Title: I Hate To Say It, But I Think Styx' Time Has Passed
Product review: I have been a longtime fan of Styx and was happy to hear that the four surviving members of the "classic" lineup were putting together a CD of entirely new material for the first time in over 15 years.I had "Great Expectations" (a track on the CD), but they were hardly met. I feel like it is a compilation of three solo albums (Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw and James Young) instead of a group effort. DeYoung peppers the CD with mostly sappy ballads again, which has become his Styx trademark since the success of Babe in the late 70s. I think Tommy Shaw's work is the most disappointing because he has nothing memorable on this CD, the first time that has ever happened IMHO. I wondered if he used songs that didn't make the cut on his solo CD last year. And James Young's tunes are louder filler, which has usually been the case during Styx' career.So as a 20+ year fan of the group (since Grand Illusion), I hate to say it, but they shouldn't have bothered.
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