Best of Styx

Best of Styx
Compilation album by
Styx
Released1977
Recorded1971–1974
GenreProgressive rock
Length39:08
LabelWooden Nickel
Styx chronology
The Grand Illusion
(1977)		 Best of Styx
(1977)		 Pieces of Eight
(1978)
Styx compilation chronology
Best of Styx
(1977)		 Styx Classics Volume 15
(1987)
Alternate Album Cover
Cover of 1979 reissue
Cover of 1979 reissue
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Best of Styx is a compilation album by the American rock band Styx, released in 1977 on Wooden Nickel Records, the band's previous record label. The label released it after the success of Styx's seventh studio album, The Grand Illusion, and contains selected Styx songs in the Wooden Nickel catalog.

Styx had left Wooden Nickel to sign with A&M Records several years earlier, so the compilation does not contain any songs from Styx's three A&M albums that preceded this album's release. "Lady", "You Need Love" and "Best Thing" are the principal songs that could be classified as hits in this collection, having charted at numbers 6, 88 and 82 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively; the remainder of the songs are selected album tracks from Styx's Wooden Nickel releases.

RCA Records reissued the album with new artwork in 1979; this artwork has been used for all subsequent reissues, including CD editions.

In 1980, Wooden Nickel released the compilation Lady, containing the same tracks as this set (in a different running order), minus the song "Winner Take All".

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Need Love"Dennis DeYoung3:44
2."Lady"DeYoung2:56
3."I'm Gonna Make You Feel It"DeYoung2:23
4."What Has Come Between Us"Mark Gaddis4:53
5."Southern Woman"James Young, Ray Brandle3:10
6."Rock & Roll Feeling"Young, John Curulewski3:02
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Winner Take All"DeYoung, Chuck Lofrano3:10
8."Best Thing"DeYoung, Young3:13
9."Witch Wolf"Young, Brandle3:57
10."The Grove of Eglantine"DeYoung5:00
11."Man of Miracles"Young, DeYoung, Brandle4:55
Total length:39:08

Personnel

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic 1979 review
  2. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 789. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone styx album guide.
  3. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Styx – Best of Styx". Music Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  4. ↑ "American album certifications – Styx – Best of Styx". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 31, 2024.