Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) (track)
by Styx
Year: 1977
From the album The Grand Illusion (track #2)
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Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) appears on the following album(s) by Styx:
- The Grand Illusion (track #2) (this album) (1977)
- Greatest Hits (track #6) (compilation) (1995)
- Return To Paradise (track #11) (1997)
- Caught In The Act (track #12) (1984)
- Come Sail Away: The Styx Anthology (track #14) (compilation) (2004)
- Regeneration: Volume I & II (track #2) (compilation) (2011)
- One With Everything (track #6) (2006)
- Live At The Orleans Arena Las Vegas (track #3) (2015)
- The Grand Illusion And Pieces Of Eight Live (track #2) (2012)
- Classics - Volume 15 (track #5) (compilation) (1987)
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| ! | 04/01/2026 08:54 |  Liedzeit | 10,637 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2026 05:41 | daCritic | 37,656 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/06/2026 12:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 160,619 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 10:12 | Imaybeparanoid | 52,674 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2025 00:54 |  AAL2014 | 39,744 | 76/100 |
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Fischman 12/14/2018 17:47 | #227078
Although the individual parts may be less than compelling or completely over the top, somehow it all comes together quite nicely here. A great song; the highlight of the album.
Great synths and guitars!
Romanelli 01/26/2013 18:26 | #62891
One of the best songs with big annoying synthesizers ever recorded.
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