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Kansas | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (28 Sep 2009)
  • Number of Discs: 5
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Sony Music CMG
  • ASIN: B001P5VT7M
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,013 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. Can I Tell You 3:32£0.89
Listen  2. Bringing It Back 3:33£0.89
Listen  3. Lonely Wind 4:17£0.89
Listen  4. Belexes 4:24£0.89
Listen  5. Journey From Mariabronn 7:57£0.89
Listen  6. The Pilgrimage 3:43£0.89
Listen  7. Apercu 9:36£0.89
Listen  8. Death Of Mother Nature Suite 7:54£0.59
Listen  9. Bringing It Back (Live) 9:41£0.89


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Listen  1. Down The Road 3:44£0.89
Listen  2. Song For America10:03£0.89
Listen  3. Lamplight Symphony 8:15£0.89
Listen  4. Lonely Street 5:42£0.89
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Listen  6. Incomudro-Hymn To The Atman12:12£0.89
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Listen  2. Paradox 3:50£0.89
Listen  3. The Spider 2:05£0.89
Listen  4. Portrait (He Knew) 4:36£0.89
Listen  5. Closet Chronicles 6:30£0.89
Listen  6. Lightning's Hand 4:24£0.89
Listen  7. Dust In The Wind 3:26£0.89
Listen  8. Sparks Of The Tempest 4:15£0.89
Listen  9. Nobody's Home 4:40£0.89
Listen10. Hopelessly Human 7:08£0.89
Listen11. Sparks Of The Tempest (Live) 5:16£0.89
Listen12. Portrait (He Knew) (Remix) 4:49£0.89


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Listen  2. The Wall 4:47£0.89
Listen  3. What's On My Mind 3:28£0.89
Listen  4. Miracles Out Of Nowhere 6:26£0.89
Listen  5. Opus Insert 4:26£0.89
Listen  6. Questions Of My Childhood 3:37£0.89
Listen  7. Cheyenne Anthem 6:53£0.89
Listen  8. Magnum Opus: Father Padilla Meets The Perfect Gnat / Howling At The Moon / Man Overboard / Industry On Parade / Release The Beavers / Gnat Attack 8:25£0.89
Listen  9. Carry On Wayward Son (Live) 4:43£0.89
Listen10. Cheyenne Anthem (Live) 6:41£0.89


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Listen  4. All The World 7:10£0.89
Listen  5. Child Of Innocence 4:34£0.89
Listen  6. It's You 2:31£0.89
Listen  7. Mysteries And Mayhem 4:18£0.89
Listen  8. The Pinnacle 9:34£0.89
Listen  9. Child Of Innocence (Rehearsal Recording) 5:04£0.89
Listen10. It's You (Demo) 2:41£0.89

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By D. J. H. Thorn TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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OK, if you're a Kansas fan you probably don't need this. As other reviewers have noted about the Original Album Classics series, five albums at low budget price is great value for money. The Kansas collection is one of the more expensive ones, though I was pleasantly surprised to find Amazon had knocked a few quid off the #17.98 quoted. You only get facsimile sleeves and no notes, so the only information that comes with this is what was printed on the original outer sleeves, though there's a full track listing on the box. This reveals that there are a couple of bonus tracks on each disc, always alternative versions of tracks from their respective albums.

My knowledge of Kansas before buying this was sketchy. I was familiar with the obvious hit, 'Carry On Wayward Son', and a friend played me part of their live album 'Two For The Show' soon after its release. I remember thinking, 'Ah yes, Genesis clones' and as I already had a lot of Genesis I wasn't particularly interested. Certainly, there are frequent touches of English prog, but there's a lot more besides. The debut album is, as is often the case, significantly different from the others. Rough around the edges, it displays the hunger of a band that hasn't yet made it. They hadn't quite settled on a particular style either. The album includes a sparky cover of J. J. Cale's' 'Bringing It Back'.

'Song For America' is more polished and I'm surprised this only went gold as it not only defines their sound, but is a very good album. 'Masque', which sees Kansas marking time is a relative disappointment. The highlight for me is 'Leftoverture' and not just for the hit single. Both style and sound are perfectly honed and the material is uniformly superb, though 'Magnum Opus', the centrepiece track is a little self-indulgent in places. 'Point Of Know Return' is a continuation of this in terms of both style and quality, also featuring a big U.S. hit, 'Dust In The Wind'. These last two albums both went multi platinum.

One of the most unusual features of Kansas's music is the role of violin. On the earlier albums, the showpiece solos usually feature this instrument, with guitar coming more to the fore on later efforts. If you're not already into Kansas but like English prog such as Genesis, Yes, Curved Air, Marillion or a newer band like Arena, you might want to invest in this.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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These albums vary from the very good (Masque) to classic rock (Point of no return & Leftoverture.)A couple of years ago I paid what this set cost for Point of no return & Leftoverture as a double album. And that didn't come with the bonus tracks that you get on this set! What a bargain. Not to mention that the neat packaging with each disc in its own mini copy of the original album sleeve takes up no more shelf space than a conventional double Cd case.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Incredible value 3 Aug 2010
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Five great albums for twelve quid? Unbelievable. Kansas were ill-served by the media of the time, despite being great songwriters and players. Listening to these albums again, it is a real jolt to remember just what amazing musicians they are: but it's not just noodling for noodling's sake! Within the complex time signatures and virtuoso playing there are some inspired tunes and really thoughtful words.

The finest albums are Leftoverture and Point of Know Return, in MHO, but they are all well worth the effort - and sometimes, as in Lightning's Hand, you just want to shout with joy when they carry off that incredible instrumental section.

Then along came punk and dropped everything to the lowest common denominator. I have nothing against the Ramones or their ilk personally, but to hear the pride of Kansas oozing out of every note played being replaced by two-chord badly-played heavy metal is an absolute disgrace. They could do it live, too: if anybody out there went through the sheer purgatory of seeing The Clash on stage, they will know how important that is.

Just buy this and delight. Too much ignored and a reappraisal is long overdue.
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unfortunately the last albums were made
they started with rock n roll ended with bible kinda songs that made them lose track this is were you will find classics like dust in the wind and songs that everyone from the... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Nawaf Ahmed Albardooli
Don't buy another Kansas disc
What more can be said. Great remastering, a few bonus tracks, original covers and a very nice cost of admission. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Russell
FREAKIN' AWESOME
kansas rock, kansas kick ass, this is just brilliant.great music for fans of real music and a million miles away from the rubbish released in todays charts. Read more
Published 10 months ago by A. Charters
Just great.
Like Dream Theater and Bad Co? Listen to Leftoverture.
Like Boston? Listen to Masque.
Listening to music like this it's easy to go all 'Spinal Tap' but these guys had a... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. Kevin P. Teasdale
5 storming albums all together here
The first five albums by Kansas are all you need, what came after was just a plethora of commercial radio-friendly generic pop-rock releases. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. F. M. Havicon
great music at a great price
Kansas are one of those bands unfortunate enough to have had a couple of commercially successful hits,Carry on wayward son and dust in the wind and thanks to commercial radio and... Read more
Published on 26 May 2010 by Mark Jones
Superb Sound Quality
I have all five of these discs on vinyl(sadly no turntable at present...kids) and I have to say the sound quality compared to the original vinyl albums is nothing short of... Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2010 by TonyC
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