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Styx's feisty, straightforward brand of album rock is represented best by "Blue Collar Man" from 1978's Pieces of Eight, an invigorating keyboard and guitar rush -- hard and heavy, yet curved by Tommy Shaw's emphasized vocals. Reaching number 21, with the frolicking romp of "Renegade" edging in at number 16 only six months later, Pieces of Eight maintained their strength as a front-running FM radio group. Even though these two tracks were both mainstream singles, the rest of the album includes tracks that rekindle some of Styx's early progressive rock sound, only cleaner. Tracks like "Sing for the Day," "Lords of the Ring," and "Aku-Aku" all contain slightly more complex instrumental foundations, and are lyrically reminiscent of the material from albums like The Serpent Is Rising or Man of Miracles, but not as intricate or instrumentally convoluted. While the writing may stray slightly from what Styx provided on The Grand Illusion, Pieces of Eight kept their established rock formula in tact quite firmly.
© Mike DeGagne /TiVo
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Styx, Producer, MainArtist - James Oliver "Trummy" Young, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
James Young, ComposerLyricist - Dennis DeYoung, ComposerLyricist - Styx, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Styx, Producer, MainArtist - Tommy R. Shaw, ComposerLyricist - Rob Kingsland, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Mraz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis DeYoung, ComposerLyricist - Styx, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis DeYoung, ComposerLyricist - Styx, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
James Young, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Shaw, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dennis DeYoung, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Styx, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Mraz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Panozzo, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Kingsland, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Panozzo, Drums, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
James Young, ComposerLyricist - Dennis DeYoung, ComposerLyricist - Styx, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
James Young, Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Shaw, Guitar, Electric Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dennis DeYoung, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Styx, Producer, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Mraz, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Panozzo, Bass Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Kingsland, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Panozzo, Drums, Percussion, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis DeYoung, ComposerLyricist - Styx, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Styx, Producer, MainArtist - Tommy R. Shaw, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Styx's feisty, straightforward brand of album rock is represented best by "Blue Collar Man" from 1978's Pieces of Eight, an invigorating keyboard and guitar rush -- hard and heavy, yet curved by Tommy Shaw's emphasized vocals. Reaching number 21, with the frolicking romp of "Renegade" edging in at number 16 only six months later, Pieces of Eight maintained their strength as a front-running FM radio group. Even though these two tracks were both mainstream singles, the rest of the album includes tracks that rekindle some of Styx's early progressive rock sound, only cleaner. Tracks like "Sing for the Day," "Lords of the Ring," and "Aku-Aku" all contain slightly more complex instrumental foundations, and are lyrically reminiscent of the material from albums like The Serpent Is Rising or Man of Miracles, but not as intricate or instrumentally convoluted. While the writing may stray slightly from what Styx provided on The Grand Illusion, Pieces of Eight kept their established rock formula in tact quite firmly.
© Mike DeGagne /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:27
- Main artists: Styx
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: A&M
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1978 A&M Records Inc. ℗ 1978 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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