Styx - Styx

1972

 

Movement For the Common Man (13:11)

Right Away (3:40)

What Has Become Between Us (4:53)

Best Thing (3:13)

Quick Is The Beat Of My Heart (4:49)

After You Leave Me (4:00)

 

A common problem with early Styx are the really dumb rock&roll songs that are mixed in with the other great material and James Young screaming singing style.Here you have Right Away(which sounds like a bad Lynyrd Skynyrd outtake),Heart and After You Leave Me(granted the last two are covers) and the good stuff: Common Man(with the first part sounding like Guess Who(No Sugar Tonite, anyone?), Between Us and Best Thing. Still a long way away from the great albums, but worth a listen.

- ProgJoe

 

 

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