Kansas
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Appropriately taking shape in Topeka, Kansas, the rock band Kansas, came together 1970 when a trio of high school buddies began playing together. Kelly Livgren (guitar), Phil Ehart (drums), and Dave Hope (bass) were eventually joined by singer Steve Walsh, violinist Robbie Steinhardt, and guitarist Richard Williams and settled on their home state as the name of their band. Their 1974 eponymously titled debut LP and 1975âs Masque, along with their busy tour schedule, started to earn them a fanbase. Their breakthrough came with 1976âs Leftoverture, a top 5 album that spawned the smash single âCarry on Wayward Sonâ which would become a classic rock staple. They capitalized on their new fame with 1977âs Point of Know Return, another top 5 LP and the single âDust in the Windâ, a gentle, philosophical ballad that reached number 6. 1979âs Monolith was their final top 10 album, and they enjoyed a pair of top 20 singles in the 80s, 1982âs âPlay the Game Tonightâ and 1986âs âAll I Wantedâ. Half the original lineup left, but they continued to tour and release new albums until going on a long recording hiatus after 2000âs Somewhere to Elsewhere. 2016âs The Prelude Implicit was their first new work in 16 years and climbed to number 41 on the album charts. Four years later they issued The Absence of Presence.
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- Track Popularity
- Carry On Wayward Son
- Dust in the Wind
- Point of Know Return
- People Of The South Wind
- Song for America
- Icarus (Born on Wings of Steel)
- All The World
- Mysteries and Mayhem
- The Pinnacle
- Apercu
- Lamplight Symphony
- Paradox
- Closet Chronicles
- Portrait (He Knew)
- The Voyage of Eight Eighteen
- Curtain Of Iron
- The Wall
- Hopelessly Human
- Magnum Opus: Father Padilla Meets the Perfect Gnat / Howling at the Moon / Man Overboard / Industry on Parade / Release the Beavers / Gnat Attack
- Opus Insert
- Miracles Out Of Nowhere
- Incomudro-Hymn To The Atman
- Stand Beside Me
- Child Of Innocence
