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  Styx - Brave New World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The first studio album since 1990 from the recently reunited Styx has one of the most apt titles I've ever seen.
Brave New World starts with soul-infused track "I Will Be Your Witness" bears semblance of a classic Styx.
But without the Huxley referrence this is a brave attempt at changing the sound of a band that has spent three decades pleasing fans.
www.80smusiccentral.com /styxbnw.html   (294 words)

  
  Styx Cyclorama DVD-A Review
Looking at the album credits, I noticed that although most of the songs are sung by bandleader Shaw, the vocalist most people normally associate with the sound of Styx, a handful other band members take the mic.
Having a hip band like The D on their album was a smart way to give a reason to kids, who might have only heard of Styx because their brothers played them on cassette in their Camaro in the ‘70s or ‘80s, to discover Styx for themselves now.
Styx can still rock and in surround there is a new reason for Gen X and Y to figure out why their brothers all had Styx cranking in the Camaro.
www.avrev.com /music/revs/styx.shtml   (1084 words)

  
 Album Brave New World by Styx - AOL Music
Album Brave New World by Styx - AOL Music
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music.aol.com /artist/styx/5550/album/brave-new-world/422300   (83 words)

  
 Feature Reviews - Styx
If the music contained on the new disc was more like the earlier efforts of the band, this would be a bad thing, but since his material was what it is his departure leaves a raw taste in few fans' mouths.
Styx albums, it was a first-listen-like for me! Some of the Tommy Shaw songs sound like they should be on 7DZ, but, that's what I like about them.
Again, to me, this album sounds like each vocalist was given a certain number of songs that they would be performing on the album, and then submitted their respective recordings into the pot.
www.melodicrock.com /reviews/styx-bravenewworld.p3   (5478 words)

  
 Styx
Styx wasn't happy with Wooden Nickel's lack of promotion, so even though they now had a hit single, they felt it was time to move on.
Styx was prepared to tour in 2000 in support of the "Brave New World" album, but Dennis DeYoung didn't want to commit to a long tour, fearing his illness would stop the tour.
Styx continues to perform live every year to this day, proving that they are not ready for the afterlife...yet.
www.rocknrollhell.com /styx   (1829 words)

  
 Styx, REO, Showoff - Pop Stops for 08/19/99 by John Everson
Styx's first album in more than 15 years to feature all three singer-songwriters from the group's late '70s heyday is a patchwork affair that shows sparks of the band's creative brilliance, but certainly not the triumphant return that fans would have hoped for.
This album probably would have turned out better if the whole band had been in the same studio for the recording and mixing of the disc as they always were in the past.
With 14 songs, the album also rambles on too long, and feebly attempts to make this into another Styx "concept" album by mentioning "Brave New World" in a couple tracks and then ending with a weak "Brave New World Reprise" that listens like a "hooked on Styx" replay of the album's main themes.
www.popstops.net /styx-bnw.htm   (1070 words)

  
 James Young   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
On Styx's early albums, Young was the vocalist for most of the songs.
Since most of Styx's songs were hard rock at the time, he was perfect as the vocalist.
Styx's album "Brave New World" in 1998 would be the last to feature some of the band's original members.
www.rocknrollhell.com /young   (279 words)

  
 Albums of the artist singer songer: Styx - album albums songs work works   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is probably the most polished album of Styx's career; for older fans this was probably their biggest complaint with the album.
Styx used to be great band with a music style that ranged all over the board, but they had a sound and character that was uniquely, Styx.
The last John Curulewski album with Styx as we all know he left before the tour due to family issues and was replaced by Tommy Shaw and Styx went on to greatness.
www.poemhunter.com /lyrics/styx/albums   (3653 words)

