Styx - Paradise Theater mp3  320k  ak1981 What we got...Paradise Theatre is the tenth album by the rock band Styx, released in January 1981.

A concept album, the album is a fictional account of Chicago's Paradise Theatre from its opening to closing (and eventual abandonment), used as a metaphor for America's changing times from the late 1970s into the 1980s. (Dennis DeYoung confirmed this in an episode of In the Studio with Redbeard which devoted an entire episode to the making of the album.)

The album consists of four charted singles. "The Best of Times", written by Dennis DeYoung, went to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Too Much Time on My Hands", written by Tommy Shaw, went to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, Shaw's only top 10 hit for Styx. "Nothing Ever Goes as Planned", written by DeYoung, went to #54 on the US Pop Chart. "Rockin' the Paradise" — written by DeYoung, Shaw and James Young — went to #8 on the Top Rock Track Chart.

The song "Snowblind" (lyrics by Young, music by Young and DeYoung) was an attack on drug addiction. The track would come under fire for supposedly having backward messages and was branded by Tipper Gore's PMRC as "Satanistic". James Young and DeYoung denied this on the In the Studio episode devoted to the making of Paradise Theatre.

Paradise Theatre became Styx's only US #1 album. It was the band's fourth consecutive triple-platinum album.Track listing

Side 1:

    "A.D. 1928" (Dennis DeYoung) - 1:08
        Lead vocals: Dennis
    "Rockin' the Paradise" (DeYoung, James Young, Tommy Shaw) - 3:35
        Lead vocals: Dennis
        Lead guitar: Tommy
    "Too Much Time on My Hands" (Shaw) - 4:31
        Lead vocals and lead guitar: Tommy
    "Nothing Ever Goes As Planned" (DeYoung) - 4:48
        Lead vocals: Dennis
        Intro guitar solo: JY
        Middle guitar solo: Tommy
        Alto Saxophone solo: Steve Eisen
    "The Best of Times" (DeYoung) - 4:19
        Lead vocals: Dennis
        Lead guitar: Tommy

Side 2:

    "Lonely People" (DeYoung) - 5:28
        Lead vocals: Dennis
        First guitar solo: Tommy
        Second guitar solo: JY
        Saxophone solo: Steve Eisen
    "She Cares" (Shaw) - 4:17
        Lead vocals and lead guitar: Tommy
        Tenor Saxophone solo: Steve Eisen
    "Snowblind" (Young, DeYoung) - 5:00
        Lead vocals: JY and Tommy
        Lead guitar: JY
    "Half-Penny, Two-Penny" (Young, Ray Brandle) - 4:33
        Lead vocals: JY
        Lead guitar: Tommy
    "A.D. 1958" (DeYoung) - 2:27
        Lead vocals: Dennis
        Lead guitar: JY
        Saxophone solo: Steve Eisen
    "State Street Sadie" (DeYoung) - 0:28
        Piano: Dennis

Personnel

Styx

    Dennis DeYoung – Keyboards, Vocals
    Chuck Panozzo – Bass
    John Panozzo – Drums, Percussion
    Tommy Shaw – Guitars, Vocals, Vocoder
    James Young – Guitar, Vocals

Additional personnel

    Dan Barber - horn
    Steve Eisen - saxophone
    Mike Halpin - horn
    John Haynor - horn
    Mark Ohlson - horn
    Billy Simpson - horn

Production

    Producer: Styx (Dennis DeYoung)
    Engineers: Rob Kingsland, Gary Loizzo
    Arranger: Styx
    Mastering: Ted Jensen

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)
Year 	Chart 	Position
1981 	Pop Albums 	1

Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year 	Single 	Chart 	Position
1981 	"Nothing Ever Goes As Planned" 	Pop Singles 	54
1981 	"Rockin' the Paradise" 	Mainstream Rock 	8
1981 	"Snowblind" 	Mainstream Rock 	22
1981 	"Too Much Time on My Hands" 	Mainstream Rock 	2
1981 	"Too Much Time on My Hands" 	Pop Singles 	9
1981 	"The Best of Times" 	Mainstream Rock 	16
1981 	"The Best of Times" 	Pop Singles 	3

The album has sold 3 million copies up to date. This is my choice of Styx albums The last best one cause next was Kilroy or more known MR. Roboto UGH! pretty much the death of the band. So here is Paradise Theater Enjoy and Seed.......seed.......