Greatest Hits (Styx album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Styx Greatest Hits
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Styx


Released = August 22, 1995
Recorded = 1975 - 1995
Genre = Classic rock
Progressive rock
Hard rock
Pop rock
Length = 75:25
Label = A&M Records
Producer = Styx and Dennis DeYoung
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:39fpxq8hldje link]
Chronology = Styx compilation
Last album = "Styx Classics Volume 15"
(1987)
This album = "Styx Greatest Hits"
(1995)
Next album = "Styx Greatest Hits Part 2"
(1996)

"Styx - Greatest Hits" is a compilation album by the American rock band Styx. It was released by A&M Records on August 22, 1995.

This album essentially replaced Styx's previous greatest hits album, "Styx - Classics, Volume 15", which was released by A&M in 1987. That previous album had excluded the hit song "Lady" because the song was originally recorded for and released through Wooden Nickel Records (which also had a distribution arrangement with RCA Records). Because A&M/Polygram had been unable to secure distribution rights to the song, most of the classic lineup of Styx (Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, Chuck Panozzo, and James "J.Y." Young) reunited to re-record the track at Dennis' home studio, The White Room. They were joined by uncredited session drummer Todd Suchermann, who filled in for John Panozzo due to Panozzo's failing health. The track, which is very similar to the original, was titled "Lady '95".

With the exception of "Lady '95", "Styx - Greatest Hits" features the original album versions of all the other songs included in the compilation. "Come Sail Away" is presented here in its full 6:05 version and "Miss America" is here in its original studio version (despite the CD's packaging showing incorrect time listings for both tracks).

Aftermath

The "Lady '95" session led to Styx reuniting.

Track listing

#"Lady '95" (D. DeYoung) – 3:05
#"The Best of Times" (D. DeYoung) – 4:18
#"Lorelei" (D. DeYoung, J. Young) – 3:22
#"Too Much Time on My Hands" (T. Shaw) – 4:33
#"Babe" (D. DeYoung) – 4:24
#"Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (T. Shaw) – 5:28
#"Show Me the Way" (D. DeYoung) – 4:36
#"Renegade" (T. Shaw) – 4:14
#"Come Sail Away" (D. DeYoung) – 6:05
#"Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" (T. Shaw) – 4:06
#"The Grand Illusion" (D. DeYoung) – 4:35
#"Crystal Ball" (T. Shaw) – 4:32
#"Suite Madame Blue" (D. DeYoung) – 6:33
#"Miss America" (J. Young) – 4:59
#"Mr. Roboto" (D. DeYoung) – 5:30
#"Don't Let It End" (D. DeYoung) – 4:54

Personnel

*Dennis DeYoung - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
*Chuck Panozzo - bass, vocals
*John Panozzo - percussion, drums, vocals
*James Young - guitar, vocals
*Tommy Shaw - acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, vocals
*Todd Sucherman - drums on "Lady '95" (uncredited)