Brave New World (Styx album)
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Brave New World is the thirteenth studio album
Album
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 by Styx
Styx (band)
Styx is an American rock band that became famous for its albums from the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Chicago band is known for melding the style of prog-rock with the power of hard rock guitar, strong ballads, and elements of American musical theater....

, released in 1999. It is the last album with the band's original lead vocalist and keyboardist, Dennis DeYoung
Dennis DeYoung
Dennis DeYoung is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer best known for being a founding member of the rock band Styx, a tenure that lasted from 1970 to 1999.-Early life:...

. The album peaked at #175 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
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 and notably reached the top 10 on the Top Internet Albums chart.

Track listing

  1. "I Will Be Your Witness" (Jack Blades
    Jack Blades
    Jack Martin Blades is an American musician. He has worked in several bands: Rubicon, Night Ranger , and Damn Yankees . He also recorded with Tommy Shaw under the name Shaw/Blades, and has done work alongside TMG, the Tak Matsumoto Group...

    , Tommy Shaw) – 4:31
  2. "Brave New World" (Shaw, Young) – 5:14
  3. "While There's Still Time" (DeYoung) – 3:53
  4. "Number One" (Shaw) – 4:33
  5. "Best New Face" (Blades, Shaw) – 3:36
  6. "What Have They Done to You" (Shaw, Young) – 4:33
  7. "Fallen Angel" (DeYoung) – 4:49
  8. "Everything Is Cool
    Everything Is Cool
    "Everything Is Cool" is the only single release from Styx's 1999 album Brave New World. It did not chart.This song is the longest on the album by five seconds. It is also one of the most complex. At the beginning, you hear chaos, along with samplings of earlier Styx songs I'm Gonna Make You Feel...

    " (Shaw) – 5:19
  9. "Great Expectations" (DeYoung) – 4:44
  10. "Heavy Water" (Shaw, Young) – 4:29
  11. "High Crimes & Misdemeanors (Hip Hop-Cracy)" (DeYoung) – 3:26
  12. "Just Fell In" (Shaw, Young) – 3:25
  13. "Goodbye Roseland" (DeYoung) – 3:49
  14. "Brave New World (Reprise)" (Shaw, Young) – 3:31

Personnel

  • Dennis DeYoung
    Dennis DeYoung
    Dennis DeYoung is an American singer, songwriter, musician and producer best known for being a founding member of the rock band Styx, a tenure that lasted from 1970 to 1999.-Early life:...

     - keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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    , vocals
    Singing
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  • Chuck Panozzo
    Chuck Panozzo
    Charles Salvatore "Chuck" Panozzo is an American musician best known as the bass player for the rock band Styx. A longtime member of Styx, he founded the group with his fraternal twin brother, drummer John Panozzo, who died in July 1996, and singer Dennis DeYoung...

     - bass
    Bass guitar
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  • Tommy Shaw
    Tommy Shaw
    Tommy Roland Shaw is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the rock band Styx. In between his stints with Styx, he has played with the supergroup Damn Yankees and Shaw Blades, and has released several solo albums....

     - acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, vocals
  • Todd Sucherman
    Todd Sucherman
    Todd Sucherman is a drummer who is best known for playing with Styx since 1996.Sucherman grew up in a musical family and followed in his father's footsteps by playing the drums. His father, Arnold J. Sucherman, was a doctor by day and a drummer by night, playing in the house band at the famed Chez...

     - drums
    Drum kit
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    , percussion
    Percussion instrument
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  • James Young
    James Young (American musician)
    James "J.Y." Young is a guitarist, singer and songwriter, and member of the rock band, Styx. Young began playing keyboard and piano at the age of five. He attended Calumet High in Chicago and learned to play clarinet and guitar during those years.J.Y...

     - guitars, vocals

Additional personnel

  • Glen Burtnik
    Glen Burtnik
    Glen Burtnik is a singer, songwriter, entertainer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a former member of Styx.The spelling of his name has changed a few times over the years .Burtnik appeared in the Broadway production of Beatlemania as Paul McCartney,...

     - bass, vocals (uncredited)
  • David Campbell - conductor
  • Jerry Goodman - violin
    Violin
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  • Ed Tossing - conductor
  • C. J. Vanston
    C. J. Vanston
    C. J. Vanston is an American film composer, record producer, songwriter, and keyboardist, based in Hollywood, California. He was born in Denver, Colorado, the son of Bonnie L...

     - conductor

Production

  • Producers: Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, James Young
  • Engineers: Rodney Amos, Craig Bauer, Andy Haller, John Hendrickson, Steve Johnson, Gary Loizzo
    Gary Loizzo
    Gary Loizzo is an American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer. He is best known for being the lead singer with The American Breed.-Biography:...

    , Keith Marks, Tommy Shaw, C.J. Vanston, Craig Williams
  • Mixing: Craig Bauer, Dennis DeYoung, Gary Loizzo, Ron Nevison
  • Mastering: Ted Jensen
  • Sequencing: Tommy Shaw
  • Programming: Tommy Shaw
  • Pro-Tools: Patrick Thrasher
  • String arrangements: David Campbell, Ed Tossing
  • Horn arrangements: C.J. Vanston
  • Art direction: Alan Chappell, Ioannis
  • Design: Alan Chappell, Ioannis
  • Artwork: Ioannis

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1999 The Billboard 200 175
1999 Top Internet Albums 10
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