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Best of Styx
Compilation album by Styx
Released	1977
Recorded	1971–1974
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Wooden Nickel
Styx chronology
Crystal Ball (1976) Best of Styx (1977) The Grand Illusion (1977)
Styx compilation chronology
Best of Styx (1977) Styx Classics Volume 15 (1987)
Alternate Album Cover
Cover of 1979 reissue

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

With the success of Styx's album The Grand Illusion, Wooden Nickel Records, Styx's previous label, released Best of Styx, which contained selected Styx songs in the Wooden Nickel catalog. Styx had left Wooden Nickel to sign with A&M Records several years earlier, so the compilation does not contain any songs from Styx's three A&M albums that preceded this album's release. "Lady", "You Need Love" and "Best Thing" are the principal songs that could be classified as hits in this collection, having charted at numbers 6, 88 and 82 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively; the remainder of the songs are selected album tracks from Styx's Wooden Nickel releases.

RCA Records reissued the album with new artwork in 1979; this artwork has been used for all subsequent reissues, including CD editions.

In 1980, Wooden Nickel released the compilation Lady, containing the same tracks as this set (in a different running order), minus the song "Winner Take All".

Track listing

1. "You Need Love" (DeYoung) – 3:44
2. "Lady" (DeYoung) – 2:56
3. "I'm Gonna Make You Feel It" (DeYoung) – 2:23
4. "What Has Come Between Us" (Mark Gaddis) – 4:53
5. "Southern Woman" (J. Young, R. Brandle) – 3:10
6. "Rock & Roll Feeling" (J. Young, J. Curulewski) – 3:02
7. "Winner Take All" (D. DeYoung, C. Lofrano) – 3:10
8. "Best Thing" (James Young, Dennis DeYoung) – 3:13
9. "Witch Wolf" (J. Young-R. Brandle) – 3:57
10. "The Grove of Eglantine" (DeYoung) – 5:00
11. "Man of Miracles" (J. Young, D. DeYoung, R. Brandle) – 4:55

Personnel

• Dennis DeYoung - keyboards, vocals
• James Young - guitar, vocals
• John Curulewski - guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Chuck Panozzo - bass
• John Panozzo - drums

Certifications

References

1. Allmusic 1979 review
2. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 789. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone styx album guide.
3. "Canadian album certifications – Styx – Best of Styx". Music Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
4. "American album certifications – Styx – Best of Styx". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

• 1977 compilation albums
• Styx (band) compilation albums