Styx - Paradise Theater
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Artist: StyxEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: A&M
Soundtracks:
- A.D. 1928
- Rockin' The Paradise
- Too Much Time On My Hands
- Nothing Ever Goes As Planned
- The Best Of Times
- Lonely People
- She Cares
- Snowblind
- Half-Penny, Two-Penny
- A.D. 1958
- State Street Sadie
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Free Music Review: Styx - Requiem Of An Old Chicago Theater
Hit: 5 Stars
Styx was one of my favorite bands back in the day. They were never as progressive as most of the bands that I liked, but they were able to meld a mix of pop, rock and progressive rock like no other band. I have most of their albums on vinyl, but have only replaced this one on CD. "Paradise Theater" was Styx at the top of their game. The album is conceptual in nature with the theme of the birth and death of an old vaudeville theater in Chicago. I pretty much like every song on this disc. The weakest song was one of the biggest hits from the album Dennis Deyoung's ballad "Best Of Times" and even it is not bad. Each of the three main songwriters in Styx got to strut their stuff on this album and still remain within the concept. There were several big hits from this disc, but it is the album tracks that make it special. Songs like "Nothing Ever Goes As Planned", "Lonely People", "She Cares" and one of James Young's best rockers "Half Penny Two Penny" are all great. Of course the big hits "Snowblind", "Rocking The Paradise", and "Too Much Time On My Hands" are what most people know from this album. `Paradise Theater" is one of Styx's best and a must own for fans.
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One album before Styx cut loose with an honest-to-goodness concept album, Kilroy Was Here, they flirted with the idea on Paradise Theater. The concept here has something to do with the decline of America in the '70s, based on the condemnation and destruction of the Paradise Theater, a famous showplace in the band's hometown of Chicago. Truth be told, the concept hasn't held together that well, though the individual songs have, led by the optimistic ballad "The Best of Times," and the rockers "Too Much Time on My Hands" and "Snowblind." Dennis DeYoung gives some of his most theatrical performances throughout, presaging his overly ambitious Kilroy concept, but also his successful run performing in the legitimate theater, as Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar. Paradise, meanwhile, was about as good as it got for Styx. --Daniel DurchholzPop Music CDs
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