KANSAS

What an absolute banger of an album. Kansas is basically this only american prog band who had some success. While this album wasn't the hit they got later in their career with Leftoverture, I think it's by far their best

Can I Tell You is a fantastic way to start the album. Amazing violin work, and it sets up the sound of this album perfectly (3/3)

Bringing It Back is another piece in a similar style, which even more crazy violin work. (3/3)

Lonely Wind is a ballad, and a damn good one at that. One of the softest piece the band made, a sort of precursor to Dust In The Wind. (4/4)

Belexes is right back into the vibe of the beginning of the album. Great track but not much more than that (3/4)

Journey From Mariabronn is a fantastic track, and their first real prog piece. Crazy keyboard and violin work again (8/8)

The Pilgrimage is the weakest song on the album. It's just not as epic as the others (3/4)

Apercu is RAD. By far the greatest song on the album, and imo the greatest song the band ever did. It's a masterpiece of prog rock. (9/9)

Death Of Mother Nature is technically the end of Apercu, making it a massive 18 min track. I think this part is slightly less amazing than Apercu, but it's still good enough to make the 18 min suite one of the greatest thing this band ever did. (7/8)

TOTAL: 40/43 = 93. Easy 5 stars, a must for everyone

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