Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-77889
Style: Soft Rock, Rock Opera
Country: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Time: 40:51
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 264 Mb
Charts: US #3, AUS #45, NO #3, SWE #6, UK #67. US & CAN: Platinum.
Although
Dennis DeYoung's concept about man being replaced by robots in the near
future failed to get off the ground, Kilroy Was Here still harbored two
of the band's best singles. "Don't Let It End" almost captures the same
endearing qualities as their number one hit, "Babe," did four years
earlier, peaking at number six, and the synthesized novelty of "Mr.
Roboto" went all the way to number three, accompanied by a lively and
rather extravagant Dennis DeYoung at the helm. It was the song's
mechanically spoken chorus and slight disco beat that made it Styx's
fifth Top Ten single up to that point, overshadowing the rest of the
album's tracks. Pretentious, weakly composed, and rhythmically anemic,
songs like "Cold War," "Heavy Metal Poisoning," and "Double Life"
couldn't even keep the album's main idea interesting, solidifying the
fact that Styx's forte was singles, not conceptual pieces. The saxophone
playing from Steve Eisen gathers some redemption, cropping up here and
there, but even some decent guitar work from Shaw and DeYoung can't save
the rest of the album. Brought back to life in the late '90s in an
automobile commercial, "Mr. Roboto" gained somewhat of a minor
resurgence more than 15 years after its chart life.
(allmusic.com/album/kilroy-was-here-mw0000191941)
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