Cornerstone
by Styx

Cornerstone by Styx
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 20,086th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 70 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (240th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (2,505th)
Award Best albums of all time (20,086th)

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Styx bestography

Cornerstone is ranked 11th best out of 39 albums by Styx on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Styx is The Grand Illusion which is ranked number 1867 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 892.

Styx album bestography « Higher ranked (18,683rd)
Styx II
This album (20,086th)
Cornerstone
Lower ranked (25,418th) »
The Serpent Is Rising

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Cornerstone rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 20,086th | 1970s rank: 2,505th | 1979 rank: 240th

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Cornerstone ratings

Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 70 votes)
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01/21/2026 00:15 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,62970/100
 
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11/21/2025 13:53 byuzak  Ratings distribution  3,23879/100
 
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10/05/2025 04:14 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,13282/100
 
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05/20/2025 17:08 machiaj  Ratings distribution  79671/100
 
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04/30/2024 15:38 Philly28  Ratings distribution  90269/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.2/100, a mean average of 63.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.

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75/100
From 07/23/2020 19:37 | #256092
Dramatic, but just enough. Rating (77.78)
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70/100
From 12/16/2018 02:07 | #227214
Even setting Babe aside, this was a significant step down from the likes of The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight.
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70/100
From 02/14/2018 23:44 | #208221
I enjoyed this album at the time, though didn’t like Babe much. Now I know better.
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60/100
From 09/21/2017 19:37 | #198454
What's good on this record, "Boat On A River" and "Love In The Midnight" is worthy material...but man this still feels like a weak record. If you love the two big hit crying ballads than this is for you...felt like we lost them here though.
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55/100
From 01/25/2016 16:39 | #157661
Way, way, way past their prime.
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80/100
From 08/08/2013 03:33 | #83501
People hate this album for one reason, "Babe". As a whole much better than the reputation the one big power ballad gives it.
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90/100
From 05/14/2012 08:18 | #42272
Whilst the rock aspect is toned down a bit compared to their predecessor here with Dennis opting for horns and ballads and Tommy opting for the acoustic guitar, the band still manage to deliver a consistently good album. Yes Babe has been played to death on the radio, but so has Stairway To Heaven - and there is a very good reason for that!
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