Paradise Theater
by Styx
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Styx bestography
Paradise Theater is ranked 2nd best out of 39 albums by Styx on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Styx is The Grand Illusion which is ranked number 1870 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 889.
(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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Paradise Theater track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 10/05/2025 04:09 |  ExTeaSea | 5,140 | 82/100 | |
| 05/04/2025 00:25 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 | |
| 01/12/2025 16:52 | ekingshill | 851 | 74/100 | |
| 12/29/2024 18:58 | fabm0 | 6,859 | 59/100 | |
| 05/22/2024 04:41 | Proto | 4,109 | 33/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.8/100, a mean average of 69.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
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I like Styx but I don't like this récord... Too much disco and pop in some parts, I prefer grand ilusion and pieces of eight
Jboy56 02/21/2024 07:19 | #302108
Some nice playing...
llibnanoon 07/06/2020 15:19 | #255103
Rating (77.77) - Not their best, but better.
Compared to its predecessor this seemed like a return to form. Maybe its just the excellent "Snowblind" but this overall is a solid record with no real throwaways. And of course there is the massive hit "The Best Of Times." The theme song for every graduating class in 1981...I rate this album high in spite of that song.
Seemed ridiculous then and even worse with the passage of time.
RoundTheBend 04/26/2016 03:47 | #164530
Cool production value and musicality, but songwriting just isn't interesting to me.
junodog4 03/14/2015 22:58 | #136820
A typical Styx album. Those who like them will love this. Those that don't...
Filled with good songs, but not a lot of great ones. Still worth a listen. Kinda Meat Loaf like, too.
I gave all Styx albums are real beating back in the 80s. This one is no exception. However I have to say although it was their most successful in terms of chart position, I do not rate this album as highly as their predecessor. Side One is pretty solid, but I find the first couple of tracks on Side 2 a bit boring (I always have). This is probably Styx' first patchy album.
covecove 03/24/2012 00:00 | #38833
As full of cliches as you can imagine, yet... It has a particular vibe that makes it amazing... Trully great...
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