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:

1. The Fight of Our Lives – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
2. A Monster – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan
3. Reveries – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
4. Hold Back the Darkness – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
5. Save Us from Ourself – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan
6. Crash of the Crown – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan
7. Our Wonderful Lives – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
8. Common Ground – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Lawrence Gowan
9. Sound the Alarm – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
10. Long Live the King – Will Evankovich
11. Lost at Sea – Lawrence Gowan
12. Coming Out the Other Side – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich, Ricky Phillips
13. To Those – Tommy Shaw, Will Evankovich
14. Another Farewell – Will Evankovich
15. Stream – Tommy Shaw