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Styx: Best of Styx

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: RCA Records
Released: 1979
Time:
 39:08
Category: Hard Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.styxworld.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2001.02.20
Price in €: 6,99





 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] You Need Love (DeYoung) - 3:44
[2] Lady (DeYoung) - 2:56
[3] I'm Gonna Make You Feel It (DeYoung) - 2:23
[4] What Has Come Between Us (Gaddis) - 4:52
[5] Southern Woman (Brandle/Young) - 2:35
[6] Rock & Roll Feeling (Curulewski/Young) - 2:53
[7] Winner Take All (DeYoung/Lofrano) - 2:55
[8] Best Thing (DeYoung/Young) - 3:08
[9] Witch Wolf (Brandle/Young) - 3:55
[10] Grove of Eglantine (Brandle/DeYoung/Young) - 4:51
[11] Man of Miracles (Brandle/DeYoung/Young) - 4:56

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Dennis DeYoung - Organ, Synthesizer, Vocals, Pipe Organ, Producer
James Young - Guitar, Vocals, Producer
John Curulewski - Synthesizer, Guitar, Autoharp, Vocals, Producer
Chuck Panozzo - Bass, Producer
John Panozzo - Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Producer

Barry Mraz - Producer
John Ryan - Producer
John Snyder - Digital Producer
Bill Traut - Producer, Executive Producer
Don Wardell - Digital Coordinator
Joe Lopes - Digital Engineer
Bruce Somerfield - Reissue Compilation

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Styx were one of the biggest album-rock bands of the late '70s, capable of producing monster hits with their stadium rock, power ballads, and concept albums. More than any other art-rock band, Styx was able to cross over into the pop charts, scoring hits with "Babe," "Lady," "Come Sail Away," "Too Much Time on My Hands," and "Don't Let It End." Never one for subtlety, their ballads featured sweeping, over-arranged guitars and keyboards while their rockers were long and detailed, with several different sections and gargantuan guitar solos. When MTV rolled around in the early '80s, the hits stopped coming; they broke up in 1984. Six years later, they reunited and released Edge of the Century; the record featured "Show Me the Way," which became popular as a Gulf War anthem. The band went on hiatus a couple of years after the album's release, but returned several more times in the late '90s; 1999 saw the release of a new studio album, Brave New World. The Best of Styx is a bit of a misleading title, since this eleven-track collection misses many of their big '70s hits, including "Come Sail Away, " "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" and "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)." "Lady, " "You Need Love, " "Best Thing" and "Winner Takes All" are here, along with some album tracks that help make the collection interesting, but the fact of the matter is, The Best of Styx is missing too many essential items to be considered definitive. Nevertheless, it is serviceable.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



Best of Styx from the Wooden Nickel years ... Before Styx began producing hits on the A&M label, they recorded four albums in the early 70's for the small Wooden Nickel label (rights now owned by RCA). RCA produced new cartoon artwork for the "Best of" and the other Wooden Nickel albums and re-released them around 1980, probably to capitalize on Styx's height of popularity at the time, after "Babe" went #1. An essential pick for the serious Styx fan, "Best of" contains few standouts beyond the belated hit "Lady." You may want this album as a serious collector or as a huge Styx fan. However, it's hard for me to agree with any best of collection from Styx, even from these early years, because to me, I've enjoyed their albums as a whole, as in "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Therefore, any one of the first four albums ("Styx I", "Styx II", "The Serpent is Rising" and "Man of Miracles") may be a comparable buy to the "Best of." I personally think that "Serpent" is the best of the four, although as a serious Styx fan, all four (plus "Best of") are in my collection.

