Greatest Hits (Styx album)

Styx Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Styx
Released	August 22, 1995
Recorded	1975 - 1995
Genre	Rock Progressive rock Hard rock Pop rock
Length	75:25
Label	A&M
Producer	Styx and Dennis DeYoung
Styx compilation chronology
Styx Classics Volume 15 (1987) Styx Greatest Hits (1995) Styx Greatest Hits Part 2 (1996)

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Styx - Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the American rock band Styx. It was released by A&M Records on August 22, 1995.

This album essentially replaced Styx's previous greatest hits album, Styx - Classics, Volume 15, which was released by A&M in 1987. That previous album had excluded the hit song "Lady" because the song was originally recorded for and released through Wooden Nickel Records (which also had a distribution arrangement with RCA Records). Because A&M/Polygram had been unable to secure distribution rights to the song, most of the classic lineup of Styx (Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, Chuck Panozzo, and James "J.Y." Young) reunited to re-record the track at Dennis' home studio, The White Room. They were joined by uncredited session drummer Todd Sucherman, who filled in for John Panozzo due to Panozzo's failing health; Sucherman joined the band permanently in 1996, during the Return to Paradise tour. The track, which is very similar to the original, was titled "Lady '95".

With the exception of "Lady '95", Styx - Greatest Hits features the original album versions of all the other songs included in the compilation. "Come Sail Away" is presented here in its full 6:05 version and "Miss America" is here in its original studio version (despite the CD's packaging showing incorrect time listings for both tracks).

Aftermath

The "Lady '95" session led to Styx reuniting.

Track listing

1. "Lady '95" (Dennis DeYoung) – 3:05 Re-recorded for the compilation. Originally from Styx II.
2. "The Best of Times" (DeYoung) – 4:18 From Paradise Theater.
3. "Lorelei" (DeYoung, James Young) – 3:22 From Equinox.
4. "Too Much Time on My Hands" (Tommy Shaw) – 4:33 From Paradise Theater.
5. "Babe" (DeYoung) – 4:24 From Cornerstone.
6. "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (Shaw) – 5:28 From The Grand Illusion.
7. "Show Me the Way" (DeYoung) – 4:36 From Edge of the Century.
8. "Renegade" (Shaw) – 4:14 From Pieces of Eight.
9. "Come Sail Away" (DeYoung) – 6:05 From The Grand Illusion.
10. "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" (Shaw) – 4:06 From Pieces of Eight.
11. "The Grand Illusion" (DeYoung) – 4:35 From The Grand Illusion.
12. "Crystal Ball" (Shaw) – 4:32 From Crystal Ball.
13. "Suite Madame Blue" (DeYoung) – 6:33 From Equinox.
14. "Miss America" (Young) – 4:59 From The Grand Illusion.
15. "Mr. Roboto" (DeYoung) – 5:30 From Kilroy Was Here.
16. "Don't Let It End" (DeYoung) – 4:54 From Kilroy Was Here.

Personnel

• Dennis DeYoung - synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
• Chuck Panozzo - bass, vocals
• John Panozzo - percussion, drums, vocals
• James Young - guitar, vocals
• Tommy Shaw - acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, vocals
• Todd Sucherman - drums on "Lady '95" (uncredited)