Go ahead and get all of the “Mr. Roboto” jokes and references to Cartman singing “Come Sail Away” out of your system, because Styx’s Oct. 1, 1976 album Crystal Ball is no laughing matter.

Styx released four albums in quick succession: 1972’s Styx, Styx II and The Serpent Is Rising in 1973, and 1974’s Man of Miracles. None of them made an initial splash, until Styx II‘s ...

Styx certainly has a past to celebrate. It’s been 60 years since three original members began jamming in one’s basement back Chicago. And it’s been 45 since the “Crystal Ball” album ...

Styx's The Mission, a concept album about space ... the Damn Yankees track "High Enough" and a version of Styx's "Crystal Ball" with the debut of a verse never recorded by the band.

it would not sound out of place on Boston’s debut album a year later. Styx is having a ball here, and the exuberance is infectious. Listen here. Styx mastered the sparse start that blasts off ...

Shaw had a big quick impact on “Crystal Ball,” his first album with Chicago band Styx. They ended up naming the album after his mini-”Stairway to Heaven” gem. A shimmering prog-pop strummer.

"THE MISSION, a concept album of all new music ... Additionally, the set includes a special version of the STYX classic "Crystal Ball" featuring the debut of a lost verse that was never recorded.

Tommy Shaw comes from a place where the art of issuing a rock album blossomed beyond the ... “Blue Collar Man,” “Miss America,” “Crystal Ball,” “Come Sail Away” and “Renegade ...

Styx continues to build their 2025 tour slate ... becoming a key creative element on 1976’s transitional Crystal Ball, but ...

23 (UPI) -- The classic rock band Styx ... seven-song album "Regeneration, Volume 1" on Facebook. The collection contains the newly re-recorded classics "Come Sail Away," "Crystal Ball," "Fooling ...