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The first six Kansas albums
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Poll Question: Which album do you prefer?
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Their debut is my favorite.
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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

Their debut is my favorite.
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One of the best debuts by any band. Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

Like them all, but always liked Song for America just a tiny bit more...

The title track to SfA and Magnum Opus are maybe the two best things they ever did.

Except for "Incomudro," "Journey from Mariabronn," "Miracles Out of Nowhere"...you see where this is going. Wink

Well, we all have our own favorites and our own opinions. Wink
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Leftoverture by far. then Kansas and Song for America
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Leftoverture. Don't hate it for being popular - it was when all their best elements came together.
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Debut, Leftoverture and Song for America equally for me.
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Went with the debut album for the poll but it's not not to pick Leftoverture
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Leftoverture followed closely by Song for America.
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Wow, someone actually voted for the "Kansas aren't prog" option. LOL I guess Rush weren't a prog band either. Confused
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1. Leftoverture
2. Point of Know Return
3. Song for America
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The best Kansas compilation from their early years is the live album "Two For the Show." Highly recommended
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Wow, someone actually voted for the "Kansas aren't prog" option. LOL I guess Rush weren't a prog band either. Confused

Wasn't me! I think by 1977 Kansas and Rush were going in very different directions. Rush were full blown prog/art rock for a good 10-15 year period. Kansas did a couple of great/good symphonic prog albums and then definitely gravitated towards a more 'abbreviated' style for their next bunch of albums an calling them AOR is not outrageous imo. There are some great songs in there but I still feel they were closer to Journey, Boston etc than they were to classic seventies prog but then I'm not a fan of Leftoverture. All these AOR bands had a point though. I love some early Boston and would put Foreplay/It's Been A Long Time against any mid seventies Kansas track (after SFA) and More Than A Feelinng still resonates to this day.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Song for America brings out the patriot in me. Smile


I get the joke.  Wink
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Kansas is my favorite band.  It's hard for me to pick a favorite album among these.  My favorite Kansas album is without a doubt Somewhere to Elsewhere.

My favorite song of theirs is "Miracles Out of Nowhere."  That's on Leftoverture.

I think "Magnum Opus" is one of their weaker long-form tracks though (it's where the album draws it's title, as  the album itself was going to be Magnum Opus and the last song was leftover pieces from the recording sessions).

I guess if you put a gun to my head, it would be Song for America (and there's another joke in there somewhere for you Psych Paul).
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Kansas is my favorite band.  It's hard for me to pick a favorite album among these.  My favorite Kansas album is without a doubt Somewhere to Elsewhere.

My favorite song of theirs is "Miracles Out of Nowhere."  That's on Leftoverture.

I think "Magnum Opus" is one of their weaker long-form tracks though (it's where the album draws it's title, as  the album itself was going to be Magnum Opus and the last song was leftover pieces from the recording sessions).

I guess if you put a gun to my head, it would be Song for America (and there's another joke in there somewhere for you Psych Paul).

I glad to see some appreciation for Somewhere To Elsewhere. Ironically (and very annoyingly) since I moved, the CD has gone somewhere and I'm still searching for the bloody thing. I really want to play it and it's not readily available for streaming.
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Song for America, my first Kansas LP
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Kansas is my favorite band.  It's hard for me to pick a favorite album among these.  My favorite Kansas album is without a doubt Somewhere to Elsewhere.

My favorite song of theirs is "Miracles Out of Nowhere."  That's on Leftoverture.

I think "Magnum Opus" is one of their weaker long-form tracks though (it's where the album draws it's title, as  the album itself was going to be Magnum Opus and the last song was leftover pieces from the recording sessions).

I guess if you put a gun to my head, it would be Song for America (and there's another joke in there somewhere for you Psych Paul).

I glad to see some appreciation for Somewhere To Elsewhere. Ironically (and very annoyingly) since I moved, the CD has gone somewhere and I'm still searching for the bloody thing. I really want to play it and it's not readily available for streaming.


There's this in a pinch.  The index of tracks is in the description.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7a8ERidrrc
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Kansas is my favorite band.  It's hard for me to pick a favorite album among these.  My favorite Kansas album is without a doubt Somewhere to Elsewhere.

My favorite song of theirs is "Miracles Out of Nowhere."  That's on Leftoverture.

I think "Magnum Opus" is one of their weaker long-form tracks though (it's where the album draws it's title, as  the album itself was going to be Magnum Opus and the last song was leftover pieces from the recording sessions).

I guess if you put a gun to my head, it would be Song for America (and there's another joke in there somewhere for you Psych Paul).

I glad to see some appreciation for Somewhere To Elsewhere. Ironically (and very annoyingly) since I moved, the CD has gone somewhere and I'm still searching for the bloody thing. I really want to play it and it's not readily available for streaming.


There's this in a pinch.  The index of tracks is in the description.




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Leftoverture, the prog classic.
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