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Styx – The Grand Illusion
Styx - The Grand Illusion album cover
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Label: A&M Records – SPJ-4637
Series: Audiophile Series
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Half-Speed Mastered
Country: Canada
Released: 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: Classic Rock, Symphonic Rock
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A1 The Grand Illusion
Lead Guitar – James Young (3)
4:36
A2 Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) 5:29
A3 Superstars 3:59
A4 Come Sail Away 6:06
B1 Miss America
Lead Vocals – James Young (3)
5:01
B2 Man In The Wilderness 5:49
B3 Castle Walls
Lead Guitar – James Young (3)
6:00
B4 The Grand Finale 1:58
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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – A&M Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – A&M Records Of Canada Limited
Distributed By – A&M Records Of Canada Limited
Pressed By – Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Twelve-String Guitar – Tommy Shaw
Bass, Vocals – Chuck Panozzo
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – John Panozzo
Engineer – Barry Mraz, Rob Kingsland
Guitar, Vocals – James Young (3)
Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – Dennis DeYoung
Lead Guitar – Tommy Shaw (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B1, B2)
Lead Vocals – Dennis DeYoung (tracks: A1, A4, B3, B4), Tommy Shaw (tracks: A2, A3, B2)
Mastered By – DWJ/2*
Producer – Styx
Producer [Assistant] – Barry Mraz
Remix – Barry Mraz, Rob Kingsland, Styx
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Audiophile Series embossed stamp on front cover. Half-Speed Mastered. Pressed in Japan
Gatefold cover has lyrics printed inside
SPJ-4637 on cover & spine
SPJ 4637 on labels
Manufactured and distributed by A&M Records Of Canada Ltd.
AUDIOPHILE SERIES
DISTRIBUTED BY/ DISTRIBUE PAR:
A&M RECORDS OF CANADA LTD., 939 WARDEN AVE., SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO M1L 4C5
PRESSED IN JAPAN
1/2 speed cutting from the original stereo tapes.
*************************************************************************************************** ............. Album Notes ..................... Styx: Dennis DeYoung (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Tommy Shaw(acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals); James Young (guitar, background vocals); Chuck Panozzo (bass, background vocals); John Panozzo (drums, percussion, background vocals).Recorded at Paragon Studios, Chicago, Illinois.Personnel: Tommy Shaw (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar); Chuck Panozzo (vocals, guitar, bass guitar); James Young (vocals, guitar); Dennis DeYoung (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); John Panozzo (vocals, drums, percussion).Recording information: Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago, IL.THE GRAND ILLUSION was the album that rocketed Styx to superstardom after all their years of hard work. That time spent in the trenches was clearly not wasted, as the group displays an unprecedented level of tightness here in their writing, arrangements, and performance. This is something of a concept album, the theme being the hypocrisy and self-deception inherent in modern American society. The songs that tackle this concept most directly are James Young's bristling rocker "Miss America," Dennis DeYoung's appropriately grandiose-sounding title tune, and "Superstars," Tommy Shaw's evisceration of the rock star life.Some of the most effective songs here are Shaw's inspirational "Fooling Yourself," the more obscure, moody tunes "Castle Walls" and "Man in the Wilderness," and DeYoung's epic tale of interstellar experiences "Come Sail Away," which would become one of the most loved songs in the band's catalog. Achieving the perfect balance between pop appeal, rock muscle, and prog-influenced flavoring, GRAND ILLUSION is Styx at the top of its collective game........
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