Caught in the Act (Styx album)

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Caught in the Act
Live album by Styx
Released	April 1984
Recorded	April 9-10, 1983, Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA except Music Time recorded at Pumpkin Studios in January, 1984
Genre	Rock
Length	83:30
Label	A&M
Producer	Styx
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Styx chronology
Kilroy Was Here (1983) Caught in the Act (1984) Edge of the Century (1990)

Caught in the Act is a live album by Styx, released in 1984). The album contained one new song, "Music Time", which was released as a single, reaching #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

"Caught in the Act" is also the name of a VHS video recording that featured the band acting out the concept established in the Kilroy was Here album. A DVD version was released on December 11, 2007.

[edit] Track listing

-Disc/Record One-

1. "Music Time" [*] (DeYoung) – 4:45
   • Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung, lead guitar: James Young
2. "Mr. Roboto" (DeYoung) – 4:59
   • Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung
3. "Too Much Time on My Hands" (Shaw) – 5:01
   • Lead vocals and lead guitar: Tommy Shaw
4. "Babe" (DeYoung) – 4:52
   • Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung, lead guitar: Tommy Shaw
     

(Side 2)

1. "Snowblind" (DeYoung, Young) – 6:00
   • Co-Lead vocals and lead guitar: James Young, Co-Lead vocals: Tommy Shaw
2. "State Street Sadie(uncredited)/The Best of Times" (DeYoung) – 6:30
   • Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung, lead guitar: Tommy Shaw
3. "Suite Madame Blue" (DeYoung) – 8:51
   • Lead vocals and synthesizer solo: Dennis DeYoung, lead guitar: James Young

-Disc/Record two-

1. "Rockin' the Paradise" (DeYoung, Shaw, Young) – 4:40
   • Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung, first guitar solo: Tommy Shaw, second guitar solo: James Young
2. "Blue Collar Man" (Shaw) – 4:47
   • Lead vocals and lead guitar: Tommy Shaw, guitar fills and end solo: James Young
3. "Miss America" (Young) – 6:15
   • Lead vocals and lead guitar: James Young
4. "Don't Let It End" (DeYoung) – 5:25
   • Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung, lead guitar: Tommy Shaw
     

(Side 4)

1. "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (Shaw) – 6:05
   • Lead vocals: Tommy Shaw, synthesizer solos: Dennis DeYoung
2. "Crystal Ball" (Shaw) – 6:24
   • Lead vocals and lead guitar: Tommy Shaw, synthesizer solo: Dennis DeYoung
3. "Come Sail Away" (DeYoung) – 8:56
   • Lead vocals, synthesizer solo: Dennis DeYoung, lead guitar: Tommy Shaw

* new studio recording

[edit] Video Track listing

1. Kilroy Was Here mini-movie
2. "Mr. Roboto" (DeYoung)
3. "Rockin' the Paradise (with J.Y. guitar solo)" (DeYoung, Shaw, Young)
4. "Blue Collar Man" (Shaw)
5. "Snowblind" (DeYoung, Young, Shaw(uncredited))
6. "Too Much Time on My Hands" (Shaw)
7. "Don't Let It End" (DeYoung)
8. "Heavy Metal Poisoning" (Young)
9. "Cold War (with extended Tommy Shaw guitar solo and extra verses)" (Shaw)
10. "State Street Sadie(uncredited)/The Best of Times" (DeYoung)
11. "Come Sail Away" (DeYoung)
12. "Renegade (with Drum solo and band getting arrested)" (Shaw)
13. "Haven't We Been Here Before" (Shaw)
14. "Don't Let It End (Reprise)" (DeYoung)

[edit] Bonus Tracks on DVD

1. "Come Sail Away" (1977 video)
2. "Borrowed Time" (1979 video)
3. "Babe" (1979 video)
4. "Boat On the River" (1979 video)
5. "A.D. 1928"/"Rockin' the Paradise" (1981 video)
6. "The Best of Times" (1981 video)
7. "Too Much Time on My Hands" (1981 video)
8. "Mr. Roboto" (1983 video)
9. "Don't Let It End" (1983 video)
10. "Heavy Metal Poisoning" (1983 video)
11. "Haven't We Been Here Before" (video)
12. "Music Time" (1984 video)

[edit] Personnel

• Dennis DeYoung - keyboards, vocals
• Chuck Panozzo - bass, vocals
• John Panozzo - drums, percussion, vocals
• Tommy Shaw - guitars, vocals
• James Young - guitars, synthesizer, vocals

[edit] Production (album)

• Producer: Styx
• Engineers: Gary Loizzo, Will Rascati, Rob Kingsland, Biff Dawes
• Assistant engineer: Jim Popko

[edit] Production (video)

• Concert producer and director: Jerry Kramer
• Kilroy Was Here mini-movie director: Brian Gibson
• Cameramen: Wayne Isham

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)