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Styx - Equinox ((1975) (SHM-CD Remaster)
Japanese-only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) paper sleeve pressing of this album. SHM-CDs can be played on any audio player and delivers unbelievably high-quality sound. You won't believe it's the same CD! Universal. 2009
Equinox produced Styx's first single with A&M, the highly spirited "Lorelei," which found its way to number 27 on the charts. Although it was the only song to chart from Equinox, the album itself is a benchmark in the band's career since it includes an instrumental nature reminiscent of their early progressive years, yet hints toward a more commercial-sounding future in its lyrics. "Light Up" is a brilliant display of keyboard bubbliness, with De Young's vocals in full bloom, while "Lonely Child" and "Suite Madame Blue" show tighter songwriting and a slight drift toward radio amicability. Still harboring their synthesizer-led dramatics alongside Dennis De Young's exaggerated vocal approach, the material on Equinox was a firm precursor of what was to come . After Equinox, guitarist John Curulewski parted ways with the band, replaced by Tommy Shaw, who debuted on 1976's Crystal Ball album...M. DeGagne
Equinox (1975.) Styx's fifth album. Although they had released four albums, Styx had made little impact on American rock music around the mid-seventies. Despite releasing very good music, the band was on an indie label called Wooden Nickel, and obviously an indie label doesn't do much good for popularity. Fortunately for the group, they finally got recruited by a major label in the middle of the decade - A&M. The band's first release on their new label (their fifth album overall) was 1975's Equinox. Read on for my review of this album. The early, indie albums that Styx released hinted at theirmore… potential greatness, and on Equinox that greatness is fully realized. Even though this was released before the legendary Tommy Shaw came around (and therefore it tends to go overlooked), it's still a five-star masterpiece. Things get kicked off with one of my favorite Styx hits, Light Up. The synth-heavy pop-rocker is one of the best hits the band ever scored. It's a shame it didn't become as big a hit as some of their other tunes. A bigger hit follows it up - Lorelei. You're bound to hear many a Styx fan - casual and die-hard alike - praise this song, and rightfully so. My favorite song on the album, though, would have to be Mother Dear. It's a synth-heavy rocker that isn't poppy at all. It hints at the band's progressive rock side somewhat, and makes for one of the band's best songs of all - why wasn't this song a hit!? Another non-hit that is extremely good is the fast-paced rocker Midnight Ride. It too had the markings of a big hit, but its potential was never realized, except for by the biggest of Styx fans. One of the best songs the group ever recorded was Suite Madame Blue, the closer to this album. It's started with a separate instrumental introductory sequence entitled Prelude 12, which sets up the piece nicely. Suite Madame Blue is an example of one of those rockers that became a big hit for the group, but not one of the group's biggest hits (I hope I didn't confuse you with that remark.) In the end, Equinox really is an underrated cache of Styx masterpieces - the band's major label debut should have been more popular. The Styx catalogue is readily available in America, but the only editions readily available are standard remasters which don't contain any bonus tracks or twofers. The band's catalogue could use some reissuing (the indie albums in particular.) But if the albums are going to be reissued, it's likely to be some time before they are, so you might as well just get these versions. Equinox rocks. If the indie albums hinted at Styx's potential as a rock and roll act, it's this album that fully unleashed that potential on an unexpecting world of rock and roll fans. It's just a shame it wasn't as popular as the releases that followed, despite having three sizable hits. If you're new to Styx, this wouldn't be a bad album to start with - it shows you many sides of this excellent band - in an age when they were truly in their prime...D. Jellinc
Styx - Equinox ((1975) (SHM-CD Remaster 2009)
Codec: flac
Size: 241 MB
Genre : Prog. Rock
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Tracklist:
01 Light Up 4:19
02 Lorelei 3:23
03 Mother Dear 5:29
04 Lonely Child 3:49
05 Midnight Ride 4:19
06 Born for Adventure 5:16
07 Prelude 12 1:20
08 Suite Madame Blue 6:30
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