Desert Moon

Dennis Deyoung - Desert Moon

Desert Moon
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Artist: Dennis Deyoung
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-09-18
Music Label: A&M Super Budget
Soundtracks:
  1. Don't Wait for Heroes
  2. Please
  3. Boys Will Be Boys
  4. Fire
  5. Desert Moon
  6. Suspicious
  7. Gravity
  8. Dear Darling (I'll Be There)

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Free Music Review: One time Styx mastermind's solo debut is still a masterpiece 25 years later
Hit: 5 Stars

One time Styx keyboard player/singer/songwriter Dennis DeYoung released his first solo album Desert Moon in September of 1984.
The album came to be after Dennis' Styx bandmate guitarist/singer/songwriter Tommy Shaw walked from the band during the mixing sessions of the band's Caught in the Act double live album. After Tommy resigned, guitarist James "JY" Young and The Panozzo brothers (John on drums and Chuck on bass guitar) wanted to push Styx forward but Dennis said no. Until Tommy was ready to come back, Dennis went in the studio in the spring of 1984 to record his first solo album producing, playing keyboards, singing and writing all of the tracks (except as noted). Helping Dennis was guitarist Tom Dziallo (who is still Dennis' guitarist in his solo band), drummer Tom Radtke and sax-man Steve Eisen (who appeared on the final three Styx albums of the classic lineup).
I was first exposed to the album thanks to (partially being a Styx fan by this point at age 8) and also the title cut's exposure on MTV and I got the 45 with Desert Moon and Gravity. A week later, I got the album on cassette tape in December, 1984 and managed to wear this album out. For years tried to replace but only could get cassettes and then A&M Records re-released the album with remastered sound in 2001 on CD and what an album.
We open with the rocker "Don't Wait For Heroes" which is inspirational and fun and the second single from the album. The video for this said what the lyrics stated the real winners "are losers who get up and give it one more try" and a message that rings true to those who had to overcome being told no. Next is another up-tempo rocker in "Please" which features Rosemary Butler (famed for her duet vocal on Jackson Browne's "Stay" on his Running on Empty album in 1977 and her work with Linda Ronstadt) duetting with Dennis and the song rocks. Next is the 80s New Wave rock style meets 50s style singing Broadway number "Boys Will Be Boys" which is a fun and uplifting number and a guilty pleasure of mine. The first side ends with "Fire" which is a bluesy remake of the 1967 Jimi Hendrix original (and yes, it does indeed hold its own) and Tommy Dziallo did the bluesy arrangement of this track.
The second side starts with Desert Moon's title track which reached #10 on the Billboard singles chart which speaks of the things one lost from childhood and gained from adulthood though memories from the past don't leave. Next is "Suspicious" which is a nice mid-tempo number and features great guitar work from Dziallo and a superb synthesizer solo at the end from DeYoung. Next is "Gravity" which is another great rocker and an awesome song. We close the album with the ballad "Dear Darling (I'll Be There)".
Desert Moon was Dennis' first, and to date only, successful project outside of Styx. The album hit #29 on the Billboard album charts and sold over 500,000 copies going Gold in the process. For those who want Dennis DeYoung solo works outside of Styx go with this album and the upcoming One Hundred Years From Now (which is his best solo work since this album).
Highly recommended!

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DENNIS DEYOUNG Desert Moon (Deleted US 8-track CD of the 1984 album from the Ex-Styx founding member complete with fold-out lyric picture sleeve)

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