That was in my home studio up in Beachwood Canyon in Los Angeles, where I lived for quite a few years before moving to Nashville. We recorded some of the vocals standing outside. It was a real “California experience” type of record. Tommy Shaw: Cyclorama was a fun record to make. In a Styxworld exclusive, guitarist/vocalist Tommy Shaw recalls the unique location for recording some of the album’s vocal tracks, the initial and wisely discarded title for “One With Everything,” and the ongoing poignancy of “Genki Desu Ka.”
The album was produced by Tommy Shaw, James Young, and Gary Loizzo, and it contains such enduring tracks like “One With Everything,” “Yes I Can,” “Killing the Thing That You Love,” “More Love for the Money,” and “Fields of the Brave.” Cyclorama (which also saw a wonderfully enveloping 5.1 surround-sound mix done by Loizzo for both the DVD-Audio and DualDisc formats, via Silverline) reached #127 on The Billboard 200 Albums chart. Styx’s last full-length studio album of all-original material, Cyclorama, was released 13 years ago today on Februby Sanctuary/CMC International.
Celebrating the resonance of Styx’s most recent full-length studio album, which was released on February 18, 2003.
