Come Sail Away - The Styx Anthology
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Come Sail Away – The Styx Anthology is a musical album
by Styx, released on May 4, 2004. It is a compilation consisting of two compact discs and contains a thorough history of the band. The album encompasses many of the band's most popular and significant songs, ranging from the band's first single, "Best Thing
", through the song "One with Everything", a track included on Styx's most recent album at the time of release, Cyclorama
.
The most notable omission from the compilation is "Don't Let It End
", a top-ten single from their 1983 album, Kilroy Was Here
.
In 2006, the album was re-released and repackaged as part of the Gold series
.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Styx, released on May 4, 2004. It is a compilation consisting of two compact discs and contains a thorough history of the band. The album encompasses many of the band's most popular and significant songs, ranging from the band's first single, "Best Thing
Best Thing
"Best Thing" is the first single released by the band Styx from their self-titled debut album, Styx. It charted at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song was also included on the original release of the band's fourth album, Man of Miracles....
", through the song "One with Everything", a track included on Styx's most recent album at the time of release, Cyclorama
Cyclorama (album)
Cyclorama is the fourteenth studio album by Styx, released in. This was the first studio album with Lawrence Gowan, following the departure of group co-founder Dennis DeYoung in 1999. It was also the only album released by the Lawrence Gowan/Tommy Shaw/James Young/Glen Burtnik/Todd Sucherman...
.
The most notable omission from the compilation is "Don't Let It End
Don't Let It End
"Don't Let It End" is the third track on the 1983 album Kilroy Was Here, by Styx.The song was written and sung by Dennis DeYoung. The track is a mid-tempo ballad about one who breaks up with a lover and pleads to get the person back...
", a top-ten single from their 1983 album, Kilroy Was Here
Kilroy Was Here (album)
Kilroy Was Here is the eleventh album, a rock opera/concept album by the rock band Styx, released on February 28, 1983. The title comes from a famous World War II graffiti "Kilroy was here".-Background:...
.
In 2006, the album was re-released and repackaged as part of the Gold series
Gold (album series)
Gold is a series of 2-disc compilation albums released by Universal Music Group. They are usually priced about the same as a regular single CD...
.
Disc one
- "Best ThingBest Thing"Best Thing" is the first single released by the band Styx from their self-titled debut album, Styx. It charted at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song was also included on the original release of the band's fourth album, Man of Miracles....
" (Dennis DeYoungDennis DeYoungDennis DeYoung is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer best known for being a founding member of the rock band Styx, a tenure that lasted from 1970 to 1999.-Early life:...
, James YoungJames Young (American musician)James "J.Y." Young is a guitarist, singer and songwriter, and member of the rock band, Styx. Young began playing keyboard and piano at the age of five. He attended Calumet High in Chicago and learned to play clarinet and guitar during those years.J.Y...
) – 3:15 - "You Need LoveYou Need LoveFollowing the success of the 1974 re-release of the single "Lady" from the album Styx II, "You Need Love" from that album was released as a follow-up single, written by Dennis DeYoung....
" (DeYoung) – 3:44 - "Lady" (DeYoung) – 2:58
- "Winner Take All" (DeYoung, Lofrano) – 3:05
- "Rock and Roll Feeling" (John Curulewski, Young) – 3:02
- "Light Up" (DeYoung) – 4:21
- "LoreleiLorelei (Styx song)"Lorelei" was the 1976 single released from rock band Styx's album Equinox. The song peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the band's second top 40 hit single....
" (DeYoung, Young) – 3:23 - "Prelude 12" (Curulewski) – 1:20
- "Suite Madame Blue" (DeYoung) – 6:33
- "Shooz" (Tommy ShawTommy ShawTommy Roland Shaw is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the rock band Styx. In between his stints with Styx, he has played with the supergroup Damn Yankees and Shaw Blades, and has released several solo albums....
, Young) – 4:47 - "MademoiselleMademoiselle (song)"Mademoiselle" is the first single released from Styx's Crystal Ball album. Its B-side was "Light Up", from the previous album, Equinox. It peaked at #34 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart, Styx's third top 40 hit. Most of the early pressings on the U.S. 7"single played too fast . This made the...
" (DeYoung, Shaw) – 4:00 - "Crystal BallCrystal Ball (Styx song)"Crystal Ball" is the title track and second single released from Styx's Crystal Ball album. It was written by guitarist Tommy Shaw who had just recently joined the band....
" (Shaw) – 4:34 - "The Grand Illusion" (DeYoung) – 4:37
- "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)"Fooling Yourself" is the second single released from Styx's The Grand Illusion album. On the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in the U.S., the single peaked at number 29.The song was written by guitarist Tommy Shaw...
" (Shaw) – 5:31 - "Come Sail AwayCome Sail Away"Come Sail Away" is a song by American progressive rock group Styx, featured on the band's seventh album The Grand Illusion . Upon its release as the lead single from the album, "Come Sail Away" charted at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, and helped The Grand Illusion achieve multi-platinum...
" (DeYoung) – 6:05 - "Miss America" (Young) – 4:58
- "Man in the Wilderness (Extended Version)" (Shaw) – 6:57
Disc two
- "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" (Shaw) – 4:06
- "Sing for the DaySing for the Day"Sing for the Day" is the second single that Styx released from the Pieces of Eight album. It reached number 41 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. It was later the B-Side of their next single Renegade....