  
 MelodicRock.com - Interactive Melodic CD Reviews
Styx was having a meet and greet at Tower Recods in Denver, I went down to meet...Tommy Shaw and James Young.
Great songs overall, Styx revives a great '70s sound not heard from Styx since Pieces of Eight; varying styles all of which are great; most of all good to hear that the current lineup of the band can translate all the fun they seem to be having live to an album of well-done songs.
This must be one of the best Styx albums ever made..everything good about the band is contained on this album.In fact,although i liked DDY,i think that this album benefits from his abscence,purely because his forte is ballads and gushing lyrics.Cyclorama has a good number of classic rockers and excellent pop-rock songs..typical classic Styx in fact.
www.melodicrock.com /reviews/styx-cyclorama.p3   (10582 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Brave New World: Music: Styx   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Styx's farewell album with Dennis DeYoung entitled Brave New World was released in June of 1999.
This album tells a story.Unlike the jump the shark "Kilroy" story,this is as deep as the band has ever been.I cried the first time I heard "I will be your witness".The story is for you to figure out.It is funny,poignant, and it really rocks.
I recieved this album from my wife of 20 years,5 years ago and just opened it,and have been enthralled by it for weeks listening to it 7 or 8 times a day.
www.amazon.ca /Brave-New-World-Styx/dp/B00000JG4W   (1140 words)

  
 Brave New World Sanctuary Records  from Great Shavers
This is Dennis DeYoung's last appearance on any Styx album as we know the tour woul be set up and he would leave due to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and not be let back into the band as he would be replaced by Lawrence Gowan.
This album is pretty good, but the songs: High Crimes & Misdemeaners, Just Fell In and Brave New World(reprise) are bad, and if they were not on this album then I would surely give this album 5 stars.
Brave New World reprise - They should not have putten this song on the album, cause Goodbye Roseland is a fantastic song to end the album.
www.greatshavers.com /details/B00000JG4W.html   (1030 words)

  
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Opening with the rocker "The Wicker Man," and ending with the lengthy "The Thin Line Between Love and Hate," "Brave New World" blends several straight forward metal tunes with longer, melodic offerings that are very enjoyable to those who like their music with an edge to it.
This is the first Styx album with the three principal songwriters, Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw and James Young, to be released since 1983's "Kilroy Was Here." That album created a division and eventually a split within the band, and this new album does little to bring any cohesion back to them.
The bottom line is "Brave New World" is not horrible, but a year after its release it already seems forgotten.
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 Channel4.com - SlashMusic - Brave New World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Venerable classic rock superstars Styx return with their first album of new material in nine years.
BRAVE NEW WORLD features the classic lineup of James Young, Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, Chuck Panozzo, and Todd Sucherman, who replaces the late John Panozzo.
Styx explores everything from tender ballads to hard rock to reggae to 50s rock on BRAVE NEW WORLD and the album's variety adds to its appeal.
www.channel4.com /music/music-core/album.jsp?albumId=348208   (183 words)

  
 Styx gets back in the Act with a Return to Paradise, An Interview With Dennis DeYoung By John Everson
As Styx's longtime concept album "visionary" and studio leader, DeYoung somehow always managed to pull together the disparate rock styles of Shaw and Young with his own light ballad touch on the band's previous releases.
There are some fine moments on Brave New World, but it's obviously not the work of a vibrant studio collaboration from a band in its prime.
But DeYoung admits that even his own new material for Brave New World, which includes a ballad rescued from Q-Modo his Hunchback of Notre Dame musical of a couple years ago, along with a quiet piano ballad and a light reggae number, was not written in the classic Styx mold.
www.popstops.net /styx99.htm   (988 words)

  
 PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY STEPHANIE SOLLOW
Ironic isn't it, given the album is entitled
If you didn't know this was a new Styx album, you'd swear it was a reissue.
If you looking for an album that will change your world, that will change what you know about music, that will challenge you...then you'll have to look elsewhere.
www.progressiveworld.net /styx.html   (591 words)

  
 STYX NEWS
The first single from "Brave New World" is the track "Everything Is Cool" which is a great song for those of you who haven't heard it yet.
Brave New World Tour Line-Up The line-up for the new Styx tour is as follows: James "JY" Young, Tommy Shaw, Glen Burtnik (Chuck's TOUR replacement), Todd Sucherman, and Lawrence Gowan (Dennis' TOUR replacement).
Also, an official 3-CD Styx box set is scheduled to be released and may contain tracks from Styx throughout their carrer--even some Wooden Nickle songs--depending upon the outcome of licensing negotiations with CMC and WN (RCA).
members.tripod.com /Man_of_Miracles/NEWS/NEWS.html   (2324 words)

