"The Mission" is a 2017 concept album that returned Styx to their progressive rock roots, continuing their legacy of ambitious, thematic rock LPs. The album's narrative follows a crew on a one-way mission to Mars in the year 2033.
- The album was released on June 16, 2017, by UMe.
- "The Mission" was produced by Will Evankovich, who also worked with Styx on their 2014 album "The Grand Illusion" (Live).
- The album was conceived by longtime members Tommy Shaw and James "JY" Young, with a narrative written by drummer Todd Sucherman and vocalist/keyboardist Lawrence Gowan.
Styx is a Chicago-based rock band, best known for a run of successful albums in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2017, they released "The Mission," a concept album that found the band returning to the progressive rock sounds of their earlier work.
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