Disco de Styx: “Chronicles: Crystal Ball/The Grand Illusion/Pieces”

I don't own this collection, but I own the 3 by themselves. Personally anything with Tommy Shaw singing is fantastic. I have never been a Dennis DeYoung fan and his overblown opera ballads I can do without. Lady was so overplayed that I cannot stand it to this day. Along with Babe and by the time we got to Mr. Roboto I was thinking wth is going on here? This is not rock, this is one person's overblown ego doing weird crap that I cannot imagine anyone paying money for, let alone see. The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight are my two favorite albums of Styx and Crystal Ball has some great stuff too. Either in this collection or individually they are worth buying. I saw the Behind The Music on Styx and I was ecstatic that they gave Dennis DeYoung the boot. He is just a little to artsy for a rock band (also I am not a huge fan of synthesizer's in rock bands, even though these guys make it work most of the time/rock bands should be guitar driven). That is strictly my opinion. I loved Damn Yankees and was sorry to see that one dissolve, but I believe that Tommy Shaw should be the voice of Styx. I, also, do not agree that they are has-beens. If they were and needed DDY to prop them up they would not still be around today.

This product is BS.

Record lable takes 3 albums and makes a box set of it...come on!

It easily wouda fit on 2 CD's or 1 Mp3 CD......or 4 albums on 2 CD.s.

Seems a waste of time, you save a few bucks buying this, but why not just take the A&M records "Equinox" through "Kilroy was Here" which is considered the best of Styx and features the Tommy Shaw line-up (except for Equinox)

This is just another record label rehashing something, no bonus tracks, no demos are included, waste of time.

How many times have they release the same 10 songs? I used to really like Styx and I even enjoyed parts of their last two albums (um... let me be clear here... the last two albums that weren't live albums or compilations or Styx-as-cover-band-garbage.) I actually "stalk" this band waiting for them to put out some more music, and I get my hopes up every time there is something new, but 99% of the time they've just released old songs AGAIN. I don't know who is buying these same songs AGAIN, but will you please quit so they'll actually have to put out some new music to make any money?

ive said this once,ive said this many times,dennis deyoung was is and will always be the styx everyone loves and knows.he founded the band, he sang, and wrote most of the hits.james young,tommy shaw can get whoever they want to play with, they can put stuff out,they can package, and repackage what ever songs they want.the band styx in the big picture will be remembered for the stuff that was done in this time period and til 1980

around paradise theater ,after that the game was over, music changed styx did what they could do. the only real hit the band had after 1983s KILROY WAS HERE was 1990s SHOW ME THE WAY which was again written by deyoung.egos are evil and this band as great as they were together, has too many egos and to me this band finished for good in 1999.whatever is left is just a fossil of what they were.i saw them with gowwen,he doesnt

have the talent or the stage presence of deyoung and im sorry my friends he doesnt have the voice.