Caught in the Act (Styx album)

Caught in the Act
Live album by
Styx
ReleasedApril 1984
RecordedApril 9–10, 1983, Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA except "Music Time" recorded at Pumpkin Studios in January, 1984
GenreRock
Length83:30
LabelA&M
ProducerStyx
Styx chronology
Kilroy Was Here
(1983) 		Caught in the Act
(1984) 		Edge of the Century
(1990)
Caught in the Act
Video by
Styx
Released1984
RecordedApril 9–10, 1983, Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA
GenreRock
LabelA&M
DirectorJerry Kramer, Brian Gibson
ProducerJerry Kramer
Styx chronology
Caught in the Act
(1984) 		Return to Paradise
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Kerrang!(unfavorable)[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Caught in the Act is a live double 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.

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.

Shortly after this album's release, Tommy Shaw announced his departure from the band to pursue a solo career. The band then went into hiatus for the rest of the 1980s. Caught In The Act would ultimately prove to be the final album by the massively successful 1975-84 Styx lineup of Dennis DeYoung, Shaw, James Young, Chuck Panozzo, and John Panozzo; by the time Shaw returned to the band in 1995, John Panozzo's declining health prevented his participation, and he died in 1996.

  1. ^ Adams, Bret. "Styx - Caught in the Act (1984) album review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  2. ^ Barton, Geoff (5 April 1984). "Styx - Caught in the Act (1984) album review". Kerrang!. Vol. 65. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. pp. 13, 14.
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 789. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone styx album guide.