Crystal Ball (Styx album)

Crystal Ball is the sixth album by Styx, released in 1976.

Crystal Ball
Studio album by
Styx
ReleasedOctober 1976
Recorded1976
StudioParagon, Chicago
Genre
Length34:45
LabelA&M
ProducerStyx
Styx chronology
Equinox
(1975)		 Crystal Ball
(1976)		 The Grand Illusion
(1977)
Singles from Crystal Ball
  1. "Mademoiselle"
    Released: November 1976 (US)
  2. "Jennifer"
    Released: February 1977
  3. "Crystal Ball"
    Released: June 1977

This album marked the recording debut of new guitarist Tommy Shaw. The track "Mademoiselle" was Tommy Shaw's vocal debut and the album's Top-40 hit.

The album's title track would become a concert staple for the band, as it was performed on every subsequent Styx tour with which Shaw was involved.

Claude Debussy's classical piece "Clair de Lune" served as the intro to the album's closing ballad, "Ballerina". The version of "Clair de Lune" on Crystal Ball features only DeYoung on piano, with the key changed from D flat to C, as the next track ("Ballerina") begins in C minor.

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