Come Sail Away: The Styx Anthology by Styx (CD, Sep-2006, 2 Discs, Chronicles)

Album Features
UPC:	602498618370
Artist:	Styx
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2006
Record Label:	Chronicles
Genre:	Hard Rock, Rock & Pop
Number Of Discs:	2

Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Best Thing
2. You Need Love
3. Lady
4. Winner Take All
5. Rock & Roll Feeling
6. Light Up
7. Lorelei
8. Prelude 12
9. Suite Madame Blue
10. Shooz
11. Mademoiselle
12. Crystal Ball
13. Grand Illusion, The
14. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
15. Come Sail Away
16. Miss America
17. Man in the Wilderness - (previously unreleased)

DISC 2:
1. Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
2. Sing for the Day
3. Renegade
4. Pieces of Eight
5. Lights
6. Babe
7. Borrowed Time
8. Boat on the River
9. A.D. 1928
10. Rockin' the Paradise
11. Too Much Time on My Hands
12. Best of Times, The
13. Snowblind
14. Mr. Roboto
15. Love Is the Ritual
16. Show Me the Way
17. Dear John
18. One With Everything

Details
Playing Time:	150 min.
Producer:	Tommy Shaw, Styx, John Ryan, Dennis DeYoung, Bill Levenson (Compilation), Gary Loizzo, Barry Mraz, Bill Traut, James "Jockey" Young
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Styx: Tommy Shaw (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, keyboards, synthesizer); John Curulewski (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Glen Burtnick (vocals, guitar, bass); James Young (vocals, guitar); Dennis DeYoung (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Lawrence Gowan (vocals, keyboards); Chuck Panozzo (vocals, bass); Todd Sucherman, John Panozzo (vocals, drums, percussion).Includes liner notes by Martin Huxley.Personnel: John Curulewski (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Glen Burtnik (vocals, guitar, bass guitar); James "Jockey" Young (vocals, guitar); Tommy Shaw (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, synthesizer); Dennis DeYoung (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Lawrence Gowan (vocals, keyboards); Chuck Panozzo (vocals, bass guitar); John Panozzo, Todd Sucherman (vocals, drums, percussion).Audio Mixers: Dennis DeYoung; Gary Loizzo; James "Jockey" Young; John Ryan ; Phil Bonanno; Rob Kingsland; Styx; Tommy Shaw; Barry Mraz.Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL; Golden Voice Studios, South Pekin, IL; Paragon Recording Studios, Inc., Chicago, IL; Pumpkin Studios, Oak Lawn, IL; The S.H.O.P, Los Angeles, CA; The White Room; Trax East, South River, NJ.Photographers: Jim McCrary; Mike Powell ; Rick Diamond; Mark Hanauer.Arranger: Styx.There have been several Styx anthologies over the years, and the surplus of hits in the band's catalogue certainly warrants such treatment. COME SAIL AWAY, however, provides the most in-depth sonic Styx scrapbook one could want. Though the arrival of Tommy Shaw in 1976 helped push the band toward superstardom, this two-disc collection doesn't shy away from the oft-neglected pre-Shaw days, including not merely the archetypal power ballad "Lady," but also such obscurities as the thumping riff-rocker "Best Thing" and the joyous, harmony-laden "You Need Love."From there, we chart Styx's ascension to AOR glory on the wings of prog-rock-tinged epics such as "Come Sail Away" and "Pieces of Eight." Along the way, little-known gems are unearthed, like the moody, acoustic ballad "Boat on the River," before we launch into the synth-bedecked swan song of the original lineup, "Mr. Roboto" from the '83 concept album KILROY WAS HERE. Latter-day versions of the band are represented towards the end, but this collection makes it clear that the Styx equation depended upon Dennis DeYoung's dewy-eyed balladry, James Young's rock & roll ferocity, and Tommy Shaw's pop-rock craftsmanship in equal measure.