The Mission

by Styx

The Mission cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 June 2017
  • Label: Alpha Dog 2T
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:00
  • Community rating: 3.32/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: James Young, Will Evankovich, Cameron Henry, Tommy Shaw

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Their first album of original material in fourteen years, the classic rock veterans return with a surprisingly ambitious, science-fiction concept album concerning a manned mission to Mars. The record leans heavily into the progressive rock and theatrical AOR sound of their peak 1970s output, largely driven by analog synthesizers and massive, harmonized choruses. The passionate performance was hailed as a significant, focused return to form.

Genres

Descriptors: Arena Rock, conceptual, space

Tracklist

  1. Overture (1:23)
  2. Gone Gone Gone (2:07)
  3. One Hundred Million Miles from Home (3:39)
  4. Trouble at the Big Show (2:30)
  5. Locomotive (5:03)
  6. Radio Silence (4:17)
  7. The Greater Good (4:10)
  8. Time May Bend (2:30)
  9. Ten Thousand Ways (1:22)
  10. Red Storm (6:04)
  11. All Systems Stable (0:17)
  12. Khedive (2:04)
  13. The Outpost (3:51)
  14. Mission to Mars (2:43)

Credits

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