Recommend some Styx Please!

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   I couldn't help but think of the South Park episode where Cartman has this thing about if you start singing "I'm sailing away.." and he has to finish the whole song.

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Slartibartfast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630	Posted: February 01 2012 at 21:22
	I couldn't help but think of the South Park episode where Cartman has this thing about if you start singing "I'm sailing away.." and he has to finish the whole song.
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Finnforest Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: The Heartland Status: Offline Points: 16914	Posted: February 01 2012 at 20:21
	Cornerstone is sweet! Yeah, it has a few sappy ballads but so what, it also has some very good tracks. I know I'm in the minority being a Styx fan around here, but like Kansas they get too much abuse. Frankly, Styx-haters can kiss my rump. Scott, the first four Wooden Nickel albums are good but more hard rock affairs, their first guitarist was a bit different than Shaw. You can check those out later. These are the peak art-period albums, the litmus test to whether Styx is for you or not. I would check them out in this order: The Grand Illusion Pieces of Eight then...in any order Crystal Ball Paradise Theater Cornerstone Equinox Wooden Nickel compilation Keep in mind, Styx is not "prog" but rather great art-rock.....theatrical hard rock with occasionally proggy references. If you need it to be "real prog" in order to enjoy it, skip it. If you just like good music, check it out. Edit: The first four albums are a LOT of fun, especially "Serpent is Rising" which is considered their weirdest album. But try Grand Illusion before you venture back to the early ones. Edited by Finnforest - February 01 2012 at 20:23

presdoug Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8651	Posted: February 01 2012 at 20:01
	The Grand Illusion

AtomicCrimsonRush Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 14258	Posted: February 01 2012 at 17:50
	Ok I read all the reviews for Styx albums and they are pouring out that their Cornerstone album is quote " Simply catasrophic and Babe makes it sink even deeper than the Mariana Trench. Avoid it , it StynX. " Nice. I can understand the hate towards power ballads buy hey I like Babe - at least its catchy. But have they got any albums worth hearing? I have no Styx album but have babe on some dang compilation of Power Ballads. I have heard Mr Roboto on MTV and admired it from a distance. Great film clip and chant - "domo ari goto mr roboto" is all I remember of the song.... What are their proggiest albums? I have none but would get a prog album of Styx if it exists. help me here Proggers