Styx II

Styx | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002W4C
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,340 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Need Love

2. Lady

3. A Day

4. You Better Ask

5. Little Fugue in "G"

6. Father O.S.A.

7. Earl of Roseland

8. I'm Gonna Make You Feel It

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars pre-shaw, January 1, 2000

By 

Ryan T. Sessions (Savannah, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Styx II (Audio CD)

I grew up listening to Styx in the eighties(i'm only 22)I was familiar with the Shaw-era of the band. My brother-in-law found this on vinyl and gave it to me. This is an awesome album. "You Need Love" and "Lady" are the songs that most people seem to relate to. But"A Day" is a powerful and beautiful song. And "Father O.S.A."shows DeYoung at his best. His songwriting has always ben an inspiration, and this song just blows me away. And John's drumming is so powerful that you can't help but air drum to it. I like Tommy Shaw, but i think this was the most true era of the band. I was gonna go see Styx on the "Brave New World" Tour, but decided not to go, because of DeYoung's absence. I hope, as I'm sure all Styx fans do,that he returns. If not, Styx needs to quit.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now I Remember!!, December 3, 2002

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"bojangle12" (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Styx II (Audio CD)

I have been trying to rebuild my music collection over the last 14 years, and keep trying to remember things I had in a different format. I first owned this as an 8-track and remember purchasing it and Queen II about the same time. I had put off getting this on CD as I don't remember liking it all that well. Shows how my memory has faded over the years. "Lady" is what drew me to this in the first place, but turned out not to be my favorite song. In fact, "A Day", "Father O.S.A" and "I'm Gonna Make You Feel It" are my personal favorites. Even "Earl of Roseland", which is a little wierd, and begins a road Dennis DeYoung kept going down in later work sounds good here. Granted this is pre-Tommy Shaw, but it has a lot ballzier feeling than the more commercial stuff that came later. Yes, I have those also, but this will be in my CD player for the next couple weeks as I think back and remember when. Listening to this and the music I grew up with makes me sad for the kids that have to choose from the...that is coming out today. No originality and it all sounds the same. I'm sure I'm prejudice, and my Dad said the same thing about my music, but this one is a keeper and was well worth the bucks. Of the 50 CD's I've purchased this year, this one and Rare Earth's 20th Century Masters were by far the best two that are now back in my collection.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Styx - 'Styx II' (RCA), February 27, 2006

By 

Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Styx II (Audio CD)

Originally released in 1973, as ' Styx II ' was the band's second effort. Remember,guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw had not joined the band as of yet. This considered by most fans to be decent '70's album rock. Tunes I was semi-impressed with were "You Need Love",their first top ten hit single "Lady","Father Of O.S.A." and "I'm Gonna Make You Feel It". Ironically,all four of those cuts were penned by Dennis DeYoung.Wanted to mention something here,I don't care WHO says that "Lady" was one of the wimpiest,lamest or worse power ballads ever written. Personally,I've ALWAYS liked this tune.