The Serpent Is Rising is the third 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 1973

1973 in music

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. The album was reissued in 1980 with new artwork and a new title, Serpent. The band consider this to be their worst recording. 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:...

 has gone far as saying it was "one of the worst recorded and produced in the history of music." The album peaked at #192 on the Billboard 200, their second-lowest charting album, and as of 2007 has sold less than 100,000 copies worldwide.

Track listing

1. "Witch Wolf" (J. Young, R. Brandle) – 3:57
2. "The Grove of Eglantine" (DeYoung) – 5:00
3. "Young Man" (J. Young, R. Young) – 4:45
4. "As Bad as This" (J. Curulewski) – 6:10
   • "As Bad as This" - 3:45
   • "Plexiglas Toilet" [Hidden Track] - 2:22
5. "Winner Take All" (D. DeYoung, C. Lofrano) – 3:10
6. "22 Years" (J. Curulewski) – 3:39
7. "Jonas Psalter" (D. DeYoung) – 4:41
8. "The Serpent Is Rising" (J. Curulewski, C. Lofrano) – 4:55
9. "Krakatoa" (J. Curulewski, P. Beaver, B. Krause) – 1:36
10. "Hallelujah Chorus" [from Handel's Messiah
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    ] (Handel
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    ) – 2:14

Personnel

Styx

• John Curulewski - guitars, vocals, 12 string guitar, Moog synthesizer
• 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:...
  
   - Hammond organ, piano, vocals, Moog synthesizer, mellotron, pipe organ
• 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, vocals
• John Panozzo
  John Panozzo
  John Anthony Panozzo was an American drummer best known for his work with rock band Styx.Panozzo grew up in the Roseland neighborhood, the south side of Chicago, Illinois, with his fraternal twin brother, Chuck . At age 7, the twins took musical lessons from their uncle in which John took an...
  
   - drums, vocals, percussion
• 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

• Bill Traut - saxophone
  Saxophone
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   on "22 Years"

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1974	Pop Albums	192