Greatest Hits Part 2 | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | June 11, 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1975–1996 | |||
Genre | Rock, progressive rock, hard rock, pop rock | |||
Length | 76:25 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Styx and Dennis DeYoung | |||
Styx compilation chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | D [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Greatest Hits Part 2 is a 1996 compilation album by the rock band Styx and a follow-up to Greatest Hits , another compilation album released in 1995. The album features 14 previously released Styx songs as well as two new songs, "Little Suzie" and "It Takes Love". Major omissions that were not included on either Greatest Hits packages are 2 top 40 charted singles, "Why Me" (#27, 1980) and "Music Time" (#40, 1984).
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "A.D. 1928" | Dennis DeYoung | Paradise Theatre , 1981 | 1:07 |
2. | "Rockin' the Paradise" | DeYoung, James "J.Y." Young, Tommy Shaw | Paradise Theatre | 3:34 |
3. | "Light Up" | DeYoung | Equinox , 1975 | 4:17 |
4. | "Sing for the Day" | Shaw | Pieces of Eight , 1978 | 4:57 |
5. | "First Time" | DeYoung | Cornerstone , 1979 | 4:23 |
6. | "Mademoiselle" | DeYoung, Shaw | Crystal Ball , 1976 | 3:55 |
7. | "Snowblind" | Young, DeYoung | Paradise Theatre | 4:58 |
8. | "Boat on the River" | Shaw | Cornerstone | 3:10 |
9. | "Borrowed Time" | DeYoung, Shaw | Cornerstone | 4:58 |
10. | "Lights" | Shaw, DeYoung | Cornerstone | 4:37 |
11. | "Queen of Spades" | Young, DeYoung | Pieces of Eight | 5:38 |
12. | "Love at First Sight" | Glen Burtnik, DeYoung, Young | Edge of the Century , 1990 | 4:33 |
13. | "Haven't We Been Here Before" | DeYoung, Shaw | Kilroy Was Here , 1983 | 4:04 |
14. | "Superstars" | Young, DeYoung, Shaw | The Grand Illusion , 1977 | 3:59 |
15. | "Little Suzie" | Burtnik, Bob Burger, Shaw, DeYoung | New song, previously unissued | 4:49 |
16. | "It Takes Love" | Burtnik, Burger | New song, previously unissued | 3:26 |
Pieces of Eight is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Styx, released on September 1, 1978.
The Grand Illusion is the seventh studio album by American rock band Styx. Recorded at Paragon Recording Studios in Chicago, the album was released on July 7, 1977, by A&M Records.. The release was a smash worldwide, selling three million copies in the US alone. Some estimates have the album at over 6 million copies sold. The album launched the band to stardom and spawned the hit singles "Come Sail Away" and "Fooling Yourself." The title track also received substantial FM airplay, but was never released as an official single.
Crystal Ball is the sixth album by Styx, released in 1976.
Equinox is the fifth studio album by American rock band Styx, released in December 1975. The lead single "Lorelei" became Styx's second US Top 40 hit.
Edge of the Century is the twelfth studio album by Styx, released in 1990. It was the first Styx album featuring A&M solo artist Glen Burtnik, the only album to feature the Dennis DeYoung/James Young/Glen Burtnik/Chuck Panozzo/John Panozzo lineup, and the last album to feature John Panozzo on drums before his death in 1996.
Cornerstone is the ninth studio album by the American rock band Styx, released in 1979. Styx's third straight multi-platinum selling album, Cornerstone was Styx's first album to earn a Grammy nomination, which was for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group. Like the four previous Styx albums, the band produced the album themselves. Styx recorded the album at Pumpkin Studios in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
Kilroy Was Here is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band Styx, released on February 22, 1983. A concept album and rock opera about a world where rock music is outlawed, it is named after a famous World War II graffiti tag, "Kilroy was here". It was the last album of original material to be released by the "classic" lineup of Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, James "J.Y." Young, John Panozzo, and Chuck Panozzo.
Man of Miracles is the fourth album by Styx, released on November 8, 1974.
The Serpent Is Rising is the third album by American band Styx, released in October 1973, a mere three months after their previous album Styx II in July 1973.
Styx II is the second album by American band Styx, released in July 1973.
Styx is the debut album by American rock band Styx. It was released in 1972.
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.
Return to Paradise is the second live album by Styx, released in 1997, and their first album after signing with CMC International. It features songs from their successful reunion tour with Tommy Shaw, but without John Panozzo, who died in July 1996. It includes three new studio tracks, "On My Way," "Paradise," and "Dear John." Shaw wrote the latter as a tribute to Panozzo, while "Paradise" featured upon Dennis DeYoung's solo album and was newly recorded with the band.
Brave New World is the thirteenth studio album by Styx, released in 1999. It is the band’s first studio album to feature drummer Todd Sucherman, replacing John Panozzo, who died in 1996 and the last album to feature keyboardist/vocalist Dennis DeYoung. This is the last album that bassist Chuck Panozzo is credited as a full-time member, he would continue with the band as a part-time member. The album peaked at #175 on the Billboard 200 and reached the top 10 on the Top Internet Albums chart. However, its position on the Billboard charts was the lowest from a Styx album of new material since 1973's The Serpent Is Rising.
"Lady" is a 1973 song written and performed by the rock band Styx. It was first released on Styx II and was a local hit in the band's native Chicago, but initially failed to chart nationally. The song gained success shortly after Styx left Wooden Nickel Records to move to A&M Records in 1974 as it began picking up airplay nationwide, eventually peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1975. The power ballad was later re-recorded for the 1995 Styx compilation Greatest Hits due to a contractual dispute between A&M and Wooden Nickel.
John Anthony Panozzo was an American drummer best known for his work with rock band Styx.
Arch Allies is a live album recorded by REO Speedwagon and Styx at Riverport Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. It was released on September 26, 2000, by Sanctuary Records, and a single DVD was also released on November 7, 2000.
Greatest Hits is a compilation album and primary Greatest Hits album by the American rock band Styx. It was released by A&M Records on August 22, 1995. It contains 16 tracks, 8 of which were Billboard Top 10 Pop Singles, another 4 that were Billboard Top 40 Pop Singles, and 4 that received heavy airplay on FM album oriented rock stations.
With the success of Styx's album The Grand Illusion, Wooden Nickel Records, Styx's previous label, released Best of Styx, which contained selected Styx songs in the Wooden Nickel catalog. Styx had left Wooden Nickel to sign with A&M Records several years earlier, so the compilation does not contain any songs from Styx's three A&M albums that preceded this album's release. "Lady", "You Need Love" and "Best Thing" are the principal songs that could be classified as hits in this collection, having charted at numbers 6, 88 and 82 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively; the remainder of the songs are selected album tracks from Styx's Wooden Nickel releases.
Styx - Classics, Volume 15 is a greatest hits compilation for the band Styx, released in 1987 by A&M Records as part of A&M's classics series of greatest hits albums for artists on its label.
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