Brave New World (Styx album)

Infobox Album
Name = Brave New World
Type = Album
Artist = Styx


Released = June 29, 1999
Recorded = 1998 at Pumpkin Studios, Chicago,
The S.H.O.P., Hollywood, CA,
The White Room, Chicago
Genre = Rock
Length = 59:52
Label = CMC International
Producer = Dennis DeYoung,
Tommy Shaw,
James Young
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nqc8b5t49sq4~T1 link]
Last album = "Return to Paradise"
(1997)
This album = "Brave New World"
(1999)
Next album = "Cyclorama"
(2003)

"Brave New World" is an album by Styx, released in 1999. It is the last album with the band's original lead vocalist/keyboardist Dennis DeYoung. (see 1999 in music). The album peaked at #175 on the Billboard 200, their lowest-charting album since 1973's The Serpent Is Rising and as of 2007 has only sold about 30,000 copies in the U.S.

Track listing

#"I Will Be Your Witness" (Jack Blades, Tommy Shaw) – 4:31
#"Brave New World" (Shaw, Young) – 5:14
#"While There's Still Time" (DeYoung) – 3:53
#"Number One" (Shaw) – 4:33
#"Best New Face" (Blades, Shaw) – 3:36
#"What Have They Done to You" (Shaw, Young) – 4:33
#"Fallen Angel" (DeYoung) – 4:49
#"Everything Is Cool" (Shaw) – 5:19
#"Great Expectations" (DeYoung) – 4:44
#"Heavy Water" (Shaw, Young) – 4:29
#"High Crimes & Misdemeanors (Hip Hop-Cracy)" (DeYoung) – 3:26
#"Just Fell In" (Shaw, Young) – 3:25
#"Goodbye Roseland" (DeYoung) – 3:49
#"Brave New World (Reprise)" (Shaw, Young) – 3:31

Personnel

Styx
*Dennis DeYoung - keyboards, vocals
*Chuck Panozzo - bass
*Tommy Shaw - acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, vocals
*Todd Sucherman - drums, percussion
*James Young - guitars, vocals

Additional personnel
*Glen Burtnik - Bass Guitar (Uncredited)
*Lawrence Gowan - Keyboards (Uncredited)
*David Campbell - Conductor
*Jerry Goodman - violin
*Ed Tossing - conductor
*C.J. Vancston - conductor

Production

*Producers: Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, James Young
*Engineers: Rodney Amos, Craig Bauer, Andy Haller, John Hendrickson, Steve Johnson, Gary Loizzo, Keith Marks, Tommy Shaw, C.J. Vancston, Craig Williams
*Mixing: Craig Bauer, Dennis DeYoung, Gary Loizzo, Ron Nevison
*Mastering: Ted Jensen
*Sequencing: Tommy Shaw
*Programming: Tommy Shaw
*Pro-Tools: Patrick Thrasher
*String arrangements: David Campbell, Ed Tossing
*Horn arrangements: C.J. Vancston
*Art direction: Alan Chappell, Ioannis
*Design: Alan Chappell, Ioannis
*Artwork: Ioannis

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)