Styx - The Grand Illusion flac album

The Grand Illusion is the seventh studio album by Styx, it was released on July 7, 1977. It launched the band to stardom, spawned the hit singles "Come Sail Away" and "Fooling Yourself", and sold over three million copies in the US (Triple Platinum). Some estimates have the album at over 5 million copies sold. The album was recorded at Paragon Recording Studios in Chicago. The album cover art, created by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse, is an homage to a painting by René Magritte entitled "Le Blanc-Seing".

The Grand Illusion is the 7th album by Styx. It's songs are: "The Grand Illusion" (Dennis DeYoung) – 4:36. Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung. First guitar solo and guitar fills: Tommy Shaw. Second guitar solo: James Young. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:29. Lead vocals and guitar: Tommy Shaw. Lead vocals and lead guitar: Tommy Shaw. Soliloquy: Dennis DeYoung. Come Sail Away" (DeYoung) – 6:07.

Styx ‎– The Grand Illusion. Country: US. Released: 2010. Original album mastered at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles.

The 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. The Grand Finale" (DeYoung, Young, Shaw) – 1:57. Lead vocals: DeYoung. Lead guitar fills: Shaw.

Other than being their first platinum-selling album, The Grand Illusion led Styx steadfastly into the domain of AOR rock. Built on the strengths of "Come Sail Away"'s ballad-to-rock metamorphosis, which gained them their second Top Ten hit, and on the high harmonies of newcomer Tommy Shaw throughout "Fooling Yourself," The Grand Illusion introduced Styx to the gates of commercial stardom.

Album · 1977 · 8 Songs. Nowhere is that more apparent than in The Grand Illusion’s centerpiece Come Sail Away, where for six minutes the group scale the dynamic range from a whisper to a scream. While the band certainly needed radio hits to raise their visibility and, therefore, fund their meticulous recording concepts, the group was never just about scoring the quick single.