Pieces Of Eight is a music studio album recording by STYX (Prog Related/Progressive Rock) released in 1978 on cd, lp / vinyl and/or cassette. This page includes Pieces Of Eight's : cover picture, songs / tracks list, members/musicians and line-up, differ
Pieces of Eight Turns 44 Today! Sep 01, 2022 44 years ago today, Styx’s mega-triple-platinum smash success Pieces of Eight was released by A&M Records on September 1, 1978. In a Styxworld exclusive, guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw and cofounding guitarist/vocalist James “JY” Young ...
Styxhit its stride with guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw’s first LP with the band, 1976’s Crystal Ball, and then they become the first group to score four triple-Platinum albums in a row:The Grand Illusion(1977),Pieces of Eight(1978),Cornerstone(1979), andParadise Theater(1981). John Waite...
It’s our boldest, most emblematic album since Pieces of Eight.” —Tommy Shaw Happy third birthday to The Mission! The facts about it are as follows: Styx’s 16th studio album, The Mission, was released exactly three years ago today on June 16, 2017 via Alpha Dog 2T/UMe on CD, 180...
When I saw them, they were touring on the [September 1978] album Pieces of Eight, and Tommy Shaw couldn’t have been more than 19 or 20 years old. Mettler: Yeah, he was still just a kid in his early 20s at that time. Sutherland: Tommy played such an important part for me in my...
Founded in Chicago in 1972, STYX has the unique distinction of being the first band in rock history to have four consecutive certified multimillion-selling albums in a row: 1977’s The Grand Illusion, 1978’s Pieces of Eight, 1979’s Cornerstone, and 1981’s Paradise Theatre. STYX draws ...
Just 14 months later, ‘Pieces Of Eight’ arrived, another triple platinum achiever in America. A No. 6 success on the Billboard album chart, it produced three singles, ‘Blue Collar Man (Long Nights),’‘Sing For The Day’ and ‘Renegade.’ The band closed out the decade with ‘Corner...
9. Pieces Of Eight (Album Version) 10. Aku Aku-(Album Version) LP 5 –Cornerstone(1979) 1. Lights 2. Why Me 3. Babe 4. Never Say Never 5. Boat On The River 6. Borrowed Time (Album Version) 7. First Time 8. Eddie 9. Love In The Midnight ...
“It’s our boldest, most emblematic album since PIECES OF EIGHT.” As founding guitarist JAMES “JY” YOUNG continued, “In the 40th anniversary year of our release of our biggest selling album of all time, GRAND ILLUSION, it just seemed truly appropriate to save our new studio album ...
To accompany their excellent new albumCrash of the Crown, Styx released an EP with two exclusive studio bonus tracks, and five live. Not bad value for an EP when all of them are previously unreleased. The record is on beautiful, heavy transparent blue vinyl, is low on surface noise, and...