30 Years since Paradise.....

[Toph]

By many accounts Styx's biggest and most successful album...Congrats on hitting the big 3-0....

[Babyblue]

WOW! Hard to belive its been 30years. Great album

[cittadeeno23]

I got it the day it came out. We used to crank it on the Boom Box at lunch time in high school. We played Snowblind and Half Penny
Over and Over and Over again! Everyone hung out at our lockers! 1981 was a good year to be in High School.

[pinkfloyd1973]

I remember listening to WLUP "The Loop" and WMET "The Mighty Met" here in Chicago as a kid, and they played this album a lot

[Baron Von Bielski]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

[pinkfloyd1973]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this in it's entirety.

Thank God

[Everett]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this in it's entirety.

Thank God

Yeah we won't have to hear the best of times

Might as well post tophies reply here::

Glen should've kicked your ass

[Everett]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

Would be nice to hear rockin the paradise at least

[pinkfloyd1973]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this in it's entirety.

Thank God

Yeah we won't have to hear the best of times

Might as well post tophies reply here::

Glen should've kicked your ass

Yeah, i'd hate to hear Gowan butcher anymore of Dennis' songs

[Boomchild]

By many accounts Styx's biggest and most successful album...Congrats on hitting the big 3-0....

The sad part is were not going to see a special deluxe remastered edition from A&M\UNI to mark it's anniversary.

[Babyblue]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this in it's entirety.

Thank God

Yeah we won't have to hear the best of times

Might as well post tophies reply here::

Glen should've kicked your ass

Whatever


Yeah, i'd hate to hear Gowan butcher anymore of Dennis' songs

[gr8dane]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

[Baron Von Bielski]

By many accounts Styx's biggest and most successful album...Congrats on hitting the big 3-0....

The sad part is were not going to see a special deluxe remastered edition from A&M\UNI to mark it's anniversary.

Nope and what sucks even more is that the SHM-CD of PT is taken from old masters, so it has no improvement in quality.

[Babyblue]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

That would be awesome to hear them play

[Boomchild]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

That would be awesome to hear them play

Good Lord, by your standards if they played chopsticks it would be the best thing you heard in your life.

[Boomchild]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

You forgot to mention that Gowan will top Dennis by playing it upside down in a water tank.

[lordreo]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

You forgot to mention that Gowan will top Dennis by playing it upside down in a water tank.

And you forgot to mention the shark in the tank with Gowan

[gr8dane]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

You forgot to mention that Gowan will top Dennis by playing it upside down in a water tank.

Ooops.Sorry about that.Also forgot to mention ,that the tank will be empty and he will play it while doing a handstand.
Well done Gow,that's why you da man.

[gr8dane]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

You forgot to mention that Gowan will top Dennis by playing it upside down in a water tank.

And you forgot to mention the shark in the tank with Gowan

Dead by now.Shark fin soup for dins.

[gr8dane]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

You forgot to mention that Gowan will top Dennis by playing it upside down in a water tank.

And you forgot to mention the shark in the tank with Gowan

Congrats with your 24 post.When you reach 25, topherocious will accept your opinions.
If they match his of course.

[Babyblue]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

You forgot to mention that Gowan will top Dennis by playing it upside down in a water tank.

Ooops.Sorry about that.Also forgot to mention ,that the tank will be empty and he will play it while doing a handstand.
Well done Gow,that's why you da man.

[froy]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

You forgot to mention that Gowan will top Dennis by playing it upside down in a water tank.

Ooops.Sorry about that.Also forgot to mention ,that the tank will be empty and he will play it while doing a handstand.
Well done Gow,that's why you da man that ruined Styx.

[gr8dane]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

You forgot to mention that Gowan will top Dennis by playing it upside down in a water tank.

Ooops.Sorry about that.Also forgot to mention ,that the tank will be empty and he will play it while doing a handstand.
Well done Gow,that's why you da man that ruined Styx.

But credit where credit is due.Gowan made Dennis realize it was time to wake up and smell the coffee.Dennis replaced his
band and he can now be exciting to watch again on occasion.He even has an attempt on heavy keyboard intros just like Larry.
Even his new guitar player all of a sudden sounds like a cross between Tommy and Gowan.
Thanks Gow.

[cittadeeno23]

August sounds nothing like Gowan but a lot like Tommy. And Dennis' show is always exciting. It's the best Styx show on the planet these days.

[Babyblue]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

You forgot to mention that Gowan will top Dennis by playing it upside down in a water tank.

Ooops.Sorry about that.Also forgot to mention ,that the tank will be empty and he will play it while doing a handstand.
Well done Gow,that's why you da man that ruined Styx.

But credit where credit is due.Gowan made Dennis realize it was time to wake up and smell the coffee.Dennis replaced his
band and he can now be exciting to watch again on occasion.He even has an attempt on heavy keyboard intros just like Larry.
Even his new guitar player all of a sudden sounds like a cross between Tommy and Gowan.
Thanks Gow.

[Boomchild]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

You forgot to mention that Gowan will top Dennis by playing it upside down in a water tank.

Ooops.Sorry about that.Also forgot to mention ,that the tank will be empty and he will play it while doing a handstand.
Well done Gow,that's why you da man that ruined Styx.

But credit where credit is due.Gowan made Dennis realize it was time to wake up and smell the coffee.Dennis replaced his
band and he can now be exciting to watch again on occasion.He even has an attempt on heavy keyboard intros just like Larry.
Even his new guitar player all of a sudden sounds like a cross between Tommy and Gowan.
Thanks Gow.

It had nothing to do with Gowan at all. He even stated the reason he has started to play keys again is because it's something he knew the fans missed. Nice try though.

[gr8dane]

Pretty sure they won't be playing this is it's entirety.

There's a rumour going around,that they will play 'A.D 1928' and 'A.D 1958' in it's entirety.
Should be awesome.

You forgot to mention that Gowan will top Dennis by playing it upside down in a water tank.

Ooops.Sorry about that.Also forgot to mention ,that the tank will be empty and he will play it while doing a handstand.
Well done Gow,that's why you da man that ruined Styx.

But credit where credit is due.Gowan made Dennis realize it was time to wake up and smell the coffee.Dennis replaced his
band and he can now be exciting to watch again on occasion.He even has an attempt on heavy keyboard intros just like Larry.
Even his new guitar player all of a sudden sounds like a cross between Tommy and Gowan.
Thanks Gow.

It had nothing to do with Gowan at all. He even stated the reason he has started to play keys again is because it's something he knew the fans missed. Nice try though.

Thank you.

[bugsymalone]

I think Dennis thinks about Gowan about as much as, oh, an ant in his back yard.

Back to topic. This album, while really good, falls to 4th on my favorites list behind Equinox, Pieces of Eight, and Grand Illusion.

But it does have one of Dennis' finest compositions, in my view - Lonely People. It's just a shame that he threw in that long, hard-to-hear, unnecessary intro as part of the track.


Bugsy

[Don]

Paradise Theater, Foreigner 4, Escape, and Hi Infidelity all hit with 18 months of each other and pretty much all are thought to be each group's best efforts when looking at their careers and the AOR genre as a whole.

[Archetype]

Paradise Theater, Foreigner 4, Escape, and Hi Infidelity all hit with 18 months of each other and pretty much all are thought to be each group's best efforts when looking at their careers and the AOR genre as a whole.

Funny thing is that Paradise Theater is probably my least favorite Styx album from the A&M era; I really like even Kilroy Was Here a lot more than PT