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Styx The Grand Illusion
Styx - The Grand Illusion album cover
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Label: A&M Records HAM 4
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Half Speed Master
Country: Europe
Released: 1980
Genre: Rock
Style: Classic Rock, Symphonic Rock
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A1 The Grand Illusion
Lead Guitar [First], Guitar [Fills] Tommy Shaw
Lead Guitar [Second] James Young (3)
Lead Vocals Dennis De Young*
Lyrics By, Music By Dennis De Young*
4:36
A2 Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
Lead Vocals Tommy Shaw
Lyrics By, Music By Tommy Shaw
5:29
A3 Superstars
Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar Tommy Shaw
Lyrics By, Music By Dennis De Young*, James Young (3), Tommy Shaw
Other [Soliloquy] Dennis De Young
3:59
A4 Come Sail Away
Lead Guitar Tommy Shaw
Lead Vocals Dennis De Young*
Lyrics By, Music By Dennis De Young*
Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey] James Young (3)
6:06
B1 Miss America
Lead Guitar Tommy Shaw
Lead Vocals James Young (3)
Lyrics By, Music By James Young (3)
5:01
B2 Man In The Wilderness
Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar Tommy Shaw
Lyrics By, Music By Tommy Shaw
5:49
B3 Castle Walls
Guitar [Mellow Octave Guitar Leads] Tommy Shaw
Lead Guitar James Young (3)
Lead Vocals Dennis De Young*
Lyrics By, Music By Dennis De Young*
6:00
B4 The Grand Finale
Guitar [Melodic Guitar Lead] James Young (3)
Lead Guitar [Fills] Tommy Shaw
Lead Vocals Dennis De Young*
Lyrics By, Music By Dennis De Young*, James Young (3), Tommy Shaw
1:58
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Art Direction Roland Young (3)
Bass Guitar, Vocals Chuck Panozzo
Design [Album] Chuck Beeson
Drums, Percussion, Vocals John Panozzo
Engineer Barry Mraz, Rob Kingsland
Guitar, Vocals James Young (3)
Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer Dennis De Young*
Lighting [Designer] Jeff Ravitz
Management [Tour] Jim Vose*
Management, Directed By Derek Sutton
Mastered By Mike Reese
Other [Equipment And Motorcycle Stunts] Bob "Yaz" Jastrzembski
Photography By Jim McCrary
Producer Styx
Producer [Assistance] Barry Mraz
Remix Barry Mraz, Rob Kingsland, Styx
Stage Manager John "Tarkus" Schaefer*
Technician [Monitors] Judson Terry Phelps
Vocals, Lead Guitar Tommy Shaw
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Recorded and Remixed at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Mastered at the Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, California
All tracks © 1977 Almo Music Corp. and Stygian Songs (ASCAP)
℗ © 1977 A&M Records Inc.
sleeve: Printed in Germany
labels: Made in Germany
Half Speed Mastered Extended Range Recording
Audiophile Release
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A & M RECORDS USA / AUFNAHME 1977-80 - AUDIOPHILE HALFSPEED PRESSUNG - DEUTSCHE PRESSUNG -
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.......... Track Listing .......... 1. The Grand Illusion .......... 2. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man).......... 3. Superstars.......... 4. Come Sail Away.......... 5. Miss America.......... 6. Man in the Wilderness.......... 7. Castle Walls.......... 8. The Grand Finale .......... *************************************************************************************************** ............. 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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