Tommy Shaw wrote or co-wrote 8 songs on Brave New World. So Jack Blades had nothing to do with 6 of Tommy's 8 songs. 7 of 9 if you count the reprise. Also 4 of those were co-written with a fellow Styx member, James Young.

And it is my opinion that Styx will continue to self produce rather than bringing in an outside producer, and that Jack's only contribution will be with songwriting, and that only if Tommy needs lyric help (which is how the two songs on Brave New World got co-written by Jack).

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