Return to Paradise
Live album by Styx
Released	May 6, 1997
Recorded	Autumnal Equinox, 1996, Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL
Genre	Rock
Length	1h 50:10
Label	CMC International
Producer	Dennis DeYoung
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Styx chronology
Edge of the Century (1990) Return to Paradise (1997) Brave New World (1999)

Return to Paradise is a live album by Styx, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). It features songs from their successful reunion tour with Tommy Shaw, but without John Panozzo, who died in July 1996. It includes three new studio tracks, including "Dear John", which Shaw wrote as a tribute to Panozzo.

[edit] Track listing

1. "On My Way" [*] (Shaw) – 5:02
2. "Paradise" [*] (DeYoung) – 4:29
3. "Rockin' the Paradise" (DeYoung, Shaw, Young) – 5:23
4. "Blue Collar Man" (Shaw) – 4:34
5. "Lady" (DeYoung) – 3:28
6. "Too Much Time on My Hands" (Shaw) – 5:43
7. "Snowblind" (DeYoung, Young) – 5:26
8. "Suite Madame Blue" (DeYoung) – 8:31
9. "Crystal Ball" (Shaw) – 5:56
10. "The Grand Illusion" (DeYoung) – 6:50
11. "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (Shaw) – 5:54
12. "Show Me the Way" (DeYoung) – 5:11
13. "Boat on the River" (Shaw) – 3:16
14. "Lorelei" (DeYoung, Young) – 4:03
15. "Babe" (DeYoung) – 4:50
16. "Miss America" (Young) – 6:15
17. "Come Sail Away" (DeYoung) – 8:33
18. "Renegade" (Shaw) – 6:01
19. "The Best of Times" (DeYoung) – 7:42
20. "Dear John" [*] (Shaw) – 3:03

* newly recorded studio track

[edit] Personnel

• Dennis DeYoung - keyboards, vocals
• Chuck Panozzo - bass, vocals
• Tommy Shaw - acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, vocals
• Todd Sucherman - drums, percussion, vocals
• James Young - guitars, keyboards, vocals

[edit] Production

• Producer: Dennis DeYoung
• Engineer: Timothy R. Powell
• Mixing: Dennis DeYoung, Gary Loizzo
• Art direction: Ioannis, Linda Loiewski
• Design: Ioannis
• Illustrations: Ioannis
• Digital painting: Ioannis
• Photography: Mark Weiss

[edit] Charts

Album

Singles