Styx - The Grand Illusion is the seventh studio album by Styx , released on July 7, 1977. It launched the band to stardom, spawning the hit singles "Come Sail Away " and "Fooling Yourself f", and selling over three million copies in the US.
According to keyboardist Dennis De Young , the album's theme was the struggle to overcome self-deluding superficiality in order to affirm one's genuine value.This theme was reflected in the lyrics of the album's title track