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Styx Discography (1972 2005)

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Styx Discography
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Artist...............: Styx
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: NMR
Year.................: 1972 - 2005
Ripper...............: NMR
Quality..............: bitrate: 192 - 224kbps
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Covers...............: Front, back
Information..........: Individual album NFO/SFV files

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Album listing
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1972 - Styx (VBR 210kbps)
1973 - Styx II (192kbps)
1973 - The Serpent Is Rising (192kbps)
1974 - Man of Miracles (192kbps)
1975 - Equinox (192kbps)
1976 - Crystal Ball (320kbps)
1977 - The Grand Illusion (320kbps)
1978 - Pieces Of Eight (320kbps)
1979 - Cornerstone (192kbps)
1981 - Paradise Theater (320kbps)
1983 - Kilroy Was Here (320kbps)
1990 - Edge of the Century (192kbps)
1995 - Greatest Hits (256kbps)
1996 - Greatest Hits, Part 2 (VBR 226kbps)
1997 - Return to Paradise (192kbps)
1999 - Brave New World (320kbps)
2000 - The Singles Collection (192kbps)
2002 - At The Rivers Edge (192kbps)
2003 - Cyclorama (192kbps)
2005 - Big Bang Theory (224kbps)

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Styx is the first band to have four consecutive albums certified multi-platinum
by the RIAA.

The band's Wooden Nickel recordings, were a mixture of straight-ahead rock
with some dramatic prog-rock flourishes and art-rock aspirations. The Serpent
Is Rising would foreshadow later endeavors by the group—the so-called
concept album is an idiom upon which Styx would rely heavily by the 1980s.

On the strength of these releases and constant playing in local clubs and
schools, the band established a fan base in the Chicago area, but was unable
to break into the mainstream until an earlier song, the power ballad "Lady",
began to earn some radio time, first on WLS in Chicago and then nationwide.
In the spring of 1975, nearly two years after the album had been released,
"Lady" hit the top ten, and Styx II went gold after.

On the heels of its belated hit single, Styx signed with A&M Records and
released Equinox (1975), which sold well and yielded a minor hit in "Lorelei".
More importantly, it contained the rock anthem "Suite Madame Blue", which
gained the band considerable recognition and airplay on FM radio in the
relatively new AOR (Album Oriented Rock) format. Following the move to
A&M, Curulewski suddenly left the band in December 1975 just as they were
to embark on a nationwide tour. After a frantic last-minute search, the band
brought on singer, songwriter, and guitarist Tommy Shaw as Curulewski's
replacement.

The first album with Shaw, Crystal Ball was moderately successful and also
includes Shaw's "Mademoiselle" (which was another minor hit) and DeYoung's
"This Old Man".

The Grand Illusion became the group's breakthrough album, reaching triple
platinum certification and spawning a top-ten hit and AOR radio staple in the
DeYoung-penned "Come Sail Away," as well as a second radio hit, Shaw's
"Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)".

Through the late 1970s the band enjoyed its greatest success. The album
Pieces of Eight found the group moving in a more straight-ahead pop-rock
direction and spawned the Shaw-penned hit singles "Renegade," and "Blue
Collar Man (Long Nights)," plus a minor hit in the release "Sing for the Day"
that stopped just short of the Top Forty at #41.

Cornerstone yielded the group's first number one hit, the DeYoung ballad
"Babe" . By early 1980 "Babe" had become the band's biggest international hit
and first million-selling single, reaching number six in the United Kingdom). The
album also included the moderate DeYoung hit "Why Me", and "Borrowed
Time" which was co-written with Shaw, plus Shaw's "Boat On The River". Styx
was nominated for the twenty-second Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group.

In January 1981, Styx released Paradise Theatre, a loose concept album that
became their biggest hit, reaching number one on the Billboard pop albums
chart and yielding five singles, including the top ten hits "The Best of Times"
by DeYoung (#3) and "Too Much Time on My Hands" by Shaw (#9). Paradise
Theater became the band's fourth consecutive multi-platinum album.

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