Return to Paradise (Styx album)

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Return to Paradise
Live album by
Styx
ReleasedMay 6, 1997
RecordedSeptember 21, 1996
VenueRosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois
GenreRock
Length1:50:10
LabelCMC International
ProducerDennis DeYoung
Styx chronology
Edge of the Century
(1990) 		Return to Paradise
(1997) 		Brave New World
(1999)

Return to Paradise is the second live album by Styx, released in 1997, and their first album after signing with CMC International. 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, "On My Way," "Paradise," and "Dear John." Shaw wrote the latter as a tribute to Panozzo, while "Paradise" featured upon Dennis DeYoung's solo album and was newly recorded with the band.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
The Daily VaultA− [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [3]

Track listing[edit]

Disc 1

  1. "On My Way" [*] (Tommy Shaw) – 5:02
  2. "Paradise" [*] (Dennis DeYoung) – 4:29
  3. "A.D. 1928" / "Rockin' the Paradise" (Dennis DeYoung, James Young, Tommy Shaw) – 5:23
  4. "Blue Collar Man" (Tommy Shaw) – 4:34
  5. "Lady" (Dennis DeYoung) – 3:28
  6. "Too Much Time on My Hands" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:43
  7. "Snowblind" (James Young, Dennis DeYoung) – 5:26
  8. "Suite Madame Blue" (Dennis DeYoung) – 8:31
  9. "Crystal Ball" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:56

Disc 2

  1. "The Grand Illusion" (Dennis DeYoung) – 6:50
  2. "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:54
  3. "Show Me the Way" (Dennis DeYoung) – 5:11
  4. "Boat on the River" (Tommy Shaw) – 3:16
  5. "Lorelei" (Dennis DeYoung, James Young) – 4:03
  6. "Babe" (Dennis DeYoung) – 4:50
  7. "Miss America" (James Young) – 6:15
  8. "Come Sail Away" (Dennis DeYoung) – 8:33
  9. "Renegade" (Tommy Shaw) – 6:01
  10. "The Best of Times/A.D. 1958" (Dennis DeYoung) – 7:42
  11. "Dear John" [*] (Tommy Shaw) – 3:03

* Newly recorded studio tracks

Personnel[edit]

Styx[edit]

Production[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Chart (1997) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 139

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1997 "Paradise" US Adult Contemporary 27

References[edit]

  1. ^ Adams, Bret. Styx: Return to Paradise at AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. ^ The Daily Vault album review by Christopher Thelen: Return to Paradise (1997)
  3. ^ 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. rolling stone styx album guide.

External links[edit]

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