Styx - Man Of Miracles

1974

 

Rock & Roll Feeling (3:02)

Havin' A Ball (3:50)

Golden Lark (3:22)

A Song For Suzanne (5:16)

A Man Like Me (2:47)

Unfinished Song* (2:59)

Lies* (2:45)

Best Thing* (3:13)

Evil Eyes (4:05)

Southern Woman (3:10)

Christopher, Mr. Christopher (3:58)

Man of Miracles (4:55)

 

Depending on which version of this album you get, one of these * three songs will be on it. The second half of this is completely solid. Man Of Miracles has one of the best grinding organ intros that I have ever heard and is something that Uriah Heep and Deep Purple forgot to do. The first half is another story, two songs that are linked,only Golden Lark and Song For Suzanne are worth anything and they could be the best to prog songs on here with piano, cello and the awesome harmony vocals that would appear on the better produced A&M releases. Golden Lark is probably the prettiest thing that DeYoung has ever written. Unfinished Song I would have to listen to again to give an accurate account.If they would have dumped the three dumb rock songs this would have been a solid album and their best Wooden Nickel release.

-ProgJoe