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Poll Question: Which of these is the best?
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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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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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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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`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 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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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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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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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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We can all see where this is heading.
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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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I don't think they dig Southpark here in Dominican Republic. coz posting on this thread has been a bitch.......

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Originally posted by Walton Street Walton Street wrote:

equinox, then crystal ball


Clap I will second that. Still have my special edition amber colored vinyl of Equinox from back then.
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Pieces of Eight for me, in fact I'm ripping it from vinyl to MP3 right now. Big smile
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The Grand Illusion.
When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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How could I not like a band with two great guitarists. 
I'm particularly fond of their '75 through '79 LPs.
A couple of my favorite songs are Too Much Time On My Hands and Blue Collar Man.
But in the end I voted for Big Bang Theory because I was impressed with their covers of some great classic songs and the six and a half minute version of Blue Collar Man.
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Styx is a great band and The Grand Illusion is a great album.

When I wrote the bio for Prog Archives, it was some sort of dishonor to accept you liked them, I never  cared.

I remember a snob from the forum (who opened a thread on another forum to speak about Sean Trane and Mé) who said I was an ignorant because I liked them more than I like King Crimson.

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Loved everything up through Cornerstone.  Could have given Grand Illusion the vote, but I gave Equinox some love.  Thought about Styx II as that was my first exposure to them and loved the songs "A Day" and "Father OSA".
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Equinox.
Love the Wooden Nickle albums.
Shake & bake.
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