10 Huge Rock Albums That Didn't Deserve To Flop

10. Kilroy Was Here - Styx

From day one, critics always seemed to have a bit of a nasty streak when it came to Styx. Although they were far from the first or the last corporate rock band to come out of the '70s, something about the songwriting from Tommy Shaw and Dennis DeYoung was enough to send a chill up the spine of every single critic looking for the latest trend in pop culture. So when they decided to go conceptual, you can imagine how that went over with the higher ups in the music industry.

Granted, it's not like Kilroy Was Here was greeted with open arms by the rest of the band either, since most of the non-DeYoung members couldn't get on board with a concept album set in a dystopian future. Dennis had put his foot down though, and this was the closest that the band came to theatre, launching themselves into the MTV generation with some of the cheesiest material of their career like Mr. Roboto.

When you take away the fact that this was the moment where the band started falling apart, this is still just a decent Styx album, having a fair assortment of cheesy ballads, weird tracks that go nowhere, and more than a few kickass riffs thrown into the mix for good measure. Rock and roll was never supposed to be high brow material by any stretch, so what's the harm with putting some cheese into your musical diet every now and again?