Styx World: Live 2001

Performer: Styx
Engineer: Gary Loizzo; Keith Marks
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Tommy Shaw, James "JY" Young (vocals, guitar); Glen Burtnik (vocals, bass); Lawrence Gowan (vocals, keyboards); Chuck Panozzo (bass); Todd Sucherman (drums). Producers: James Young, Gary Loizzo, Lawrence Gowan. Recorded live at various locations during Styx's 2001 World Tour. Personnel: Tommy Shaw (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin); Chuck Panozzo (bass guitar); Todd Sucherman (drums, percussion). Audio Remixers: Craig Williams; Gary Loizzo; Plinky. Recording information: Electric Voodoo, Chicago, IL (02/10/2000-10/27/2000); Kosei Nenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan (02/10/2000-10/27/2000); Stadhalle, Germany (02/10/2000-10/27/2000). There are really only three things you need to know about Styx World: Live 2001 to enable you to make the decision as to whether or not it's for you: one, it's Styx; two, it's Styx without frontman Dennis DeYoung; and three, it's Styx, live, without frontman Dennis DeYoung. If you're still interested in hearing more after reading those three tidbits of info, chances are there's nothing that can be said to convince you that this album is not worth your hard-earned dough. The song selection is mediocre at best, eschewing all the hits composed by DeYoung (which is to say most of them, including "Lady" and "Mr. Roboto," among others). New singer Lawrence Gowan is adequate, but no more than that, and the performances are solid, but nowhere as tight as you might expect. If you simply must hear fan favorites like "Loerlei," "Snowblind," and "Come Sail Away" again, you're advised to break out your original albums and relive the prog rock magic. Don't say you weren't warned.... ~ Bret Love

Part of a rising tide of American "pomp-rock" groups of the 1970s, Styx combined prog-rock characteristics with hard-rock hooks and pop accessibility. Their high three-part vocal harmonies and radio-friendly tunes made them wildly successful into the early '80s, until AOR was eclipsed by new wave.

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