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"Babe" is a song by the American rock band Styx. It was the lead single from the band's 1979 triple-platinum album Cornerstone.The song was Styx's first, and only, US number-one single, spending two weeks at No. 1 in December 1979, serving as the penultimate number-one single of the 1970s (the ultimate number-one single of the 70's was Escape (The Piña Colada Song), by Rupert Holmes). [2] "
Rapid City Journal critic Tim Gebhart called it a "beautiful ballad in the traditional Styx vein. [8] Midder rated it as Styx's 4th best song, calling it "a stirring ballad that showcases Styx’s softer side and explores the pain of a failing relationship" and praising the "haunting piano melody, soaring vocals, and poignant lyrics." [9]
Styx recorded the album at Pumpkin Studios in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Cornerstone is best known for including the group's only No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 Single, the power ballad " Babe ". [ 7 ] The album also includes the folk rock song " Boat on the River ," which was a hit in Europe , [ 8 ] [ 9 ] though it failed to chart in the United States .
"The Best of Times" is a song by American rock band Styx, released as the first single from their tenth album Paradise Theatre. It reached No. 1 in Canada on the RPM national singles chart, their second chart-topper in that country, and No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in March and April 1981.
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Styx performs at the Stark County Fair on Thursday. Singer Lawrence Gowan says the classic rock band is worthy of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.
Classic Rock critic Malcolm Dome rated "Boat on the River" as Styx 8th greatest song, saying that Shaw's mandolin and DeYoung's accordion give the song a "somewhat expressive European flavour, which makes it more than just another power ballad." [10] PopMatters critic David Pike rated it one of the "41 essential pop/rock songs with accordion." [11]
The record is considered by some [4] [5] 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".