photographs of how your life should be/But they're just someone else's fantasy...Just remember that it's all a Grand Illusion/And deep inside we're all the same." DeYoung said of the song' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Ball (Styx Song)
"Crystal Ball" is the title track and second single released from Styx's ''Crystal Ball'' album. It was written by guitarist Tommy Shaw who had just recently joined the band. A live version from 1979 was included on the soundtrack for the 1980 film ''Roadie''. The live version is also available on a Japan-only Styx compilation released in 1981 on LP and on CD in 1986. Personnel *Tommy Shaw - lead vocals, acoustic and electric lead guitar *Dennis DeYoung - keyboards, backing vocals * James Young - electric rhythm guitar, backing vocals *Chuck Panozzo - bass *John Panozzo John Anthony Panozzo (September 20, 1948 – July 16, 1996) was an American drummer best known for his work with rock band Styx. Early life and career Panozzo grew up in the Roseland neighborhood, the south side of Chicago, Illinois, with hi ... - drums References External links *https://www.discogs.com/release/3561133-Styx-Reppoo-%E7%83%88%E9%A2%A8 1976 songs 1977 singles Songs written by Tomm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suite Madame Blue
Suite may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Suite (music), a set of musical pieces considered as one composition ** Suite (Bach), a list of suites composed by J. S. Bach ** Suite (Cassadó), a mid-1920s composition by Gaspar Cassadó ** ''Suite'' (Penderecki), a 1994 composition by Krzysztof Penderecki ** :Suites (music) *Suite, a set of related illustrations considered to be part of one art composition (e.g., the Vollard Suite by Picasso) *'' Suite!'', a 2019 album by Roberto Magris *"Suite", a poem by Patti Smith from her book ''Babel'' *'' Suite PreCure'', a series of the Pretty Cure anime franchise Architecture and design *Suite (address), a kind of address or location in an office building, shopping mall, etc. *Suite (hotel), a type of hotel room *Secondary suite, an additional separate dwelling unit on a property that would normally accommodate only one dwelling unit Other uses * Suite (geology), a lithodemic unit *Software suite, a collection of related software *Retinu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
