As a follow up to the triple platinum selling The Grand Illusion, Styx released Pieces of Eight in 1978.
Some consider the album to be Styx' second concept album, The Serpent Is Rising arguably being the first. And it does have a darker, "grungier" feel to it at times. The theme of the album, as Dennis DeYoung explained was about "not giving up your dreams just for the pursuit of money and material possessions".
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On July 7th, 1977 (7/7/77), Styx released their seventh album called The Grand Illusion. The album's theme was the struggle to overcome self-deluding superficiality in order to affirm one's genuine value. And it launched the band to stardom.
