On June 16, 2017, “UMe” label released “The Mission”, the sixteenth Styx studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2017, at “Blackbird Studios”, “The Shop”, “6 Studio Amontillado” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Will Evankovich.
Personnel:
- Tommy Shaw– vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin
- James Young– vocals, electric guitars
- Chuck Panozzo– bass guitar
- Todd Sucherman– drums, percussion, waterphone
- Lawrence Gowan– vocals, piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers
- Ricky Phillips– bass guitar
- Will Evankovich– additional synthesizers, guitars, sound effects
- Will Evankovich, Alan Hertz, Sean Badum – engineer
- JR Taylor – additional engineering
- Jim Scott – mixing
- Kevin Dean – mixing assistant
- Derek Sharp – additional editing
- Richard Dudd – mastering
- Todd Gallopo – cover illustration, art direction, design
- Jason Powell – band photography
Track listing:
- Overture – Tommy Shaw
- Gone Gone Gone – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw, James Young
- Hundred Million Miles from Home – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw
- Trouble at the Big Show – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw, James Young
- Locomotive – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw
- Radio Silence – Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
- The Greater Good – Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
- Time May Bend – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw
- Ten Thousand Ways – Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
- Red Storm – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw
- All Systems Stable – Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw, Todd Sucherman
- Khedive – Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
- The Outpost – Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
- Mission to Mars – Tommy Shaw