major contribution to the album was the folkish "Boat on the River", which became the band's biggest European hit. Shaw's other contributions included the pop-rocker "Never Say Never," the Shaw/DeYoung album-opener "Lights", the more progressively-flavored song "Love in the Midnight", and "Borrowed Time", a DeYoung/Shaw collaboration. James Young had one song on the album, the hard rocker "Eddie", which was aimed at left-wing politician Edward Kennedy, unsuccessfully pleading with him not to make a run for the U.S. presidency. Young used a guitar-synthesizer for the solo. Instrumentally, the album demonstrated the shift to a more pop-oriented and organic sound. DeYoung predominantly used a Fender Rhodes electric piano on over half of the tracks, and the group used real horns and strings on the album on several tracks. While commercially successful, Cornerstone brought to light the first fragmenting of the group's collective artistic vision (DeYoung wanted to move the band more into pop while Shaw and Young both favored a rock approach). These divisions would continue to deepen, ultimately leading to Styx's dissolution following the release of the 1983 album, Kilroy Was Here. Track listing Personnel Styx Dennis DeYoung – vocals, keyboards, accordion James "JY" Young – vocals, electric guitars, guitar synthesizer, autoharp Tommy Shaw – vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, mandolin, autoharp Chuck Panozzo – bass guitar, string bass, vocals John Panozzo – drums, percussion, vocals Additional personnel Steve Eisen – saxophone solo on "Why Me" Arnie Roth – strings and string arrangements on "First Time" and "Love in the Midnight" Ed Tossing – horns, horn arrangements Production Styx – producers Rob Kingsland – engineer Gary Loizzo – engineer Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York) Jim Cahill – promotion coordinator Mick Haggerty – design Aaron Rapoport – photography Derek Sutton and Stardust Enterprises – management Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications and sales References External links Styx - Cornerstone (1979) album review by Mike DeGagne, credits & releases at AllMusic.com Styx - Cornerstone (1979) album releases & credits at Discogs.com Styx - Cornerstone (1979) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com Styx - Cornerstone (1979) album to be listened as stream at Spotify.com 1979 albums A&M Records albums Concept albums Styx (band) albums