Cyclorama is the fourteenth studio album by the American rock band 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 is also the second 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 No. 127 (1 week), but paled in comparison to previous 1970s and 1980s releases on A&M Records.
The album's first single was "Waiting for Our Time," which failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It charted at #37 for 1 week on the Mainstream Rock charts. A video was released for the single "Yes I Can," but it failed to chart.
The album was also released as a "Dual Disc," with the reverse side of the disc containing a 5.1 DVD-Audio mix as well as music videos. The album was finally released to streaming services in 2020.
Track listing All credits adapted from the original release.
Personnel Styx Tommy Shaw – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin James "JY" Young – vocals, electric guitars Lawrence Gowan – vocals, keyboards Glen Burtnik – vocals, electric and upright bass, synth bass on "Genki Desu Ka", 12 string guitar on "Together" Chuck Panozzo –bass on "Bourgeois Pig", backing vocals on "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye" Todd Sucherman – drums, percussion, loops, synth bass on "Do Things My Way", vocals
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 Chart (2003) Peak position
References
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