Album Description: Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008.
Amazon.com: If it's your belief that one of the reasons today's rock is so bereft of personality is that all sense of show business has been drained from the music, then a look back at the career of Styx offers proof positive that it wasn't always thus. Greatest Hits offers a comprehensive overview of the band, from its art-rock days--which produced a top 10 hit in "Lady," a new version of which is included in this package--to its years as a perennial album-rock favorite--with offerings ranging from flights of fancy ("Come Sail Away," "Renegade") to proto-power ballads ("Babe," "Crystal Ball") to songs reflecting the working-class roots of its audience ("Too Much Time on My Hands," "Blue Collar Man"). The band eventually succumbed to a shift in musical tides and just plain silliness ("Mr. Roboto"), but for a time, this disc suggests, a satin-suited pomp-rocker was something to be. --Daniel Durchholz
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - STYX at their best!!
This was a review I honestly had to ponder for a while. Atleast 3 listenings to make an honest and truthful review. First let me say this if you were a teenager or around that age in the 80's this is an amazing walk down memory lane. The vocal control that this band exhibited throughout their careers is outstanding. The song that personally takes me back is the ever popular ballad "Babe". Who doesnt remember being a nervous little dork teenager trying to get up the nerve to go ask that special girl you had your eye on to dance. We all have those memories. And for a mid level rocker who can ... Read More
Rating: - Whats So Great About STYX?!?!?
Renegade probaly the only good song these guys have ever recorded and it should of stayed that way. These guys are pretty crappy compared too most 70s rock bands and sound the same as the sounds of kansas reo speedwagon stuff like that is OKAY but in small amounts. personally STYX just sound the same every song Come Sail Away is only the worse song i've ever heard in my life. A forgotten band that is only remembered by cheap complimations and people downloading Renegade off the internet or itunes. Ehhh go for some actullay good stuff like Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, or Pink Floyd.
Rating: - Styx's Greatest Hits (1995)--the best single-disc Styx collection on the market
Styx released their first A&M years collection 'Greatest Hits' in 1995. This is their second overall collection, with their first being 1975's Wooden Nickel Records 'Best of Styx.'
But this remains the most comprehensive collection of Styx on the market. All of the band's radio hits are here, and it also includes some popular album tracks and fan favorites as well. This collection spans Styx's A&M years, 1975-1995, a 20-year period.
Here is the album by album review.
Tracks from Equinox (1975):
'Lorelei,' 'Suite Madame Blue'
Review: I like what's ... Read More
Rating: - great overall collection
if you don't want to buy several of their CD's, this is a great choice. I would have perferred some more of the older stuff.
Rating: - Good stuff
A good way to listen to the best of Styx without listening to secondary cuts on individual CD's.
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