Arch Allies: Live at Riverport [Live]

Styx, REO Speedwagon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 26, 2000)
• Original Release Date: September 26, 2000
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B00004XR6F
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,920 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BRAVE NEW STYX! AND HEY, REO STILL ROCKS TOO!, September 26, 2000

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Colin Crews (Birmingham, Al United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arch Allies: Live at Riverport (Audio CD)

ARCH ALLIES: LIVE AT RIVERPORT is the first release from STYX featuring their new line up with Glen Burtnik (returning after almost a decade) and Lawerence Gowan. STYX has never sounded better. James (JY) Young and Tommy Shaw are both in fine form on the CD and drummer Todd Sucherman drives the songs along like a like a frickin' freight train. Gowan's take on the STYX classics LADY and GRAND ILLUSION are a cool change of pace while still living up to their original incarnations and Glen gets a turn with his EDGE OF THE CENTURY. JY co-produced this new STYX disc (along with long-time STYX vet Gary Loizzo) and his influence is felt in the band's revived harder edge. The intro to HEAVY WATER will prove to be a very cool suprise for die hard Stygians. I'm looking forward to hearing Burtnik, Shaw, JY, Todd, and Gowan collaberate on material for a new studio STYX album. STYX RULES! The only thing I didn't dig about the CD is the mulitple appearences of a few songs. BLUE COLLAR MAN is on the CDs 3 times. Once performed by STYX and twice by STYX & REO. I would have been happy with just the STYX/REO version, seeing how BLUE COLLAR MAN has already appeared on two previous live STYX albums (CAUGHT IN THE ACT - 1984 & RETURN TO PARADISE - 1997). STYX & REO also perform together on the SPEEDWAGON rocker ROLL WITH THE CHANGES which also makes 3 appearences (2 of the joint version and 1 with REO alone). It would have been cooler for us hard core fans if STYX had skipped the repeats and gave us the JY led LORELEI or new offerings like EVERYTHING IS COOL, I WILL BE YOUR WITNESS, or NUMBER ONE. But, whatever, that is picking gnat s--- out of pepper. This is a great record that will please any STYX fan.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars for REO, 2 for Styx, December 5, 2001

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K. Gress "CD Lover" (Pennsylvania, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arch Allies: Live at Riverport (Audio CD)

As a big Styx fan, I bought this cd to get a live performance from the new lineup. The REO cd was going to be "throw away" filler. Was I ever wrong! First, this lineup of Styx just can't deliver on the older material. Get Caught In The Act or Return To Paradise for better performances of those songs. Second, REO Speedwagon really rocks! It's non-stop energy from the first song on. Yes, Kevin's voice has lost a little, but once you get past that, you have an exceptional performance. They sound tighter than ever. I wish I would have waited for REO's Live/Plus cd to get the full show from this night.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rockin' The Riverport, May 7, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Arch Allies: Live at Riverport (Audio CD)

Most of these reviews have been less about the album and more about how Dennis De Young is out of the band. Well, I can honestly say the Styx CD is the lesser of the two, but NOT for that reason. It's just that the choice of Styx material for the album is a bit sub-par. The only ones that stick out to me as excellent are Gowan's version of Lady (really!), Edge of the Century, Heavy Water, and Fooling Yourself. The real gem of this collection is REO Speedwagon's disc. Gary may be gone, and Kevin may be losing his voice; however, you can feel the energy of the concert through this. Music Man is the only song that falls short. Too bad they couldn't have had a live version of Golden Country or Son of a Poor Man. Hitt is good, and I'd give this album 5 stars, but, as Kevin put it best "Nobody plays the guitar the way Gary does."