Caught in the Act (Styx album)

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Caught in the Act
Styx - Caught in the Act.jpg
Live album by
Styx
ReleasedApril 2, 1984 [1]
RecordedApril 9–10, 1983
January 1984
Venue Saenger Theater (New Orleans, LA)
StudioPumpkin Studios (Oak Lawn, IL)
Genre Rock
Length83:30
Label A&M
Producer Styx
Styx chronology
Kilroy Was Here
(1983)		Caught in the Act
(1984)		 Edge of the Century
(1990)
Caught in the Act
Video by
Styx
Released1984
RecordedApril 9–10, 1983
Venue Saenger Theater (New Orleans, LA)
Genre Rock
Label A&M
Director Jerry Kramer, Brian Gibson
Producer Jerry Kramer
Styx chronology
Caught in the Act
(1984)		 Return to Paradise
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Kerrang! (unfavorable) [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Caught in the Act is a live double album by Styx, released in 1984. It contains one new song, "Music Time," which was released as a single, reaching #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Contents

Caught in the Act is also the name of a VHS video recording that featured the band acting out the concept established in their Kilroy Was Here album. A DVD version was released on December 11, 2007.

Shortly after this album's release, Tommy Shaw announced his departure from the band to pursue a solo career. The band then went into hiatus for the rest of the 1980s. Caught In The Act would ultimately prove to be the final album by the massively successful 1975-84 Styx lineup of Dennis DeYoung, Shaw, James Young, Chuck Panozzo, and John Panozzo; by the time Shaw returned to the band in 1995, John Panozzo's declining health prevented his participation, and he died in 1996.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Music Time" [*] (DeYoung) – 4:45
  2. "Mr. Roboto" (DeYoung) – 4:59
    • Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung
  3. "Too Much Time on My Hands" (Shaw) – 5:01
    • Lead vocals and lead guitar: Tommy Shaw
  4. "Babe" (DeYoung) – 4:52
    • Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung
    • Lead guitar: Tommy Shaw

Side 2

  2. "Snowblind" (Young, DeYoung) – 6:00
  3. "State Street Sadie" (uncredited) / "The Best of Times" (DeYoung) – 6:30
    • Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung
    • Lead guitar: Tommy Shaw
  4. "Suite Madame Blue" (DeYoung) – 8:51
    • Lead vocals and synthesizer solo: Dennis DeYoung
    • Lead guitar: James "JY" Young

Side 3

  2. "Rockin' the Paradise" (DeYoung, Young, Shaw) – 4:40
    • Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung
    • First guitar solo: Tommy Shaw
    • Second guitar solo: James "JY" Young
  3. "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" (Shaw) – 4:47
    • Lead vocals and lead guitar: Tommy Shaw
    • Guitar fills and end solo: James "JY" Young
  4. "Miss America" (Young) – 6:15
    • Lead vocals and lead guitar: James "JY" Young
  5. "Don't Let It End" (DeYoung) – 5:25 (on US LP, cassette and CD)
    • Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung
    • Lead guitar: Tommy Shaw
  2. "Boat on the River" (Shaw) – 3:10 (A&M Records 1984)
    • Accordion: Dennis DeYoung
    • Lead vocals, lead guitar, mandolin: Tommy Shaw

Side 4

  2. "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (Shaw) – 6:05
    • Lead vocals: Tommy Shaw
    • Synthesizer solos: Dennis DeYoung
  3. "Crystal Ball" (Shaw) – 6:24
    • Lead vocals and lead guitar: Tommy Shaw
    • Synthesizer solo: Dennis DeYoung
  4. "Come Sail Away" (DeYoung) – 8:56
    • Lead vocals, synthesizer solo: Dennis DeYoung
    • Lead guitar: Tommy Shaw

* New studio recording

Video track listing

  1. Kilroy Was Here mini-movie
  2. "Mr. Roboto" (DeYoung)
  3. "Rockin' the Paradise (with J.Y. guitar solo)" (DeYoung, Shaw, Young)
  4. "Blue Collar Man" (Shaw)
  5. "Snowblind" (DeYoung, Young)
  6. "Too Much Time on My Hands" (Shaw)
  7. "Don't Let It End" (DeYoung)
  8. "Heavy Metal Poisoning" (Young)
  9. "Cold War (with extended Tommy Shaw guitar solo and extra verses)" (Shaw)
  10. "State Street Sadie" (uncredited) / "The Best of Times" (DeYoung)
  11. "Come Sail Away" (DeYoung)
  12. "Renegade (with John Panozzo drum solo and band getting arrested)" (Shaw)
  13. "Haven't We Been Here Before" (Shaw)
  14. "Don't Let It End (Reprise)" (DeYoung)

DVD bonus tracks

  1. "Come Sail Away" (1977 video)
  2. "Borrowed Time" (1979 video)
  3. "Babe" (1979 video)
  4. "Boat On the River" (1979 video)
  5. "A.D. 1928"/"Rockin' the Paradise" (1981 video)
  6. "The Best of Times" (1981 video)
  7. "Too Much Time on My Hands" (1981 video)
  8. "Mr. Roboto" (1983 video)
  9. "Don't Let It End" (1983 video)
  10. "Heavy Metal Poisoning" (1983 video)
  11. "Haven't We Been Here Before" (video)
  12. "Music Time" (1984 video)

Personnel

Production (album)

Production (video)

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [5] 52
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 55
UK Albums (OCC) [7] 44
US Billboard 200 [8] 31

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". CMJ New Music Report. March 26, 1984. p. 10.
  2. ↑ Adams, Bret. "Styx - Caught in the Act (1984) album review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ Barton, Geoff (April 5, 1984). "Styx - Caught in the Act (1984) album review". Kerrang! . Vol. 65. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. pp. 13, 14.
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p.  789. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone styx album guide.
  5. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6754b". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Styx – Caught In The Act - Live" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Styx Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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