Return to Paradise (Styx album)
Return to Paradise | ||||
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Live album by Styx | ||||
Released | May 6, 1997 | |||
Recorded | September 21,1996, Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 1:50:10 | |||
Label | CMC International | |||
Producer | Dennis DeYoung | |||
Styx chronology | ||||
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Return to Paradise is a live album by Styx, released in 1997. 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, including "Dear John", which Shaw wrote as a tribute to Panozzo.
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Daily Vault | A− [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Track listing
Disc 1
- "On My Way" [*] (Tommy Shaw) – 5:02
- "Paradise" [*] (Dennis DeYoung) – 4:29
- "A.D. 1928/Rockin' the Paradise" (Dennis DeYoung, James Young, Tommy Shaw) – 5:23
- "Blue Collar Man" (Tommy Shaw) – 4:34
- "Lady" (Dennis DeYoung) – 3:28
- "Too Much Time on My Hands" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:43
- "Snowblind" (James Young, Dennis DeYoung) – 5:26
- "Suite Madame Blue" (Dennis DeYoung) – 8:31
- "Crystal Ball" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:56
Disc 2
- "The Grand Illusion" (Dennis DeYoung) – 6:50
- "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:54
- "Show Me the Way" (Dennis DeYoung) – 5:11
- "Boat on the River" (Tommy Shaw) – 3:16
- "Lorelei" (Dennis DeYoung, James Young) – 4:03
- "Babe" (Dennis DeYoung) – 4:50
- "Miss America" (James Young) – 6:15
- "Come Sail Away" (Dennis DeYoung) – 8:33
- "Renegade" (Tommy Shaw) – 6:01
- "The Best of Times/A.D. 1958" (Dennis DeYoung) – 7:42
- "Dear John" [*] (Tommy Shaw) – 3:03
* Newly recorded studio tracks
Personnel
- Dennis DeYoung - keyboards, vocals
- Tommy Shaw - acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, vocals
- James Young - acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Chuck Panozzo - bass, vocals
- Todd Sucherman - drums
Production
- Producer: Dennis DeYoung
- Engineer: Timothy R. Powell
- Mixing: Dennis DeYoung, Gary Loizzo
- Art direction: Ioannis, Linda Loiewski
- Design: Ioannis
- Illustrations: Ioannis
- Digital painting: Ioannis
- Photography: Mark Weiss
Charts
Album
Year | Chart | Position |
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1997 | Billboard 200 | 139 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1997 | "Paradise" | Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 27 |
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ The Daily Vault review
- ↑ 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.
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