Styx The Grand Illusion 1977 A&M Records CRC Club Ed. Vinyl LP w/Insert

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The Grand Illusion Studio album by Styx Released July 7, 1977 Recorded 1977 at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago Genre Progressive rock, art rock, hard rock Length 38:59 Label A&M Producer Styx Styx chronology Crystal Ball
(1976) The Grand Illusion
(1977) Pieces of Eight
(1978) Singles from The Grand Illusion

1. "Come Sail Away"
   Released: 1977
2. "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)"
   Released: 1978

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 (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 listing

Side One

1. "The Grand Illusion" (Dennis DeYoung) – 4:36
   • Lead vocals: DeYoung
   • First guitar solo and guitar fills: Tommy Shaw
   • Second guitar solo: James Young
2. "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (Shaw) – 5:29
   • Lead vocals: Shaw
3. "Superstars" (Young, DeYoung, Shaw) – 3:59
   • Lead vocals and lead guitar: Shaw
   • Soliloquy: DeYoung
4. "Come Sail Away" (DeYoung) – 6:07
   • Lead vocals and synthesizer solo: DeYoung
   • ARP Odyssey: Young
   • Lead guitar: Shaw

Side Two

1. "Miss America" (Young) – 5:02
   • Lead vocals and guitar solo: Young
2. "Man in the Wilderness" (Shaw) – 5:51
   • Lead vocals and guitar solo: Shaw
3. "Castle Walls" (DeYoung) – 5:59
   • Lead vocals: DeYoung
   • Lead guitar: Young
4. "The Grand Finale" (DeYoung, Young, Shaw) – 1:57
   • Lead vocals: DeYoung
   • Lead guitar fills: Shaw
   • Melodic guitar lead: Young