On June 16, 2017, “UM^e” 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 – engineering
• JR Taylor – additional engineering
• Jim Scott – mixing
• Kevin Dean – assistant mixing engineer
• Derek Sharp – additional editing
• Richard Dudd – mastering
• Todd Gallopo – cover illustration, art direction, design
• Jason Powell – band photography

Track listing:

1. Overture – Tommy Shaw
2. Gone Gone Gone – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw, James Young
3. Hundred Million Miles from Home – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw
4. Trouble at the Big Show – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw, James Young
5. Locomotive – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw
6. Radio Silence – Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
7. The Greater Good – Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
8. Time May Bend – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw
9. Ten Thousand Ways – Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
10. Red Storm – Will Evankovich, Tommy Shaw
11. All Systems Stable – Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw, Todd Sucherman
12. Khedive – Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
13. The Outpost – Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan, Tommy Shaw
14. Mission to Mars – Tommy Shaw