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Styx, The Grand Illusion

Audio CD

Disk ID: 1098381

Disk length: 39m 2s (8 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 1977

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. The Grand Illusion 4:37
2. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) 5:31
3. Superstars 3:55
4. Come Sail Away 6:07
5. Miss America 5:02
6. Man In The Wilderness 5:50
7. Castle Walls 5:58
8. The Grand Finale 1:56

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Review

More than two decades before it became Eric Cartman's favorite song on South Park, "Come Sail Away" was the choice of music fans with one foot in the art-rock camp and the other in Top 40 pop. The Grand Illusion straddled the seemingly divergent directions as only Styx could, laying on the pomp with layers of keyboards and high-flown lyrical conceits, yet keeping the proceedings light with hook-filled choruses and breezy melodies. Tommy Shaw's engaging "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" is the set's highlight, offering a bit of armchair psychology even as it acted as a subtle dig at the snarling punk rockers to whom Styx was anathema. James Young's "Miss America" rocks out, while Dennis DeYoung's title track reminds us that life is fleeting and illusory. Not exactly Nietzsche, but you can dance to it, sort of. --Daniel Durchholz

Other Versions

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The Grand Illusion

Tracks: 8, Disk length: 39m 3s (+0m 1s)

The Grand Illusion

Tracks: 8, Disk length: 39m 16s (+0m 14s)

The Grand Illusion

Tracks: 8, Disk length: 39m 16s (+0m 14s)

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