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Released
  
April 1984

Producer
  
Styx

Release date
  
April 1984

Genre
  
Rock music

Length
  
83:30

Artist
  
Styx

Label
  
A&M Records

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Recorded
  
April 9–10, 1983, Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA except "Music Time" recorded at Pumpkin Studios in January, 1984

Caught in the Act (1984)
  
Edge of the Century (1990)

Similar
  
Styx albums, Rock music albums

Styx caught in the act 1983


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

Contents

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

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Side 1

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

Side 2

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

Side 3

  1. "Rockin' the Paradise" (DeYoung, Young, Shaw) – 4:40
  2. Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung,
  3. First guitar solo: Tommy Shaw,
  4. Second guitar solo: James Young
  5. "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" (Shaw) – 4:47
  6. Lead vocals and lead guitar: Tommy Shaw,
  7. Guitar fills and end solo: James Young
  8. "Miss America" (Young) – 6:15
  9. Lead vocals and lead guitar: James Young
  10. "Don't Let It End" (DeYoung) – 5:25
  11. Lead vocals: Dennis DeYoung,
  12. Lead guitar: Tommy Shaw
  1. "Boat on the River" (Shaw) – 3:10 (instead of "Don't let it end" on the LP AMLM 66704, AM Records 1984)
  2. Accordion: Dennis DeYoung
  3. Lead vocals, lead guitar, mandolin: Tommy Shaw

Side 4

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

* New studio recording

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)
  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 John Panozzo drum solo and band getting arrested)" (Shaw)
  13. "Haven't We Been Here Before" (Shaw)
  14. "Don't Let It End (Reprise)" (DeYoung)

DVD bonus tracks

  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)

Personnel

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

    • Production (album)

  • Producer: Styx
  • Engineers: Gary Loizzo, Will Rascati, Rob Kingsland, Biff Dawes
  • Assistant engineer: Jim Popko
  • Mastering engineer - Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC

    • Production (video)

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

    • Charts

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1Music Time4:47
    2Mr Roboto4:59
    3Too Much Time on My Hands5:01

    References

    Caught in the Act (Styx album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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