
On June 18, 2021, “Universal Music Enterprises” label released “Crash of the Crown”, the seventeenth Styx studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2021, at “The Shop” “Studio Amontillado”, “Blackbird Studios”, “Blue Sound and Music”, “Todd’s Studio”, and was produced by Will Evankovich.
Personnel:
- Tommy Shaw – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, banjo
- James Young – vocals, electric guitars
- Lawrence Gowan – vocals, piano, B3 organ, synthesizers, mellotron
- Ricky Phillips – bass guitar
- Chuck Panozzo – bass guitar
- Todd Sucherman – drums, percussion
- Will Evankovich – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, synthesizers, soundscapes, percussion, backing vocals, engineer, mixing
- Michael Bahan – tablas
- Steve Patrick – piccolo trumpet
- Alan Hertz – engineer, mixing
- JR Taylor, Scott Rottler, Russ Mackay, Sean Badum, Devan Skaggs – engineer
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Todd Gallopo – art direction, design, illustration
- Mike Mettler – liner notes
Track listing:
- The Fight of Our Lives – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
- A Monster – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan
- Reveries – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
- Hold Back the Darkness – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
- Save Us from Ourself – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan
- Crash of the Crown – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan
- Our Wonderful Lives – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
- Common Ground – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan
- Sound the Alarm – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
- Long Live the King – Will Evankovich
- Lost at Sea – Lawrence Gowan
- Coming Out the Other Side – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Ricky Phillips
- To Those – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
- Another Farewell – Will Evankovich
- Stream – Tommy Shaw