Styx: Greatest Hits

Description

If it's your belief that one of the reasons today's rock is so bereft of personality is that all sense of show business has been drained from the music, then a look back at the career of Styx offers proof positive that it wasn't always thus. Greatest Hits offers a comprehensive overview of the band, from its art-rock days--which produced a top 10 hit in "Lady," a new version of which is included in this package--to its years as a perennial album-rock favorite--with offerings ranging from flights of fancy ("Come Sail Away," "Renegade") to proto-power ballads ("Babe," "Crystal Ball") to songs reflecting the working-class roots of its audience ("Too Much Time on My Hands," "Blue Collar Man"). The band eventually succumbed to a shift in musical tides and just plain silliness ("Mr. Roboto"), but for a time, this disc suggests, a satin-suited pomp-rocker was something to be. --Daniel Durchholz CD Review: Excellent Collection of Songs! - I saw Styx last month in concert. It was awesome and I loved it! I wanted the songs they played in concert to listen to in the car. Its almost exactly the same as the list of songs played at the concert. I love it and only had the Grand Illusin CD previously. I highly recommend it. I love the keyboard player I saw in concert. He sang the DDY songs and sounded great and he's very much a showman. I was in heaven as I'm a huge Tommy Shaw fan already! Review: All of the great hits. - Great cd. Good for road and beach trips. Arrived as described. Sealed and original. Has one of my favorite songs "Too much time on my hands." Sounds very good in the car and in the home stereo system.