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Stool Man 
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 Topic: Kansas vs Styx albums clash
Posted: March 09 2018 at 02:24 |
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I don't *hate* Kansas. I even gave them a proper listen. But it did nothing to explain why they are so popular here.
Is it an American thing?
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Squonk19
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Posted: March 04 2018 at 05:41 |
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Kansas by some margin, even though that is Styx's best album. So many fine tracks on Leftoverture.
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“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”
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Cristi
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Posted: March 04 2018 at 04:06 |
Kansas especially Leftoverture. Magnum Opus is superior to any Styx song.
but put any Kansas album against the best of Styx albums, and Kansas would get my vote. Maybe I'm biased.
Edited by Cristi - March 04 2018 at 04:07
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: March 04 2018 at 02:13 |
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Kansas
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021
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Catcher10
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Posted: April 11 2017 at 14:22 |
Both great albums.......Screw all the prog nerds and their fanny packs.
The Grand Illusion all the way man!!
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Pelata
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Posted: April 11 2017 at 12:35 |
Kansas, of course. 
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b_olariu
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Posted: April 05 2017 at 05:18 |
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Styx - The Grand Illusion
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: April 04 2017 at 11:28 |
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I like both but voted for Kansas.
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maryes
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Posted: April 04 2017 at 06:17 |
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Both great albums, but ... I pick "Leftoverture" !!!
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Man With Hat
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Posted: April 03 2017 at 10:02 |
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I guess Kansas,
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Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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miamiscot
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Posted: April 03 2017 at 09:15 |
Stop all the Kansas hate. You all know you love the first four (or five) Kansas albums. Don't lie. Yeah, they had a couple hits but they were still awesome. Sorry.
Styx had a couple good records but Kansas was really good on the 70's.
And Adolf Hitler is wrong: they are Prog.
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verslibre
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Posted: April 01 2017 at 13:58 |
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Leftoverture, by far. Nothing Styx has released will compare to that, the reason being Styx has some great songs, but their albums (minus a few in the '70s) have so much filler. Everything Kansas released in the same decade is essential.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: April 01 2017 at 13:34 |
Very hard choice
Go with Leftoverture by a very slight margin, but I love both albums.
Better will vote for STYX, because they will lose badly
Iván
PS: In school, we had to play 2 songs, as a drummer I was happy, because the vocalist also knew how to play, so when I sang, he took my place.
I day before the concert (The last presentation when we were leaving school), we were going to play "Fooling Yourself" and "Miss America" by STYX, but our bassist broke his hand.
Nobody else played bass, so the guy taught me in 4 hours how to play this two songs on bass, and I had to perform, because I was the only one who could be replaced.
The funny thing is that the bass and the drums sounded better than ever without a real drummer and a bassist.
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - April 05 2017 at 12:04
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dr wu23
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Posted: April 01 2017 at 11:58 |
Kansas for me.......I always thought Styx were Kansas lite.
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micky
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Posted: April 01 2017 at 07:56 |
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yeah.. for sh*t like that i have to fight real hard the impulses to go hipster and go back to vinyl. I made the switch once.. never will make it a 2nd time.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 01 2017 at 07:54 |
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Still have the album with the paper grocery bag cover !!!
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micky
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Posted: April 01 2017 at 07:49 |
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yeah... Bark is very much an underrated gem. Not underrated among fans of the group perhaps.. but very much so among casual music fans.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 01 2017 at 07:48 |
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^ Good Ol Carlos (Santana) was on Pretty As You Feel. Love the Airplane album Bark. So much to listen to, so little time to do it.....
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micky
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Posted: April 01 2017 at 07:45 |
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yeah... I suppose that is why Raff hasn't left me this country and the bullsh*t behind... I do keep her happy and laughing...
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 01 2017 at 07:34 |
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