With the success of

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's album '' The Grand Illusion'',

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, Styx's previous label, released ''Best of Styx'', which contained selected Styx songs in the Wooden Nickel catalog. Styx had left Wooden Nickel to sign with A&M Records several years earlier, so the compilation does not contain any songs from Styx's three A&M albums that preceded this album's release. "

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", " You Need Love" and "

Best Thing "Best Thing" is the first single released by the band Styx from their self-titled debut album, '' Styx'' (1972). It charted at #82 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. '' Cash Box'' said that "high vocal harmonies and tight, rocky organ and lead guit ...

" are the principal songs that could be classified as hits in this collection, having charted at numbers 6, 88 and 82 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, respectively; the remainder of the songs are selected album tracks from Styx's Wooden Nickel releases. RCA Records reissued the album with new artwork in 1979; this artwork has been used for all subsequent reissues, including CD editions. In 1980, Wooden Nickel released the compilation ''

'', containing the same tracks as this set (in a different running order), minus the song "Winner Take All".

Track listing

#" You Need Love" (DeYoung) – 3:44 #"

" (DeYoung) – 2:56 #"I'm Gonna Make You Feel It" (DeYoung) – 2:23 #"What Has Come Between Us" (Mark Gaddis) – 4:53 #"Southern Woman" (J. Young, R. Brandle) – 3:10 #"Rock & Roll Feeling" (J. Young, J. Curulewski) – 3:02 #"Winner Take All" (D. DeYoung, C. Lofrano) – 3:10 #"

" (James Young, Dennis DeYoung) – 3:13 #"Witch Wolf" (J. Young-R. Brandle) – 3:57 #"The Grove of Eglantine" (DeYoung) – 5:00 #"Man of Miracles" (J. Young, D. DeYoung, R. Brandle) – 4:55

Personnel

* Dennis DeYoung -

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, vocals * James Young - guitar, vocals *

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- guitar,

, vocals * Chuck Panozzo -

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* John Panozzo -

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Best Of Styx 1977 compilation albums Styx (band) compilation albums