Crash of the Crown | ||||
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Released | June 18, 2021 | |||
Recorded | 2020–2021, The Shop, Studio Amontillado, Blackbird Studios, Blue Sound and Music, Todd's Studio | |||
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Length | 43:03 | |||
Label | Universal Music Enterprises | |||
Producer | Will Evankovich | |||
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Singles from Crash of the Crown | ||||
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Crash of the Crown is the seventeenth studio album by American rock band Styx. The album was released on June 18, 2021, by Universal Music Enterprises. [5] [6] The album charted for one week on the US Billboard 200 album chart, peaking at No. 114 on July 3, 2021. The album produced no singles that charted on any Billboard singles chart. This was also the last album to feature bassist Ricky Phillips as he would leave the band to spend more time with his family.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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1. | "The Fight of Our Lives" | Group | 1:54 | |
2. | "A Monster" |
| Shaw, Group | 3:27 |
3. | "Reveries" |
| Gowan | 3:03 |
4. | "Hold Back the Darkness" |
| Gowan, Shaw | 3:58 |
5. | "Save Us from Ourselves" |
| Shaw | 3:02 |
6. | "Crash of the Crown" |
| Young, Shaw, Gowan | 3:46 |
7. | "Our Wonderful Lives" |
| Shaw | 3:06 |
8. | "Common Ground" |
| Shaw, Gowan | 4:00 |
9. | "Sound the Alarm" |
| Shaw | 3:25 |
10. | "Long Live the King" | Evankovich | Shaw | 2:33 |
11. | "Lost at Sea" | Gowan | Gowan | 0:38 |
12. | "Coming Out the Other Side" |
| Gowan | 3:48 |
13. | "To Those" |
| Group, Gowan | 3:01 |
14. | "Another Farewell" | Evankovich | Instrumental | 0:26 |
15. | "Stream" | Shaw | Group, Shaw | 2:56 |
Total length: | 43:03 |
Apart from their 2005 covers album Big Bang Theory , this is the first Styx album since Styx II (1973) to feature no songwriting contribution from James "J.Y." Young.
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] | 167 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] | 26 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [9] | 23 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] | 17 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [11] | 4 |
US Billboard 200 [12] | 114 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [13] | 17 |
US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard) [14] | 7 |