" (Shaw) – 4:57 - "Renegade" (Shaw) – 4:13
- "Pieces of EightPieces of EightPieces of Eight is the eighth studio album and second concept album by Styx, released September 1, 1978.The album was the band's follow-up to their Triple Platinum selling The Grand Illusion album....
" (DeYoung) – 4:45 - "Lights" (DeYoung, Shaw) – 4:38
- "Babe" (DeYoung) – 4:27
- "Borrowed Time" (DeYoung, Shaw) – 4:59
- "Boat on the River" (Shaw) – 3:13
- "A.D. 1928" (DeYoung) – 1:07
- "Rockin' the ParadiseRockin' the Paradise"A.D. 1928 / Rockin' the Paradise" is the fourth single release from Styx's 1981 triple-platinum album Paradise Theatre. It was released to rock stations as defined by Billboard Magazine. "A.D. 1928" is a short, piano-based song by Dennis DeYoung, set to the same melody as "The Best of Times",...
" (DeYoung, Young, Shaw) – 3:35 - "Too Much Time on My HandsToo Much Time on My Hands"Too Much Time on My Hands" is the second single release from Styx's 1981 triple-platinum album Paradise Theatre and reached #9 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and #2 on the Top Rock Tracks chart for one week...
" (Shaw) – 4:33 - "The Best of TimesThe Best of Times (song)"The Best of Times" is the first single release from Styx's 1981 triple-platinum album Paradise Theater. It reached #1 in Canada on the RPM national singles chart, their second #1 in that country, and #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100....
" (DeYoung) – 4:19 - "SnowblindSnowblind (Styx song)"Snowblind" is a song by Styx that appears on the Paradise Theater album released in 1981. The song is about the helplessness of cocaine addiction, alternating between slow, brooding verses and a faster, harder-edged chorus, representing the addict's cycle of highs and lows...
" (Young, DeYoung) – 4:59 - "Mr. RobotoMr. Roboto"Mr. Roboto" is a song written by Dennis DeYoung and performed by the band Styx on their 1983 concept album Kilroy Was Here. In Canada, where they were always more popular than in their native U.S., it went to #1 on the RPM national singles chart, becoming their third single to top the charts in...
" (DeYoung) – 5:28 - "Love Is the RitualLove Is the Ritual"Love Is the Ritual" is the first single released from Edge of the Century by Styx. It was written by and features the lead vocals of Glen Burtnik, who had been recruited by the band to take the place of Tommy Shaw. Shaw was at that time busy as a member of the group Damn Yankees...
" (Glen BurtnikGlen BurtnikGlen Burtnik is a singer, songwriter, entertainer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a former member of Styx.The spelling of his name has changed a few times over the years .Burtnik appeared in the Broadway production of Beatlemania as Paul McCartney,...
, Plinky Giglio) – 3:49 - "Show Me the WayShow Me the Way (Styx song)"Show Me the Way" is the second single released from Edge of the Century by Styx.Lead vocalist/keyboardist Dennis DeYoung, a devout Roman Catholic, originally wrote the song for his son, Matthew, as a pseudo-hymn about the struggle to keep the faith in a "world so filled with hatred"...
" (DeYoung) – 4:37 - "Dear John" (Shaw) – 3:04
- "One with Everything" (Burtnik, Gowan, Shaw, Sucherman, and Young) – 5:56
Personnel
- John Curulewski - synthesizer, guitar, vocals
- Dennis DeYoungDennis DeYoungDennis DeYoung is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer best known for being a founding member of the rock band Styx, a tenure that lasted from 1970 to 1999.-Early life:...
- synthesizer, keyboards, vocals - Chuck PanozzoChuck PanozzoCharles Salvatore "Chuck" Panozzo is an American musician best known as the bass player for the rock band Styx. A longtime member of Styx, he founded the group with his fraternal twin brother, drummer John Panozzo, who died in July 1996, and singer Dennis DeYoung...
- bass, vocals - John PanozzoJohn PanozzoJohn Anthony Panozzo was an American drummer best known for his work with rock band Styx.Panozzo grew up in the Roseland neighborhood, the south side of Chicago, Illinois, with his fraternal twin brother, Chuck . At age 7, the twins took musical lessons from their uncle in which John took an...
- percussion, drums, vocals - James YoungJames Young (American musician)James "J.Y." Young is a guitarist, singer and songwriter, and member of the rock band, Styx. Young began playing keyboard and piano at the age of five. He attended Calumet High in Chicago and learned to play clarinet and guitar during those years.J.Y...
- guitar, vocals - Tommy ShawTommy ShawTommy Roland Shaw is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the rock band Styx. In between his stints with Styx, he has played with the supergroup Damn Yankees and Shaw Blades, and has released several solo albums....
- acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, vocals - Glen BurtnikGlen BurtnikGlen Burtnik is a singer, songwriter, entertainer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a former member of Styx.The spelling of his name has changed a few times over the years .Burtnik appeared in the Broadway production of Beatlemania as Paul McCartney,...
- guitar, vocals - Todd SuchermanTodd SuchermanTodd Sucherman is a drummer who is best known for playing with Styx since 1996.Sucherman grew up in a musical family and followed in his father's footsteps by playing the drums. His father, Arnold J. Sucherman, was a doctor by day and a drummer by night, playing in the house band at the famed Chez...
- percussion, drums, vocals