Styx LIST OF ALBUM REVIEWS: Styx (1972) Styx II (1973) The Serpent is Rising (1973) The Man of Miracles (1974) Equinox (1975) Crystal Ball (1976) The Grand Illusion (1977) Pieces of Eight (1978) Cornerstone (1979) Paradise Theater (1981) Kilroy Was Here (1983) What could you possibly have to say about Metallica here? Brief album summaries: Styx (1972) This album sucks! Hah hah! Overall Album Score: 5.6 out of 10 Average Song Score: 5.7 Album Tilt: 5.5 Artist Tilt: 5.5 Link to the full review: Stynx Styx II (1973) This album doesn't suck! Hah hah! Overall Album Score: 7.6 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.9 Album Tilt: 7.5 Artist Tilt: 7.5 Link to the full review: Stynxy The Serpent is Rising (1973) ...That's a really weird album title, isn't it? ... And a pretty not-good album at that ... Overall Album Score: 6.7 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.0 Album Tilt: 6.5 Artist Tilt: 6.5 Link to the full review: Happy to See You Man of Miracles (1974) ...This is a rock album. Are they just messing with our minds??? I thought I bought a Uriah Heep album! Overall Album Score: 6.9 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.3 Album Tilt: 7.0 Artist Tilt: 6.5 Link to the full review: Man of Miracle Grow Equinox (1975) ...One of Styx's finest efforts... Overall Album Score: 7.2 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.5 Album Tilt: 7.0 Artist Tilt: 7.0 Link to the full review: Equinox (And Other Plays With Nudity) Crystal Ball (1976) Crap. Overall Album Score: 6.1 out of 10 Average Song Score: 6.2 Album Tilt: 6.0 Artist Tilt: 6.0 Link to the full review: Crystal Meth The Grand Illusion (1977) Those who find this album to be good have bought The Grand Illusion. Overall Album Score: 6.5 out of 10 Average Song Score: 6.5 Album Tilt: 6.5 Artist Tilt: 6.5 Link to the full review: The Bland Illusion Pieces of Eight (1978) Styx's follow-up to their beloved The Grand Illusion shows some good taste and is actually a more delightful, nerdy album! Overall Album Score: 8.0 out of 10 Average Song Score: 7.9 Album Tilt: 8.0 Artist Tilt: 8.0 Link to the full review: Pieces of Crepes Cornerstone (1979) Oooo! Can I say it, can I say it? ...... Styx sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Overall Album Score: 4.7 out of 10 Average Song Score: 5.1 Album Tilt: 4.5 Artist Tilt: 4.5 Link to the full review: Stupidstone Cornerstone (1981) Oh, yeah ... This is Styx's crowning achievement. Well ... any band has to have a crowning achievment of some sort. Like backwoods Georgia, it's all relative. Overall Album Score: 8.3 out of 10 Average Song Score: 8.4 Album Tilt: 8.0 Artist Tilt: 8.5 Link to the full review: Diceapair Theater Kilroy Was Here (1983) The final album of Styx's "classic period," and the end couldn't have come quicker... Seriously, they should've just released "Mr. Roboto" as a single and given the rest of it to me so that I could poop on it. (After all, I wasn't even one years old when this album was released and pooping was my sole talent. I pooped much better than Styx could write songs.) Overall Album Score: 5.7 out of 10 Average Song Score: 6.2 Album Tilt: 5.5 Artist Tilt: 5.5 Link to the full review: No He Wasn't

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