Crash of the Crown

Crash of the Crown is the seventeenth studio album by American rock band Styx. The album was released on June 18, 2021, by Universal Music Enterprises.^[5][6] The album charted for one week on the US Billboard 200 album chart, peaking at No. 114 on July 3, 2021. The album produced no singles that charted on any Billboard singles chart. This was also the last album to feature bassist Ricky Phillips as he would leave the band to spend more time with his family.

Crash of the Crown
Studio album by Styx
Released	June 18, 2021
Recorded	2020–2021, The Shop, Studio Amontillado, Blackbird Studios, Blue Sound and Music, Todd's Studio
Genre	Progressive rock hard rock
Length	43:03
Label	Universal Music Enterprises
Producer	Will Evankovich
Styx chronology
The Mission (2017) Crash of the Crown (2021) Circling from Above (2025)
Singles from Crash of the Crown
"Crash of the Crown[1]" Released: May 2021 "Reveries[2]" Released: June 2021

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Prog Radio	[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"The Fight of Our Lives"	Tommy Shaw Will Evankovich	Group	1:54
2.	"A Monster"	Shaw Evankovich Lawrence Gowan	Shaw, Group	3:27
3.	"Reveries"	Shaw Evankovich	Gowan	3:03
4.	"Hold Back the Darkness"	Shaw Evankovich	Gowan, Shaw	3:58
5.	"Save Us from Ourselves"	Shaw Evankovich Gowan	Shaw	3:02
6.	"Crash of the Crown"	Shaw Evankovich Gowan	Young, Shaw, Gowan	3:46
7.	"Our Wonderful Lives"	Shaw Evankovich	Shaw	3:06
8.	"Common Ground"	Shaw Evankovich Gowan	Shaw, Gowan	4:00
9.	"Sound the Alarm"	Shaw Evankovich	Shaw	3:25
10.	"Long Live the King"	Evankovich	Shaw	2:33
11.	"Lost at Sea"	Gowan	Gowan	0:38
12.	"Coming Out the Other Side"	Shaw Evankovich Ricky Phillips	Gowan	3:48
13.	"To Those"	Shaw Evankovich	Group, Gowan	3:01
14.	"Another Farewell"	Evankovich	Instrumental	0:26
15.	"Stream"	Shaw	Group, Shaw	2:56
Total length:				43:03

Apart from their 2005 covers album Big Bang Theory, this is the first Styx album since Styx II (1973) to feature no songwriting contribution from James "J.Y." Young.

Personnel

Styx

• Tommy Shaw – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, banjo
• James Young – electric guitars, vocals
• Ricky Phillips – bass guitar except on "Our Wonderful Lives" and "Lost at Sea"
• Chuck Panozzo – bass guitar on "Our Wonderful Lives" and "Lost at Sea"
• Lawrence Gowan – vocals, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizers, Mellotron
• Todd Sucherman – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Will Evankovich – acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, synthesizers, soundscapes, percussion, backing vocals
• Michael Bahan – tablas on "Coming Out the Other Side"
• Steve Patrick – piccolo trumpet on "Our Wonderful Lives"

Production

• Production – Will Evankovich
• Mixing – Will Evankovich, Alan Hertz
• Engineering – Alan Hertz, JR Taylor, Scott Rottler, Russ Mackay, Sean Badum, Devan Skaggs, Will Evankovich
• Mastering – Ted Jensen
• Art Direction, Design, Illustration – Todd Gallopo
• Liner notes – Mike Mettler
• Band photography – Styx
• Management – Charlie Brusco
• Booking agent – Rod Essig
• A&R supervision – Mike Ruthig
• Production manager – Alex Sale
• Product manager – Ashley Harris
• Legal clearances – Andrew Labarrere

Charts

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7]	167
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]	26
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9]	23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]	17
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[11]	4
US Billboard 200[12]	114
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[13]	17
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[14]	7