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"Renegade" is a 1979 hit song recorded by the American rock band Styx on their eighth studio album, Pieces of Eight. Written and sung by singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw, "Renegade" is an uptempo hard rock song from the perspective of a wanted criminal who knows his choices will lead to his death.
The record is considered by some [4] [5] to be Styx's most obvious concept album, as well as the last Styx album with significant progressive rock leanings.The theme of the album, as Dennis DeYoung explained on In the Studio with Redbeard which devoted an entire episode to Pieces of Eight, was about "not giving up your dreams just for the pursuit of money and material possessions".
Styx guitarist James Young said that "it has sort of an underlying double meaning – music is what we love. It's obviously a love song between two people, but it's meant to carry over, and at the end in the reprise it is more blatant [that rock 'n' roll rather than romance is what the singer wants to keep alive]."
Styx's eighth album, Pieces of Eight, was the breakout album for Shaw's songwriting. His rock-oriented contributions "Renegade" and "Blue Collar Man" were the only major hits from this release, reaching #16 and #21 respectively on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, and they became 1970s rock-radio staples and perennial Styx concert favorites. [2]
[6] Record World praised the organ and guitar playing and said that "Styx has specialized in hard rockers with soaring harmony hooks and this single...is in the same groove." [ 7 ] Allmusic critic Mike DeGagne said that it best represents "Styx's feisty, straightforward brand of album rock," who called it "an invigorating keyboard and guitar ...
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In 2006, the Archive removed all 34,000 tablatures on the site. [5] A note posted on the site indicated that those running the site had received "a 'take down' letter from lawyers representing the National Music Publishers Association and the Music Publishers Association", according to the linked letter on the front page. [6]
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