Return to Paradise (Styx album)

Return to Paradise is a live album by Styx, released in 1997. It features songs from their successful reunion tour with Tommy Shaw, but without John Panozzo, who died in July 1996. It includes three new studio tracks, including "Dear John", which Shaw wrote as a tribute to Panozzo.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Daily Vault	A− ^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Track listing

Disc 1

"On My Way" [*] (Tommy Shaw) – 5:02
"Paradise" [*] (Dennis DeYoung) – 4:29
"A.D. 1928/Rockin' the Paradise" (Dennis DeYoung, James Young, Tommy Shaw) – 5:23
"Blue Collar Man" (Tommy Shaw) – 4:34
"Lady" (Dennis DeYoung) – 3:28
"Too Much Time on My Hands" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:43
"Snowblind" (James Young, Dennis DeYoung) – 5:26
"Suite Madame Blue" (Dennis DeYoung) – 8:31
"Crystal Ball" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:56

Disc 2

"The Grand Illusion" (Dennis DeYoung) – 6:50
"Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (Tommy Shaw) – 5:54
"Show Me the Way" (Dennis DeYoung) – 5:11
"Boat on the River" (Tommy Shaw) – 3:16
"Lorelei" (Dennis DeYoung, James Young) – 4:03
"Babe" (Dennis DeYoung) – 4:50
"Miss America" (James Young) – 6:15
"Come Sail Away" (Dennis DeYoung) – 8:33
"Renegade" (Tommy Shaw) – 6:01
"The Best of Times/A.D. 1958" (Dennis DeYoung) – 7:42
"Dear John" [*] (Tommy Shaw) – 3:03

* Newly recorded studio tracks

Personnel

Dennis DeYoung - keyboards, vocals
Tommy Shaw - acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, vocals
James Young - acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, vocals
Chuck Panozzo - bass, vocals
Todd Sucherman - drums

Production

Producer: Dennis DeYoung
Engineer: Timothy R. Powell
Mixing: Dennis DeYoung, Gary Loizzo
Art direction: Ioannis, Linda Loiewski
Design: Ioannis
Illustrations: Ioannis
Digital painting: Ioannis
Photography: Mark Weiss

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1997	Billboard 200	139

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1997	"Paradise"	Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	27

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ The Daily Vault review
↑ 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.

Styx

Chuck Panozzo James "J.Y." Young Tommy Shaw Todd Sucherman Lawrence Gowan Ricky Phillips Dennis DeYoung John Panozzo John "J.C." Curulewski Glen Burtnik

Studio albums	Styx Styx II The Serpent Is Rising Man of Miracles Equinox Crystal Ball The Grand Illusion Pieces of Eight Cornerstone Paradise Theatre Kilroy Was Here Edge of the Century Brave New World Cyclorama Big Bang Theory

Live albums	Caught in the Act Return to Paradise Arch Allies: Live at Riverport Styx World: Live 2001 At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis 21st Century Live One with Everything: Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra

Compilations	Best of Styx Lady Styx Classics Volume 15 Greatest Hits Styx Greatest Hits Part 2 Extended Versions Styx Yesterday & Today Rockers Come Sail Away – The Styx Anthology The Complete Wooden Nickel Recordings Regeneration: Volume I & II

Songs	"Best Thing" "Lady" "You Need Love" "Lorelei" "Mademoiselle" "Crystal Ball" "Come Sail Away" "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" "Sing for the Day" "Renegade "Babe" "Why Me" "Boat on the River "Borrowed Time" "The Best of Times" "Too Much Time on My Hands" "Nothing Ever Goes as Planned" "Rockin' the Paradise "Snowblind" "Mr. Roboto" "Don't Let It End" "High Time" "Heavy Metal Poisoning" "Music Time" "Love Is the Ritual" "Show Me the Way" "Love at First Sight" "Paradise"

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