Cyclorama (album)

Cyclorama is the fourteenth studio album by Styx, released in 2003. This was the first studio album with Lawrence Gowan, following the departure of group co-founder Dennis DeYoung in 1999. It was also the latter of two albums to feature Glen Burtnik (the former being 1990's Edge of the Century), and the only album released by the Lawrence Gowan/Tommy Shaw/James "JY" Young/Glen Burtnik/Chuck Panozzo/Todd Sucherman lineup, and as such the only original Styx album to feature four different singer-songwriters (Shaw, Young, Gowan and Burtnik) as opposed to the usual three. The album peaked significantly higher on the Billboard album charts than Styx's previous release, Brave New World (1999), ending up 48 slots higher at #127.

Cyclorama
Studio album by Styx
Released	February 18, 2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	Hard rock, rock
Length	57:59
Label	Sanctuary/CMC International
Producer	Tommy Shaw, James "JY" Young, Gary Loizzo
Styx chronology
Brave New World (1999) Cyclorama (2003) Big Bang Theory (2005)
Singles from Cyclorama
"Waiting for Our Time" Released: 2003

The album's first single was "Waiting for Our Time", which failed to chart.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
411Mania	(10/10) [1]
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	(unfavorable) [3]
Melodic.net	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Glen Burtnik, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw, Todd Sucherman, and James "JY" Young, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocal(s)	Length
1.	"Do Things My Way"		Shaw	4:57
2.	"Waiting for Our Time"		Shaw	4:12
3.	"Fields of the Brave"		Gowan	3:23
4.	"Bourgeois Pig"		Billy Bob Thornton	0:49
5.	"Kiss Your Ass Goodbye"		Burtnik	3:13
6.	"These Are the Times"		Young	6:45
7.	"Yes I Can"	Shaw, Jack Blades, Gowan, Burtnik, Young, Sucherman	Shaw & Burtnik	3:50
8.	"More Love for the Money"		Gowan	3:47
9.	"Together"		Shaw	4:46
10.	"Fooling Yourself (Palm of Your Hands)"	Shaw	Shaw	0:39
11.	"Captain America"		Young	3:53
12.	"Killing the Thing That You Love"	Burtnik, Shaw, Gowan, Young, Sucherman, Bob Burger	Burtnik	5:36
13.	"One with Everything"		Shaw	5:56
14.	"Genki Desu Ka" (with hidden Tenacious D skit and track, "The Chosen One")		Group	6:13

Personnel

Styx

• Lawrence Gowan – vocals, keyboards
• Tommy Shaw – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
• James "JY" Young – vocals, electric guitars
• Glen Burtnik – vocals, bass
• Chuck Panozzo – bass on "Bourgeois Pig", backing vocals on "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye"
• Todd Sucherman – drums

Additional personnel

• Jude Cole
• Gary Loizzo of American Breed
• Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass)
• Billy Bob Thornton
• John Waite
• Brian Wilson

Production

• Producers: Tommy Shaw, James "JY" Young, Gary Loizzo
• Associate producers: Lawrence Gowan, Todd Sucherman, Glen Burtnik
• Engineers: Gary Loizzo, Charlie Pakaari, Craig Williams, Mark Linnett, Plinky Giglio, Dave Yackoboskie, Jimmy Hoyson, Jim Mitchell, Bruce Monical

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
2003	The Billboard 200	127

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2003	"Waiting for Our Time"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	37

References

1. Styx - Cyclorama (2003) album review at 411Mania Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
2. Prato, Greg. Styx: Cyclorama at AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
3. Styx - Cyclorama (2003) album review by Lou Carlozo at Chicago Tribune
4. Styx - Cyclorama (2003) album review by Kaj Roth at Melodic.net Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
5. Styx - Cyclorama (2003) album review by Peter Relic at Rolling Stone

External links

• Styx - Cyclorama (2003) album review by Greg Prato, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
• Styx - Cyclorama (2003) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
• Styx - Cyclorama (2003) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com