Styx II

Styx II
Studio album by Styx
Released	July 1973
Recorded	1972-73 at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago; St. James Cathedral, Chicago
Genre	Progressive rock, hard rock
Length	34:20
Label	Wooden Nickel
Producer	John Ryan, Bill Traut (exec.)
Styx chronology
Styx (1972) Styx II (1973) The Serpent Is Rising (1973)
Singles from Styx II
"Lady" Released: 1973 "You Need Love" Released: May 1975

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Styx II is the second album by Styx. It was released in 1973 on Wooden Nickel Records.

Background

After Styx moved to A&M Records and achieved national success in the US, the album was reissued in 1980 by their prior label, Wooden Nickel. Under the title Lady, the reissue had new artwork (though it is not to be confused with a Styx compilation album that was later released with the same name). It is also the only Styx album to not feature material written or co-written by guitarist James "J.Y." Young (apart from their covers album, Big Bang Theory).

Track listing

Side one — "Heads"
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Need Love"	Dennis DeYoung	3:44
2.	"Lady"	DeYoung	2:56
3.	"A Day"	John Curulewski	8:19
4.	"You Better Ask"	Curulewski	3:54

Side two — "Tails"
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Little Fugue in G"	Johann Sebastian Bach	1:17
2.	"Father O.S.A."	DeYoung	7:08
3.	"Earl of Roseland"	DeYoung	4:39
4.	"I'm Gonna Make You Feel It"	DeYoung	2:23

Personnel

• John Curulewski – guitar, ARP synthesizer, autoharp, vocals
• Dennis DeYoung – organ, pipe organ, ARP synthesizer, piano, vocals
• Chuck Panozzo – bass guitar
• John Panozzo – drums, percussion, vocals
• James Young – guitar, vocals
• Curt Freeland - drums

Production

• Executive Producer: Bill Traut
• Produced by John Ryan
• Engineers: Marty Feldman, Barry Mraz

Charts

In 1975, Billboard (North America) listed the album as #20 in the Pop Albums charts and the single "Lady" as #6 in the Pop Singles chart.

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. Styx II at AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
2. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 789. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.