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28 wrz 2021 · Pieces Of Eight was the second of them. It has arguably the most surreal cover artwork of any of the band’s many records: three mature women, all wearing earrings shaped like the famous enigmatic statues that stand on Easter Island.
7 lip 2017 · The Chicago AOR band’s seventh album, The Grand Illusion, became the first of four consecutive triple- platinum albums that established Styx as one of America’s biggest rock acts. As guitarist James ‘JY’ Young says: “Seven is seen as a lucky number in America, and it sure proved lucky for us.”
The album cover art is based on Rene Magritte's 1965 painting, "The Blank Signature." Background and songs. As with much of Styx's catalog, many of the songs have quasi-medieval/fantasy lyrics and themes.
7 lip 2017 · Styx's newfound ability to maintain the delicate balance between those competing musical impulses is what made The Grand Illusion such a breakthrough moment.
26 lis 2020 · • according to styxworld.com, “the design and positioning of the ‘mature” female heads on the Po8 cover”—designed by British firm Hipgnosis—”is patterned after the monolithic stone statues that appear all throughout Easter Island…”
7 lip 2024 · 'The Grand Illusion' took Styx into the premier division of album rock and gave them only their second Top 10 pop hit in 'Come Sail Away.'
Pieces of Eight is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Styx, released in September 1978. [3] Like the band's previous album, The Grand Illusion (1977), it managed to achieve triple platinum certification, thanks to the hit singles "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" and "Renegade". The band members produced and recorded the ...
