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Poll Question: Which of these is the best?
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:


I wasn't aware Styx had any good albums. Every time I hear I hear Dennis DeYoung sing, I cringe.
 
Hey, the best song they had was a cover done with the great vocal stylings of Eric Cartman on Southpark:
 



Cartman is best left handling Mr Hankey, not Styx songs....😗
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:


I wasn't aware Styx had any good albums. Every time I hear I hear Dennis DeYoung sing, I cringe.
 
Hey, the best song they had was a cover done with the great vocal stylings of Eric Cartman on Southpark:
 



Cartman is best left handling Mr Hankey, not Styx songs....😗
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2 votes for Kilroy !! Not a bad album by any means, just thought NO-ONE would consider it over the others....
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Grand Illusion easily for me, but I'm rather surprised how many people chose it.  I would have thought anything up to Pieces of Eight would be in the running
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Power-ballads : Lady, Come Sail Away, Pieces Of Eight, Babe, The Best Of Times and Don't Let It End......all very good, if not excellent songs. I don't see anything cheezball about them.
Brings me to mention Chicago with equally memorable material like Hard To Say I'm Sorry, Love Me Tomorrow, Hard Habit To Break etc.
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I wasn't aware Styx had any good albums. Every time I hear I hear Dennis DeYoung sing, I cringe.
 
Hey, the best song they had was a cover done with the great vocal stylings of Eric Cartman on Southpark:
 


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`Crystal Ball' by a mile for me! Sure it's got that throwaway bluesy bar rocker right in the middle, but the first side especially is honey-dipped pop/rockers with KILLER choruses.

The title track, `Mademoiselle', and `Jennifer' are incredible!
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I'm with ya Tom, they're a great melodic rock band.  I'll take Cornerstone, my personal fave.  But I like all of them up through Paradise. 
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I voted for Serpent a while back, that still remains and will always be.
I don't get what all the negative fussing towards these guys is about - they're a bunch of competent musos, they throw in a bit of complexity and textures in their songs, capable vocalists........and Dennis Deyoung is quite an accomplished pianist/keyboardist bursting with flamboyance and grandeur. Sometimes they remind me of Queen........
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Used to love Styx but can hardly listen to them anymore. Had to go with Grand Illusion.
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hahha.  not suprisingly... I voted for Ivan's least favorite. Clap

hopefully he'll pop in and give us a good ol' time ... old school rant on his 'favorite' Styx album LOL
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Voted for Pieces of Eight as it is my neighbors favorite Styx album. (does that count?) 
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Originally posted by freyacat freyacat wrote:

< id="" id=":AA2F4D1D-BC58-4ac1-931C-94B431C26869"> I'm not embarrassed to appreciate Styx, even though I don't really listen to them anymore.  I find that I played those albums so many times in high school, that they are permanently in my memory and don't need to be heard.
 
Styx has simpler song structures than ELP or Yes or Genesis, but the same spirit is there - the synthesizers, the mythic lyrics, the "concept album," the idea that your music can be something more than a soundtrack to somebody else's party...
 
I voted for "Kilroy Was Here," because I think that this project tried to do something original in the 80's, and largely failed because the audience was too shallow.  The union of film, theater, and rock concert was just too much for them.  As a lover of progressive rock, I have a lot of sympathy for this.
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See, I'd love to agree with you, I really would, Kilroy was a huge risk . . . unfortunately, it pretty much killed the band and the discord shows itself in the music.  While it's a great concept in a time that had little to no appreciation of the concept album, I can't give it the nod for the execution.  Other than Mr. Roboto, the album really isn't that good in my opinion.

I considered "Paradise Theater" but in the end I gave the nod to "The Grand Illusion" if for no other reason than the respect that I gained for Dennis DeYoung when it took me the better part of a month to perfect the solos from 'Foolin' Yourself'.  I played in a Styx tribute band and enjoyed a lot of their music, but Foolin' Yourself is the top of the line as far as Styx songs go.
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The Grand Illusion-I was lucky enough to have seen the original tour for that album in March of 1977 at the Ottawa Civic Centre, with Prism opening. Fantastic concert.
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< id="" id=":AA2F4D1D-BC58-4ac1-931C-94B431C26869"> I'm not embarrassed to appreciate Styx, even though I don't really listen to them anymore.  I find that I played those albums so many times in high school, that they are permanently in my memory and don't need to be heard.
 
Styx has simpler song structures than ELP or Yes or Genesis, but the same spirit is there - the synthesizers, the mythic lyrics, the "concept album," the idea that your music can be something more than a soundtrack to somebody else's party...
 
I voted for "Kilroy Was Here," because I think that this project tried to do something original in the 80's, and largely failed because the audience was too shallow.  The union of film, theater, and rock concert was just too much for them.  As a lover of progressive rock, I have a lot of sympathy for this.
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Originally posted by digdug digdug wrote:

Grand Illusionfollowed byEquinox



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Crystal Ball, Equinox, Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight in that order. I also quite like Paradise Theatre.
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