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Pieces of Eight ~ Styx
Pieces of Eight is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Styx, released in September 1978.
Like the band's previous album, The Grand Illusion (1977), it managed to achieve triple platinum certification, thanks to the hit singles "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" and "Renegade".
The band members produced and recorded the album (like their previous three efforts) at Paragon Studios in Chicago with recording engineer Barry Mraz and mixing engineer Rob Kingsland. "I'm O.K." was recorded at Paragon and St. James Cathedral. This would be the last Styx album to be produced at Paragon Studios.
The album's cover was done by Hipgnosis. Dennis DeYoung stated in the 1991 interview with Redbeard on the In the Studio with Redbeard episode that he initially hated the cover but grew to like it as he got older.
The record is considered by some to be Styx's most obvious concept album, as well as the last Styx album with significant progressive rock leanings. The theme of the album, as Dennis DeYoung explained on In the Studio with Redbeard which devoted an entire episode to Pieces of Eight, was about "not giving up your dreams just for the pursuit of money and material possessions".
Tracks:
1. Great White Hope 00:00
2. I'm O.K. 04:23
3. Sing for the Day 10:05
4. The Message 15:05
5. Lords of the Ring 16:17
6. Blue Collar Man 20:51
7. Queen of Spades 24:58
8. Renegade 30:38
9. Pieces of Eight 34:54
10. Aku Aku 39:42
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