Dennis De Young - One Hundred Years from Now
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Artist: Dennis De YoungBrand: DEYOUNG,DENNIS
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2009-04-14
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- One Hundred Years From Now
- This Time Next Year
- Rain
- Crossing the Rubicon
- Save Me
- I Don't Believe in Anything
- Private Jones
- I Believe in You
- There Was a Time
- Breathe Again
- Forgiveness
- Turn Off CNN
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On "One Hundred Years From Now", Dennis DeYoung manages to do something his former bandmates can't do -- make a great Styx album. Not that they haven't tried. Despite the fact that he sang on all but one of their top ten hits, the two remaining members of the classic Styx line-up ousted the frontman after 1999's "Brave New World". Since that parting-of-the-ways, the band that still records under that name have given us "Cyclorama" and "Big Bang Theory", the former a collection of songs that bear little or no resemblence to any previous incarnation of the band and the latter an inexplicable covers album. Much of the writing on "Cyclorama" seemed to be about the breakup with DeYoung (Bourgeois Pig, Kiss Your Ass Goodbye, Kill The Thing That You Love, Do Things My Way) and the ugly taste the working relationship, apparently, left in Mr. Shaw's and Mr. Young's respective mouths. Meanwhile, Dennis has spent recent years indulging himself in his Broadway roots, seemingly unfazed by the musical cheap shots from the band he fronted for a few decades. Until now, anyway.
"One Hundred Years From Now" is poetic justice for fans of the DeYoung-led version of the band and vindication for Dennis himself. While ballads like "Babe", "Come Sail Away" and "The Best of Times" are most representative of his work in Styx, it's hard to deny the stamp of the keyboardist/vocalist on rockers such as "Renegade" and "Too Much Time On My Hands". Just listen to the "guitar songs" on "Brave New World" for further evidence. Rumor has it that Shaw and Young removed Dennis' vocals and keyboards from many of the songs, leaving the disc sounding more like a collection of solo tunes than a true Styx album.
Unlike his former co-horts, though, DeYoung knew that it was the combined efforts of the individuals in the band that created that magical sound that made them worldwide stars. That fact is more than evident when you listen to the Styx soundalike band he has assembled for OHYFN. From the classic rock crunch of "Rain" and "Crossing The Rubicon" to the layered vocals in "This Time Next Year" and "I Don't Believe In Anything", it's not hard to imagine Tommy and James standing alongside Dennis. Meanwhile, Shaw and Young hired Canadian singer/keyboardist Larry Gowan to fill DeYoung's vacant seat. No disrespect to Gowan, whose "Great Dirty World" was a late-'80's classic, but he's out of his league here. One listen to Cyclorama's "Fields Of The Brave" proves that all singing keyboardists are not created equal.
OHYFN is chock-full of the pre-"Kilroy Was Here" Styx sound. Songs like the title cut, the aforementioned "This Time Next Year" and "Crossing The Rubicon" would sound right at home next to most of the tunes on "Cornerstone", "The Grand Illusion" or "Paradise Theater". Yet, somehow, they don't sound dated. The other thing that is striking about OHYFN is that, unlike most of DeYoung's solo efforts, there is an even balance of ballads and rockers. For every "I Believe In You", there's a "Private Jones". It's an amazing feat for the 60-something Dennis that must have his former bandmates eating their hearts out. They shouldn't fret, though. On "There Was A Time" and "Forgiveness", DeYoung seems to drop a hint or two that he might be able to let bygones be bygones. We might still get another proper Styx album yet. If not, "One Hundred Years From Now" is close enough for me.
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For over four decades, Dennis DeYoung has been a singer, songwriter, keyboardist and record producer. DeYoung wrote and sang several Styx classics including "Lady," "Come Sail Away," "Best of Times," "Mr. Roboto," "Show Me the Way," "Desert Moon," "Don't Let It End," and "Babe." His singing talents have made his voice one of the most recognizable in the world. One Hundred Years From Now is his first new studio album in 6 years.Classic Rock Music CDs
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