Todd McKinney from Wichita, KS
 

 L y r i c s


You Need Love

bah bah bah bah bya ba ba dada
bah bah bah bah bya ba ba dada
bah bah bah bah bya ba ba dada
bah bah bah bah bya ba ba dada da

welcome my friends
to a place that may seem
most disturbing
quite unnerving

lend me your dreams
and we'll add what we need
to be free
terminally

we'll fly to a spot
where I know there is not
any sorrow
no tomorrow

people just laugh
cause they know how it feels
to have loved
and be loved

don't you worry
ain't no need to hurry
all you really need
is love

bah bah bah bah bah

now you may say
tell me more of this place
so inviting
and exciting

here and above
children love with the dove
and can be
they can be

listen my friends
carefully to direction
to get there
and you know where

love is the place
skewed to matter and space
for us all
for us all

don't you worry
ain't no need to hurry
all you really need
is love, love, love


Lady

Lady, when you're with me I'm smiling
Give me all your love
Your hands build me up when I'm sinking
Touch me and my troubles all fade
Lady, from the moment I saw you
Standing all alone
You gave all the love that I needed
So shy, like a child who has grown

'Cause you're my lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear, and lovely
You're my lady

Lady, turns me on when I'm lonely
Give me all your charm
Evenings when she lays down beside me
She takes me gently into her arms

Lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear, and lovely
You're my lady


I'm Gonna Make You Feel It

every day I get the feeling
when you move on down the street
wondering when I'll be your lover
and you'll make my dream complete

the way you walk is so inviting
that I quiver and I shake
the way you move it makes me wonder
how much more can I take

I'm gonna make you feel it
basically that's what I say
I'm gonna make you feel it
cause you want it just that way

every time that we're together
my head starts to rock and roll
I get this strange electric feeling
that I simply can't control

I'm gonna make you feel it
basically that's what I say
I'm gonna make you feel it
cause you want it just that way

[guitar solo]

I'm gonna make you feel it
I'm gonna make you feel it
I'm gonna make you feel it


What Has Come Between Us

look at all the people
looking at their dreams
smiles upon their faces
tell me what they see

look at all the people
have they gone astray?
living for tomorrow
with dreams of yesterday

lovely lady
tell me what you feel
as a child were you mild
does it make it so unreal?

lovely lady
feel so insecure
when you give all yourself
how can you be sure?

what has come between us
what has made us sad
childhood's forgotten
yet it's hiding in the past

what has come between us
there's something in ourselves
lines upon our faces
saying no more time for rest

lovely lady
tell me what you feel
as a child were you mild
does it make it so unreal?

lovely lady
feel so insecure
when you give all yourself
how can you be sure?

lovely lady
tell me what you feel
as a child were you mild
does it make it so unreal?

lovely lady
feel so insecure
when you give all yourself
how can you be sure?

lovely lady
feel so insecure
when you give all yourself
how can you be sure?

lovely lady
tell me what you feel
as a child were you mild
does it make it so unreal?

lovely lady
feel so insecure
when you give all yourself
how can you be sure?


Southern Woman

first met you in a southern town
on a warm November day
you made me smoke like a whirlwind
I knew we had nothing to say
love me but don't try and make me stay

southern woman
take my soul but don't you take my life
southern woman
make me feel good but don't you tell my wife

[guitar solo]

once again in the early spring
I touched your raven's crown
your wild eyed stories of rare delight
like to knock me down
it's getting so damn hard to put you down

southern woman
take my soul but don't you take my life
southern woman
make me feel good but don't you tell my wife

[instrumental solos]

southern woman
take my soul but don't you take my life
southern woman
make me feel good but don't you tell my wife

southern woman
take my soul but don't you take my life
southern woman
make me feel good but don't you tell my wife

southern woman
yeah


Rock & Roll Feeling

well I've got this crazy feeling
it's a sickness in my soul
well I can't play no 9 to 5 games
hangin' loose is all I know

I get a buzz when I think about ya
riding high's where I belong
gonna get my things together
so if you want come on along

it's a good feeling
it's a rock and roll feeling
it's a good feeling
it's a rock and roll feeling
yeah yeah yeah

well you know that I am coming
and I'm already on my way
so baby don't you worry 'bout tomorrow
you know it seems like a month away

well we got here just this morning
and we're goin' at the light of dawn
well we've only got a short time
so mama won't you keep things going strong

it's a good feeling
it's a rock and roll feeling
it's a good feeling
it's a rock and roll feeling
yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah

[guitar solo]

it's a good feeling (good feeling)
it's a rock and roll feeling
it's a good feeling (good feeling)
it's a rock and roll feeling

it's a good feeling (good feeling)
it's a rock and roll feeling
it's a good feeling (good feeling)
it's a rock and roll feeling

it's a good feeling (it's a good good feeling)
it's a rock and roll feeling
it's a good feeling....


