Crystal Ball – StyxOctober 1st, 1976 or iTunes Price: $6.99 Genre: Rock Released: Oct 1976 Customer Ratings (39 Ratings)
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Crystal Ball – StyxView More By Styx. Customer ReviewsA new level ... (4 stars)Tommy Shaw's arrival is unmistakable and elevates the band, although Equinox was a very strong effort. Shaw writes Styx's most enduring music, still good 30 years later, and the tune Crystal Ball's soaring vocals and unfolding sound from soft to hard is unmatched in the Styx catalog. Not a weak cut. First four are excellent, Shooz rocks hard and then a soft but strong pair of offerings from Dennis DeYoung. Styx's second best album behind Gra Enter - Tommy Shaw (4 stars) You've got to remember, this album is when Tommy Shaw first joined the group - extreme talent! He raised the band up to another level. The rest of the band was so impressed with Tommy's writing skills that they named the album after his song - "Crystal Ball". Not real big on the charts, but one of my favorites! Almost a home run. (4 stars) Not as good as Equinox, but better than Pieces of Eight. Again, Styx were far better when they were starving. After they hit it big, they lost the muse. BiographyFormed: 1970 in Chicago, ILGenre: Rock Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s Although they began as an artsy prog rock band, Styx would eventually transform into the virtual arena rock prototype by the late '70s and early '80s, due to a fondness for bombastic rockers and soaring power ballads. The seeds for the band were planted in another Chicago band during the late '60s, the Tradewinds, which featured brothers Chuck and John Panozzo (who played bass and drums, respectively), as well as acquaintance Dennis DeYoung (vocals, keyboards). By the dawn of the '70s, the group...
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