Two of my favorite Styx albums are not classic DeYoung-Shaw-Young-Panozzo-Panozzo albums
1990's Edge of the Century (DeYoung-Young-Burtnick-Panozzo-Panozzo)
2003's Cyclorama (Shaw-Burtnick-Young-Gowan-Panozzo-Sucherman)
But, in fact, my favorite Styx line-up only happened for a brief moment in 1999, just before Dennis DeYoung was kicked out. The band played one show at a telethon with a line-up consisting of Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw, James Young, Glen Burtnick, and Todd Sucherman. Pretty much a Styx All-Star Band right there. THAT was the band that was supposed to continue on after Brave New World came out. Unfortunately, Dennis got sick and was replaced by Lawrence Gowan, and eventually Glen left the band to be replaced with Ricky Phillips. Sad, cuz that 1999 band would have been amazing to see live.