Hey davey, the top 2 records were tough for me, but i think one has to put leftoverture number 1, it has their first big hit, carry on, and those songs just flow, making a classic album!!!!!!!!
Very nice video Davey. I'm a prog Rock lover myself, have listened about 4000 prog albums. For me, Kansas is the best prog band US produced. I consider "Two For The Show" (1978) one of the 10 best prog live albums ever made and their best work. Just after that in No 2, "Point Of Know Return" an album which is simply put, breathtaking. I use to listen to it from start to finish without interrupting. No 3 "Leftoverture" which is loaded with classics. Admittedly, I've not listened all their output though. But I want to share something with you : KANSAS themselves, have reportedly admitted that they 'd been influenced by TOUCH, some other psych/prog group who released their sole self titled album in 1969. YES and URIAH HEEP mentioned them too. I own this '60s relic and it's really fantastic, a masterpiece. Maybe, the first US proto-prog album. Many thanks.
I like all of Kansas' albums. No duds in the catalogue for me. Here's how I'd rank them (today, at least!): 15. The Prelude Implicit - 3/5 14. The Absence Of Presence - 3/5 13. Debut - 3/5 12. Freaks Of Nature - 3.5/5 11. Song For America - 4/5 10. Masque - 4/5 9. Monolith - 4.5/5 8. Audio Visions - 5/5 7. Point Of Know Return - 5/5 6. Vinyl Confessions - 5/5 5. In The Spirit Of Things - 5/5 4. Drastic Measures - 5/5 3. Somewhere To Elsewhere - 5/5 2. Power - 5/5 1. Leftoverture - 5/5
Great assessment of the Kansas catalogue. Kansas are fantastic, I have a lot of their albums on LP, mainly their early ones and their later ones, none of their 80's ones.....basically only their proggy ones. I have all their albums on CD because I bought the box set.
Good Evening Davey, Very good review on Kansas, thank you. I just did a comparison between this video and your previous one and I might have been mistaken when I mentioned during the last video that the volume was low,... so the verdict is,... I WAS/AM MISTAKEN. : ) Do have a good rest of the weekend.
