Title: (Really 2 1/2 stars) Great music, horrible lyrics
Product review: I am a long time fan whose favorite Styx album is "Paradise Theater". In 1980, there was no other album that really matter. In fact I still listen to it today. Now, in 1999, Styx has released "Brave New World". It is the first album in 16 years that Tommy Shaw has appeared on. As I read the lyrics I cringed. I put on the CD and enjoyed the music but cringed even more when I heard these horribly trite and dated lyrics. Imagine if the Backstreet Boys had been a rock band rather than a dance pop band with the same type of lyrics and then you will understand. The songs that Tommy Shaw and James Young sings on are the best. Dennis DeYoung's songs are somewhat sappily embarrasing. "Goodbye Roseland" sounds like it belongs in a Broadway play and not on a rock album. If I were 10 years old ago again (when "Paradise Theater" came out) I probably would have loved this album but now that I am 29 I can't.
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