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{{Infobox album
| name       = Return to Paradise
| type       = [[Live album]]
| artist     = [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
| cover      = Styx - Return to Paradise.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = May 6, 1997
| recorded   = September 21, 1996
| venue      = [[Rosemont Horizon]], [[Rosemont, Illinois]]
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length     = 1:50:10
| label      = [[CMC International]]
| producer   = [[Dennis DeYoung]]
| prev_title = [[Edge of the Century]]
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = [[Brave New World (Styx album)|Brave New World]]
| next_year  = 1999
}}
'''''Return to Paradise''''' is the second [[live album]] by [[Styx (band)|Styx]], released in 1997, and their first album after signing with [[CMC International]]. It features songs from their successful reunion tour with [[Tommy Shaw]], but without [[John Panozzo]], who died in July 1996. It includes three new studio tracks, "On My Way," "Paradise," and "Dear John." Shaw wrote the latter as a tribute to Panozzo, while "Paradise" featured upon [[Dennis DeYoung]]'s [[The_Hunchback of Notre Dame (Dennis DeYoung album)|solo album]] and was newly recorded with the band.
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic | class=album | id=return-to-paradise-mw0000019955 | title=''Styx: Return to Paradise'' | first=Bret | last=Adams | accessdate=April 29, 2020}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''The Daily Vault''
|rev2score = A− <ref>[http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=259 The Daily Vault album review by Christopher Thelen: ''Return to Paradise'' (1997)]</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|1|5}} <ref>{{cite book| last = Brackett  | first = Nathan  |author2=Christian Hoard   | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide  | publisher = Simon and Schuster  | year = 2004  | location = New York City, New York  | page = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/789 789]  | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8  | url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac| url-access = registration  | quote = rolling stone styx album guide.  }}</ref>
}}
==Track listing==
Disc 1
#"On My Way" [*] <small>(Tommy Shaw)</small> – 5:02
#"[[Paradise (Styx song)|Paradise]]" [*] <small>(Dennis DeYoung)</small> – 4:29
#"A.D. 1928" / "[[Rockin' the Paradise]]" <small>(Dennis DeYoung, James Young, Tommy Shaw)</small> – 5:23
#"[[Blue Collar Man]]" <small>(Tommy Shaw)</small> – 4:34
#"[[Lady (Styx song)|Lady]]" <small>(Dennis DeYoung)</small> – 3:28
#"[[Too Much Time on My Hands]]" <small>(Tommy Shaw)</small> – 5:43
#"[[Snowblind (Styx song)|Snowblind]]" <small>(James Young, Dennis DeYoung)</small> – 5:26
#"[[Suite Madame Blue]]" <small>(Dennis DeYoung)</small> – 8:31
#"[[Crystal Ball (Styx song)|Crystal Ball]]" <small>(Tommy Shaw)</small> – 5:56
Disc 2
#"[[The Grand Illusion (song)|The Grand Illusion]]" <small>(Dennis DeYoung)</small> – 6:50
#"[[Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)]]" <small>(Tommy Shaw)</small> – 5:54
#"[[Show Me the Way (Styx song)|Show Me the Way]]" <small>(Dennis DeYoung)</small> – 5:11
#"[[Boat on the River]]" <small>(Tommy Shaw)</small> – 3:16
#"[[Lorelei (Styx song)|Lorelei]]" <small>(Dennis DeYoung, James Young)</small> – 4:03
#"[[Babe (Styx song)|Babe]]" <small>(Dennis DeYoung)</small> – 4:50
#"Miss America" <small>(James Young)</small> – 6:15
#"[[Come Sail Away]]" <small>(Dennis DeYoung)</small> – 8:33
#"[[Renegade (Styx song)|Renegade]]" <small>(Tommy Shaw)</small> – 6:01
#"[[The Best of Times (song)|The Best of Times]]/A.D. 1958" <small>(Dennis DeYoung)</small> – 7:42
#"Dear John" [*] <small>(Tommy Shaw)</small> – 3:03
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Newly recorded studio tracks
==Personnel==
===Styx===
* [[Dennis DeYoung]] – [[vocals]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[accordion]]
* [[Tommy Shaw]] – vocals, [[acoustic guitars|acoustic]] and [[electric guitars]], [[mandolin]]
* [[James Young (American musician)|James "JY" Young]] – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards
* [[Chuck Panozzo]] – [[bass guitar|bass]], vocals
* [[Todd Sucherman]] – [[drums]]
===Production===
* Producer: Dennis DeYoung
* Engineer: Timothy R. Powell
* Mixing: Dennis DeYoung, Gary Loizzo
* Art direction: Ioannis, Linda Loiewski
* Design: Ioannis
* Illustrations: Ioannis
* Digital painting: Ioannis
* Photography: [[Mark Weiss]]
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1997)
! scope="col" | Peak<br> position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|139|artist=Styx|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}}
|}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|artist=Styx|title=Return to Paradise|type=video|region=United States|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=2000|note=DVD release}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.allmusic.com/album/return-to-paradise-mw0000019955 Styx - ''Return to Paradise'' (1997) album review by Bret Adams, credits & releases] at [[AllMusic.com]]
* [https://www.discogs.com/Styx-Return-To-Paradise/release/1906689 Styx - ''Return to Paradise'' (1997) album releases & credits] at [[Discogs|Discogs.com]]
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