Styx II

Styx

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 1990)
• Original Release Date: July 1973
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002W4C
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #61,506 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Ryan Sessions (Port Wentworth, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews

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 BRILLIANT ALBUM, August 7, 2005

By	Tnahpellee "Brendan" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This is one of my favoruite Styx albums. It's diverse and it's great.
Every track is a winner. 'You need love' is Beatlesque pop with a southern-rock flavour, 'I'm gonna make you feel it', 'You better ask' and 'Earl of Roseland' (my favourite on here) are great rock songs. Then there's the psychedelic ballad 'A day' and the epic 'Little Fugue in G + Father OSA', plus Lady is a brilliant song too. I read an article about Styx and apparently Dennis was so upset about this albums original commercial failure that on the next two albums he deliberately wrote songs that were of a different persona to his usual one (being himself). The difference of persona from this album to Man Of Miracles amazed me. On Man Of Miracles he's a hopeless romantic while on this album he's an upright man making social statements, a person who resurfaced on 'Equinox'.
Unlike the albums that followed, this one is a lot 'softer', it's not hard-rock, it's more classic rock with a psychedelic flavour.

5 of 6 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 (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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.