Brave New World

Styx - Brave New World

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Artist: Styx
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-06-29
Music Label: Sanctuary Records
Soundtracks:
  1. I Will Be Your Witness
  2. Brave New World
  3. While There's Still Time
  4. Number One
  5. Best New Face
  6. What Have They Done To You
  7. Fallen Angel
  8. Everything Is Cool
  9. Great Expectations
  10. Heavy Water
  11. High Crimes & Misdemeanors (Hip Hop-Cracy)
  12. Just Fell In
  13. Goodbye Roseland
  14. Brave New World (Reprise)

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Free Music Review: A Brave New Era for STYX and TRUE FANS of the band.
Hit: 5 Stars

Some folks are dismissing this cd apparrently because it is not a lot like "The Grand Illusion" and "The Paradise Theater", or one of the band's most blatant thematic album efforts.

To start this review, this was NOT a collaborative effort. Dennis could not leave Chicago and this cd was the best contributions of Shaw, Young and De Young. Still overall this is one of the best Styx cds out there. I can say this because I keep listening to it. I recognize the weaknesses of the lack of collaboration and how the cd is not a carbon copy of the classic idea of what STYX is suppossed to be. Some folks dismiss this cd because Dennis was not in charge, or because he didn't take charge, or because the band, AGAIN, could not work together. But regardless of the shortcomings of Shaw, De Young and Young and the band, this is still a very interesting cd, and for what it may be worth it seems that Tommy Shaw carried the project.

Now, what is weak on this cd. "Brave New World Reprise" has to be one of the worst songs that STYX ever put together. It is on the level of "Music Time". The song tries to tie the album together but mostly the songs sounds like a very poor demo. Clearly the song should have been left off of the cd. Also, I don't care for "While There's Still Time." Ok, Dennis is a good singer, we all know that, but c'mon, this song is pure De Young cheese. I don't want to hear another song about how Dennis does not want to leave his wife. Don't be a pussy Dennis. You CAN love your wife and still tour and work with your band mates. Dennis could not LOVE STYX more than his wife and his other professional affections and as a result the band moved on without him. This is of course just my interpretation of the situation. Ok, I also think the LIVE versions of Everything is Cool and Heavy Water are better than the studio versions, but this is a pretty normal sort of thing. STYX is a great live band so don't be surprised if the studio versions are a little bombastic. STILL, I LOVE both songs and they are two of the BEST songs that STYX has ever put together. Also, What is the deal with "Just Fell In"? Now the song is not so bad but why is it so much like the theme song for the tv show "Blossom"? Ok, maybe Tommy has seen Blossom. I'm just recognizing the point that someone else made. Really, it's no big deal and I like the song.

And as for the rest of Dennis' contributions, "Fallen Angel" is great. "Great Expectaions" is again, GREAT. And "High Crimes and Misdemeanors/Hip Hop-Cracy" has once again left STYX fans a little embarrassed. It's Kilroy all over again. And I'm laughing, but not at STYX but at how the band can be so comical and silly.


Anyway, if Dennis really gave a DAMN this could have been a BRAVE NEW WORLD for STYX. Now, I'm really sorry if Dennis was ill, but it also SEEMS that Dennis' heart was really with his wife and with his other
professional aspirations. So Tommy and James and the band moved on. The band wanted to PLAY and to be STYX. As for Lawrence Gowan, he is no Dennis De Young, but the guy is a GREAT team player, and he does BIG things for STYX. I LIKE the guy even if he is not a great singer. And "A CRIMINAL MIND" is a GREAT SONG.


So, in conclusion, I have to tell the world that this is one of STYX's BEST cds, by accident or just by DESTINY.


Dennis, you are missing out on so damned much.


But I think things worked out for the best.


Dennis, keep on loving your wife and family and we still love you TOO!!!


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While not exactly a return to form, the first studio record since 1983 by the classic Styx trio of Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, and James Young will undoubtedly please hard-core fans. There's nothing here on the level of "Come Sail Away," "Miss America," or "Lady," but that trademark combination of thrilling, arty hard-rock sounds and gently swooping, full-blown ballads continues. Dennis DeYoung's crazily high-pitched voice still hovers admirably in the castrato range for the most part, though time has introduced a few rough edges. In grand art-rock tradition, the record's supposedly got something to do with futurist British scribe Aldous Huxley (one of classic rockers' favorites), but if anything will bother the listener, that's not it. Songs such as "Number One" reveal an attempt by the band to update their sound with newer variations on hard rock; the result is less than satisfying. When they stick to the old formula, as with "I Will Be Your Witness" and "While There's Still Time," it's like grunge never happened, which is what this nearly-30-year-old act are supposed to sound like. --Mike McGonigal

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