Winner Take All

you've got to be strong
if you're going to make it baby
you've got to stand tall
if you're going to survive

so just take my hand
and I'll show you how to feel alive
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

winner take all
that's the way I play it
playing my cards as the world goes by
winner take all
that's the way that I get high

you live your own life
always needing someone baby
then I appear to answer your call
together I know
we can ride the highway past them all
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

winner take all
that's the way I play it
playing my cards as the world goes by
winner take all
that's the way that I get high
high high

winner take all
that's the way I play it
playing my cards as the world goes by
winner take all
that's the way that I get high


Best Thing

Your loving seemed to be the best thing
That I ever had
Your loving seemed to be the best thing
That I ever had

Your loving seemed to be the best thing
That I ever had
Your loving seemed to be the best thing
That I ever had

Silk and satin make me wonder
Just who I am
To be with you in times of slumber
Makin' me a man

I haven't known you for a very long time
But it's on my mind what I want to do
A trip to the skies we begin to fly
Oo-oooh
All the riches I have taken
From you every night
Pay you back someday with interest
'Cause your loving makes it right
Yeah

Your loving seemed to be the best thing
That I ever had
Your loving seemed to be the best thing
That I ever, ever had
Oh yeah

Best thing
(repeat to fade)


Witch Wolf

Reoccurring symptoms
Answer the baleful howl
Bringing me dreams of darkness
The doer of all that's foul
Raping the minds of infants
Sower of unplanted seeds
Full moon warrior
Doer of sordid deeds

Witch Wolf
Night Rider
Why do you call for me?

Thirteenth hour madman
Bringing my soul to fire
Visions of my sweet Beulah
To torment soon retire

Witch Wolf
Night Rider
Why do you call for me?

Got my one-way ticket
on this hell bound train
I can't seem to stop falling
I bear the wrath of Cain

Witch Wolf
Night Rider
Why do you call for me?


The Grove of Eglantine

Hey you there
Cast an eye this way
You with that young lust virgin smile
Don't pretend that you're quickly melting before my eyes
That's a lie

'Cause I see all of you
Quite clearly no
I like our looks your moves you know everything
So when I ring you up in the evening I shall meet you

In the Grove of Eglantine
Just south of man's delight
Close to a soft flowing stream

In the Grove of Eglantine
We will join as lovers might
Between the lines of a dream

Your magic lips
Have made me realize
All of the pleasures man can fantasize
So don't pretend that you're sad to see me say goodbye
That's a lie

You're a wicked wench...ha
But thanks for all the laughs
You and your young lust virgin smile
And when I'm gone for awhile
I'll once more want to meet you

In the Grove of Eglantine
Just south of man's delight
Close to a soft flowing stream

In the Grove of Eglantine
We will join as lovers might
Between the lines of a dream
In the Grove of Eglantine
Just south of man's delight
Close to a soft flowing stream

In the Grove of Eglantine
We will join as lovers might
Between the lines of a dream

In Eglantine...of a dream (fade)


Man of Miracles

He was a man of miracles

Fighting the solar windstorm
A winged horse guides his way
Oracle of the ancient midnight
Calls forth everlasting pain

And I know, yes I know
He was a man of miracles
Riding golden meteorites
Ruler of distant galaxies
Born of the northern lights
Of the northern lights

Sorcerer of the dark moon
Who dare incur his rage?
First child of the scorpion
Prophet of the crystal age

And I know, yes I know
He was a man of miracles
Riding golden meteorites
Ruler of distant galaxies
Born of the northern lights
Of the northern lights

He was a man of miracles

 M P 3   S a m p l e s


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