  
 STYX Brave New World reviews and MP3
It doesn't work as an album on any level, being as the band didn't even work together during the production...and it shows.
When I heard that Styx were going to re-form to record a long awaited follow up album to 1990's "Edge Of The Century" I was thrilled but quite skeptical.
I can't blame DDY for all of this album's problems, because other than "What Have They Done To You" and "Everything Is Cool," the other material is also a bit lackluster.
www.progarchives.com /Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=2196   (1451 words)

  
 Brave New World (Reprise) Lyrics - by STYX from album BRAVE NEW WORLD : Lyrics And Songs
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The Lyrics seem to be the lyrics to Brave New World (Reprise) But they are (Wrong)
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 WhosWho Chicago: Styx : CenterstageChicago.com - Chicago City Life in Chicago, Illinois
Styx' new double live CD mirrors their double-LP A&M Records farewell Caught in the Act, replaying memories of their 1996 reunion tour at the Rosemont Horizon.
The band has been finishing up a new Styx album, Brave New World (CMC International) due during the summer of '99 (with Tommy Shaw, btw), but will apparently tour without Dennis DeYoung, who has been left photosensitive (he can't stand in bright lights) by a vicious mystery flu.
With over 22 million albums sold over nearly fifteen years, including the hits "Lady" (Styx II), "Come Sail Away" (Grand Illusion), and Kilroy was Here, Styx will soon be releasing the long over due Greatest Hits Pt.
centerstage.net /music/whoswho/Styx.html   (288 words)

  
 Vintage Guitar® magazine : Artist Pages
The event was the January concert that premiered material from Styx’s new album, Cyclorama (Sanctuary).
I’ve got the best day job in the world, but when you do a solo album, you don’t have to ask anybody what they think, so it’s really a self-indulgent thing, like writing a lot of personal letters.
He had a French album with just him on the piano, and had a hit up there called “A Criminal Mind.” He opened for us in Montreal in ’96, and brought the house down.
www.vintageguitar.com /artists/details.asp?ID=218   (2403 words)

  
 hob.com - Styx Interview
But, I think it's a wonderful thing for new groups that want to get exposure, to be able to put their music out.
And of course the Kilroy album by Styx related to censorship in modern times, as well as our relationship to the technology that we have surrounded ourselves with.
I was invited to his house for a barbecue and was too busy with Styx recordings to accept the invitation.
www.jamesyoung.ws /intviews/hobchat.htm   (1391 words)

  
 Brave New World Lyrics - by STYX from album BRAVE NEW WORLD : Lyrics And Songs
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 PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY JOHN "BOBO" BOLLENBERG
After a total of 25 million albums sold, the new album lets us witness a reborn Styx filled with diversity, rhythms and atmospheres.
Bombastic pomp-rock with one foot in AOR and the other in the glory days of symphonic rock, traced by agreeable harmonies, and a perfect balance between electric and acoustic guitars that are sort of the Styx trademark.
The name Styx remains synonymous with both variation and music that crosses both pop and Broadway musical forms, a wave that they, and they alone, surf.
www.progressiveworld.net /styx2.html   (417 words)

  
 Tower Records - Brave New World - Styx
Styx: Tommy Shaw (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, programming, samples); James Young (vocals, guitar); Dennis DeYoung (vocals, keyboards); Chuck Panozzo (bass); Todd Sucherman (drums, percussion).
"I Will Be Your Witness" is the funky album opener and is reminiscent of "Blue Collar Man." Dennis DeYoung adds "While There's Still Time" to his lengthy list of impeccable ballads.
The band takes the heavy metal route on "Everything Is Cool." "Great Expectations" is a fluid, jazzy number featuring trademark Styx harmonies.
www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=1529663   (334 words)

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