Equinox Songs Ranked
Equinox is the fifth studio album by American progressive rock band Styx, released on December 1975. The album was the band’s first release for A&M Records (with whom they had signed earlier in 1975, after the late unexpected success of the 1973 single “Lady”). The album also marked the final appearance of original Styx guitarist John Curulewski who left the band to spend time with his family, abruptly following the release of Equinox. The band went into a frantic search to find a replacement for their upcoming tour to support Equinox. Shortly thereafter, Tommy Shaw was approached and joined the band. Although Equinox stalled at #58, it went Gold in 1977 shortly before the release of The Grand Illusion (1977) and it sold 350,000 copies when it was first released.
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8. Light Up
“A Styx classic and a great song to start the album out with the keyboard work by DeYoung is just devine. Singer/keyboard player/songwriter Dennis DeYoung kicks the album off with the classic uptempo “Light Up”
7. Mother Dear
“My favorite song on the album is probably ‘Mother Dear.’ It features some awesome slide guitar and some awesome keyboards from Dennis. John’s vocals are surprisingly good; he could have easily sang lead for another band.”
6. Midnight Ride
“Midnight Ride” is the typical great hard rocking song we came to expect from him. It’s a shame that since this album, JY has only been delegated an average of 1 song per album, a crime in my opinion, with vocals being taken over by Dennis DeYoung (and later Tommy Shaw)”
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5. Prelude 12
“John Curulewski (who left the band after completing Equinox and the photo shoot for the Equinox album’s inner sleeve) also wrote the 12-string acoustic guitar instrumental “Prelude 12″ which was a prelude to Suite Madame Blue. As always, the Panozzo Brothers rhythm section (Chuck on bass and John on the drums) kept the machine rolling on the album.”
4. Suite Madame Blue
“The concluding epic “Suite Madame Blue” which is the arguably best song of the pre-Tommy Shaw era (and was a concert staple throughout the DeYoung years) and these tracks had some of DDY’s best synth work with him using the ARP Solina String Synthesizers, ARP Pro-soloist and Mini-Moog synthesizers to their fullest potential.”
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3. Born for Adventure
“‘Born For Adventure’ is another heavy prog oriented number, with some great bass work, and we used to go wild as kids when they phased the vocals towards the end. Another Hard Rocker this one sung by DeYoung. A great song. What can expect from Styx.”
2. Lonely Child
“There is a completely different sound here than the wooden nickel albums and it is probably Styx’s hardest rock album. You can honestly hear Styx taking a big step towards superstardom.”
1. Lorelei
“Another Styx classic and in my opinion the best song on this album. It was the first Styx song that featured a synthesizer. John does a great job on the drums and Curulewski does his trademark background guitar work.”
