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Product Identifiers

Record LabelPolydor, IMT

UPC0600753592212

eBay Product ID (ePID)18046058207

Product Key Features

FormatCD

Release Year2015

GenreRock

ArtistStyx

Release Title5 Classic Albums

Dimensions

Item Height0.75 in

Item Weight0.32 lb

Item Length6.52 in

Item Width5.08 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Tracks47

Number of Discs5

TracksThe Grand Illusion, Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man), Superstars, Come Sail Away, Miss America, Man in the Wilderness, Castle Walls, The Grand Finale, Great White Hope, I'm O.K, Sing for the Day, The Message, Lords of the Ring, Blue Collar Man (Long Nights), Queen of Spades, Renegade, Pieces of Eight, Aku-Aku, A.D. 1928, Rockin' the Paradise, Too Much Time on My Hands, Nothing Ever Goes As Planned, The Best of Times, Lonely People, She Cares, Snowblind, Half Penny Two Penny, A.D. 1958, State Street Sadie, Mr. Roboto, Cold War, Don't Let It End, High Time, Heavy Metal Poisoning, Just Get Through This Night, Double Life, Haven't We Been Here Before?, Don't Let It End, Lights, Why Me, Babe, Never Say Never, Boat on the River, Borrowed Time, First Time, Eddie, Love in the Midnight

NotesMany prog bands eventually moved toward pop and scored big hits along the way-but none filled the arenas and climbed the charts with more spectacular success than Styx did with their Top 10 A&M LPs "The Grand Illusion," "Pieces of Eight," "Cornerstone," "Paradise Theater" and "Kilroy Was Here." Those 1977-83 LPs contain their hits "Come Sail Away," "Fooling Yourself (the Angry Young Man)," "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)," "Renegade," "Babe," "Why Me," "The Best of Times," "Too Much Time on My Hands," "Mr. Roboto," "Don't Let It End" and more! Spectrum UK.

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by alk_24
Apr 02, 2020
Cut-Rate Product. Lots of Good Tracks Betrayed by Poor Production
OK, the music is there, for better (Paradise Theatre) or worse (Kilroy Was Here). All well and good. You either like it or you don't. My issue is with the quality of this compilation, which comes nicely packaged in a cardboard case in which the discs are stored in paper sleeves bearing the original LP artwork. There are absolutely NO liner notes, which would have been a nice way to tie all the albums together. You can find reviews online, but including a historical perspective on the band and the concepts underlying the individual albums would have been a welcome addition. This 'bare bones' approach extends to the discs themselves, which are devoid of any unique artwork (why not have used the album art on each? guess they didn't want to waste the ink). I could live with that because it's all about the music, right? Well, therein lies another big let-down, as these are in no way 're-masters'. While the tracks are 'clean' in that there's no tape hiss or other sonic anomalies, the sound lacks any depth or texture. The music is so tinny that the wonderful soaring upper-range harmonies that fans of the band adore sound like they were over-dubbed by Alvin and the Chipmunks. You KNOW there's bass and drums playing somewhere, but that's only because you've heard the tracks elsewhere. This is nothing short of blasphemy. A grand opportunity lost to deliver a great-sounding compilation of some of the band's best work that falls flat on wanting ears due to either laziness, budget or both. Yeah, the package represents a 'good' value in that you get the music promised at a nice price, but it's so lacking in other areas it makes one wonder what the heck A&M was thinking, if they were at all. Sometimes you do get what you pay for. My system: Fully re-capped & restored 1977 Marantz 2285, Rotel RC-1055 changer, Sennheiser wireless RS-160 headphones. Simple but sweet :)
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by styxf-44
Oct 16, 2022
Styx 5 Classic Albums review
This is a great band,and anyone who can should give them a listen. And the cd form is compact and convenient.
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by gerrycarl
Nov 18, 2020
"Styx Five Musical Jewels"
A Perfect Collection For Every Styx Band Fan. Not any Greatest Hits Collecttion has ever included the song "Why Me" from The "Cornerstone" Album, "Why Me" appeared in the charts after Styx number one "Babe" and it reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in February 1980,But as I noticed (probably there is one ,I'm not sure) it's not in any of their Greatest Hits issues.5 greatest albums,Styx.at their peak. Highly recommended..
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by jameesc-0
Apr 15, 2020
Set of 5 classic Styx albums delivers the goods
This covers pretty much all of the major Styx albums that I personally listened to growing up, and it's a great overall value. Nice mini LP cover reproductions. Lots of bang for the buck.
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by bron.natal
Feb 29, 2016
Classic
Really great set of CD's. Wonderful lyrics and music.
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by tracio11
Jul 04, 2017
Perfect and fast
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by nextitemup4bid
Jul 17, 2019
All the classics in one!
Like having all the classics in a nice little package.
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by stom-us2013
Sep 10, 2019
Thank you very much!!!
Good product!!!
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by gawe_23
Jul 11, 2019
Fantastic Selections.
Some of the best sounding music there is!
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by kmez8925
Oct 17, 2018
5albums
Nice collection
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