Styx, Pieces of Eight - 41m 43s

Tracks & Durations

1. Great White Hope	4:15
2. I'm OK	5:38
3. Sing for the day	4:55
4. The Message	1:05
5. Lords of The Ring	4:30
6. Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)	4:02
7. Queen of Spades	5:35
8. Renegade	4:11
9. Pieces of Eight	4:38
10. Aku - Aku	2:47

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Review

In some ways, Styx was America's answer to Queen. The Chicago quintet never ascended to the ranks of rock-and-roll royalty, as did their English counterparts, nor are they held in as high a regard today. Nevertheless, Styx fulfilled a Midwestern American hunger for high-flown fantasy typified on Pieces of Eight with songs like Dennis DeYoung and James Young's "I'm Okay" and "Lords of the Rings," with their elaborate arrangements, soaring vocal harmonies, and lyrical pretensions. In quite another direction, guitarist Tommy Shaw writes about basic human needs and working-class values in "Blue Collar Man," while his song "Sing for the Day" is a pleasant air, and "Renegade" a hard-charging rocker. Styx may have seemed somewhat schizophrenic on Pieces of Eight but their legions of fans diminished not a whit, making the album the band's second multiplatinum effort in a row, following The Grand Illusion. --Daniel Durchholz

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Pieces of Eight

Tracks: 10, Disk length: 42m 41s (+0m 58s)

Pieces of Eight

Tracks: 10, Disk length: 42m 41s (+0m 58s)

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