Album Info

Cornerstone

By Styx

Rock - 1979

For their ninth album, Styx laced their parade-ground rock—all synth fanfares and martial snare drums—with sweet pop harmonies. On rockers... more

Tracklist

1

Lights

4:38 min
2

Why Me

3:53 min
3

Babe

4:25 min
4

Never Say Never

3:07 min
5

Boat on a River

3:10 min
6

Borrowed Time

4:58 min
7

First Time

4:23 min
8

Eddie

4:15 min
9

Love in the Midnight

5:22 min

About Cornerstone

For their ninth album, Styx laced their parade-ground rock—all synth fanfares and martial snare drums—with sweet pop harmonies. On rockers like “Never Say Never,” Dennis DeYoung’s voice is a friendly coo with a worried edge—particularly desolate in the sweet and twinkly “Babe”—but always salved by those huge silky choruses. Watch out, though: He takes on a demonic sneer in the raucous “Borrowed Time,” ready for Tommy Shaw’s full-bore theatrical prog finale, “Love in the Midnight.”