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The Worst Of Times

Ian Markley | 09/13/2003

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Give me a break, neo-Styx. Where did all the music go? This compilation has to be the Worst Of Styx and should have been so-entitled. Where are all the good rockin' songs we had been led to expect from the title. What happened to Rockin' the Paradise, Mr. Roboto, The Grand Illusion, Lorelei,and yes, The Best of Times. Classic Styx was never heavy metal and never tried to be under the guidance of Dennis DeYoung who wrote and sang ever last one of the songs mentioned above. And there were many more that he co-wrote which are conspicuous by their absence. This collection is a distinct slap in the face of the man who organized Styx and put them on the map. It appears that Non-Styx is trying their level best to eradicate the accomplishments of their former band leader and hitmaker, Dennis DeYoung. You only have to look at the Greatest Hits CD to see who actually wrote and sang the "greatest hits" since 9 of 16 "hits" were both penned and vocalized by him. So where are the great rocker songs? Dennis has 'em. And if Crystal Ball is considered a "rocker" by anyone, then "Babe" should also be given this distinctions and it does have the redeeming feature of being the only Styx song to ever reach # 1.So pardon me, Non-Styx, your slip is showing."

Uh . . . why.

Robert Koehl | Plano, Tx United States | 08/31/2003

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Ok, I've never been a big fan of "greatest hits" albums. They're usually little more than record labels cashing in on fans by reselling them music that they already have . . plus one, perhaps two new tracks. They also usually sell to the one or two casual fans that are just waiting for that one disc to get all their favourite tracks in one place.This disc does neither. It has to be the most useless, irrelevant, and pointless compilation ever released. More irrelevant even than those wretched "20th Century Masters" discs. This isn't even a "hits" album. Midnight Ride, Shooz, and Little Suzie are hardly the sort of tracks that landed Styx in the rock history books. Why does this compilation exist?!?"

Honestly, Do we need this?

Ian Markley | Manhattan, KS United States | 08/26/2003

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Not a bad song on this record. Nice to see some recognition of Shooz. This is a great song. Midnight Ride rocks as well. But, really, do we need Renegade, Blue Collar Man, and Miss America on another collection? What about Half Penny Two Penny, or even Eddie? Born For Adventure is a great rocking song.... oh wait, Dennis sang and wrote that. Ya get my point? I posted once before a theory that the current Styx keeps putting out new collections of songs that cut Dennis out of the royalties. This collection helps prove my point. I know that DDY co-wrote some of these songs, but this is getting a bit petty. Eventually, there will be enough collections out that allow a fan to purchase all of Tommy's and JY's stuff without buying any of Dennis's. They might as well put out a 3 CD set called "All Stuff We Wrote, and None of the Stuff He Wrote." By the way, I still love Styx, and I love Cyclorama. I just don't love the politics. Out!"