Three Kansas albums - The ongoing battle

I made a poll recently for Song For America and Leftoverture and I feel a little guilty I left these classics of the poll so I thought I'd amend that and make a whole new poll ....Yes another Kansas poll but they are due to release a new album soon and I`m pretty excited about it. The winner of this poll is going up against Leftoverture (which was the winner I declare judging by how many votes it got) in my next Kansas poll so choose carefully   

Edited by Enchant X - June 02 2020 at 00:19

richardh wrote: I like all three but the debut is my favourite by a smidgeon, mainly for DOMN suite.

Death of Mother Nature Suite has some amazing insight in the errors of mans ways its a profound song with great meaning ahead of its time, and I also love 'Apercu' and 'journey from mariabronn' all killer tracks and I have a soft spot for 'lonely wind' I see the beauty in it. not to mention 'can I tell you' and 'belexes' also very good.  I think the first Kansas album will be a strong contender. But Masque has what I consider the best Kansas song of all time "The Pinnacle" not to mention icarus 'born on wings of steel' also a killer track and some other very good tracks as well. We all know 'dust in the wind' came from 'point of know return' the stand out song on that album I think is 'Closet Chronicles' Point Of Know Return is made up of some very strong material ... this will be a close poll I suspect, closer than Song For America verses Leftoverture I hope (incase you are wondering I voted Song For America) I was a little shocked it was such a leftoverture landslide meaning leftoverture won so easily  .. The reason I`m doing these Kansas polls is because Kansas are soon to release their new album and as I said I can't wait ! I`m really excited about it because I thought their last studio effort was close to brilliant, I still listen to it and get right into it, I get the feeling the absence of presence will be a strong album and really put Kansas back on the progressive map, just the snippets i've heard on youtube I really like, the signs are looking good . 

Edited by Enchant X - June 02 2020 at 02:02

I haven't listened to their debut or Masque in a really long time. Maybe I need to change that and get back to this. 

Kansas is one of those bands I quite enjoy listening to for about 20 mins, but then I always think "I could be listening to something better rather than this".

Edited by Hercules - June 02 2020 at 05:38

Hercules wrote: Kansas is one of those bands I quite enjoy listening to for about 20 mins, but then I always think "I could be listening to something better rather than this". All their first five albums are high 3* or low 4* for me, but Point of Know Return is the best. But I have a live cassette somewhere (I think) which is very good.

That's interesting because whenever I`m listening to something else I`m thinking I could be listening to the greatest band I've ever heard and that's Kansas. See how we all perceive art and music from a different perspective ... nobody is right or wrong its like food what I like the taste of you may not and visa versa there is no right or wrong answer its all about how the mind interprets things. Some days I play every Kansas album on my computer and listen to it in bed every single album one after another including live albums. I can go for hours and hours without feeling the desire to listen to something else because one thing Kansas has most other bands don't is a wide range of diversity, they aren't ever creatively starved of ideas. Even there rated worst album Drastic Measures has some great moments the middle section of Mainstream I really dig and the Kerry Livgren written songs are all great on Kansas worse rated album 'Drastic Measures'. 

Edited by Enchant X - June 02 2020 at 06:56

How long......how long........how long..... to the Point of Know Return!

Squonk19 wrote: How long......how long........how long..... to the Point of Know Return!

I was hearing the same thing in my head!   

How long?!

The pointy one . . .

Enchant X wrote: Cristi wrote: I haven't listened to their debut or Masque in a really long time. Maybe I need to change that and get back to this.  Yes please do Cristi that would be appreciated as I really want people to be sure in their hearts when they vote because whatever wins this poll goes up against Leftoverture, that will be a serious challenge.