Pieces of Eight

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Pieces of Eight
Cover by Hipgnosis
Studio album by Styx
Released	September 1978
Recorded	1978
Studio	Paragon, Chicago St. James Cathedral, Chicago
Genre	Progressive rock hard rock
Length	42:18
Label	A&M
Producer	Styx
Styx chronology
The Grand Illusion (1977) Pieces of Eight (1978) Cornerstone (1979)
Singles from Pieces of Eight
"Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" Released: September 1978[1] "Sing for the Day" Released: October 1978 (EU) "Renegade" Released: March 1979 (US)[2]

Pieces of Eight is the eighth studio album by American progressive rock band Styx, released in September 1978.^[3]

Like the band's previous album, The Grand Illusion (1977), it managed to achieve triple platinum certification, thanks to the hit singles "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" and "Renegade".

The band members produced and recorded the album (like their previous three efforts) at Paragon Studios in Chicago with recording engineer Barry Mraz and mixing engineer Rob Kingsland. "I'm O.K." was recorded at Paragon and St. James Cathedral. This would be the last Styx album to be produced at Paragon Studios.

The album's cover was done by Hipgnosis. Dennis DeYoung stated in the 1991 interview with Redbeard on the In the Studio with Redbeard episode that he initially hated the cover but grew to like it as he got older.