Members RiffDaemon Posted November 21, 2010 Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 Ok, so the "An Evening With Styx" tour came to Atlanta last weekend, and they played The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight in their entirety. Now, I had only owned their Greatest Hits album, and those songs were the only ones I knew. Well, I was blown away by songs from The Grand Illusion that weren't on that compilation, namely "Man In The Wilderness" and "Castle Walls" :love: I bought The Grand Illusion immediatley after the show, and I can't stop playing it. This album is just perfection! So HCAF, what other "art-rock"/AOR albums are out there that are as epic as this? The only one that's on my radar at the moment is Kansas' Leftoverture. What others are out there? Gimme recommendations!! [YOUTUBE]09l_zXCQpik[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]WBRoQ91W1rk[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members maggotspawn Posted November 21, 2010 Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 As far as Kansas goes, I thought Point of Know Return was better then Leftoverture. That's all I can add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RiffDaemon Posted November 21, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 Will check that one out, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members charveldan Posted November 21, 2010 Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 Pieces of 8 came out when i was in high school, i thought the solo on Renegade was bad-ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RiffDaemon Posted November 21, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 Yeah, I'm listening to Piece of Eight, too, but the first half of that disc doesn't do much for me. Second half is absolutely solid, though: Blue Collar Man, Renegade, Queen of Spades, Pieces of Eight .... damn fine stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted November 21, 2010 Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 Styx was great. Here's a band that toured awesomely with them:[YOUTUBE]JTD1QW3SM60[/YOUTUBE][YOUTUBE]u7W0Nm8iHwk[/YOUTUBE][YOUTUBE]kNoR6VSP4wY[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jshannon59 Posted November 21, 2010 Members Share Posted November 21, 2010 grand illusion would have been perfect if it didn't have "come sail away" on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted November 22, 2010 Members Share Posted November 22, 2010 [YOUTUBE]wSfrO5PAhH4[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jet66 Posted November 22, 2010 Members Share Posted November 22, 2010 Grand Illusion, Pieces Of Eight, and Paradise Theater were three of my favorite albums growing up. Another one that stuck with me was Aldo Nova's Subject. Not quite the same as those Styx albums, but similar in the way it all felt somehow tied together. Newer (but still 80's) I always liked the flow of Fate's Warning's No Exit album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Repner Posted November 22, 2010 Members Share Posted November 22, 2010 They were amazing in 2007 supporting Deep Purple. Just recently got my ticket to see them with Foreigner and Journey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members triton76 Posted November 22, 2010 Members Share Posted November 22, 2010 Dream Theater's Scenes From a Memory is the Paradise Theater for the 21st Century Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members triton76 Posted November 22, 2010 Members Share Posted November 22, 2010 btw I saw Styx w/ Journey & REO in 2000 and Styx was easily the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Repner Posted November 22, 2010 Members Share Posted November 22, 2010 btw I saw Styx w/ Journey & REO in 2000 and Styx was easily the best As much as I like Journey, Styx are the ones I'm really looking forward to seeing again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RiffDaemon Posted November 22, 2010 Author Members Share Posted November 22, 2010 As much as I like Journey, Styx are the ones I'm really looking forward to seeing againYep, Styx are the total package of musicianship, showmanship, and variety. Journey didn't hold a candle to the Styx performances I've seen so far. Styx stole the show from Boston a few years ago. I was telling my friend after the show, "Why aren't these guys headlining???" And the next year, I got just that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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