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Principally recorded at Pumpkin Studios and The White Room, Chicago, Illinois; The S.H.O.P., Hollywood, California.
Venerable classic rock superstars Styx return with their first album of new material in nine years. BRAVE NEW WORLD features the classic lineup of James Young, Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, Chuck Panozzo, and Todd Sucherman, who replaces the late John Panozzo. Like the Ramones and AC/DC, the group has never strayed from its unique sound.
"I Will Be Your Witness" is the funky album opener and is reminiscent of "Blue Collar Man." Dennis DeYoung adds "While There's Still Time" to his lengthy list of impeccable ballads. "What Have They Done To You" is a thumping, heavy number in which Shaw shares vocals with wildman guitarist James Young. "Fallen Angel" is a bluesy honky-tonk tune featuring the piano talents of DeYoung. The band takes the heavy metal route on "Everything Is Cool." "Great Expectations" is a fluid, jazzy number featuring trademark Styx harmonies.
Styx explores everything from tender ballads to hard rock to reggae to 50s rock on BRAVE NEW WORLD and the album's variety adds to its appeal. The band's playing has improved over the years, and this record is proof of that.
Producers: Tommy Shaw, Dennis DeYoung, James Young.
Engineers include: Gary Loizzo, Keith Marks, Craig Bauer.
Personnel: James Young (vocals, guitar); Tommy Shaw (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming); Dennis DeYoung (vocals, keyboards); Jerry Goodman (violin); Chuck Panozzo (bass guitar).
Audio Mixers: Craig Bauer; Dennis DeYoung; Gary Loizzo; Ron Nevison.
Recording information: C; Hinge Recording, Chicago, IL; Pumpkin Studios, Chicago, IL; S.H.O.P., Hollywood, CA; White Room, Chicago, IL.
Unknown Contributor Role: Patrick Thrasher.
Styx: Tommy Shaw (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, programming, samples); James Young (vocals, guitar); Dennis DeYoung (vocals, keyboards); Chuck Panozzo (bass); Todd Sucherman (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Jerry Goodman (violin).
Q (10/99, p.131) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...proves the band haven't lost their creative, if not their commercial, touch, containing some excellent songs, faultlessly delivered..."
i used to have this cd i love this new sound from styx!! will have it again all of oue cd were stolen Submitted by neola70 (ocean park wa.) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
JAMES-BRAVE NEW WORLD BETTER THAN AVERAGE--I LIKED EVERY TOMMY SHAW SONG ON THE CD BUT DIDN'T PARTICULARLY LIKE THE DENNIS DE YOUNG SONGS--BUT OVERALL, A GOOD EFFORT Submitted by bbjnnovak (CHICAGO, IL. USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
It's No Mr. Roboto--Thank God! Welcome back! They boys have managed to put together a fairly eclectic selection of songs that seem to fit very well together on this album.
It's good to hear that they decided to get back to more rock and less ballads (was that only 2 by Dennis? Tommy must have made that a stipulation after hanging out with Jack and Ted for so long).
Even the stuff that is more pop and R&B is fresh and new--no retreads here! Submitted by a reviewer (Hancock, MI) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
What Happened to Classic Rock? It's Here All the classic rock groups put out albums throughout the 8o's, 90's and 00's. You probably didn't hear them as radio changed. And it's almost good it did becuase alot of the music is crap. Some of it's good to excellent. This is a very good album. Much better than their 1990 album. Definitely worth listening to if you like classic rock. Please not this classic rock evolved. Don't expect no "Grand Illusion" here. Submitted by Robert (Philadelphia) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Did they record this together? This sounds like Dennis Deyoung recorded the songs he sings by himself without the rest of the band in the room. 5 good songs tops (all by shaw and J.Y.), the rest crap! These guys can do better than this. Dennis should have been let go after mr. roboto and put on a "desert moon" to reflect on his songwriting. Submitted by Bob (Buffalo ny) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
i used to have this cd
JAMES-BRAVE NEW WORLD
What Happened to Classic Rock? It's Here
Did they record this together?
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