Kansas

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: May 28, 2021Production: Richard Williams & Phil EhartAlbum length: 112.12 minGenre: Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 "Point of Know Return: Live & Beyond" is the latest live album from…

"With the help of its 'newcomers', who are brimming with great songwriting and arranging ideas, the legendary band sounds fresh the whole way through and can stand toe to toe with plenty of modern prog revivalists who love to imitate…

"The biggest strength of “Somewhere to Elsewhere” is that the compositions lodge themselves in your ear incredibly well, and the album as a whole flies by in a blink. There are no potentially boring moments on it, although no composition…

Listening to "Leftoverture Live & Beyond," you'd never guess you weren't hearing the classic Kansas lineup with Walsh and Livgren, but the newest seven-piece incarnation, which got a whole new lease on life after "The Prelude Implicit."

With »The Prelude Implicit«, Kansas rose from the ashes like the mythical phoenix on that aesthetically not-so-great cover, and made a much better album than most people would have expected, given that Walsh and Livgren, the two key…

"With »The Prelude Implicit,« Kansas rose from the ashes like the mythological phoenix pictured on the not exactly aesthetically successful cover, and made a much better album than most would have expected, given that Walsh and Livgren,…

»Always Never The Same« was a brilliantly executed but utterly unnecessary orchestral project that failed to give Kansas the revival they were after, despite all the energy and effort poured into it.

»Somewhere to Elsewhere«, a very decent effort overall and close to the standards of the seventies, was long considered the last Kansas studio album, until word got out that the latest version of Kansas, with Wiiliams and Ehart the only…

"Kansas's show in Holzkirchen was a top-notch experience for every fan of the American prog-rock titans and for anyone who loves some of the most beloved evergreens in the history of rock music."

Kansas' show in Holzkirchen was an unforgettable experience for every fan of the American prog rock titans and anyone who loves some of the most popular evergreens in the history of rock music.

"Freaks of Nature" is one of those Kansas albums that takes a few spins before it really "gets under your skin," but once it does, it hooks you for good with its revival of the sonic magic from this legendary band's golden days.

Throughout the eighties, Kansas adapted convincingly to the musical trends of the day. »In The Spirit Of Things« was thus another in a series of decent, well-balanced records from their AOR era, the kind prog rock purists…

If you can keep in mind that "Power" is in many ways a product of its time (the second half of the eighties), you'll forgive Kansas at least in part for drying up their prog rock roots and flirting with the musical trends of the day.

After "Drastic Measures" came out, Kansas found themselves in a stalemate: nobody was happy with their new direction anymore, which was kind of ironic, since the whole point had been to win over the widest possible audience.

"Vinyl Confessions" is a good, mostly melodic rock album and the better of the two from the John Elefante era, since it still leaves some prog-rock elbow room for adventure and sensitivity.

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Schwabenhalle / Augsburg / GermanyConcert date: 22.06.2011Attendance: 3000Ticket price: €58.00 Well, the time has finally come to celebrate for everyone who "lived" the hits of the…

Kansas aren't coming back with new material. Instead, they try to surprise us with a pretty standard set of their best-known songs.

“Audio-Visions” still stirs up pretty mixed feelings today, since there's a ton of untapped potential on it for more convincing prog rock maneuvers, which easily makes it the weakest release from the classic Kansas lineup.

"Two for the Show" is a great, thoroughly authentic live album that cemented the triumphant march of arena rock and of the movement's leading band at the time.

"Monolith" is a very good album that passed a tough test with flying colors: following up a masterpiece like "Point of Know Return" (1977).

"Point of Know Return" is as much a prog rock masterpiece today as it is an arena rock one. In places you can already hear the sonic seeds of the later AOR direction that dominated their sound through the '80s.

When an innovative band hungry for a bigger mainstream breakthrough ends up rushing an album under brutal pressure, there are only two possible outcomes: a total trainwreck or a flat-out masterpiece. The legendary American prog rockers…

"Masque," released while its predecessor "Song For America" (1975) was still hot off the press, was the third album from cult American prog rockers Kansas. The album was the result of pressure from their label, which

With "Song For America," Kansas built on the symphonic prog rock direction they'd laid out on their excellent self-titled debut. Even though after the release of "Kansas" (1974) they'd won a respectable and loyal following back home, they…

While progressive rock in Britain was enjoying its golden age and commercial peak in the early 70s, and our western neighbors were churning out a pretty impressive pile of cult prog bands, the same could hardly be said for the traditional…