Renegade
Styx
1979
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1978
Release: 1978Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original studio recording was released in 1978 and belongs to the original Pieces of Eight program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue. The earlier supplied year 1979 is retained in the attribute-change audit.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1979.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Styx - official original studio album catalog
The official original Pieces of Eight section supplies its 1978 release and studio tracklist. Other albums, later rerecordings, digital-store availability and day-level territorial assumptions are outside this source scope.
Styx - Universal Music Enterprises original album history
A release supplied by Universal Music Enterprises, not independent press commentary. It explicitly gives original A&M album years and names their studio selections, distinguishing the 1984 live album and subsequent 1990 studio return from the 2015 vinyl box publication.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The story of an outlaw facing execution
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1979.html, song-list position 66
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1979 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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