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Paradise Theatre by Styx
Paradise Theatre is an album by Styx, released in 1981. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 37 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Too Much Time On My Hands”, on 37 lists with a best position of #38.
Paradise Theatre, Styx's tenth album, came out on A&M on January 16, 1981, and it's the Chicago band at its most theatrical and its most popular. Styx produced it themselves, and the record swings between Dennis DeYoung's big, stagey pop and Tommy Shaw's harder-edged rock, with James Young on guitar and the Panozzo brothers, Chuck and John, holding down the floor.
DeYoung's "The Best of Times" was the lead single, sweeping and sentimental, and it reached number 3 on the Hot 100, while Shaw's jittery, restless "Too Much Time On My Hands" went to number 9, his only top-10 hit with the band. "Rockin' the Paradise", written by DeYoung, Shaw and Young together, kicks the door open. It became their most successful album, spending three weeks at number one in America, topping the charts in Canada too, and giving them their biggest album in Britain.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Paradise Theatre on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too Much Time On My Hands | 37 | #38 | – | 2002–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.