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Styx Best Of Styx (1980)
Best Of Styx (Japanese Pressing)\n1984 RCA Records, Inc.\n\nOriginally Released 1980\nCD Edition Released July 30, 1984\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: The Best of Styx is a bit of a misleading title, since this eleven-track collection misses many of their big '70s hits, including "Come Sail Away," "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" and "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)." "Lady, " "You Need Love, " "Best Thing" and "Winner Takes All" are here, along with some album tracks that help make the collection interesting, but the fact of the matter is, The Best of Styx is missing too many essential items to be considered definitive. Nevertheless, it is serviceable. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe rough beginning of a superstar group., January 3, 2005 \nBy Somewhere in Texas (Planet Texas)\n\nThis compilation was originally released in 1975 with a different cover as a "cash in" album when Styx changed labels to A&M. It was the second Styx album I bought and looking back its a very good starter collection of songs from thier first four Wooden Nickel albums. It seems a little skimpy on CD because it was originally put together for vinyl. But the original LP ran over 45 minutes, so I thought it was a great deal back then. The album was later reissued in the early 80's with a new (ugly) cover, which has been used for this CD. Most of these songs were also released as rare 45 singles, which are becoming very collectable on E-bay. \n\nThe band was just starting to forge thier own sound on these early albums so they are not quite as cohesive as thier A&M recordings. All four Wooden Nickel albums feature a very eclectic mix between JY's and the late John Curulewski's hard rockers verses Dennis' ballads and art-prog-rock peices. It wasn't until Tommy Shaw joined the band in 1976 that they found just the right songwriter to bridge those different elements together. \n\nThe mastering on the original RCA CD that came out in the mid 80's (The CD has a large modern RCA symbol in a circle in blue ink, and a scan of the album cover on the back) - its very hissy , stay away from this one! \n\nThe remastered BMG version (with the old 40's style RCA symbol on the CD and just the track and remastering information on the back) was redone in the 90's is a huge improvement and the one to get. \n\nStill I wish BMG would put together a lengthier compilation of thier early days. Theres one available from Japan but its very expensive! (update - they did! Look for "The Complete Wooden Nickel Recordings" and you will have everything on this CD in better quality) \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\ngood and getting better, December 8, 2004 \nBy Frampton's mammal "do you feel like i do" (northern michigan)\n\nThis CD is the best of Styx during their Wooden Nickel years. This is a very good sampling of the four W.N. albums. After listening to it, I just had to get the four pre A&M albums hoping that I would find a few more hidden gems. Well, after hearing those four albums, I'm pretty sure that most of the good gems had been mined for The Best of Styx. It's kinda neat to hear John and JY featured so prominently through the album, and a song like Man of Miracles holds its own against Lady. Styx, Styx II, Man of Miracles, and The Serpent is Rising can be quite difficult to get ahold of, so if you really want the best of those early four, buy The Best of Styx, and, as advertised, you are getting the best of early Styx. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe Early Days Before Greatness, January 21, 2004 \nReviewer: A music fan\nThis is a must for the diehard Styx fan, featuring the best of their first four albums(Styx I, Styx II, Serpent Is Rising, and Man Of Miracles)on the Wooden Nickel label, an early RCA joint label. Of course the song "Lady" is featured, along with some other good early rock pieces. Too bad though the original album cover art is no more. Originally it featured a photograph of a silver, long-nailed hand emerging from a dark lake and clutching a rose(to tie in with the band's name chosen from Greek Myth). Around 1980, RCA decided to re-release their early albums due to the band's popularty, but with new "Art Deco" styled graphic covers. Still, the music is what's important, so give it a listen. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nBest of Styx from the Wooden Nickel years, August 4, 2000 \nBy Todd McKinney (Wichita, KS)\nBefore Styx began producing hits on the A&M label, they recorded four albums in the early 70's for the small Wooden Nickel label (rights now owned by RCA). RCA produced new cartoon artwork for the "Best of" and the other Wooden Nickel albums and re-released them around 1980, probably to capitalize on Styx's height of popularity at the time, after "Babe" went #1. An essential pick for the serious Styx fan, "Best of" contains few standouts beyond the belated hit "Lady." You may want this album as a serious collector or as a huge Styx fan. However, it's hard for me to agree with any best of collection from Styx, even from these early years, because to me, I've enjoyed their albums as a whole, as in "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Therefore, any one of the first four albums ("Styx I", "Styx II", "The Serpent is Rising" and "Man of Miracles") may be a comparable buy to the "Best of." I personally think that "Serpent" is the best of the four, although as a serious Styx fan, all four (plus "Best of") are in my collection. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nHuge styx fan here, July 7, 1999 \nReviewer: A music fan\nDon't be fooled by the title "Best of Styx." It came out before most of us even heard of them. But it's a great Styx CD for those times when you've listened to the familiar stuff to death and still haven't quite had your fill of Styx. It is a nice cross section of their 1st four (largely ignored) albums. Dennis (Come Sail Away & Babe) DeYoung didn't sing a lot of songs back then. James (Miss America) Young was the more predominant lead singer, and Tommy Shaw was not yet in the band. They were as stylistically diverse then as now, but the production quality is a bit weak, as they were not yet self-produced. For huge fans like me it's just fascinating to hear how the early river flowed. This CD is the "source" of Styx. \n\n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nProducers: Styx, John Ryan, Bill Traut, Barry Mraz.
This rock cd contains 11 tracks and runs 40min 13sec.
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