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"The Grand Illusion" is a song written by Dennis DeYoung that was released as the title track of Styx's 1977 album The Grand Illusion. Not only is it the title track, but it provides the theme of the entire album.
The Grand Illusion is the seventh studio album by American rock band Styx. Recorded at Paragon Recording Studios in Chicago, the album was released on July 7, 1977, by A&M Records, intentionally choosing the combination 7th on 7-7-77 for luck [citation needed]. The release was a smash worldwide, selling three million copies in the US (Triple ...
"Come Sail Away" is a song by American rock group Styx, written and sung by singer and songwriter Dennis DeYoung and featured on the band's seventh album The Grand Illusion (1977). Upon its release as the lead single from the album, "Come Sail Away" peaked at #8 in January 1978 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and helped The Grand Illusion achieve ...
"Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" is the second single released from Styx's The Grand Illusion (1977) album. On the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in the U.S., the single peaked at #29 in April 1978. It also hit no. 20 on the Canada RPM Top Singles chart the week of May 6, 1978.
Styx did score three Triple-Platinum albums—The Grand Illusion (1977), Pieces of Eight (1978) and Paradise Theatre (1981)—and one Double-Platinum album—Cornerstone (1979)—on the same date, November 14, 1984. Complete and detailed historical sales figures for record albums are not readily available to the public, but the certifications ...
Crystal Ball lacked the commercial strength and chart performance of its predecessor Equinox or its follow up Grand Illusion. It peaked at #66 on the Billboard album chart, the lowest of any of the Styx A&M releases. It was certified gold in 1984, 8 years after its release. Daevid Jehnzen of AllMusic rated Crystal Ball three-and-a-half out of ...
Pieces of Eight is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Styx, released in September 1978. [3]Like the band's previous album, The Grand Illusion (1977), it managed to achieve triple platinum certification, thanks to the hit singles "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" and "Renegade".
Grand Illusion, in neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy of mind, a description of the binding problem; Grand Illusion, the world's first-ever 8a (5.13b) graded rock climb by Tony Yaniro; La Grande Illusion ('The Grand Illusion'), a 1937 French film by Jean Renoir; Grand Illusion Cinema, an independent movie theater in Seattle, U.S.