Paradise Theatre

by Styx

Paradise Theatre cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 January 1981
  • Label: A&M
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:01
  • Community rating: 3.01/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: John Panozzo, Bill Simpson, Steve Eisen, John Haynor, Danny Barber, Mark Ohlsen, James Young, Mike Halpin, Tommy Shaw, Chuck Panozzo

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Styx framed 'Paradise Theatre' around the rise and decline of a Chicago entertainment venue as a metaphor for American cultural change. The album became one of the band's largest commercial successes, combining Dennis DeYoung's theatrical writing with arena rock arrangements and polished vocal harmonies.

Genres

Descriptors: Arena Rock, conceptual, melodic

Tracklist

  1. A.D. 1928 (1:07)
  2. Rockin' The Paradise (3:54)
  3. Too Much Time On My Hands (4:31)
  4. Nothing Ever Goes As Planned (4:46)
  5. The Best Of Times (4:17)
  6. Lonely People (4:38)
  7. She Cares (4:18)
  8. Snowblind (4:58)
  9. Half-Penny, Two-Penny (4:34)
  10. A.D. 1958 (2:31)
  11. State Street Sadie (0:27)

Credits

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