Description: The Grand IllusionStudio album by StyxReleasedJuly 7, 1977Recorded1977 at Paragon Recording Studios, ChicagoGenreProgressive rock, art rock, hard rockLength38:59LabelA&MProducerStyxStyx chronologyCrystal Ball (1976)The Grand Illusion (1977)Pieces of Eight (1978)Singles from The Grand Illusion"Come Sail Away" Released: 1977"Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" Released: 1978Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusicThe Daily Vault(B-) (1998) B (2006)Rolling Stone(favorable)The Rolling Stone Album GuideThe Grand Illusion is the seventh studio album by Styx, released on July 7, 1977. It launched the band to stardom, spawning the hit singles "Come Sail Away" and "Fooling Yourself", and selling over three million copies in the US (Triple Platinum).The album was recorded at Paragon Recording Studios in Chicago.As with much of Styx's catalog, lyrically and thematically many of the songs have a quasi-medieval, fantasy feel, while serving as allegories and commentaries on contemporary American life, as well as the individual members' experiences in an American rock band in the mid-to-late 1970s.The album cover art, created by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse, is an homage to a painting by René Magritte entitled "Le Blanc-Seing".Track listingSide One"The Grand Illusion" (Dennis DeYoung) – 4:36Lead vocals: DeYoungFirst guitar solo and guitar fills: Tommy ShawSecond guitar solo: James Young"Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (Shaw) – 5:29Lead vocals: Shaw"Superstars" (Young, DeYoung, Shaw) – 3:59Lead vocals and lead guitar: ShawSoliloquy: DeYoung"Come Sail Away" (DeYoung) – 6:07Lead vocals and synthesizer solo: DeYoungARP Odyssey: YoungLead guitar: ShawSide Two"Miss America" (Young) – 5:02Lead vocals and guitar solo: Young"Man in the Wilderness" (Shaw) – 5:51Lead vocals and guitar solo: Shaw"Castle Walls" (DeYoung) – 5:59Lead vocals: DeYoungLead guitar: Young"The Grand Finale" (DeYoung, Young, Shaw) – 1:57Lead vocals: DeYoungLead guitar fills: ShawMelodic guitar lead: Young
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Release Title: The Grand Illusion
Record Label: A&M Records
Artist: Styx
Case Condition: Very Good (VG)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Style: Experimental Rock, Post-Rock
Release Year: 1977
Inlay Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Genre: Rock
Format: Cassette
Cassette Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Type: Album
Features: Record Club Edition, Limited Edition
