Cornerstone
by Styx
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Styx bestography
Cornerstone is ranked 12th best out of 40 albums by Styx on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Styx is The Grand Illusion which is ranked number 1969 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 861.
(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 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Cornerstone rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1979 | 66/75 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1979 | 90/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 97 Music Albums of 1979 | 2/97 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 16 Music Albums of 1979 | 16/16 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 27 Music Albums of 1979 | 11/27 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 65 Music Albums of 1979 | 51/65 | 1 |
| 2025 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (62), #0401-0500* | 53/99 | - |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 46 Music Albums of 1979 | 36/46 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 51 | |||
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Cornerstone ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/21/2026 00:15 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,085 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2025 13:53 | byuzak | 3,255 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/05/2025 04:14 | ExTeaSea | 5,249 | 83/100 |
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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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Cornerstone forum mentions
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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! (Edited)
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. (Edited)
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 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. (Edited)
People hate this album for one reason, "Babe". As a whole much better than the reputation the one big power ballad gives it.
I enjoyed this album at the time, though didn’t like Babe much. Now I know better.
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