Styx - Extended Versions: The Encore Collection (2000)

Extended Versions: The Encore Collection is a compilation of live tracks recorded by the band Styx. The album was released in 2000, but each track on the album had been released as part of Styx's 1997 double live album Return to Paradise. Styx is an American rock band from Chicago that formed in 1972 and became famous for its albums released in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known for melding hard rock guitar balanced with acoustic guitar, synthesizers mixed with acoustic piano, upbeat tracks with power ballads, and incorporating elements of international musical theatre. The band established itself with a progressive rock sound in the 1970s, and began to incorporate pop rock and soft rock elements in the 1980s. Styx is best known for the hit songs "Lady", "Come Sail Away", "Babe", "The Best of Times", "Too Much Time on My Hands", "Renegade" and "Mr. Roboto". Other major hits include "Show Me the Way" and "Don't Let It End". Styx has had 4 consecutive albums certified multi-platinum as well as 16 top 40 singles in the US, 8 of which hit the top 10.