Cover is VG++ (shelf wear)
Inner Sleeve is VG+ +
Record is VG
Labels are clean
Visually Graded
Tracklist
Side 1
1 The Grand Illusion 4:36
2 Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) 5:29
3 Superstars 3:59
4 Come Sail Away 6:07
Side 2
1 Miss America 5:01
2 Man In The Wilderness 5:49
3 Castle Walls 6:00
4 The Grand Finale 1:58
The Grand Illusion is the seventh studio album by Styx, recorded at Paragon Recording Studios in Chicago and released on July 7, 1977. It launched the band to stardom, spawned the hit singles "Come Sail Away" and "Fooling Yourself", and sold over three million copies in the US (Triple Platinum).
As with much of Styx's catalog, many of the songs have quasi-medieval/fantasy lyrics and themes. Some are allegories and commentaries on contemporary American life and the members' experiences in an American rock band in the mid-to-late 1970s.
The album cover art, created by Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse, is an homage to a painting by René Magritte entitled "Le Blanc-Seing".