Come Sail Away: The Styx Anthology

Styx - Come Sail Away: The Styx Anthology

Come Sail Away: The Styx Anthology
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Artist: Styx
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-05-04
Music Label: A&M Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Best Thing
  2. You Need Love
  3. Lady
  4. Winner Take All
  5. Rock & Roll Feeling
  6. Light Up
  7. Lorelei
  8. Prelude 12
  9. Suite Madame Blue
  10. Shooz
  11. Mademoiselle
  12. Crystal Ball
  13. The Grand Illusion
  14. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
  15. Come Sail Away
  16. Miss America
  17. Man In The Wilderness
Music CD 2
  1. Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
  2. Sing For The Day
  3. Renegade
  4. Pieces Of Eight
  5. Lights
  6. Babe
  7. Borrowed Time
  8. Boat On The River
  9. A.D. 1928
  10. Rockin' The Paradise
  11. Too Much Time On My Hands
  12. The Best Of Times
  13. Snowblind
  14. Mr. Roboto
  15. Love Is The Ritual
  16. Show Me The Way
  17. Dear John
  18. One With Everything

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Music Review: An Excellent STYX Compilation That Could've Even Been Better
Rating: 4 Stars


As a long time STYX fan and music collector I was thrilled when I heard that STYX were planning on releasing a Greatest Hits Box Set encompassing their entire career from both the Wooden Nickel/RCA & A&M Labels. While many other bands of their era have had a CD box set package released, this band has been sadly overlooked when making such a compilation. Unfortunately, this STYX ANTHOLOGY collection has only one rarity on it (the full length version of "Man in the Wilderness") and since it's only an about a minute longer, it's not really a must have. Here are what I think are the strengths and weakness of this collection.

STRENGTHS:
-- The digital remastering of this collection is outstanding! These tracks will sound better than any other STYX CD you may have including all their previous Greatest Hits compilations. Much of the hiss that is apparent on their studio albums, especially their early ones, is nearly gone.

-- Anytime a your favorite band puts out a "hits" compilation that's only a double CD there's always going to be a few complaints by some that not all of their favorite songs didn't make it. This collection succeeds because not only are the songs are in chronological order of their release, but a lot of this albums flows together from track to track. It also includes the wonderful title track from the album "Pieces of Eight" and the popular album track "Miss America". I was also pleased to see "Dear John" was also included, which is dedicated to the memory of STYX's original drummer JOHN PANOZZO. While some great hit songs like "Don't Let It End", "Love At First Sight", "Queen of Spades" and "Why Me" are not included in this compilation, all of their studio albums (except one) have at least one track represented, with their five best selling albums having at least four tracks from each album included. Another double CD compilation called "The Singles Collection" has 28 tracks including all those other great songs.

-- Unlike many other "Hits" collections, all of the 35 tracks here are in their original album form. There are no single edits or remixes on any of the tracks, and despite the relative weak looking CD cover, the enclosed booklet is well done.

WEAKNESS:
-- Despite all the great tracks here on this collection, most of us have heard them before since there's been nearly twenty STYX "hits" CD compilations released worldwide This would have been a great opportunity to release some unreleased or rare live tracks. Here are several tracks that I would have loved to been on this collection.

- "Unfinished Song" - This is the only song that been released that is still unavailable on CD. It's a great song that DeYoung wrote during their fourth album, but it was not released on it. This song was later released again in the early 80' on the reissue of their fourth album.

- "Crystal Ball" - While this song is on this collection, there's another version with an extra verse that would have been nice to see finally released. There's also a vintage live version with extended guitar solos that has been released on an obscure soundtrack. It's been unavailable on CD since it was released on a long out-of-print Japanese only compilation in the early `80s.

- "Boat on The River" - This is another song that is on this collection and several others, but I would have preferred to have the excellent, vintage live version that was only released in Europe. I usually dislike "live" versions of my favorite hits on compilations, but I think this "live" version is far superior since it has a very cool extended intro. It would have been nice to have fans hear this version released in the US since this is also been long out-of-print in any format.

- "Show Me the Way" - Since this version has been released on so many on other STYX "hits" compilations it would be cool to hear a different mix of this song. While the this song has nothing to do with the Gulf War that was going on at the time it was released, there are a couple remixed versions that a couple of radio DJs made and one of them was only released on a promo CD and heard on many radio stations around that time.

- "While There's Still Time" - This track didn't make it on this collection. It was originally going to be released by A&M on yet another "hits" collection in 1996; however, it was pulled off that compilation before it was released, but not before it was released on a promo only CD sampler. A new version of this song was later released years later on the "Brave New World" album. While both songs are pretty similar, I prefer the original version.


-- Despite all the good tracks here my only minor quibble would add the track "Born For Adventure" or even "Put Me On" to the first disc. Both songs are great album tracks that capture's that classic STYX sound that most everyone remembers.

If you're only interested in the "hits" of STYX this anthology collection is probably the best compilation that has been released so far. It has 35 songs that capture over 30 years of music from their very first single up to their latest single and a bunch of good album tracks in-between. It's a double CD collection for the same price of many single CDs, so there's no way you should feel like your getting rip-off. Besides with the money you saved getting this title, you'll want get their music video collection on DVD. Until Amazon gets it together, you can find this DVD by entering this ASIN number: B0001XARSG into the search box. The only regret you'll have after getting this collection is that you'll have to buy their individual albums too, because there are so many more great songs that didn't make it here.
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Description of Come Sail Away: The Styx Anthology

Two CD collection in a slimline double jewel case - 35 tracks. Jewel box has a crack on the back. Saw cut does not appear to touch art. Canadian import previously released as: COME SAIL AWAY: THE STYX ANTHOLOGY.
Styx may have had their musical roots in the UK's burgeoning late-'60s/early-'70s prog-rock bombast, but they were true pioneers in at least one sense: The Chicago-bred quintet virtually defined the hugely successful "corp rock" boom that followed a decade after prog's original fortunes tarnished. And if that label suggests a certain sense of the formulaic, in Styx it actually denoted a band with sharp ears and a shrewder sense of rock history, attested to immediately here by the Yes-inspired harmonies of "You Need Love" and the staccato rhythms of the Beatles' "Getting Better" on "Winner Take All." This 35-track double-disc anthology charts a course from sudden fame to its sometimes stormy aftermath, spanning the band's 1972 debut and its resilient 2003 comeback contender, Cyclorama. But after working their way up from the Grand Funk-worthy, meat 'n' instant potatoes of "Rock and Roll Feeling" and bald-faced melodramatics of "Lady" and "Come Sail Away" to the gutsier edge of "Blue Collar Man" and "Too Much Time on My Hands," rising tides of punk and new wave began to erode their younger demographic. And by the time "Babe" gave way to the faux techno of '83's "Mr. Roboto," even those sympathetic to the band's hook-rich, prog-lite sensibility seemed restless. Still, their Tommy Shaw-dominate output in the '90s and beyond showcased a band that had subtly matured from their arena-rock cliché salad days. --Jerry McCulley

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