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Title: Classic Styx!
Review: I'm a long time Styx fan who has been looking forward to this CD for some time. I wasn't sad at all that DDY had left the group because some of his songs from BNW were just plain awful. Thankfully, this CD is a great return for Styx - with almost every song a winner. I have to say though that I can't stand Lawrence Gowan's voice at all, it sounds like a poor imitation of DDY! The songs sung by Tommy Shaw and James Young absolutely rock and sound like the Styx of the 80's that I know and love. The best songs here have to be "These are the Times", "Captain America", "Do Things My Way", "Yes I Can" and "One With Everything". Glad to hear that Styx has returned sounding better than ever, but I hope that in the future they skip LG and stick to what they do best. If they are that desperate for a 4th singer - why not Jack Blades? Since he co-wrote "Yes I Can" and worked with Tommy in Damn Yankess and later Shaw/Blades it would be great to hear him in Styx. Just a thought.
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